My education has been a unique journey; by receiving a scholarship‚ I will be able to continue my educational adventure. When I was five years old‚ my five-month-old sister Abigaile had a sever reaction to her vaccines. This reaction caused epilepsy and left her permanently disabled. With a vaccine injury‚ there is no such thing as a “cure”. My family began traveling across the United States to do damage control for my younger sister. This traumatic experience affected my family financially‚ emotionally
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I can encourage my friends to show pride in being an American by telling them to participate in American events and holidays. It would also be easy for my friends to support the troops for keeping us safe and free by fighting worldwide. Showing patriotism throughout our country is a great way to have pride in being an American because you show how dedicated and serious you are to our country’s history. If my friends can participate‚ support‚ and show dedication in each of these activities‚ they will
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We kept going‚ but quicker than usual‚ so my feet are started to hurt worse than ever. It suddenly started sprinkling on us‚ but we just ignored it‚ but the rain got heavier and heavier by the minute. Mud was splattering with every step. The Conners’ cover over their wagon tore off. Suddenly‚ our cover ripped a little
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Jesse Saunders Prof. Keith Bishop English 101 12/10/2013 “How I Learned To Love Football” “Move Over Boys‚ Make Room In The Crease” Sara Maratta and Felisa Rogers essay is the opposite of one another. Sara Maratta at the age of 14 developed a liking to sports‚ hockey was Marattas number one sport. Maratta knew hockey inside and out. Her favorite aspect of the sport was the fighting part. It drew her deeper into the sport. Maratta had a passion for the Blue Jackets team‚ and being her
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Antonia exhibits multiple characteristics in the book “My Antonia” by Willa Cather These characteristics lead to Cather being very admirable of Antonia. It is very simple to admire Antonia while reading this book. She is a very admirable person. One of the intensely portrayed characteristics is that Antonia is a hard worker as I stated in the earlier essay. From the moment she and her family arrived she displayed very good work ethics and never ever second guessed herself. She worked on the prairie
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During my term as president‚ the club I serve has had numerous service projects and successful fundraisers‚ and I have attended nearly all of these events. In total‚ I did not attend only 7 of our club’s service events‚ 3 of which I missed because I was at another event‚ and I have participated in every fundraiser we have held. The club I serve this term has had over 50 service projects throughout the term‚ several of which were held by other organizations. For example‚ on May 13th‚ our club was
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stopped upon the question‚ “how has your hero influenced your life?” Tyler sat and pondered if this was the question that would get him in. People that he could choose for that supplement ran through his head‚ but then he stopped when he thought about his mother. Tyler thought about all the things that his mother had did for him. He closed his computer and thought more about it for days. Tyler was flooded with the realization of all the sacrifice his mother did for him and how it all influenced his life
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How I Got Chased By a Dog: One of the Worst Days of My Life Looking back when I was a little girl about the age of 7‚ I always wanted a pet‚ I didn’t care what I just wanted one. So I told my mom about it and she let me get 1 fish. I loved that fish‚ I named him Samuel. Samuel was an angelfish‚ he was blue and he had a smaller fin on his right side. I chose him‚ assuming he wouldn’t get picked by anyone else. He only lived for a week and a half. After Samuel died‚ my mom didn’t think I would be ready
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one skill that I learned is a very common one‚ driving. At some point in our lives we have learned to develop this skill. It’s one of the most involved things to do‚ yet the simplest to do without thinking about. Of course you’re thinking‚ driving‚ no problem I could do it in my sleep. But have you ever thought about‚ how do I know how to drive? I know I haven’t. But now as I think about it‚ I have been developing this skill since I was young. It’s a little thing called learning. How do we learn? Well
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I like to operate under the assumption that I’m wrong. I’m not saying I do this every day or even regularly‚ but it’s an introspection that is rarely suffered in our society. Some of the worldviews I hold are not the most popular‚ but when I pretend I’m wrong about everything in life‚ there’s suddenly no need to argue about where lines need to be drawn. With self-questioning‚ I begin an internal discussion that I can take into conversations with peers. I don’t assume my worldviews are false. Quite
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