called Nduta my family fled there during a war that took place in Burundi. I personally didn’t experience the war because my mom fled when she was pregnant with me‚ she conceived me three months later. After reaching the camp I’m told that a lot of people got sick while we were there because there weren’t enough doctors to treat the people‚ due to that most people passed away. At age six I became very ill to point where I couldn’t eat‚ drink‚ or even the energy to sit up. For a minute my family thought
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named Eddie‚ who is bitter about life‚ and when he meets his demise‚ he has to meet five people who will tell him what his purpose was on life and why he had to decide the things he had to decide‚ but with a sudden twist at the end‚ Eddie is changed and he no longer is as bitter as he was before. Eddie has been changed for the better. An amazing novel with many twists and turns and with many morals in life. In the book Eddie had to make a lot of decisions in his life and he didn’t really know that
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At the age of 13‚ shortly after the death of my grandmother‚ I experienced an existential crisis. I pondered the meaning life and at the time the inconsequentialness of our life on the pale blue dot in the vast cosmos. Life seemed pointless when the reality of death constantly loomed. From biology classes I took in high school‚ I learned about microorganisms and there found the answers I had been seeking. The parallels between my life and these organisms were astounding. Although these microorganisms
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from you? I wanted to join the military‚ that’s one thing I wanted more than anything so I joined ROTC. I saw ROTC as an opportunity to get closer to my goal in becoming a general in the army. ROTC I can say really changed my life in many positive ways. For example I met really great and intelligent people‚ And I learned new things every day. My freshman year I made a position in the battalion staff called S1. S1 is the battalion personnel officer I was in charge of putting everyone’s community
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morning of my freshman year‚ and something noteworthy arose in my mind. I don’t know how this thought appeared‚ but I took a step‚ a big‚ courageous step‚ that has changed my life forever. I had always been the girl who follows the crowd and never did anything where I felt I would be judged or made fun of‚ but this overwhelming‚ yet amazing event gave me a different perspective on who I truly was. Next thing‚ I was standing in line to sign up for the girls golf team. It was terrifying; my legs and
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The part of my life I am about to recount was during the summer of 2014 when I was the starting pitcher and third hitter for the Drexel Hill Little League tournament team. Now‚ baseball is america’s pastime and in my words is the greatest sport on god’s green earth. A little background on the sport is it’s a game of nines. Nine starting players on each team try to score as many runs in nine inning by hitting a nine inch baseball coming in at an average speed of ninety miles per hour. This leaves
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An important event changed my life - going to the university Everyone knows how Cinderella changed her life after meeting the prince. I have my own Cinderella story. I was a little girl who was always in shame. I studied hard but always got bad scores. All my friends were my neighbors. I had never gone to a far place without keeping my family company. However‚ an amazing change happened in 1989. I did not meet the prince‚ but passed the universities’ entrance examination. As lucky as Cinderella
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Football is my favorite sport. It has taught me a lot of things in life. Without football during football season I would be very bored. Football has made me stronger. Football has made my life a more fun. Football has changed my life. Football has changed me because it has taught me teamwork. If football didn’t teach me teamwork I probably wouldn’t have played baseball or basketball. Teamwork has taught me patience. Teamwork is a big effect in my life because you do it all the time. Without football
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August 9‚ 2010‚ life as I knew it changed forever. It was a normal summer day at home‚ much like any other Monday that summer. Everything on the outside appeared to be the same as usual‚ but on the inside‚ I knew there was a change. I was two weeks pregnant and I wouldn’t know it until about 5:30 that night. It was a very emotional discovery‚ finding that I would become a mother in a little less than nine short months. Not only did that discovery change my life‚ but it also changed the lives of many
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Moving to Virginia Changed My Life By Laticia Miles ENG121: English Composition I Instructor Steve Ryan July 27‚ 2014 Who knew‚ changing environments could have a vast effect on my life and the lives of my four children. Changing environments changed our lives socially‚ economically and spiritually. All I had to do was want it bad enough‚ dream it big enough and prepare for the best life I had always envisioned for us. Positive changes occurred within all of us
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