to fulfill their parents dream as they have no clue what they want to do. I too belong to the same group of students who didn’t know their aspirations. But there is a little twist here. I had so many things which I desired to do‚ or aimed to do‚ or to be but since I’m just a human & not a superhuman to be able to do what I desired. So I would just tell people that “Well lets see where life takes me & what I end up doing”. So I just thought why not achieve something our parents desired for themselves
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I grew up in Taiwan. It was the goal of many parents there to get a good education for their children so they could go to university in the United States. So after high school I was sent to a university in the Midwest in 1969 to study mechanical engineering. It was very difficult for me. I knew hardly any English and there were very few Chinese-speaking students there. I was lonely. Terribly lonely. I cried a lot when by myself in my room. But I made it through. It took me five years‚ but I made
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Mrs. Bailey English 092 20 February 2013 A Change in My Life I have endured many changes in my life and many of them have happened over the past six years. Here are some examples of the changes I have gone through that lead up to the greatest change of my life graduating high school‚ getting married to the love of my life‚ loosing my grandfather‚ and having my son. But none of those changes could prepare me for the greatest change in my life that I had to go through‚ and that happened on November
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A Moment in my Life A personal narrative by Kyle Baldwin-Langrehr The following is the story of a lesson learned by a younger version of myself. My name is Kyle. When I was eight years old‚ I got the chance to experience a thing that more and more lucky children get to see and live each day. This thing is known to many as divorce. Let’s back up a bit further‚ shall we? I was born on a warm California night on June seventeenth‚ in the year of nineteen-hundred and ninety-four. Right around the
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Basketball and Life Growing up‚ sports were an important part of family‚ and in turn a very important part in my life. From the small plastic basketball hoops‚ Nerf footballs‚ and little tike golf clubs. I was always surrounded by sports. At home in my younger days I’d spend all day either shooting hoops on my small basket‚ or attempting to hit golf balls around the yard. My dad would spend hours of every evening perfecting my shot and playing countless games of horse. I can remember if I would
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My mom has multiple sclerosis. Having been diagnosed with the disease almost eighteen years ago‚ my mother has never been healthy in the time that I can remember her. Because of this‚ I have been accustomed to a different childhood than a majority of my friends. There were a lot of things that I didn’t do with my mom as a child that many other families do. We did a lot of traveling when we were younger‚ but we stopped taking trips after I was seven years old. Although my aunt and uncle always stepped
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STORY OF MY LIFE My name is Igbonekwu stephen Master hail from Nriukwu in Aboh-Mbaise local government area Imo state. I am eighteen (18) years‚ born and brought up in Onitsha‚ Anambra state. All about me is great. I attended Promise international School fegge Onitsha during my nursery and primary level. I studied in Federal Science and Technical College Awka‚ Anambra state during my secondary school time. I made alot of friends Bimbo‚ Amaka‚ Judith‚ and others; my favourite meal is fufu and edikiangkong
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THE STORY OF MY LIFE I was born in a cool‚ tranquil Sunday night around 10.00 pm‚ on 14th June‚ 2012 in Akure‚ Ondo State Nigeria. I was born to the family of Pastor and Deaconess Patrick Olufunmilayo Adeniyi. I grew up among five boys and one girl and ours was a family where virtues of morals‚ integrity‚ respect to elders and godliness were tenderly and adherently instilled. Discipline was so silently‚ gradually and steadily entrenched in the family that no one needed to tell the others to shun
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My dad was extremely involved in my life especially when I was younger. I was a daddy’s girl one hundred percent growing up. My dad got me involved in all the sports I partook in. Encouraging me‚ giving me lessons‚ and helping me become better in any way he could. My mom was normally just there for moral support but my dad was the one to push me. He encouraged me to be good at anything I wanted to do. My dad played such a strong role in my life‚ and helped me become who I am today. The influences
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Growing up‚ I always kept to myself and never got close with many people. My PFO experience has changed this about me. Being able to work with everyone in PFO in a different way this past year has allowed me to build a unique relationship with each person. One of my most memorable experiences was from Night of Gratitude. For this show we rehearsed for only a total of 24 hours before we put on the show. In the 24 hours‚ 20 teens‚ including myself wrote songs and poetry to perform in honor of 10 people
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