To say that only one person inspired me in my life would be the understatement of the decade. Many people go through life with only one inspirational person that they always look up to. I have had the privilege of having twenty-nine people inspire me all at once in a way that no one else could. In the 2008-2009 school year‚ I was informed by a friend of an audition for the first production of Rent at the Orlando Youth Theater. Right away I jumped to this opportunity to be in this world renowned musical
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How Harry Potter Changed My Life Written by: Colin Rhoney English 111 (A2) Ever since I first began to read‚ books have always been a major influence in my life. My childhood was full of many memories of reading many wonderful books. I remember spending hours upon hours going from shelf to shelf‚ looking for new books. The library became almost like a treasure hunt‚ searching every row and every book before discovering just the right book to read. The most exciting part was when I would come
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Write about occasion when you gave advice to your friends. Were they always glad to have your advice? “Advice” not everyone can use it even a top student can gave wrong advices. Okay‚ I had shared an advice about “remember to prepare an umbrella before you going out to anywhere” to some of my friends. They make me noticed that we should not give advice if we are not experienced. First‚ I had shared to my same-aged neighbor Ah Yong. His first reaction is he became flip-out and start asking me
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when I thought about my family dying and dying myself. This fear caused me to decide to live forever. I came up with all sorts of crazy ideas. Even if they would never work‚ I kept thinking about them and it consumed me. It kept me from living my own life. That lasted up until I was in my 2nd year of homeschooling. I was in 5th grade‚ and I was given the choice of picking a book from a selection of grade level books. I saw Tuck Everlasting and I decided to check it out. At first when I saw it‚ it was
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A rich kid growing up in a loving family provides for an easy life; this life is simple in the early years‚but curves in the road arrive in everyone’s life. I grew up extremely with an extremely close relationship to my “Boppa”. Boppa was invincible; my mom’s dad could build a treehouse in the mountains at seven thousand feet of elevation without breaking a sweat. Nothing could hold him back. When he was told he had 6 months to live‚ this came as a huge shock to everyone to him and those who loved
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I was cleaning out mum’s belongings for a few hours when something caught my eye. It was an ultrasound…of twins. I thought back to my past life and never saw a pair of twins in my life. Neither mum‚ nor dad ever talked about me having twin cousins. I was starting to think that mum just kept this ultrasound because she felt like it but something else caught my eye. The date on the bottom right hand corner stated
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Recently‚ a visit to see my grandma changed my perspective. This visit was the first time I saw my eighty-nine year-old grandmother in her new home‚ an assisted living facility. My grandmother was always a strong‚ independent woman. But now she can no longer live independently‚ due to her advanced age‚ and we have had to move her out of her home into an assisted living facility. The facility that my grandmother lives in is rather innocent looking when you first glimpse it‚ but when you see the residents
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MY FATHER- THE PERSON WHO HAS INFLUENCED ME IN MY LIFE Right from the word go ‚ he has been my inspiration . A man with immense wisdom and advise ‚ my father has made me what I am to day . He is the linchpin of my success in my life .My father is a very hard-working person and one who values education in one ’s life . Being a teacher by profession ‚ I was really touched with the way he used to concentrate all his efforts in making his students pass .This also made me to follow his footsteps by
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I quickly took great liking to Eugenio as his story mirrored my own and that of my father‚ a migrant worker adapting to a foreign country in search of a better life for his family. While devising ways to help Eugenio I had asked to meet with brother Warren‚ an ophthalmologist. After examining Eugenio he agreed to do his surgery for 4‚000 dollars and said he was confident Eugenio’s vision could be restored. With
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Throughout life‚ the obstacles we face and overcome leave a lasting impact on our lives. The summer before my freshman year of highschool‚ I lost myself facing one of my greatest obstacles when my father left my mom‚ two brothers‚ and myself. His absence brought a stage of confusion and sadness upon my life. Throughout my childhood‚ my father and I were inseparable. He was my role model and the one person I could always count on and turn to. When he left‚ my world was turned upside down. I went
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