having your face pushed into a cake doesn’t make your eyes go puffy. Unfortunately for me‚ that cake had chocolate icing‚ and it triggered an allergic reaction. After all‚ I’ve been allergic to chocolate my entire life. As a child‚ I was forced to watch as my younger brother received a large chunk of my Halloween spoils year after year‚ solely because I couldn’t eat it. I believed I was an anomaly until I met David Kim‚ who shared two major traits with me: our last names and our allergies. As I discovered
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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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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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others from another generation. I didn’t think much of learning from other generations until something completely unexpected happened. This event completely changed the way I looked at life. It all started last year. It was a chilly October evening. The air was crisp and cool; it was the type of air that would hit you in the face when you walked out the door. My mom had just gotten informed that she had breast cancer. It came as a shock to everyone in the family‚ seeing as no one in her family had
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Cynthia Bahena McLaughlin English 132 032 Date 2/8/13 Life Changing Decisions Throughout the years‚ people thought that the alcohol rate for underage drinking was increasing‚ but in reality‚ the underage consumption has decreased. The rates have dropped from a range of thirty to forty percent in the last forty years. (NCAAA) Even though the rates are decreasing‚ young teenagers in this generation have once again made alcohol popular. Teenagers do not realize that they are putting themselves
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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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down. As doctors‚ our motivation and influences of others helped so much. The bright smiles on our patient’s faces made our day. But somehow it all changed. Days after the event happened‚ caused us to be‚ let’s just say‚ we weren’t who we were again. Rameck wasn’t focused on being a doctor. He changed his life into rapping again. And that changed also how our perspective of Rameck was. He’s a respectable guy‚ but this time it has gone too far. Rameck’s friend was enormous in the music industry
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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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Professor Nora Kabaji English 100 Topic: Has life in the military changed you? How has it affected you? 06 November 2012 The Military Changed My Life for the Better Life in the military has not only changed me‚ but it has molded me to become a better person. Before I joined the United States Navy‚ I was a member of Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (JROTC) for my entire tenure of high school; as well as a scholarship recipient to the University of Kentucky. I had always been
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