of what my great aunt would always say. She always had high expectations for us‚ but wanted us to do whatever we wanted and always supported us. We were very close so when she died‚ I was devastated. This experience has taught me to be strong and accept what life throws at me. It was the Monday before Thanksgiving break‚ I was sitting in third hour reading a book and looking at the clock every few minutes‚ I was leaving school early to see my great aunt that day. After arriving home my mother summoned
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California‚ and was living without my parents for the first time. I had to make friends all over again‚ and one of the ways I did that was by joining a Jewish youth group‚ NCSY. NCSY’s mission is to inspire Jewish teens by creating lots of events; some span for a weekend while others are for an hour weekly. One program in particular is called Latte and Learn where teens from the NCSY chapter go to a Starbucks for an hour‚ buy some drinks and learn a topic in Torah. Because my NCSY chapter consists of the
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Speech- Journeys “To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.” In other words a journey and the experiences you have are better than the actual destination. The novel “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” by Mark Twain and the poem “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost have taught me that journeys may involves barriers and hardships‚ they can lead to significant personal change and more importantly journeys facilitate reflection about how you see yourself‚ others and the world. Journeys are
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My memory of my education goes back to nursery school. The school was French Hall Academy in East Austin‚ Texas. The rooms were divided by a wall divider. I can still remember hearing a kid in the other room crying at nap time. There were six teachers that would move between to two rooms and help us with the finger painting we were doing or watch the group of kids that were playing with blocks. In the summer of ’96‚ I was five years old. I remember feeling really comfortable in
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management‚ and have acquired a broad accounting background. The first three years of my career‚ I focused on developing my problem-solving and interpersonal skills. My accounting experience taught me to identify the root causes of problems and develop permanent solutions to them. Because many of the problems I was required to solve were too large for me to address alone‚ I learned to manage my time effectively. My fourth year at Changsheng‚ I was assigned to the position of assistant finance manager
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Culture has always been important part of my life. I am a first generation American; my father is a Greek immigrant and all of my mother’s family was born in Greece. Learning about my family’s history and visiting their homes in Greece has given me a worldly perspective. I want to travel to Guatemala to not only learn the language‚ but also fully immerse myself in the culture and create life long relationships. My friendships‚ family and connecting with new people are all special to me. I feel comfortable
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kept ending up back where I started. The walls were mocking me at my distressed‚ and they’re laughter echoed throughout the entire labyrinth. I groaned in irritation‚ gazing up at the sky. The bright moon was my only light source‚ my only aid to guide me through this darken maze. I’m aggravated that the King of the Goblins didn’t give me any tools to use for this maze‚ but he probably wouldn’t have anyway. I kicked the wall with my foot in frustration‚ but halted from doing another one when I heard
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those feelings come back. The magic we hold in our hearts as kids can still be brought out when surrounded by a place with magical memories. It is 100 degrees outside the little sign says 20 minute wait from this point. My dad looks down at me and we both shake our heads yes. He grabs my hand and we start our walk to the end of the line as people file in behind us. The heat seems unbearable‚ but finally it is dark. I hear the sound of water hitting the sides of the boats. I can see the boats most of
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I was sitting along the River near my village‚ recalling the legend of this river that an elderly told me yesterday. The splashing of the water brought me back to reality. Till now‚ I still remember the sight of the surroundings around the river. The river shone in the intense sunlight‚ the groves of green palms glowed and shone and faded with indescribable lovely colours at sunrise and sunset. At night‚ in the sudden cold of darkness the stars shone with extraordinary brilliance in the sky as
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A journey is only valuable if it challenges our assumptions and allows us to develop spiritually or emotionally. To what extent is this perspective represented in texts you have studied? Journeys prove to be extremely beneficial through the spiritual and emotional development they bring‚ particularly when they challenge our assumptions. The experiences on these journeys are confronted by a variety of choices and obstacles‚ which challenge our thinking and presumptions. Through the obstacles in
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