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    Music has made a very great impact in my life. For as long as I can remember‚ I’ve always been interested in the ways of music and how it works. It has affected me in my childhood‚ teenhood‚ and will affect my life future. In my early years‚ 2-10 years‚ I mainly listened to a lot of pop music‚ for example: The Black Eyed Peas‚ Michael Jackson‚ Maroon 5‚ etc. I would imagine myself being the singer‚ the guitarist‚ or the drummer. By the time I was 10 years of age‚ I began to form an interest in instruments

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    important lesson about the disease that afflicted my grandfather when I myself had a bout with alcoholism. I have always heard from my father what a smart boy I am. My father also talks of how much I remind him of his father‚ I’m mechanically inclined‚ have good common sense‚ and I have an intelligent personality. But I always found a way to screw things up and make a mess of myself. I couldn’t hold a job‚ I was failing out of school‚ and my family life was almost non-existent. I had no motivation

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    Basketball has always been a huge part of my life and family. It has impacted me and who I am today. The sport brought my family closer together and has shaped us in ways we couldn’t have imagined. It has taught me many valuable lessons and improved a number of my characteristics. I truly believe that I wouldn’t be the person I am today if basketball wasn’t such a huge component to my life and to my family. My father introduced me to the sport when I was very young and it has stuck with me ever since

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    Addictive substances are becoming Substance abuse and addiction can changes ones life drastractly. To me substance abuse is when one over uses or depends on an addictive substance‚ and can not find a way to get away from it. Substance addiction is different than substance abuse and to me it means when someone out of control‚ which leads to harmful consequences. Many can say my siblings and I was ”sheltered” as children‚ but I believe my parents raised my three brothers and myself without bringing

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    When I play basketball I play with my heart even if I am hurting in my legs or arms it is so damn fun! I love the game because people assume that I was built for it because of my height. The best enjoyment I get from the game is when I block people and just to see their reactions and pump up the players or the watchers. That affects my mental well being because it boosts my confidence as I feel like i’m the king of the world. Sometimes my mental well being is affected negatively while playing basketball

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    present. Death touched my family about eight years ago. I still look back and try to remember. Even though my thoughts on the time are blurry on that day; I learned morals that shaped me to be the person that I am today. I wake up to the nagging and shrieking voice of my mother’s morning wake up call. I layed back in bed‚ thinking‚ how much I despised monday mornings. After about ten minutes‚ I sluggishly make my way into the kitchen. I make myself breakfast‚ and proceeded with my usual monday morning

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    How Dance Has Affected Me If I had to give one reason why dance has changed my life‚ I would say that it’s because it gave me so much within the numbered dance we had together. When I was 5 years old I asked my mother if I could join ballet. I had been growing obsessed with it for the past year of my life. I loved to watch videos of ballet recitals that my cousin Lucy had performed in. I was extremely jealous of her. She was tall and thin and she looked regal and poised while she was running around

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    In this paper I will be explaining how computers affected my family’s life‚ and how these changes have come with a price. We must realize that we will be losing security with every new site signed up for or every purchase made on-line. Not to mention all the other problems that come along with having a computer. We must be ready and aware of the risks so we can be prepared. Right now we can practically do everything we need to do right from our family computer. There are so many

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    How has the union affected my life? Well not only has it changed my life and my family’s lives to for the better‚ but it has helped us in many ways. It has helped me in having a better life by providing my dad with a stable and reliable job. Another way it has affected my life is by providing my family and I with health insurance Union provided my dad with a job‚ which is the reason my family has been able to have a better life. It has helped out have money. It has helped us have food in our table

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    with the exposure of substance use. Or are facing one themselves. For those who have‚ there are an array of ways it can have an impact on your life. I have had many people in my life who have had a substance use problem. I‚ myself‚ have used substances and let it get in the way of my life to a certain extent. I never saw it as a continuing problem. I have gained a plethora of knowledge from experimenting to experience. The situations that has had the most ongoing impact on my life are the ones that

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