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    Courageous Person

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    stronger. Imagine being reduced of everything of possession; car‚ home‚ money‚ cell phone‚ food‚ all in one day. In June of 2003 Tyrell and his mother became homeless‚ in which unbeknownst to them they would remain for 7 years. To the average person that may think this could never happen to them‚ I’m almost sure they never thought it would happen to them either. They both have shared their experiences with me of their time in the streets; some of the stories are unbelievable of how they had to

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    curiosity and truth. “Someday you will die‚ and until you know that‚ you are useless to me (76).” These words‚ written by Palahniuk‚ struck me in a way few others have. Like most teenagers‚ I often host a feeling of invulnerability towards death. Until I read Fight Club‚ I never stopped to think that one day everything will fall apart; I will die and the world will forget me. Palahniuk helped me realize‚ “How everything you ever love will reject you or die. Everything you ever create will be thrown

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    How We Define Ourselves

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    How we Define Ourselves Americans come from many different backgrounds and nationalities. Of these Americans are different races and religions‚ which represent the United States today. With the amount of diverse people in the United States‚ not everyone agrees with allowing people of different races and religions to mix. Living with people of different cultures can have a major impact on peoples’ lives. People today define themselves and others by the way they look and the things they may do

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    Best moment in my life

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    My most memorable moment Many people experience events in their life that they remember because they are life molding‚ fun‚ or something educational. These events help people become the person they are meant to be. I have a time in my life that helped me to become a better person and also learn about many different people. One of the most memorable times in my life was when I was a high school stepper. I attended school at Broad Street High School in Shelby Mississippi. I was a junior in high

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    One transformational moment in Daigo’s life would be when he had to give up playing the cello‚ to finding a new job. His wife was very supportive of him when he told her that he had to find a new job. She didn’t get upset with him when he was in the process of starting a new career. A symbolic object that showed this is the salmon trying to swim upstream‚ but end up dying. This showed a sense of rebirth in Daigo because he has to give up playing an instrument that he has dedicated his whole life

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    My Most Successful Moment

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    Nicole Lantz 2-18-14 12:15-1:30 My Most Successful Moment to Date Through all my years of high school I was homeschooled. This was due to the fact that my mom was taking care of my grandparents in Florida‚ at the time we lived in North Carolina‚ and my dad traveled for work; therefore‚ there was no body to take us to school. Online school became the only option in that situation. As a way of staying busy and getting out of the house I always worked odd jobs that would hire

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    What Defines Us as Humans?

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    What defines us as humans? Calling ourselves human is our way of categorizing ourselves as a superior species.  Although we are distinctly different‚ we should accept that we are in the same family as chimpanzees. Acknowledging that fact doesn ’t mean you are calling yourself a chimp. For example‚ a dog isn ’t a wolf even though they are from the same family. We are humans. What is it about our physical and behavioral traits that enable us to develop uniquely human capabilities? Traits like language

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    An Ordinary Person

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    The poem An Ordinary Person by Rabindranath Tagore is about how humans do not appreciate the things around them and how they want the things that they do not have. The poem also shows how humans are constantly attracted to things that are foreign to them. The literary device allegory is very important to this poem. The poem could be seen as a poem a poem about a man simply going to the future and becoming the center of attention because he has been resurrected. However‚ the poem could also be interpreted

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    An Annoying Person

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    Hunter L. Beebe Professor Jackson Writing 2 Annoying Person Scary Kerri Many people say that there are several reasons why people are annoying to them. However‚ there is always that one person who always seems to show up when people are around our other friends. Well‚ I have this friend named Kerri‚ and she is annoying. I am annoyed that Kerri is an attention seeker‚ a “one upper”‚ and she cannot shut up. First of all‚ she is an attention seeker. For example‚ she always needs to be the center

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    1970s Australian Moments

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    Its 1975‚ spring in Del Mar‚ CA. A freestyle skateboarding contest was held at the ocean festival. That day the Zephyr Skate team ( lords of dogtown‚ Z-boys) attended the contest‚ won almost every event they entered and showed the world what skateboarding was really about. This was the rebirth of skateboarding since the crash of skateboarding in 1965. Skateboarding was now huge all over the world‚ pool skating was also very big‚ it was taken from a hobby to something serious and exciting. Pong (marketed

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