challenging thing I’ve ever done in my life thus far was taking Spanish in my first two years of high school. Throughout my whole scholastic career‚ I never really had to try. I came to class‚ did the work‚ and then aced the tests. This history of nonexistent challenge was interrupted by my enrollment into foreign language. For some reason the ideas taught within the class never really resonated with me and for the first time ever I was no longer an “A student.” This took a huge hit to my pride but
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College High School‚ has effectively marked my transition into adulthood. From the day in eighth I held that brown envelope in my hands that read “CONGRATULATIONS” to now when I hold the weight of responsibility and expectation on my shoulders‚ I knew this was the transition. The days I visited for open house and meeting‚ I was trembling‚scared; nervous. It was tearing apart my world taking this big step I wasn’t ready for‚ but I had gotten that far‚ so I held my breath and jumped. The day that school
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I was so happy that we had a five day weekend‚ this week. I don’t know why I felt like this week went by slow. We got our first progress reports on Wednesday and I wasn’t extremely happy with my grades. Upperclassmen would always tell us that senior year would be the most relaxed year of our four high school years‚ but honestly it does not seem like it. It’s not that the subjects that are hard‚ its keeping up with every class and the assignments. The thing that i am stressed about is processing all
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Why was the first day of the Battle of the Somme on the 1st of July such a disaster? On 1st July 1916‚ the first phase of the allied offensive‚ took place on the Northern side of the Western front and was known as the Battle of the Somme. The main reason for the battle was to take pressure off the French army‚ which had been under heavy attack at Verdun since February‚ and was close to cracking. It was hoped that a major British offensive on the Somme would force the Germans to withdraw troops
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First impressions are very important to your every day life. They are the basis of how relationships start and how you are seen by other people. People‚ based on first impressions‚ form opinions. The opinions could begin many things and lead towards success or these opinions could be ones that are misleading and have a negative impact on how people relate to you. First impression are very important on people’s social life‚ in your education and in employment. In your social life‚ first impressions
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was approved on June 21‚ 1788. The Constitution of the United States divides the government into three branches. First the Legislative branch‚ then the Judicial branch‚ last the Executive branch. The Constitution of the United States sets up the balance of power between the states. The rights that get added to the Constitution of the United States are called the amendments. The first ten amendments are called the Bill of Rights. To date there are twenty-seven amendments to the constitution. The Constitutional
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authentic holiday in Vietnam; therefore‚ people spend at least seven days to celebrate. There are so many activities and preparation that Vietnamese people do before‚ during and after Tet. Preparation of Tet often begins a week before the actual celebration. At that time‚ everyone is busy to buy new clothes‚ foods and decoration for the house. People‚ who live far away from home‚ usually return and gather with their family on these days. They prepare for Tet by cooking sticky rice cake‚ which calls Banh
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MY FIRST LOVE Love is an intense feeling of affection towards someone that arises from a recognition of attractive qualities in that person. Love can increase so suddenly‚ spreading a feeling of warm and happiness giving you a glow through every inch of that person. In my own case it was a bitter sweet experience. It all started back home in Africa when my mum sent me to the grounder’s shop to ground pepper so she can cook dinner. Most people in Africa prefer going to
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What is FIRST? For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology is a program whose main goal is to inspire and teach young people in the fields of science and technology. The program does this by pairing high school students and professional mentors to solve intense engineering problems in a competitive way. Each January a new game is announced and a universal kit of parts is given to each team. The teams then have six weeks to build a robot to play the game. They then go to regional
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lanyards‚ spend hours picking out their first day of school outfit‚ and cheer out wrong names of players at football games. While I find all this amusing‚ I also totally remember the excitement‚ anxiousness and remarkable amount of cluelessness that comes with being a brand spanking new college freshman. My first semester of college was certainly an experience. And I use the word experience BECAUSE Experience is what I get when I didn’t get what I wanted. The first semester of my freshman year of college
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