an eighth grader‚ but I would mature considerably in the coming months. My parents had argued‚ as they often did‚ due to my father’s alcoholism. My mother had given him two options: us or the booze. He chose the latter and my life has been forever changed. My mother has always been our rock; she kept our lives as normal as possible. There is no question of her love and loyalty to us. Bradley‚ Grace‚ Owen‚ and I never feared she would desert us as our father had. It became difficult for her to support
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I have always grown up in the shadow of the spotlight. Through sports‚ school‚ and social life‚ I was not the best player‚ student‚ or friend. My senior year‚ football season changed all of that in a matter of a few days. Football has been the sport that I have loved and adored my whole life‚ but unfortunately that love was tested to the max. During the summer before football season‚ I was informed that our senior quarterback would not be playing that upcoming season. This was a huge blow to the
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The Civil War was a long‚ costly war that changed America forever. Reconstruction was an attempt to mend America back together after it had been divided in half between people who wanted equality for all and people who did not want to give up their way of life. The Fourteenth Amendment was ratified during Reconstruction‚ and it was a very defining moment since this was one of the main goals the Civil War aimed to achieve. This amendment guaranteed that anyone born in the United States is a citizen
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As my memory serves‚ going back several years‚ I slowly realize how many years I spent behind my desk in my room playing games on my computer. I spent day after day playing‚ to get my mind off the harsh reality that I might not be able to go back to a normal life. The life I had before was about to change at the start of my high school career. The pains increased‚ the cramping continued day by day. My stomach had turned into a time bomb waiting to explode. I entered my High School geometry class
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There was a woman like no other before her‚ her name was Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu. She changed her name to Mother Teresa. Mother Teresa was dedicated to taking care of the poor and helping the needy and She devoted her life to taking care of the sick and anyone who needed love. Through her compassion and care‚ Mother Theresa had a great and lasting influence on the world around her. After she opened Missionaries of charitys‚15 others opened around the world. All that which is apparent in the book "Mother
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The rebellion of 1837 were armed uprisings that took place in Upper and Lower Canada‚ which is now Ontario and Quebec‚ in 1837 to 1838. The two rebellions had similar causes. The British believed the lesson of the American Revolution was to restrain the power of the people. This resulted in small groups of well off men in each colony having a great deal of power. During the 1820s‚ tensions increased in both colonies‚ reformers demanded change‚ and the government resisted it. In Lower Canada‚ the
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The Energy Star Program has Influenced Businesses The Energy Star program was developed by the U.S Environmental Protection Agency in 1992 due to concerns about the increasing emission of greenhouses gases. The increasing sales and use of Energy Star products have influenced manufacturers‚ retailers‚ and other businesses to produce Energy Star products and use them in their buildings. The Energy Star program has included its Energy Star logo on many products and has recently extended to cover
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How basketball changed my life. There are a lot of sports in the world that people love‚ but for me the sport that excites me the most is the beauty of watching a basketball swish through the net. Basketball has been my favorite sport ever since I was a baby. Basketball has help me in life and also made me a more successful person on and off the basketball court. First off‚ my dad would always say the word “Work ethic”‚ when he would talk basketball to me. My dad would say “you got to have work ethic
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revealed piece by piece. My adversity is now creative growth. Expressing who I am has been a challenge for a long time. The people who I surround myself around see glimpses‚ never the full picture. I am an abstract individual‚ why you wonder‚ because it’s how I grew up. As well as having an amazing support system. Also because I experienced so much in a short amount of time. Furthermore‚ I kept trusting in God. All those things led me to this stage in my life. A reality I constantly faced growing up was
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The Red River Rebellion of 1869‚ in present day Manitoba is an important event in Canadian history‚ and especially in the lives of Canada’s Métis population. There have been many articles and books written on the topic of the Red River Rebellion in the years following its occurrence. This paper will look at the views of five different authours and their views on the Red River Rebellion. The sources that surround the Red River Rebellion come from people of many different scholarly backgrounds‚ walks
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