When 10-year-old Amelia Mary Earhart saw her first plane at a state fair‚ she was not impressed. "It was a thing of rusty wire and wood and looked not at all interesting‚" she said. It wasn’t until Earhart attended a stunt-flying exhibition‚ almost a decade later‚ that she became seriously interested in aviation. A pilot spotted Earhart and her friend‚ who were watching from an isolated clearing‚ and dove at them. "I am sure he said to himself‚ ’Watch me make them scamper‚’" she said. Earhart‚ who
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Some of the earliest reading memories I have come from reading flashcards with basic words on them‚ reading closed captions on cartoons (something I still utilize to this day‚) and being read to by my mother and preschool teachers. A memory I remember in vivid detail (which is one of my earliest memories) is sitting in the lap of one of the preschool assistants (Jan) as she was reading to me. I do not remember what book it was‚ however‚ I do remember I was wearing a sweatshirt and my pink snowboots
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When Charles “Chuck” Hurley passed away the impact was felt throughout the state of Indiana‚ all of Jennings County and in me. Charles Hurley was so popular that the held is funeral in our high school basketball gymnasium. As we approached the funeral I can remember the stop and go driving all the way to our school parking lot. If you can try to imagine someone that is larger than life it was Charles Hurley. Honorable‚ loyal‚ genuine‚ there are many adjectives one could use to describe him‚ but to
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I did not grow up in a single town; I actually grew up in seven different towns‚ in four different states and two different countries. I was born in Cleveland‚ Ohio. I grew up in Biloxi‚ Mississippi; Warner Robins‚ Georgia; Albuquerque‚ New Mexico; Ottawa‚ Ontario; Dayton‚ Ohio; Adana‚ Turkey; and Beavercreek‚ Ohio. In all of the places I have lived‚ I lived on the Air Force Base‚ because my mom is in the Air Force‚ except in my current residence Beavercreek‚ I live off base. When I lived on Air
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Ever since I could remember‚ I’ve loved writing. My passion began as a child when my creative writing empowered me to defeat my speech disability Rhotacism‚ the inability to pronounce the R sound; It’s more commonly know as the funny way Elmer Fudd talks on Looney Tunes. At a time in which I had lost my voice‚ I was able to eliminate my speech impediment by gaining confidence in myself through writing‚ reading my writing out loud‚ and working closely with a speech therapist. As I grew up‚ my writing
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Growing up in Westmoreland County‚ Virginia‚ I never imagined I would play such a big role in the development of our country. I was the commander in the American Revolution that we won‚ allowing us to separate from Britain. At the age of 27 I was made a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses. In 1774 I was a part of the continental congress. I’m glad I can look back on my many accomplishments and see how much of an influence I have had on the growth of our country. How many people can say they
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LIFE IS LOVE - SOMALY MAM Human trafficking‚ a multi-billion dollar industry‚ is the fastest growing criminal enterprise in the world‚ with over two million women and children sold into sexual slavery each year. Born to a tribal minority family in the Mondulkiri province of Cambodia‚ Somaly Mam began life in extreme poverty. Somaly Mam does not have any birth records showing when she was born or whom her parents were. She was sold at the age 12 and was also a survivor of sex slavery. Now‚ she is
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Culture refers to patterns of human activity and representative structures that give such activity meaning. There are many differences and similarities among the various cultures that occur out of human nature. A culture is inclusive of every facet of a human ’s life. This culture directs people ’s actions and attitudes toward several things. Through culture our attitude‚ actions‚ and thoughts are formed. Culture consists of 3 elements: values‚ norms‚ and artifacts. Values consist of ideas of what
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My fourth grade in elementary grade‚ I had made the most memories. I was the upperclassmen and I had become a bus buddy. Where I would wear an orange badge and have kids cooperate on the bus. I was the one that made the kid’s cooperate and convince them to do as I would say. There were some kids that wouldn’t obey the rules and I would write the kids up and report them. My cousin also joined me in this journey. We would sit at the back and act like top-notches. During May in my 4th grade‚ we
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Benjamin Franklin’s “Autobiography” embodies the ideals of the self-made American man—one who‚ through sheer hard work and moral cultivation‚ fashions his own economic and social status regardless of the circumstances he was born into. Although Autobiography seeks to inspire readers with a sincere devotion to virtue‚ Franklin’s own devotion as depicted at certain points in the work seems casual at best. The indulgent character of Franklin’s moral outlook could be seen particularly in this passage
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