Growing up in a family with a rich football tradition was exciting. Every adult with a son in our family wanted to see them grow up playing ball from pop warner to middle school in that heart fulfilling high school varsity ball games. There was nothing better than seeing your siblings shining under the bright lights on Friday nights with our family in the stands cheering them to victory. That tradition motivated us younger boys to be the best we could be. We all wanted to live the dream of being
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How reading has impacted my life. My life is kinda crazy. When I was little we moved a lot so in the car during long trips I would read Toad and Frog or Curious George. I never hate long car rides because I always had a book to read. In fourth grade i was put into class that helped me read because when we moved I would keep behind and not understand what the class was learning. I was in that class for maybe two month because I learn very easily well beside spelling. When I was in 8th grade I read
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addiction. All I hear on the news is how San Bernardino has a negative reputation such as having infamous teachers who don’t seem to have respect for their students. Aside from all the comments‚ whether having teachers or having students who make the city feel unsafe. There are always opportunities around. I come from a Hispanic family and will be the first to graduate and attend college. I was blessed to have both of my parents‚ neither being addicted to drugs
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How Epilepsy Changed My Life Gilbert Lutes Essay ENGL 121 10/15/12 Writing Assignment When I was just seven-years old‚ I was diagnosed with epilepsy. I’d been having small and frequent seizures my entire life without ever knowing of it until one day when I was shelling walnuts in front of the fireplace. Everything I ever knew was being stripped away from me. I no longer had control over any of the muscles in my body‚ my ability to speak‚ my actions‚ nor my sight. All I could do was relax
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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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Throughout PFC I have learned and gained many new important factors in life whether they are new skills to lifelong friends. Being in PFC has exposed me to new ways of learning and becoming a better leader in the future. From the beginning‚ I have inherited new skills through the trainings conducted and last minute conflicts on the freshman days of service I have been a part of. The trainings were not just a way of torture‚ waking up on Saturday mornings dragging myself to work so I can sit there
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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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I was born in 1758 on a Virginia farm on April 28th. My family and I weren’t a very rich family but we made do. We lived in a small house and I had two sisters with 5 brothers. My dad worked as a carpenter and planter. We didn’t go to school because we were tutored at home. We liked being home schooled but it wasn’t a very good education though. At the age of sixteen I attended a better college for a better education the college was called the college of William and Mary. Although I soon dropped
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happened in my life that I did not see coming. No of course it was not me who was hit with the big C. This happened to my sister when I was in the 6th grade. This took a major change to me and it changed who I am today. When this happened it took control of my sister. My sister has never had a fair life for her. When ever she would get passed a major thing in her life something always comes around to bite her. This thing that started it all happened when she was 3-4 years old and my sister needed
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In basketball‚ always dribble with your head up. No‚ this is not something I learned from one of my coaches or any of my teammates. This is one of the many lessons I learned from a young African refugee. It began on a snowy day‚ peering through my frost bitten window at the basketball hoop across the street. Amongst the falling snow there was someone I had never seen before with a basketball in his hand and a smile wider than I thought the blistering cold would allow. At first‚ I was hesitant to
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