Michaela Uebelhoer Lieberson HON 20th Century American History 15 April‚ 2013 1. The Holocaust unit we learned about in class has impacted my life in many ways. It has changed a lot of my opinions on a variety of different topics and made me realize how horrific the Holocaust actually was. It was not until after the lesson was complete that I totally grasped the severity of the events that took place at the German hand. I was shocked and appalled by the actions and crime I heard about during
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Does music affect your mood? Many studies have shown that the simple answer is yes. Music is an international language in a sense. You may not be able to speak Korean‚ but the song‚ Gangnam Style‚ was popular in the United States for some time. If a tune is catchy and people can dance to the song‚ everyone can speak music. After all‚ music has been around for a really long time. The amount of activity that popular sites such as‚ Pandora or Spotify also suggests how much music is a part of
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In my household‚ kids didn’t really have too many responsibilities. I would see pictures of adolescents in third world countries lugging around gallons of contaminated water‚ just to drink for a day and others who would have to eat something as absurd as clay just to settle their hunger. Meanwhile I had a stocked fridge and spotless clothes to wear as I attended public school like every other mediocre kid in the US. It wasn’t until after I graduated High School that I began to comprehend the little
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Tragedies & Music When a tragedy caused by a minor occurs‚ it is not uncommon for people to analyze the music that minor was listening to prior to the event. Who is responsible for this influence? The musician(s)? The parent(s)? The minor? The record label? Should we even bother to look at the music or should we look elsewhere for an explanation? “Music is intended to bring people together for socialization and friendships‚” says Hast‚ Scott‚ and Cowdery. Music has the power to do many
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for dear life when times are tough. In all honesty I believe that the Army saved my life. A couple years ago I started my first year of college and I thought it was going to be the best time of my life‚ but I was wrong. The classes were not the bad part‚ it was the fact that it was so expensive and the loans just kept piling up. In order to get my bachelor’s degree‚ I needed at least eighteen credit hours per semester. Trying to balance my classes‚ two jobs‚ somewhat of a social life‚ and deal
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months ago‚ my life went through a whirlpool; I had no clue what I yearned to do & I was in utter turmoil. I previously desired to become a pediatrician‚ but that firely passion burned out. One day I came across a youtube video of Lisa Lorles‚ a vegan youtuber. In her video she explained that she was studying nutrition in college and that veganism inspired her to do so. At that very moment something clicked in my mind‚ I felt butterflies in stomach and a sense of warmth from a fire in my heart. From
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of times in movies when people died I knew it was fake‚ so it did not scare me as much‚ it was when I thought about my family dying and dying myself. This fear caused me to decide to live forever. I came up with all sorts of crazy ideas. Even if they would never work‚ I kept thinking about them and it consumed me. It kept me from living my own life. That lasted up until I was in my 2nd year of homeschooling. I was in 5th grade‚ and I was given the choice of picking a book from a selection of grade
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How Starbucks Saved My Life is about equality. The main theme in this story was not how people should be treated equal though‚ as most themes that have to do with equality do. The main theme in this story is that everyone IS equal. It showed how anyone could succeed in life‚ no matter what their background. And all of this was not from a wise man’s point of view who knew these principles all his life‚ but of a fortunate man born into the upper class who was taught that it was where you came
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Volleyball was my passion but I came to the realization that it could not be my life. Back in 2010‚ my mother decided I should try every sport and see what my options were. I tried everything you could think of: basketball‚ dance‚ softball‚ soccer‚ you name it and I played it. However‚ volleyball was the one sport that stood out the most to me. I could go to practice and forget the drama I had heard on the playground. I could lose myself in the game because to me‚ it was my escape. In the fall of my freshman
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One of the most significant‚ influential days in my life thus far occurred when I was in eighth grade. I had made the varsity cut for volleyball. This might sound shallow to most people; I got into a team‚ great‚ but what is the big deal? For me‚ it was‚ however‚ because this one thing that happened‚ that day‚ changed my life forever. Getting into a varsity team in eighth grade shaped the rest of my high school years. Being part of a team in which your age is a drastic outlier makes you particular
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