struggle with college. According to the College Completion website‚ out of 29‚700 students only 51.6% graduated in four years. College is challenging‚ but I am going to be successful by listening to advice from experts‚ by utilizing some effective study tools‚ and by taking advantage of the benefits offered by my college. Because I am a working student‚ I know that college will be challenging for me. As a recently graduated student from Kecoughtan High School‚ transition to college is very challenging
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The first day of school‚ and even more exciting‚ the first day of middle school. Sixth grade! Oh how grown up I thought I was! Unfortunately‚ though‚ my euphoria quickly dissipated. Whilst standing at the bus stop fantasizing about all of the friends I would make and the fun projects I would do‚ the other kids at the bus stop started to laugh at me and call me names. They were making fun of the fact that I didn’t wear matching clothes. This was the first time that I realized that I was being made
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It seemed that all my years of hard work had all come down to this moment. All those days that I would spend hours at the gym‚ making sure I had made all my shots and perfected every dribble move‚ not even bothering to take Sunday off because if I wanted to go somewhere with basketball‚ I would have to eat‚ sleep and breathe basketball. I refreshed the inbox of my email‚ and there it was‚ the decision that would make or break my basketball career. I had tried out for one of the most elite club basketball
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I was an imagrate from Hawaii that came in waves. My father was the first generation my mother was the second generation born in Hawaii‚ they were japanese. My father looked through a series of pictures to pick out his wife and she picked my mother but then they divorced before it was one. I was lead to believe that my mother had died during birth. I was raised by my father but was fostered in and out of foster homes during the week but stay with him on weekends. Father worked in the pineapple plantation
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English 111 March 16‚ 2009 As my boyfriend and I walked along the crowded pier: we inhaled the smell of freshly cooked crabs‚ shrimp‚ and lobster that came from the little blue restaurant that sits right on the pier. I could tell that the pier was an old bridge by the cracked cement and the old yellow road markings. The silver rail that surrounded pier was also aged and rusted. After walking about a mile we meticulously lined our poles on the rusted railing. My pole was blue and silver with bells
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At the end of the day‚ you are solely responsible for your success and your failure. And the sooner you realize that‚ you accept that‚ and integrate that into your work ethic‚ you will start being successful. As long as you blame others for the reason you aren’t where you want to be‚ you will always be a failure. -Erin Cummings Being successful is something I currently and always will have as a goal for myself. I believe that through my hard work‚ dedication‚ and drive will lead me to great things
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As the first rays of sunlight streamed through my bedroom window onto my bed‚ I groaned and turned over to look at the clock. After a while of squinting towards the clock‚ I bolted out of bed towards the bathroom. 6:30‚ the numbers rang loud and clear in my head. I had to get to my soccer game in fifteen minutes! As I started to tie my shoelaces‚ still in my bedroom‚ it hit me that this was my last game along with my team. I probably was taking to long‚ because my mother yelled at me to hurry up
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beckoned me to the block. I mounted the block and fastened my goggles tight against my face. I wrapped my toes around the edge of the block and peered down into the clear light blue water. Next‚ a voice spoken from over a speaker told swimmers to “take their mark”. I bent down and within a couple seconds‚ the buzzer went off and I dove into the water. Many memories such as this one come to mind when I think about my first swim meet. My first swim meet is an experience that is very meaningful to me
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I awaken in the middle of the night‚ and the significance of my actions just hours before hit me full force‚ though it feels like a lifetime ago that it happened. My first murder‚ the very thing that had so repulsed me upon my meeting with Zaroff just four days prior. The man was a psychopathic and homicidal bedlamite. He was the predator‚ and I‚ his quarry. His game of hunting men was considered only sport to him‚ whilst I held the belief that this manslaughter was senseless. Now‚ here I lay‚ with
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At first‚ I didn’t find the database to be useful. My first search was neonatal and nurse practitioner which I got one-hundred and eighty-nine results. I narrowed my the search to find better articles that will help me find a topic. I changed the publication dates from 2011 to 2016‚ full text‚ and source type as a magazine. After the changes‚ the search result was one‚ and I it was not useful because it was about an Australian nurse and diabetes. Additionally‚ the article didn’t have anything to
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