Molloy College wide-eyed‚ excited‚ and eager to peruse the life her immigrant parents worked so hard for her to create. Now unfortunately for the girl‚ life didn’t seem to go in the path she and her family expected. Her mother had been diagnosed with Breast Cancer. In the way cancer always seems to operate‚ it snuck up on the girl and turned her idea of “future” inside out. Her life began to spiral out of control in way not many people in her life could understand. Suddenly the career-driven‚ caring‚
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of times in movies when people died I knew it was fake‚ so it did not scare me as much‚ it was 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
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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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The love I had for the game myself was unreal. My grandpa and my uncle took note of that and made sure that everywhere I went I carried a football. I already knew football was something I enjoyed watching but it wasn’t until second grade I actually got to pad up and play. I was a natural‚ I played offense‚ defense‚ kick return‚ punt return‚ and special teams. I Played for the same team all the way up until the fifth and sixth grade and by then I had already caught the eyes of some
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With life‚ there are many obstacles to overcome such as growing up‚ finding a job‚ and gaining your education. Behind each of those obstacles is a goal that can change your life‚ my goal started as I was growing up. Obstacles are known as a barrier‚ and my plan was to get past that. I had a certain interest and that happened to be science. Science would always make me feel wiser and more intelligent compared to my classmates. As I grew older‚ my interest in science grew stronger as well. When I was
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Bullying changes a lot of people for the better or worse‚ it has changed me in a way I think for the better. I have been bullied for many reasons‚ some I could not figure out way. In every school that I have been in one type or another I have experienced bullying. It might be the fact that I’m tall or that I’m british. Bullying has caused me to lose focus and think some stuff it would be better not to mention. The loss of focusing has caused me in some years to do so bad that it would might of gotten
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come from is filled with trouble. Growing up has been awfully challenging for me. On one side of my family‚ there are well educated people who know their responsibilities and understand right from wrong‚ and on the other side there are troublemakers who seek to enjoy themselves as much as possible (with the exception of a few) with little to no responsibilities. During a major part of my childhood‚ I had been best friends with one of those cousins for a long time‚ to the point where I myself became
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Addiction hit my family hard before I was even born. In November of 1998 my grandfather went missing. Police and search teams searched for my grandfather for months and found no leads. It has been 18 years and my grandfather still has not been found. I really wish I was able to meet my grandfather and at least figure out what happened to him. Addiction is a ruthless ruler in this world‚ and it does not care what it takes from families. My grandmother told me that my grandfather was involved with
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influence on my life. For most‚ Disney seems like either a vacation destination or an opulent company. Yet I see it as a refuge‚ a place of wonder I never want to leave. Typically‚ the aforementioned statement is answerable with a person‚ but I decided to take on an unexpected perspective. Throughout my life‚ I faced innumerable personal struggles and felt as though I had no way of evading them‚ until I realized where my true sanctuary lies. I constantly deal with anxiety and stress from my perfectionist
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not something I learned from one of my coaches or any of my teammates. This is one of the many lessons I learned from a young African refugee. It began on a snowy day‚ peering through my frost bitten window at the basketball hoop across the street. Amongst the falling snow there was someone I had never seen before with a basketball in his hand and a smile wider than I thought the blistering cold would allow. At first‚ I was hesitant to go over and play as I had never seen the boy‚ and lets just say
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