Glenwood‚ Glenwood‚ Glenwood‚ lol. Man its been a journey for me at Glenwood. Coming to Glenwood was the best decision my mom has made in my life. Before I came to Glenwood I lived in the dangerous part of the south side of Chicago. My family and I lived in a two bedroom apartment. I went to a public school right down the street but never experienced the ability to walk from home to school. My mom always made sure I was escorted or drove up to school when she was away at work. Reason for that was because
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Smith English 1100 Soundtrack of my life Music is one of the greatest and most influential devices that we as humans deal with on a day to day basis. It plays such an important role in our lives and helps build character without us ever thinking twice about it. In today’s society there are so many types and genres of music that you can find a song for any type of mood that you’re in. Music has the power to bring thousands of people from opposite walks of life together. When I stop and think about
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MY LIFE‚ MY STORY When I was a kid‚ my elderly relatives would ask me‚ “What do you want to be when you grow up?” I remember answering them‚ “A doctor”. Back then‚ nobody‚ including myself‚ thought of a fallback in case I didn’t pursue. Now‚ I am a doctor by day‚ and a fish hobbyist at night. Caring for pets‚ particularly fishes‚ has been my hobby for almost 25 years. When I was in nursery school‚ I would ask my parents to bring me to the pet store and buy some guppies and gold
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Creative Writing (Distant Learning) 21 June 2011 Time of My Life The lashes of my eyelids begin to separate as the light penetrates my vision with each blink. I wake strangely to the tall yellow grass and a slight welcoming breeze across my face. I glance over and see the home I grew up in 20 years ago and wonder is this a dream? The gray paint has faded away and the wood has begun decay. I can still see mama sitting on that porch breading my long black hair into a pair of long ladders with a white
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fluffy white clouds drifted through the atmosphere at that time. In the clouds‚ I lived as a little Droplet of water‚ round and content with life. For as long as I could remember‚ I spent my days lying on my back‚ relaxing and soaking up the sun’s warm rays. One day‚ I took my usual place in the sun but the light didn’t seem to be as bright. In fact‚ as the day went on‚ it grew darker and darker‚ loud claps of thunder shook the cloud‚ and I felt as if I were getting really heavy and I could hardly
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I was born in Cuba in 1993 to two fifteen year olds Ariel Roman and Brudys Garcia. My mom at age fifteen was breastfeeding while her friends were graduating from high school. The first six years I lived in Cuba are a bur. In fact‚ I only remember holding my mothers hand and waving goodbye to my grandmother through a distant glass mirror as tears were streaming down her tanned cheeks. A week later‚ I was in a classroom full of posters of apples and some writing that was not in Spanish. In about three
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had a significant impact on your life? When my Uncle Yaakov died‚ it affected my mother more than it did me‚ but it was how my mother reacted that impacted me. Once we heard the news that my Uncle Yaakov died in a car crash in Detroit while traveling for the Rebe...my mother let out this long‚ angstful wail and the wail still rings in my ears to this day. My mother went into a deep depression; she became this whole new person. At age 6‚ I did not understand why my mother went from taking walks with
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Hello my name is Charles Hamburg but previously known as Boipelo in my tribe. I hate saying this but I was striped of my freedom and brought to a foreign land that I had never thought existed. I never thought I would be kidnapped from my country and become a servant to the foreigners of the West. Well‚ let me tell you how my perfect and simple my life was before it taken away from me. It was a peaceful summer day‚ where I played with my children and enjoyed my wife’s company. It was a great moment
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Good evening. I stand before you today to share with you all my experiences so far here at UWA‚ and the beautiful city of Perth. To begin with‚ the 1st and foremost reason that I chose UWA is that it not only is the oldest university in the state of Western Australia but also the only university in the state to be a member of the Group of Eight. It’s also has an international reputation for excellence in teaching‚ learning and research and stands 96th all over the world according to the Shanghai-Jiao
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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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