giving up and pushing through. Soon I realized how much I enjoyed cheerleading and in effort to better myself‚ I started taking gymnastics and technique classes. The time I put into the classes really paid off- I improved greatly in a short amount of time. When middle school tryouts came around I felt more than prepared. Unfortunately I was not quite prepared enough; I did not make the team. I was devastated and discouraged about the painful truth. Instead of staying discouraged and giving up‚ I decided
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A Rebel Without a Cause Sociology is an enticing and ever-evolving field of study that analyzes and explains important matters in our personal lives‚ our communities‚ and the world. Sociologists focus on the careful gathering and analysis of evidence about social life to develop and enrich our understanding of key social processes. Recently‚ my class mates and I conducted a social experiment in which we broke aimed to break various social norms. A social norm is something that is considered
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come together nicely‚ I thought that this was the perfect situation for us to be in. I really felt that I found a perfect harmony in this thing called life. It was not many months after moving that I became suspicious of my husband and sister being up to no good because of their long stares at each other and random comments that they would make. I thought maybe it was my hormones and that I was being a little over reactive because of the pregnancy. It was soon after having our daughter that the nightmares
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clear I only knew the half of it. Stepping out of the airport was a big cultural shock. Looking up scanning the signs with my eyes trying to decipher what some were saying. I felt as if I was in a completely different world. And I was. Luckily my mother was there who is fluent in Spanish. As we opened the car door and drove deeper into the country. I glanced out my window trying to soak up all I was seeing such as kids playing in the streets‚ some without shoes. When the cab arrived at the
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After having a warm bath‚ I was tired and felt too sleepy. I still remembered my geography’s test but I could not open my eyes to learn. I promised to myself that I would learn it early in the morning before going to school. But I could not image I wake up too late to study. I went to school in a hurry. When taking the test‚ I felt butterflies‚ shaky and my heart beating quicky. I had 45 minutes to complete the test‚ but I did not know how can I do it. My mind was empty‚ I could not remember any words
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Narrative Essay All of us tell stories about things that have happened to us. Have you ever been "almost" hit by another car and then you rushed home to relate this story to your husband or wife? Have you ever had a bizarre experience‚ such as being mistaken for someone else? Or perhaps you were wrongfully accused of shoplifting one time. Did you ever help someone in a time of need or vice-a-versa? You probably told these stories to someone‚ didn’t you? Many events happen in our lives that we brush
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unless that is‚ if you step on them. You’ll know it then.” Jack went on to explain how crabs‚ for example‚ bury themselves in the sand at low tide to avoid getting too heated by the sun. When they do‚ they position themselves with their claws facing up so that they can defend
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pests have shown increased immunity to a range of pesticides. Last year there were heavy crop losses due to leaf-curl‚ which is caused by the dreaded whitefly. This nondescript‚ milky-white fly sucks sap from the cotton leaves‚ making them curl and dry up. The fly struck first in Pakistan and north-western India. Then it turned south. Article Wilson‚ H. L. Disarmed: The Missing Movement for Gun Control in America. Political Science Quarterly. 122(2) (2007)‚ 336-337. Retrieved from
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My Happy Place Life can be a very scary subject especially when you are just a teenager in high school‚ are in all AP classes‚ up to your neck in homework‚ have extracurricular activities‚ and try to manage a social life. Although life does throw people and places at you that can help you relieve this stress and be in ultimate bliss. For me that place is my Grandma Lesvia’s house back in my home town of Eagle Pass. When I was little‚ my parents were always fighting every other day‚ so I would
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I grew up as one of six kids‚ in a very Catholic household. My life hasn’t always been too easy‚ as money was a consistent problem in my childhood. I lived in a low-income neighborhood in Cleveland with my family of eight‚ up until I was seven years old. We moved to Westlake‚ because my parents wanted us to have the best education possible so that we could all grow up safely and spiritually in this world. I would say that my desire to help and see others thrive‚ directly comes from my upbringing
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