An accident last year changed my attitude towards life . That accident had a great impact on me ‚ it taught me to treasure what i have and to treasure those people around me more . Although the accident was not life threatening ‚ it was still the scariest thing i had ever been through in life . It was an accident that no one would have expected and wanted it to happen . The accident happened sometime last year during the june holidays ‚ while i was having my council annual camp . It was the
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April 15‚ 2011 How Should I Live? Immanual Kant vs. Jon Stuart Mill In their works “Principle of Utility” and the “Categorically Imperative” the philosophers Kant and Mill have addressed one of the most prominent questions humans have asked ourselves since the beginning of time; what are the fundamental moral principles that we should base our lives on? My intent is to show how each of these philosophers in their approach this subject yielding totally different results. I will compare and contrast
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When I was younger‚ I typically received the things I wanted‚ things such as toys – being that I was an only child – and never worried about hearing the answer‚ “No”. I had this insane idea that the world revolved around me. Although I still had the concept in my head‚ that it was all about me when I was informed I would be an older sister‚ I knew that nothing would be the same. Before I was a sister‚ I never took anyone else into consideration‚ and I was never told to do otherwise. I was around
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Before my arrival to the United States of America‚ I viewed this country’s values as a land of opportunity and the promotion of freedom. Upon my arrival to the US‚ my perspective has shifted and the reality became more obvious. Knowing the country’s values and ideals increases your sense of knowledge. Americans endorse unity‚ praise the idea of family‚ and acknowledge the innovations created by these individuals. My families curiosities about this country spurred our move from The United Arab Emirates
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happened changed me and there is nothing that you can really say about that. Two years ago in about mid september things couldn’t have been going any better. I had near perfect grades and was actually having fun in every one of my classes. I had felt like nothing could stop me from having a fantastic year. But there was this girl I really liked and was so confident in myself I set a date where I would talk to her and try to hang out. When the day came I had chills for every period before my class with
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When I was in nursing school‚ I never thought about the dangers that lurk in the darkness‚ the things I would encounter as a nurse that could change my life forever. On a fateful day in 1998‚ there was an event‚ a needle stick that changed my life forever. I was worked nights as an oncology nurse at the local hospital in Humble‚ Texas. I had two small children at the time‚ so the night shift appeared to be the best option for me. My shift started at eleven pm‚ the majority of my patients were sleeping
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When I first arrived to America‚ I was not pleased with being in a new country with a new language that I don’t know anything about it. At the beginning I struggled at school when I saw a new People with a new culture completely different than what I was expecting. Also‚ it was very difficult for me to adapt in a new school with everyone around make me making me feel less and stupid because they speak English very well . Even teachers were not very good and help me understand the lesson or at least
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their backs. This family will wander for days before they reach safety. From one place to another‚ a person does not forget where they came from. An example of this occurs in both the essay “Letter to a Young Refugee to Another” and the short story “The Teacher who Changed my Life”. What would it be like to move to a place that only has a promise of an improved life? Throughout history‚ people have migrated from one place to another in search of something‚ although frequently they forced from their
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I just finished my volleyball game‚ and my team won‚ I walked outside the gym to see my best friend standing there telling me I did awesome‚ we hugged said goodbye to each other and I left for home. I then went outside to watch my neighbors kids for four hours‚ then went inside and played Wii with my dad. That’s when it all changed. I looked at my IPhone 3GS and read the most devastating text I had ever received from my best friend‚ “Taylor‚ you need to change who you are‚ no one likes you…” This
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I fell back on the mulch‚ full of tears‚ wishing that I’d never existed. The whole world was spinning. I felt like sinking deep into the grounds of the earth‚ and never returning. I thought I was ordinary. I did ordinary things an ordinary kid would do. But maybe not to them... The two vicious cobras hissed and snatched at me. Their venom sunk into me like a needle; It hurt. It stung . I couldn’t hold the tears back anymore. Those two cobras changed my life. It was recess time‚ and I was playing
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