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    If I were to give a survey asking people what the most difficult point in life was‚ the overall answer will definitely be high school. High school is a time of self-discovery and issues. Everyone has a problem with school‚ home‚ or an activity. Obstacles are set to motivate us of course‚ but in the case of affecting academic performance‚ it can be what breaks my career. The main problem for everyone changing from middle school to high school is adjusting. Countless orientations‚ changing the

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    on the track. They will help fix me when I collide with obstacles. My friends will guide me through the road of life. My enemies try to overtake me and pass

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    for your support of the Valencia James M. and Dayle L. Seneff Honors College. As one of this year’s recipients‚ I am more than grateful for the opportunities this scholarship will provide me. I rely heavily on scholarships to help fund my education and receiving this award will assist in reducing my financial burdens as well as provide support for me as I continue pursuing my education and future career. Attending Valencia College has been an honor and a privilege. My older brother attended Valencia

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    Starting at eight years old‚ I always envisioned attending college and obtaining a degree that would allow me to accomplish what I want in life. Over time‚ I have faced many obstacles such as dyslexia‚ emotional trauma‚ and family challenges. All through these challenges‚ I never let anything deter me from my course of attending college. Despite being able to overcome obstacles‚ I have come to realize there are things in life that I have little to no control over. Now that I have had time to experience

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    language barrier was the biggest challenge of my life. I was once left on the school bus because I did not understand bus stops in English. I was in a maze of frustration and confusion. I was living in a different world. However‚ I overcame these obstacles through practice‚ hard work‚ smiles‚ and friendship. I made friends who helped me assimilate and were willing to help me through tough social situations. Equipped with a more solid English background in middle school‚ I joined the choir. Through

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    The movie Safe Harbor shows us how not to judge someone based on their past‚ how to overcome obstacles and how family doesn’t have to be blood. The movie starts out with the happily married couple Doug and Robbie Smith‚ who have just retired and are about to begin their journey sailing the globe on their sailboat. Two weeks before the Smith’s are about to embark‚ a good friend and Judge asks them if they have room to take care of two teenage boys‚ since juvenile hall is full and he does not want

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    As an openly gay teenager‚ I’ve had many obstacles in my life. So many of those conflicts were in school. These conflicts began in the fourth grade‚ got worse throughout junior high‚ and continued to haunt me in high school. Those years in junior high were definitely the most difficult. I was the target of so much bullying and I was being called names that I didn’t even know the meaning of. In fact‚ I didn’t know what the word gay meant until around eighth grade. Every time someone would call me

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    not take their school-time very seriously. I do not know if this is because of puberty‚ laziness or just because they do not know how important it is to be somehow ambitious in their own interest. Attending a university is a personal matter‚ so let’s get personal. The reason I did not finish college back in 2004 was not only due to laziness. I got married and pregnant so I thought I would have a “really good excuse” to stop my higher education‚ stay at home for some years and take care of the child

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    I had started to be that girl who sat at lunch by herself‚ or even went into a teacher’s classroom just to get away from all the hate. It all started when I lost my father. It put me in a deep depression. I started to wear baggy clothes and not talk to any of my friends. They still tried to talk to me but all I did was block them out. My dad was my idol. I wanted to be him. Every Sunday after church we would go to the basketball court for over two hours just working on my lay-ups and free throws

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    weeks have been the most nerve-wrecking and exciting weeks of my life. Coming to college is a lot like being thrown into a jungle. All of the resources you need to survive are there‚ but most of the time you have to find them on your own. Every resource I could possibly need is here for me at the University of Iowa‚ but I have to go out on my own to find them and utilize them. Throughout my first few weeks of college‚ I have found there to be three main differences: privacy‚ work ethic‚ and time management

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