Growing up I would have never imagined myself here. Long before I could consider medicine a possibility I had aspired to work alongside my father as a butcher. I was born in Merida‚ Mexico to a single mother. As the man of the house I began working at the age of seven cleaning windshields at stoplights and polishing shoes for any available change that people could spare. I came to America at age of twelve. My father had been anxiously waiting to meet me the day I arrived in Houston. My first challenge
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smoke. The adrenaline surpassed expectations throughout the show‚ there was so much movement‚ from people jumping and dancing‚ to fists in the air so tight you could see their white knuckles a mile away. For a moment‚ the lead singer told the crowd how not many would know a song they were about to play‚ since it was before they became well known‚ and obviously‚ I knew it. As they began the introduction of the song‚ some of the crowd grew calm and quiet‚ while those who knew the song kept the same
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and what I would do when I woke up. Knowing what was in front of me gave me a sense of control in my unstable life. This sense of control led me to make better decisions and better grasp what was important to my life. Football taught me how to manage this time and how to balance work and play. I was able now to get all of my school work done the night before instead of the day it was due. Without the structure football built‚ my life would still be
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“What’s amazing is‚ if young people understood how doing well in school makes the rest of their life so much interesting‚ they would be more motivated. It’s so far away in time that they can’t appreciate what it means for their whole life.”- Bill Gates. There are many great and not so great things about schools. Gunstream is very important to me because it is such a friendly and positive aura. It is safe to say that anyone that goes to this school can think of many great things‚ people‚ and memories
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She wanted to talk to him and be his friend‚ but was too afraid to go near his house. Scout had always talked about Boo to Mrs. Maudie to know more about him. They had always talked about how lonely he seemed to be‚ and what they wondered he did each and every
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For somebody to have so much tenacity to pick themselves out of the trenches in such as dark period of life‚ how could I not constantly gain strength? My mother became sober for her future‚ and although I didn’t exist yet‚ for me. She wanted to give me a better life‚ just like her parents had given her. Unfortunately‚ the circumstances didn’t allow her to complete
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cast covering my hand. This situation was extremely hard for me since the only position I had played on offense was at quarterback. When I first got my cast off and came back‚ I learned to only play defense but as I went along‚ I developed and learned how to play a brand new position. I was able to take a step back which in the end took me farther as now I am going to play college ball as a
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China‚ the Ming dynasty took over. The Columbian exchange introduced new products such as maize and America silver into China. During the period of 1500-1750 CE‚ the global flow of silver brought about many social and economical changes across the world such as the switch from a barter system to the usage of silver coins. This made it easier to trade‚ especially over long distances by placing a set value on certain goods. Despite the good it did for trade‚ the increased production of silver coins
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Fair Science Testing With Paper Airplanes 1. Find an airplane template to follow. Design your airplane. Test it with many flights. Practise how to hold and throw it to produce the most consistent straight flight. 2. Decide what aspect of your paper airplane you would like to investigate to see whether it will have an effect on its flight distance. You will need to change it a minimum of three times and will therefore need to build three airplanes. 3. Choose from the following: Size of paper plane
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Throughout PFC I have learned and gained many new important factors in life whether they are new skills to lifelong friends. Being in PFC has exposed me to new ways of learning and becoming a better leader in the future. From the beginning‚ I have inherited new skills through the trainings conducted and last minute conflicts on the freshman days of service I have been a part of. The trainings were not just a way of torture‚ waking up on Saturday mornings dragging myself to work so I can sit there
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