I have been living in the City of Springfield since the mid 1980’s. It is not a secret that we have been experiencing an increase in youth related violence. The Springfield Police even has a gang task force. What we do not have is enough people willing to give young people a “second” chance. However‚ we do not give them a first chance to begin with. We do not support any positive youth development programs that allow participants the time and space to plan activities of interest‚ problem solve
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What a journey my writing has experience over the past seven weeks has been. I have grown as writer more in this class than I have previously. Writing has always been a challenge for me. Many people have heard of someone who just can’t get math‚ well that is me with writing. Back in high school there many times that an assignment did not get turned‚ not because I had not worked on it‚ but I could never get the ideas in my head to make sense when I wrote them on paper. I would get so frustrated
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A journey is defined as the travelling of one place to another. However‚ whilst studying Journeys‚ I have found it is much more than that. Often‚ we underestimate the power and importance of the lessons a journey may possess. I have chosen three texts that relate closely to the aspects of Journeys of Discovery. My first selected text is a poem called ‘Journey’ by Narendra Kuppan. My second chosen text is the movie‚ ‘The Wizard of Oz’ and my third text is the book‚ ‘Tomorrow When the War Began
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Throughout my English writing journey I was able to learn many different techniques different teachers or professors in an essay. Since middle school‚ I remember my English teacher teaching me how to write an essay and the rule towards it. She would always never use “In this essay‚ I will be talking about” well every teacher I had kept reminding me not to do that. Over the years new methods of a standard essay will be taught. The standard essay would be MLA‚ Times New Roman‚ 12 pt‚ double spaced
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curiosity when the guests saw how far I had traveled. Guest after guest would ask the same question‚ “How did you end up here?” I answered this question dozens of times within a day. There were days that I would begrudgingly tell the Keeter guests my journey to this College‚ but never once did I fail to cherish the opportunity I was given.
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meant to me to complete the ordeal for the Order of the Arrow (OA) due to new goals and priorities. Due to the persistent nagging from my parents and what they felt was right for me‚ I went through the ordeal no matter how I felt. My journey with the Order of the Arrow (OA) ordeal began at the troop meeting on a semi-cold February night at
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Week 2 Religious Journey Essay The religion that I was raised is Baptist. I have heard that southern Baptists are very strict but I did not ever have to do anything strict. My parents took me to church when I was younger but after about the age of 10 I rarely went again. They got divorced and it was really hard for my mom to raise us and work all the time‚ so I guess church went out the window. However I have always believed in God and I try to always do the right thing. I pray at night‚ but
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world of college with the opportunity to grow as a leader and a student and become an impactful member of society. The sport of soccer allowed me to develop the social and problem-solving skills necessary to pursue an engineering career. My personal journey of overcoming difficulty to reach greatness throughout high school has molded me into a person who is eager to face new challenges and benefit the lives of
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the Gatton Academy and witnessed her experience the richest‚ most challenging two years of her life. I was first intimidated by the prospect of something so challenging that my sister was having difficult time. But then‚ as I looked deeper into her journey‚ it inspired me to experience new things and work harder towards a better future. I also want to the Academy to meet new people and make lifelong friends. I have been described by my family as a “tough cookie.” When I see something that could help
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Ben Higgins journey as The Bachelor is just about to start airing and viewers can’t wait to see it all go down. It turns out that Ben doesn’t have plans to kiss every single girl on the show‚ even though a few past contestants have done it that way. EW shared a big preview of the first episode with Ben and he even turns down a kiss from a girl named Lace. Now maybe this will be a classy season of the show. In this clip‚ Lace and Ben are having some one-on-one time on night one of The Bachelor. Lace
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