How I Remember Hurricane Katrina By: William Ford Thesis: How Hurricane Katrina changed my life. On Saturday August 27th 2005‚ my wife and I had a lot of things on our minds. I was home from an eight hour overtime outcall‚ at my new job with Cable One in Long Beach‚ MS. Having only been there five days and also in the middle of packing to move from Bay St. Louis‚ MS over to Long Beach‚ only a little over six miles away‚ the stress level
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My Inspiration I never imagined that one little‚ tiny human could change my life. I know they say that the second you see your child‚ you’ll experience a love that you’ll have experienced before. Although I didn’t have a child‚ the birth of my little sister sure allowed me to experience this love. At the ripe age of 13‚ I was beyond excited for my mom to have a baby. While I already had two siblings‚ they were closer to me in age. I was finally going to be able to take care of a baby‚ and there was
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Hedy Lamar changed the way the world will work forever. Very few people know who she is‚ but countless numbers of people in the modern world use her creation. She was the brains behind the machine that gave us wifi. It has impacted numerous people’s lives in multiple ways. Wifi is the invention that has changed my life in more ways than any other. The first reason wifi is the invention that I believe altered my life the greatest‚ is that it keeps people from arriving at the wrong place. More specifically
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In the words of Macklemore‚ “Life can change in an instant” (Macklemore‚ 2012). For me‚ this was the case. The first week of September in 2015‚ my life changed and as my fifteen‚ almost sixteen‚ year old self can say‚ it definitely was for the better. At the time‚ it felt like my whole life was crashing and burning. Almost like I was drowning and couldn’t reach the surface no matter how hard I tried. The years leading up to now were the hardest years I’ve ever experienced. Every day was a constant
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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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that has changed my life the most is Wifi. One of the reasons that Wifi has made a huge impact in my life‚ is that it helps me communicate with my family and friends. The other day I was able to facetime my grandmother that lives in Florida
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Have you ever been a part of a discourse community that has changed your life? For me Ballet Dalton was the discourse community that changed my life. This community of dancers quickly became my extended family‚ mainly because they made me feel welcomed and wanted. I cannot imagine life without joining this community. Ballet Dalton was where I finally felt like I belonged. This was a community of dancers who would encouraged and helped each other reach their complete potential. Ballet Dalton
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exact moment‚ my adventure with technology started. I ran home and turned on my family’s ancient‚ bulky‚ computer and with my small clumsy hands‚ unfamiliar with the mechanics of this device. Although I had no clue how to use this foreign object‚ the bright flashy lights captivated me; my eyes were locked on this screen that I so desperately wanted to understand. My parents soon realized that our family needed access to the internet like everyone else‚ we were lagging behind. Having internet was a double
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Look at Life Before the Internet‚ and After the Internet Times have changed‚ drastically‚ especially when it comes to the Internet. From banking to dating and from research to shopping‚ the Internet provides us with such conveniences we rarely need to leave our homes. History should not be defined as B.C. and A.D.; it should be defined as B.I. (before the Internet) and A.I. (after the Internet). I am at an age that has allowed me to experience life with‚ and without‚ the Internet. My kids‚ however
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Many of my peer’s excursions will start when they head to college or withdraw from their parent’s house; My journey started when I went through Stem-Cell Transplant for Sickle cell disease. Never would I have thought that I would be writing my college essay in a hospital bed‚ Sitting in the same room that ruined me just to relieve me of the crippling demon that followed me since birth. Overwhelming emotions held my heart hostage for seven months‚ but today they finally get released. Despite having
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