Rick is also the author of The 39 Clues: The Maze of Bones‚ another #1 New York Times bestseller. In 2011‚ Rick received the Children’s Choice Book Award for Author of the Year. Rick Riordan now writes full-time. He lives in San Antonio with his wife and two sons. PLOT: (SUMMARY) Meet Percy Jackson. He is twelve years old‚ and he decides to tell us the story of his past year. On the first day of summer‚ just after his sixth-grade year‚ Percy discovers that something is wrong with him. Or rather
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there when I needed him the most. Robert has taught me a lot throughout the years. When I was little I used to look up to him as a role model. I knew right then I wanted to be that guy. I wanted to show everyone that knew him what he had done for me. When I was little my uncle would come home for christmas and stay a while in town. This was the only time that I would be able to see him because he was always so busy with all the things that he had going on and being in the air force. When I was about
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Karen Brady Karren Brady is one the most prominent businesswomen within the UK. I have chosen this entrepreneur due to my personal admiration for her and all that she has achieved so far. Karren is widely known for her role as the “first woman in football” when she became the Managing Director of Birmingham City Football Club (1993-2009). Her remarkable efforts pulled Birmingham City out of administration and within three years‚ the football Club made an overall profit for the first
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Why I want to be a Teacher Growing up‚ everyone wonders about what they want to be when they grow up. Some people want to be astronauts‚ doctors‚ lawyers‚ and some want to be business owners. Ever since I was seven years old‚ I have wanted to be a teacher. Not just a teacher‚ but a History teacher as well as a Special Education teacher. I told my parents that when I grew up‚ that’s what I was going to do and no one could tell me any different. Although there are multiple reasons as to why I want
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As a future student of IUPUI I am wanting to learn independence and teamwork. I want to be able to have hands on experience that I was unable to obtain during high school. Going to an actual college will allow me to be able to be with others‚ who take their work seriously and want to be at the college. Challenges I have had over my high school year has made it difficult to be attentive and made it where I had to go from school to school. Raised in a bad situation‚ caused me to have to move to two
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Why I Want To Be A Pharmacist. There are so many careers in the health field in which a person can choose from. But I choose to be a pharmacist for so many reasons. Being from Nigeria and growing up there‚ I did see people get sick and die suddenly all due to inadequate health care provision. Also in my Family I have my Mom who I almost lost to cancer and also an Auntie who is now suffering from pancreatic cancer‚ which is one of the most deadly cancers that kill its victims quickly. Seeing how
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career I want to go into in is welding. The reason I chose welding is because back in my home country you don’t get paid that much for welding but when I get my certifications in welding here in the United States I will be able to get paid a lot more in the U.S. than Ethiopia. When I get my Certifications in welding such as (SMAW) Shielded Metal Arc Welding‚ (GTAW) Gas Tungsten Arc Welding‚ (GMAW) Gas Metal Arc Welding‚ and (FCAW) Flux Cored Arc Welding they can help me get a better paying job. I can
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Why I Want to Be a Lifeguard There are many reasons that I might want to be a lifeguard: my paycheck would increase‚ I could get a job in practically any community‚ and I could spend my days outside in the sun. None of these‚ however‚ are the reason I want to be a lifeguard. The real reason I want to become a lifeguard is because it would allow me to better as both a person and as a pool employee. I know being a lifeguard involves lots of responsibility‚ but that is part of what intrigues
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summer I would like to participate in the ARL internship program for several different reasons. I would like to challenge myself to learn new things in a different environment. I believe this program will introduce me to different career options and enhance my knowledge in STEM. These are my reasons why I would like to receive a ARL internship opportunity. When you challenge yourself you can expand your knowledge to a higher level. This is what I think the ARL program would offer me when I am accepted
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I didn’t always want to be a Social worker. I did know however‚ that I would have a job where I would help people. I have a passion for the law so naturally I thought I would explore that interest. I went into my undergrad thinking I was going to be a juvenile attorney. It was not until my internship with Safe Landing Youth Shelter that I realized I was going in the wrong direction. Working at the youth shelter I felt something I have never felt before: fulfillment and satisfaction. Why do you want
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