we volunteer for a certain amount of hours. I would usually volunteer with my troop to work on community gardens and other small tasks similar to that. I did not enjoy volunteering because I was too young. I was forced upon something that I did not want to do. I just wanted to have fun and did not understand the concept of community service. Now that I am done with Girl Scouts‚ I have moved on to a different stage of my life. I now know that volunteering is worth the time and effort. After years of
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Making a Life Changing Decision University of Phoenix MGT/230 Jeneva Poydras January 24‚ 2013 Making a Life Changing Decision As individuals we are obligated to make decisions every day. Whether the decision we make is good or bad worthy or unworthy the choice we decide is what matters most. If an individual is offered a pay raise but will need to relocate in order to accept it this is a compromising decision that is not easy to resolve. I will be explaining the principles of individual
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adversity that has changed my life‚ or in which I succeeded in the face of it. I have had other struggles or problems‚ but they probably don’t compare to other people’s troubles. I am happy to be so lucky to have been born into such a good family. Money has never been a real issue‚ as I come from a pretty good home. My parents made sure I had everything I needed‚ but they were also smart about not always giving me the things I wanted. They were teaching me and my siblings a good life lesson. By making
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It was during the summer leading up to tenth grade. My best friend at the time was a girl named Kayla. She was the greatest person I had known up to that point in my life. She is one of the first people I spent time with outside of school. We went to go see a movie together‚ which broke me out of my antisocial shell. She also helped me talk to a girl that I liked for three years‚ by being an intermediate for us to spend time together. She made plans for all of us to go to another friend’s house‚
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dollars. One night me and my family went gambling‚ I really at the time didn’t know much about poker but they introduced me to it that night which changed my life. That night off of 100 dollars i turned it into 18‚000 dollars and that’s what set my miniature career off. After about a year of gambling the adrenaline slowly dissipated away. I was
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getting my first car at the age of 16‚ I faced one major problem: no money. Searching for an answer‚ I gradually learned that getting my first job taught me many valuable life lessons and helped me evolve into the person I am today. After almost 4 years of work experience ranging in many different fields‚ I have adapted new skills and abilities‚ as well as the value of money. With challenges being faced‚ the forced me to manage my time‚ money‚ and effort in an organized way. This changed my direction
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necessity that carried my greatest growth. At a very young age‚ I remember watching‚ attentively observing people throwing away and disregarding their American birthright opportunities that so many people dreamt of holding. It was not up until I got older that I started to realize that these people I called family were people I was afraid of becoming. This fear awoke my desire to help make a difference in those who were less fortunate and a determination in becoming the very man my family learned to resent
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the early summer heat with absolute admiration as I watch my mom walk across the stage. Like thousands of others across the United States‚ I wait with the hundreds of other family members waiting to honor their survivors at Relay for Life as they make their way to the microphone to proudly state their names. When I was just a month old‚ my mother became very ill. After days of being sick‚ she was finally rushed to the emergency room in my small town and from there she was sent to the Medical Center
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growing up every day. Getting smarter and more ready for life. But sometimes it’s nice to look back to see how much we have grown up and learned. Tom is about the same age as we are. This character is very relatable to many kids. Like stretching the truth‚ not doing the best things‚ but we all learn from that. Making mistakes is one of the best ways to learn in life. So Tom is just like us in one way or another. Throughout the book Tom has changed as a person in many ways. In the very beginning of the
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Life is not simple. You won’t know what challenges come to your life in the future so you can only think what you had been through in the past. When I was a student in High School‚ I was a shy person; just doing what my parents wanted me to do and never cared about what was happening around me until I was encouraged to participate in a contest. The Nguyen Thuong Hien Prize in presentation was the most important event that changed my life. When I studied at 12th grade‚ I was a shy student‚ and I
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