Cynthia Bahena McLaughlin English 132 032 Date 2/8/13 Life Changing Decisions Throughout the years‚ people thought that the alcohol rate for underage drinking was increasing‚ but in reality‚ the underage consumption has decreased. The rates have dropped from a range of thirty to forty percent in the last forty years. (NCAAA) Even though the rates are decreasing‚ young teenagers in this generation have once again made alcohol popular. Teenagers do not realize that they are putting themselves
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Little Habits That Can Change Your Life‚ and How to Form Them “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then‚ is not an act‚ but a habit.” - Aristotle Post written by Leo Babauta. Follow me on Twitter. If you could just pick one or two (or seven) habits to create in the next few months — habits that will have the most impact on your life — what would they be? I often get asked this question‚ because people are overwhelmed when it comes to starting positive life changes. They ask me: what one
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A Life Changing Accident I was twelve years old enjoying my summer after fifth grade. My two cousins‚ Blake and Lacy‚ my aunt ’s boyfriend‚ Chris‚ and his daughter‚ Emily‚ and I hopped in Chris ’s old ford truck. All of us kids had been bulldozing down trees in the forest behind the house all day and decided that we wanted to build a tree house. We were headed to town to buy supplies for the tree house. As we were all getting in the truck there was no room in the front for all of us‚ so Blake
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Life Changing Event There has been many events that have impacted my life. Some have been good and some have been bad. Some of these events have had a greater impact on my life than others. One of the events that has had the greatest impact in my life was when I got in a bike accident. This is the event that has impacted me the most because it was the most frightening event of my life. It was one day when I was making my way to the park for basketball practice. I was riding my new mongoose
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Literary Analysis “Life After High School” The short story‚ “Life After High School” by Joyce Carol Oates‚ is set in the small town of South Lebanon‚ New York in 1959. The first three quarters of the story is the tragic tale of one-sided love where Zachary Graff‚ the intelligent but socially awkward teenager falls in love with Sunny Burhman‚ the attractive and popular girl that everyone adores. She rejects his proposal and he can’t take it and decides to take his own life. Later‚ we find out
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bricks‚ stacked on top of each other‚ distract me from realizing where I am going. Looking out the window‚ the tired teens sigh as the bus advances towards the building. Other large‚ yellow buses also approach the uneven sidewalk‚ which leads to the school. Finally exiting the tightly-packed bus‚ the exhausted teens walk slowly off the bus and onto the sidewalk. Walking within the crowd‚ each step I take becomes one step closer to the closed doors. These doors are the Gates of Hell. Once you enter
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wanted a boy. And my father was really never around‚ he spent his time as an alcoholic. The bond I have is with my grandmother. I have spent so much time with her over the years I was growing up. I do not recall much of my childhood or my life growing up. What I do know is things that my grandmother keep telling me over and over in hope that it will bring back memories and stick in my head. I am going to skip over my childhood and start when I was twelve years old. My mother
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My writing experiences are close to none. The only essays I have written have been mandatory for high school classes. I don’t think I have written a paper since I graduated high school in 2009. While in high school I only wrote essay when I absolutely had to. My entire life I have struggled at being a successful writer. My vocabulary is small because I don’t read very many books. In fact‚ I hardly ever read. I only read when required to read for school‚ or if it’s a recipe or directions. Its not
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What was your first experience in high school ? What thoughts were running through your head at the time? My head felt like it was going to pop off my body. Foremost‚ I grew up with parents who moved from the Dominican Republic and never had a college education. The time and dedication they take to do their jobs is incredible. There are times where I don’t get to see my father for weeks being he’s too focused on his job. On one occasion my father had to work for almost 48 hours straight due to a
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We all started to have a good time and started to make our shots! Although we didn’t get any points on the board‚ we came close. By the time we ended the game‚ we were all laughing with tears in our eyes and walked off the ice with our heads held high. We congratulated ourselves on our 10 to 0 loss and teased each other that we should play poorly more often. Later that day when we had our last game‚ we were upbeat and ready to take on anything that was thrown at us and ended up losing only 6 to
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