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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Many Kids Called Unfit for Adult Trial: Those under 15 often blind to the long-term results of their choices‚ a study says. By Greg Krikorian Published: March 3‚ 2003 in the Sacramento Bee Thousands of juveniles tried as adults in the United States may be incompetent to stand trial because they are emotionally or intellectually unable to contribute to their own defense‚ according to a juvenile-justice study to be released today. The study‚ directed by a University of Massachusetts professor
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Andrea Johnson DEV 0032-158 November 1‚ 2012 How Cancer Changed My Life Cancer can make a change in anyone’s life. It has been in my life for as long as I can remember. Many of my family members have had several different types of cancer and have lost their battle‚ but the one that impacted my life the most was the recent loss of my best friend. My friend’s name was Elke‚ and she battled brain cancer for almost 10 years. She was only declared in remission a couple times‚ it just kept
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Fury. Depression. Disgust. Shame. C team again. Nothing has hurt or changed my life like the disappointment of being relegated to C team as a sophomore. I fell in love with soccer when I was eight years old‚ and it has remained my passion to this day. From the feeling of winning a header to completing a perfect pass or even just messing around with friends‚ it is the most sensational feeling I know. I never expected this beautiful game to cause me so much pain. I realized this was the thing for
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world to show my life is worthwhile. Obstacles have been part of my life struggles beginning at the age of three‚ when I was informed my mother would probably only live for one to two years‚ because she has an autoimmune disorder that was unidentifiable. However‚ my mother overcame the odds and is alive‚ but can’t function as a healthy individual. Thus me and my sister were home-schooled and I quickly stepped into the shoes of caretaker as my father had to work to support our family. Being a young
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Snowboarding Have you ever done something that changed your life? Well that’s what this story is about. Im going to tell you about the first time i went snowboarding and how it changed my life. “Where are we going?” i exclaimed. “You will see” my mom said with a huge smile on her face while glancing at my dad. We started to slow down in front of a big hotel with a mountain behind it. “Wooow are we staying there?” “we will see i need to check in first to see if we are staying in here or a cabin
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your book “Kickoff”‚ something changed me. Your book made me feel like if I strive for my dream or goal I’ll accomplish it. I know that you guys became pro NFL players. Kickoff made me feel like I can accomplish what I want in life. Sometimes a barrier can stop you from striving your goal‚ but always try to fight through it no matter what happens. THis book will be one of the stories I’ll remember reading when I’m older. I will tell you more on how your book changed me. Maybe more books of yours will
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Although I have had many injuries growing up‚ there is one that particularly changed my life for the better. The injury occurred when I was playing eighth grade football. It was August and we were scrimmaging Westfield; a very good team that had a lot of big players. The coach called me onto the field to play fullback‚ which means that I was probably going to carry the football. As I was running onto the field my heart started to beat a little faster. I had a bad feeling about getting the ball. I
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For thousands of years’ humans have been coming together to live in what is called civilizations. For thousands of years‚ the creation of civilization has made people work together to improve living conditions and live better lives‚ but has also demonstrated that different society’s will fight each other to gain more power and show that their civilization is stronger than others. It is fair to say that humans have progressed civilizations going back to the first little civilizations of Mesopotamia
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are exercised” (website). That may be the broader definition of slavery‚ but the definition of slavery goes much deeper than that. Slavery is a term that is fluid‚ it can change over many times and have different meanings. The type of slavery that has come to be the most famous description‚ is the enslavement of Africans in the United States in the sixteen-century and late eighteen-century. But what if I said that was not the only type of slavery during this time period. What if I told you‚
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