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    worse than others right. Well mine started off when I was 14. I thought I could do what I wanted to do when I wanted to do it and knew everything. Needless to say it didn’t happen that way. When I was 14 I got into a lot of trouble. I didn’t listen to my mom‚ I would sneak out the house‚ and I got into a lot of trouble with the police for fighting a lot‚ and always skipped school. I never hung out with people that did anything good. The people I hung out with where negative. Well one day I went to school

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    could barrely hear my coach shriek with what she has left of her voice “this is are year LEAVE NO ROOM! Don’t let them take away what you worked so hard for this is NEW RO’S TIME I CAN FEEL IT!” my body churned as the worlds flew through my head. The Nemorie of her saying something simalier to me last year flashed in to my mind and instantly my stomach tightened my heart left likelike a throwping sore I felt myself begin to sweat as all my pores opeaned and a chiver ran through my body. I would not

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    miserably at soccer‚ and my experience on the kindergarten basketball team was nothing short of catastrophic. I was far from the avid reader I am today and have needed a tutor in math since I learned how to multiply. It wasn’t that I was particularly bad at all of these things‚ but I used to be so remarkably unambitious that I couldn’t bring myself to commit to anything long enough to become good at it. That was‚ until I was first exposed to the stage. Yes‚ I do realize how cliché this must sound:

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    Growing up‚ I always kept to myself and never got close with many people. My PFO experience has changed this about me. Being able to work with everyone in PFO in a different way this past year has allowed me to build a unique relationship with each person. One of my most memorable experiences was from Night of Gratitude. For this show we rehearsed for only a total of 24 hours before we put on the show. In the 24 hours‚ 20 teens‚ including myself wrote songs and poetry to perform in honor of 10 people

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    didn’t know heartbreak until June 28‚ when my dad told me that he had stage 4 cancer. I didn’t know fear until August 13‚ when I found out that he would have to undergo radiation to combat a tumor in his brain. I didn’t know weariness until August 24‚ when everyone at school talked about how great their summer had been‚ and I had to lie and say that mine had been fine. I didn’t know how deep my love for my dad ran until June 29‚ when I wiped away my tears‚ stood a little straighter‚ and vowed

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    At the age of Fifteen i lost my father‚ not knowing how to react i became coy and detached from school. It was Junior year where i realized that i was‚ in many ways‚ hurting myself. Gradually i became more friendly and cared more about my academics. One day at lunch while i was eating alone‚ a guy named Greg came up to me and started talking to me. It was the first time i felt comfortable talking to someone‚ without them having a clipboard in their hand‚ and without me laying on a couch. We spent

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    mother. As a young black teenage mother‚ I have learned to grow up quick. The things that I have learned the fastest were to nurture‚ care‚ and to protect my son‚ Jaylen. These were the three basic instincts that I have had since the day I first saw him. As far as I am concerned these instincts will not go away until my soul is resting. Nurturing my son is very important. To me‚ nurturing is more than just feeding him. Nurturing is also educating him and training him to be all that he can be. I do

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    It was a Saturday morning in the fall when Adam’s life changed forever. He had been working as a hit man for the Russian Mafia for a little over 12 years now‚ one of their best workers. He had always desired to have a family‚ but the life he lived was too dangerous to have anyone to look after besides himself. He had been associating with a local woman named Maria. They met at a farmers market about four blocks from Adam’s home. After listening to her aspirations and values‚ he was almost certain

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    ballFootball is life. football change everything. i started playing football when i was eleven years old. but before that‚ my father want me to play basketball. it was not nice playing basketball for me because i do not fit on these game. Here comes football which was introduce to me by may childhood friend. we always play a small sided game in our village and then i found out that i was good on it. so i trained to play football. i have been playing football for six and a half years and now‚ i am

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    important role in my life. I strive to find positives in every negative situation‚ and remember that I can always learn something from it. Sometimes changing the way you view a situation can make all the difference. Even through times where I have had every reason to give up‚ I have chosen to keep a positive attitude. I have found that when I decide to do this‚ it makes me significantly happier‚ and I take much more away from the situation. For a soccer tournament in sixth grade‚ my team and I went

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