It was almost 5am on July 17‚ 1996‚ when I was rushed to the hospital. I was balled up in the back seat of my mother in laws car‚ biting down on a towel because the pain was so unbearable. I heard him say “it’s ok baby… ” just as another jolt of pain came. As his voice faded I could feel him rubbing my back‚ and I tried my best to listen to his voice and forget the pain. It was impossible though‚ the baby was coming and there was no turning back now. As we arrived at the hospital I was quickly
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Has your life ever been changed dramatically? How was it changed‚ and if so‚ how did the change affect you? People change a lot in 6th grade. The key is to handle change well‚ so you can thrive for a lifetime. In the difficult transition from 5th to 6th grade‚ you take on more responsibility‚ make new friends‚ and schoolwork becomes more challenging. In our 11th to 12th years of life‚ we have taken on more responsibilities on and off the middle school campus. Because our parents think we are
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I spend a large portion of my time on the family farm while not participating in 4-H activities. We raise livestock‚ have some farmland‚ and are very active in conservation. Being a stout young man‚ I normally have the role of holding down the lambs and calves while marking‚ cutting‚ and vaccinating. I help in preparing fields and the last couple of years I have spent some time in the tractor plowing and planting. Since I was 8 years old‚ I have spent the hot summer months spraying mesquite‚ cactus
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become rich doing this‚ but it’s what I love‚” she said. She refers to a woman who essentially changed my life‚ Corinna Sowers-Adler. A mentor‚ a teacher‚ a director‚ and a friend who I’ve only come to know for a little less than a year now. This refers to the wonderful world I hope to be immersed in for the rest of my life‚ theatre. Corinna and I were conversing on our way to Starbucks with the rest of my new theatre family‚ Gaslamp Academy of Performing Arts‚ a program I had just enrolled in for
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2013 there were a record high of 56 murders in my home city of Trenton‚ NJ. My great-grandmother lived until she was 102 years old‚ so at the time‚ my thirteen year old brain never thought death could impact my family. I walked around Trenton’s streets no matter the time of night‚ witnessed various fights‚ and occasional gun scares- but no matter how dangerous the situation became‚ I could never see the gravity of it‚ and it’s long-range impact on my life. I was oblivious to and failed to realize the
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My journey of overcoming adversity began at the age of 7 with a routine visit to the doctor. Little did I know‚ that day would change my life forever. The doctors suggested checking my glucose levels‚ and with a single finger prick‚ the machine displayed ominous letters: ’HHH’ (immensely high). I was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. What followed was an extremely grueling two weeks of treatment and recovery. The impact of my disease ripples through every aspect of my life. My mother lost her job
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When I turned 8 years old‚ my parents told me and my sister that we could a hamster for a present. We were so excited we promised them to take a full care of her. We didn’t think seriously about all the work we had to do. We were just thrilled about our new family member. The next day‚ we began doing some research. First‚ we went through all kinds of hamsters and their characteristics so that we could pick the best one. We came up with the tiniest‚ cutest little hamster. Back then‚ we didn’t know
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infant who wouldn’t digest anything he was fed and vomited frequently‚ and it was a nightmare for my parents as they brought me to the hospital in Stamford Connecticut the doctors gave my parents only one option‚ surgery. This surgery saved my life which laid the groundwork for the person I am today‚ my view on society‚ knowledge‚ work‚ love‚ and happiness‚ the things that have taught me about life. Pyloric Stenosis is an uncommon condition in the stomach and small intestine which thickens. Pyloric
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can almost see the shore‚ It feels as if I’ve been riding this wave for days. This wave is my hurdle in the ocean that is life‚ choppy at the beginning but slowly passing by. The ocean has many waves‚ one for each surfer to ride‚ my specialty wave happened to be dyslexia. It was in the second grade that my teacher first realized I was different from the other students‚ because I had yet to read my first book. My parents had found this odd as well‚ and took me to see a neurologist‚ who diagnosed me as
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It was a Saturday morning in the fall when Adam’s life changed forever. He had been working as a hit man for the Russian Mafia for a little over 12 years now‚ one of their best workers. He had always desired to have a family‚ but the life he lived was too dangerous to have anyone to look after besides himself. He had been associating with a local woman named Maria. They met at a farmers market about four blocks from Adam’s home. After listening to her aspirations and values‚ he was almost certain
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