Overcoming a Personal Challenge When someone has a personal challenge‚ it makes it difficult at times to achieve success. It is not always easy for me to achieve success in life because I have a mild form of autism known as Asperger’s Syndrome. Asperger’s Syndrome affects many areas of my life. First‚ it affects my ability to learn‚ making success in school a struggle. Next‚ Asperger’s interferes with the ability to understand social situations‚ making success at work difficult. In addition
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With my hands trembling‚ sweat dripping endlessly from my body‚ and nerves attacking my stature‚ I stood on the goal line in the center of the goal staring at the girl standing twelve yards in front of me. The sound of complete silence forced itself into my head along with thousands of thoughts doubting my ability to block her shot. As the goalkeeper for my soccer team‚ the time came for me to shine. It was the championship game of our tournament and we had excelled to the top winning each game
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high school or college without having an mental breakdown that may cause other complications. Most importantly‚ I will perfect my time management skills‚ for I am a firm believer that anything that is lost can be found again except for time wasted. I will use every waking moment to introspectively make a difference. I will be even more motivated to transition to college by remembering that my biggest completion is myself. I am determined to learn from my own mistakes while I am in college and also listen
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Texting While Driving While the ability to communicate away from our homes or work has become a vital tool to connect with family‚ friends‚ and emergency management agencies‚ it has also evolved into a tool of great danger when used while operating vehicle‚ particularly texting while driving. Texting while driving has become as dangerous to driver and passenger safety as are people driving under the influence of alcohol or a controlled substance. The number of teens killed because of
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majoring in General Nursing at Ramapo College. I will not be double majoring or minoring since my program is already rigorous as it is. Professors do not recommend minoring due to the heavy workload nursing majors face. My intended major relates to my ultimate career goal of becoming a nurse. Ramapo college offers a variety of majors that relate to nursing such as respiratory therapy‚ gerontology‚ and physician assistant. My main goal for my life after college is to receive a job offer from a renowned
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First‚ by distinguishing the costs of college versus the price of college. Fix this) Many often interchange the two terms when talking about college‚ however they are not the same. The price of college signifies the amount a student actually has to pay‚ while the cost of college means the amount schools spend on educating a student. The two numbers and how they have changed over time are far from equal. The price of college has gone up‚ while costs have not. Colleges continue to spend the same amount
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In the early 1990s‚ one in every fifty college students used marijuana daily or nearly everyday. In 2013‚ one in every twenty college students used marijuana daily or everyday. Marijuana is the most widely used illicit drug in 34 years of the survey. The daily use of marijuana is at the highest among college students. About fifty-one percent of full-time college students have used an illicit drug at some point in their lives. Thirty-nine percent of college students used one or more drugs 12 months
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How many of you would consider yourself brave? Self Confident? "There are two types of speakers: Those that are nervous‚ and those that are liars." Mark Twain. Introduction Just imagine yourself being in front of thousands of people. Giving a presentation on how to live a better life‚ and a happier one. People are chearing‚ laughing‚ and having a great time. The presentation ends with a standing ovation and you feel on top of the world‚ inconquerable. To think you were once worried
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Ryan Allen ENG 1310 8/3/11 Overcoming Adversity Throughout the world there are many different people who go through different trials and tribulations. Human history and existence today would not be what it is if we didn’t have to struggle a bit to get what we want. I feel this also applies to an individual person’s life too. Everyone has different struggles in their life‚ but it’s the ones that press on and fight through the pain that show their inner warrior. There are beautiful qualities
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11/4/16 College Success Being a college student we think that you can take on the world. Then as she/he‚ sits and pounders the thought of being able to get the dream job that they have being dreaming of since they were three feet tall and barley able to feed themselves. Now that we are old enough that we fit in our own clothes; being able to think for ourselves and flush after using the restroom. Our ego sits in and says I don’t need to prepare for my career before I get that job. The college students
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