When my parents were young the always talked about how their history class changed their life‚ but I never understood. They always said‚ “I learned many things that helped me live my life in a successful and positive way.” My parents always told me I’d understand when I am older‚ and I finally get that history isn’t just things that happened for no reason. Everything in history happened to create what we have today. For example‚ The American Revolution‚ happened for independence. It impacted the
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Though both my parents came from a Hispanic background their conflicting cultures of first generation American and “chicano” shaped my identity. I vividly remember my birthday parties that I despised more than enjoyed as my two families came together with opposing values and language barriers in conflict on how I was being raised. Although this Montegue-Capulet like relationship ultimately led to the separation of my parents early on I was able to grow to love both of my families in their own
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My whole life‚ I was never introduced to change. I was always in the same school‚ same soccer team‚ and same house. But then‚ a gargantuan amount of change occurred in my life. I went to a school with the label of “new kid”. And I joined a whole new level of soccer. When I made the team‚ the weekend of‚ we had a game. We were driving towards the soccer field‚ and I kept on thinking about how excited I was to be playing with these girls I would be playing with for a while now. The day before
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Digital Life Every day people are hit constantly by a bombardment of online media. It used to be that people would see billboards‚ TV commercials and magazine‚ but with advancement of technology people remain wired into the internet 24/7. “Smartphones” are a great example of a device that promotes constant connections. It enables people to be connected to online media at all times. The effects that this constant connection has had on people in general are life changing. We can certainly agree that
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Trinity Rein Music Appreciation "Music in My Life" Music‚ more so now than ever before‚ is a huge part of my life. As a child I always enjoyed listening to music and singing along to it‚ and growing up it was always very important to me. Music moved me in a way that I really couldn’t explain and it still does today. I consider myself a very deep and philosophical person. I’m always trying to look beyond the surface of that which I see‚ hear‚ and experience‚ and extract the true‚ hidden meaning
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that I thought would make my life terrible‚ well at least I to me it did. I had to move from living with my father to moving in with my mother. This change affected me emotionally‚ but also changed my life for the better. I wouldn’t be who I am today if it wasn’t for this change in my life. When my parents got a divorce‚ and remarried our family started to go downhill. Our step mother wasn’t very welcoming towards my siblings and I‚ which caused a huge problem between my family overtime. As time
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Narrative Essay The Day That Changed My Life When I was a kid I was abused by my father and stepfather. I have been put through walls and windows. When I would get into trouble with my dad he would use a belt or a two by four on me. If I was with my mom and my stepfather was in a bad mood or I did something wrong or if I got anything below a b in school‚ I would get hit or I would have to choose between a branch off a rose bush‚ a belt‚ and
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It was July 12‚ 2005 when I heard the news that has forever changed my life. I was going to the Bowie City gymnasium as I did almost every day to play basketball‚ and start some pick-up games. When I arrived‚ started looking for my usual squad. I had my best friend Desmond Bowden playing the point‚ my friend Leon Willis playing the 3 guard‚ my other friend Kevin Baker playing the power forward‚ my main man Jeff Willis playing the center‚ and I played the 2 guard. Together we were unstoppable; we
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2013 there were a record high of 56 murders in my home city of Trenton‚ NJ. My great-grandmother lived until she was 102 years old‚ so at the time‚ my thirteen year old brain never thought death could impact my family. I walked around Trenton’s streets no matter the time of night‚ witnessed various fights‚ and occasional gun scares- but no matter how dangerous the situation became‚ I could never see the gravity of it‚ and it’s long-range impact on my life. I was oblivious to and failed to realize the
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even friends. I thought I had my life all figured out‚ and that I did not need anything more than what I had. I stayed that way‚ until I became friends with Hannah Hennings. My life suddenly screamed new colors and my attitude flipped. I did not know life could switch in such a drastic way. Hannah Hennings is a relatively new friend of mine‚ but she has changed me in more ways than one. When I made it to my junior year‚ I thought I had already made my friends for life. I was not necessarily open to
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