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    a family of eight‚ I knew my parents struggled. Although they worked hard to provide the necessities my siblings and I needed‚ they still had a hard time. I’ve watched my parents struggle to get jobs with their lack of college‚ and I decided I wanted to make the most out of my intelligence. My career goals are currently undecided because I still have admiration for too many subjects to fully commit to one; however‚ my educational goals are to earn a doctoral degree. As my mom jumped from part-time

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    My full name is Colin Zachary Arndt. I was born at a ski resort in Steamboat Colorado‚ Then my parents and I traveled the country following my grandparents. My grandfather was a well know hotel manager so he was transferred a lot. My parents were both college drop outs so we didn’t have a lot of money and we spent the beginning of my life in a very rough spot. When my Dad was finally able to get a job we moved here and lived in the apartment building across the street from Mi Rachito. I was not a

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    The vibration of the basketball hitting the ground is the best feeling the world. Light was shining through the humongous windows onto the worn out gym floor like a flash light. The other teams jerseys were as red as a rose...and as red as the blood pouring out of my mouth. Thats a good story. I am here to tell you about it. I was about ten years old‚ 4th grade. My basketball team was awful and horrible combined into one word. Awfible? Well anyway‚ this game was leaning toward us this time. We were

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    “Run! You got this Hannah!”‚ shouted my dad. Hearing him cheer me on urged me to play tougher‚ run faster‚ kick the ball harder. I passed to one of my teammates‚ she scored‚ and the crowd went wild. I turned towards my dad and saw his smile explode across the field making me feel like the utmost adored person in the world. This was my junior year. It has been three months since my father abruptly died. I spent time with him on Sunday and he was gone on Monday. I felt desolate‚ heartbroken‚ and resentful

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    Many people would say that growing up with parents who could not speak english would be to my disadvantage‚ but I disagree. Growing up I always believed it to be exhausting having to translate and never really feeling normal. I believed it to be dragging and many times protested against it‚ but besides it being tiring‚ I also felt embarrassed. Yeah embarrassed of having to deal with my parents and not being able to communicate with them like other kids did with their parents. As I grew older the

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    Discuss three instances of how our knowledge of DNA has changed life in our day. Give one positive and one negative application of that knowledge and defend your answer. According to Kenneth Saladin‚ deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is “a long threadlike molecule with a uniform diameter of 2mm‚ although its length varies greatly from the smallest to the largest chromosomes.” What does this mean? Basically‚ it is a long string that contains a person’s genetic information. DNA has been studied

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    How Morrie’s and my life were affected by life circumstances Life is beautiful. We all love it and we want to get as much a pleasure from it as we can. However many unexpected things happened through our life and they impact us differently. Good things encourage us to go on‚ and bad things push us toward our life’s improvement. All together they give us life experience and knowledge. In the book Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom‚ the author tells us about his professor’s

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    How My View on Gay Marriage Changed” At the time‚ gay marriage is a steaming hot topic of discussion in the United States. The right of marriage between man and man or woman and woman is one of the most controversial debates in the history of America. On several locations around the globe‚ fore an example in europe‚ gay marriage is a legal act. But should homosexuals have the same rights as “normal” people when it comes to marriage? A lot of different reasons why gays should not be able to get

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    Throughout my life I would say my grandfather had the biggest impact on my life. My grandfather taught me valuable things‚ whether it was insignificant or significant he taught the things to me. I know some things that he taught didn’t make sense to me until now I finally understand why he did what he did to help me later in life. I really am grateful that I had the chance to spend as much time as I did with my grandfather‚ as it really improved me as a person. The first thing he taught me was how to do

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    Q. Who invented basketball? A. Dr James Naismith B. Micheal Jordan C. Shaquille O’Neal D. None of the above ANS. Dr James Naismith Q. It is the kind of sport that using a ball to shoot. A. Badminton B. Basketball C. Volleyball D. Table Tennis ANS. Basketball Q. It is well known proponent of Basketball. Who is he? A. John Jacques B. David foster C. Dr. James Naismith D. James Gibb ANS. Dr James Naismith Q. Dr. James Naismith was born in what year? A. 1861 B. 1867 C. 1874 D. 1894 ANS. 1861 Q.

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