The drumbeat‚ gong‚ and the cymbalist came to a stop. I spun the golden head around my sweaty body‚ revealing my pink‚ exhausted face to the audience after what had felt like an endless lion dance performance. Bowing to the crowd‚ I heard various people yelling‚ “Wait‚ that was a girl?” I felt their surprised expressions and approval shine down on me as the result of the intense training I endured. As lion dancer‚ I never imagined feeling so triumphant. Growing up‚ my family was always there to belittle
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on my face as I read over all possible majors and minors for college‚ my mother reassured me. "Everyone has at least one special talent that they excel in‚" she winks‚ "I’m sure you’ll have your breakthrough." Just thinking that it was unconditional love smothering me‚ I shrugged off indifferently at her comment and continued to stare blankly at the list. My biggest worry wasn’t filling out the massive paperwork for college admission; it was choosing the right major‚ the right field‚ and the right
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I want to do something good for humanity. I believe that one of the best ways to help people is through service. I believe that all that I have been endowed with in this life‚ must be paid back through service to others through the utilization of the the training‚ talents‚ and abilities that I possess or will possess. Ever since I was little‚ I’ve always had a fascination with being a soldier. The idea of a soldier‚ tall‚ strong‚ and proud‚ was the example I always compared myself to in my mind’s
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Tiffany Livingston ENG 095 Y80 Ms. Spillane 07/11/2013 A Journey of Strength I wouldn’t take anything for my journey now. The courage that a child has may be where your strength comes from. I faced the biggest challenge of my life the week I found out that I had become the mother of a special needs child. The day was bright and cold as any other. Little did I know that it would be the appointment that would change our lives forever? I dressed all my little ones‚ put them in the car and
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Skills Refection Essay Looking back on my work experiences‚ I have learned many things. I have most of my experiences working with the public. I started working in high school‚ so I learned early on how to juggle between the responsibility to keep up with school work and work reasonability. It’s been tough‚ especially at this point in my life. Through the three main areas that I have worked‚ I obtained many skills‚ abilities‚ and knowledge that will help me through my next‚ and hopefully last career
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A Fake Reality I have experienced many crazy occurrences in my lifetime‚ stories of real fun and adventure that any young kid would love to enjoy. I also have always had a vivid imagination‚ creating storylines for me and my cousin to re-play‚ but this was a step further into a reality. A moment that seemed too real‚ but not at all‚ at the same time. I woke up in the middle of the night. A feeling of unknown came over me‚ and it took a moment to realize I was in my older sister’s room
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I know how to take the money that I’ve earned and divide it up into necessities first‚ and non essentials second. For example‚ the first thing that needs to get paid every month is the rent. After that it’s the utilities‚ and then groceries. Once those are set aside‚ there isn’t a lot left over. The non essentials are the cable and WiFi‚ streaming video services like Netflix and Hulu‚ and my ever expanding collection of books. If I spend all
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The single most impactful experience in my life is attending Ventura Community College. Nothing has hurt me more. In high school I had taken AP and IB classes and had finished within the top ten percent of my class but I had no idea what I wanted to do. I applied to some schools that I considered to be mediocre so that I could continue swimming‚ but as the application deadlines ended and most of my friends were being accepted to places such as UCLA‚ UCSB‚ and even Harvard‚ I had realized that I
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treasurer for my previous school and Torch Club. I like this job because it makes me feel better about myself‚ like someone actually trusts me. Being treasurer also helps me in other fields. For example‚ I won the Torch Club election because I had experience in 5th grade. The best paying job I’ve had was cleaning my Uncle’s Lee J. car. My twin sister and I cleaned it once and had gotten 5 dollars. My
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25th 2009 SLS Reid M/T/W 8:00 My Community College Experience So far my community college experience has been the best I’ve ever had. I have enjoyed the freedom‚ my coursework‚ and all the new friends I’ve made. When I first started college‚ I wasn’t excited at all. I just knew that the work wasn’t going to be as difficult as a university and I basically saw the whole idea as a joke. After just a couple of short months at Florida State College of Jacksonville‚ I see now that everything I thought
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