Essay 2: My Vision for America’s Youth As Marva Collins once said‚ “Success doesn’t come to you‚ you got to go get it.” This is completely true. However‚ how can this be true if the American Youth nowadays expect everything without looking for it? I believe that for someone to become successful‚ it starts within himself or herself. If the America’s youth do not believe in themselves‚ they are going to have the wrong mentality for their future. Even more‚ if their family is unsupportive‚ how can
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As I contemplated writing this essay‚ my thoughts ran adrift with snapshots of profound moments of my life. I can never forget experiences that have resonated with me: like assisting my elderly neighbor whose children would never visit‚ packing an extra lunch every day for the kid who always sat in the back of the cafeteria without anything to eat‚ or lending a hand in the wake of a tragic flood that destroyed my neighborhood. These moments are not just sentimental to me; they taught me empathy‚
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All my life‚ my parents have told me that we don’t have money. They struggle to pay the bills each month‚ are thousands of dollars in debt‚ and constantly worry and stress about where they can find the money so that my family is set until next payday. I have watched my dad work up to four jobs at a time while trying to provide for us and make ends meet. Adding to the financial burden‚ my parents are both the youngest children in their families and became the de facto caregivers for all four of
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soccer career with College soccer Soccer is increasingly becoming the most popular sports for many college students in the US. The popularity of the game is evident in the neighborhood fields where high school pick-up games are a common sight. One of the greatest incentives of pursuing soccer in college is obtaining soccer scholarship. Indeed‚ if you are a good soccer player attending a US college‚ you can easily obtain a degree on by banking on your skills since virtually every college has a soccer scholarship
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The Fruit I Like Best Fruits are good for health. They come from flowering plants. There are many kinds of fruits of which the "Orange" is my favourite fruit. An orange is a type of citrus fruit which people often eat. They are a very good source of vitamins‚ especially vitamin C. Oranges are round orange-coloured fruit that grow on a tree which can reach 10 metres high. Orange trees have dark green shiny leaves and small white flowers with five petals. The flowers smell very sweet which attracts
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Williams‚ the oldest of my mothers three children. I have a brother and sister of the ages of sixteen and nine. I will be twenty on the twenty six of February also known as Black history month an Valentine day included during the month of February. We live in the city of Gallatin‚ Tennessee where I attend Volunteer state community college and studying sports medicine. Also‚ I am a student athlete who has a passion for basketball and hope to keep my career going as long as my body is willing to let
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Valuable Lessons My life started out like the beginning of a perfect childhood. Both of my parents had steady‚ well-paying government jobs‚ we had moved into a new home and even bought a puppy. All was harmonious‚ until my parents decided we would have a better life in Canada. Leaving behind everything and everyone we knew was probably one of the hardest things my parents ever did for my brother and me. Struggling to fit in and assimilate was least of our problems‚ trying to make a decent income
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our initial plans. During my years in high school my parents always reminded me of the importance of aspiring to be the best I could be and‚ as a result‚ I would be able to accomplish anything. I took their words to heart. I studied hard‚ performed extremely well and finished with a 3.5 GPA and in the top 25 percent of my high school class. I was the recipient of many scholarships and awards and was part of many extracurricular activities as well. I even made time for my new job at Walgreens as a
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If I had known how crummy my day would have been‚ I would have stayed in bed. But I was oblivious to the horrors the day held. I lived in a world with magic‚ where I had powers‚ but my aunts kept drilling it in that I had to use them for “good deeds.” Which‚ obliviously excluded my own needs. For example‚ one day in kindergarten when Kelsey “accidentally” spilled juice on me‚ it was wrong to make her slip and fall into mud during recess‚ which ended me in getting a scolding of a Clarissa-why-did-you-make-her-fall-do-not-abuse-your-powers
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College Application Essay One cold and snowy December 23‚ my dad and I left for what would be the first professional football game I had ever seen. The whistle blew‚ the crowd roared‚ and the game began. My favorite team‚ the Jacksonville Jaguars‚ were playing the Minnesota Vikings in what would quickly become a hopeless mauling. At the end of the fourth quarter‚ the score was 33-3 Jaguars‚ and the Vikings‚ who were playing a horrible game‚ had absolutely no chance of victory. I couldn’t
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