were walking around the small hospital visiting and talking with the patients. There was a young boy who was by himself at the hospital‚ waiting to have a life altering surgery on his clubbed foot. His family had sold everything they owned to put him in a van that would take him across the country so he could have his surgery. Meeting him and hearing his story had a direct impact on why I decided to pursue a career in medicine. Knowing that there
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My First Skydiving Experience "Jumping is fun! Skydiving is not just falling; it is flying—the closest we have been able to come to free‚ unencumbered‚ non-mechanical individual flight‚" says Mike Turoff in the book The Skydiver’s Handbook. I totally agree with him because skydiving provides the maximum liberty that one can ever experience. In this article‚ I’d like to describe to you my first jump in order to show you how much fun skydiving is. First of all‚ I learned about skydiving via the
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When people start high school they’re usually so excited. They can’t wait to experience everything that comes with being in high school‚ I mean who wouldn’t? Everyone says that high school is the best four years of your life. Now that I’m months away from graduating‚ I can’t say they were my best years but I can say they were my most educational years‚ of course I wouldn’t say that they weren’t fun because they were. When I say educational‚ I mean I’ve learned so much about myself and so much about
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Analysis of my cultural experience Arriving at a foreign country at the age of eleven years old was and exiting and yet intimidating experience. High buildings‚ wide roads‚ newer and nicer cars on the streets were some of the first things I noticed when I arrived to the city of Los Angeles CA. Living in a country where you were not born in could be difficult some times. Although Spanish is spoken at a grand scale in CA‚ it was difficult to communicate with and understand the teachers from my classes
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In the following essay‚ I will reflect on my past experiences of writing‚ my strengths‚ weaknesses‚ and potential goals moving forward. My writing experience has been a difficult process for me. I never enjoyed writing‚ never thought I was good at it‚ and have basically tried to avoid it at all cost. I can recall many moments in my life where I struggled with writing. As I think about my writing in high school‚ it is pretty depressing. I would often spend countless hours pondering on what I should
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My High School Experience Everyone has heard or been told‚ “high school is what you make of it.” High school is in fact what you make of it‚ but it is also the time of great change in everybody. They say HIGH SCHOOL is the best part of growing up and being a teenager. It is where we can experience things‚ which we thought we can never make or do. It is where we discover and learn things in our own and it is where we learn to become independent. In my four years of studying here‚ I discovered
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Hannah Schleis FSN 250-01 April 15‚ 2013 Ethnic Dining Experience Since I have been living here in San Luis Obispo I have walked by Thai Palace many times while downtown but I have never gotten the chance to go. This assignment was the perfect opportunity. I have tried Thai food before‚ back home in Idaho‚ but have only tried a few of the most generic dishes offered. This time I was eager to try something a little more out of my comfort zone. As I walked in the restaurant I noted a very distinct
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Writing Experience Writing has always been an in between subject for me. Writing isn’t my favorite but it also isn’t my least. When writing‚ repetition has been an issue for me‚ I have been working on that‚ and my voice throughout my years of writing. I hope this class will help me even further my work and I’m excited to learn new things to better my writing. I am surrounded my writing and so it’s probably a good idea to learn more about it and strengthen my writing skills. I never knew how much
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year‚ I had already made up my mind to sign up again this year‚ and the remainder of my high school years. My first year serving as a mentor‚ as a freshman‚ was an exceptional experience where I emerged more fond of the experience and fulfillment that I felt‚ rather than the over 100 hours of community service that I received. I was excited to return for another year‚ however‚ there was a massive roadblock that strongly made me reconsider. As the week of camp approached‚ my classmates and I had also
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Going into my First Year Seminar class I honestly did not know what to expect. I was initially nervous that this class was going to forcibly push me out of my comfort zone‚ and it did‚ but in a way that was exciting and comfortable for me. One of the reasons why I enjoy this class is because you never know what you are going to expect. There is never a day where you do not learn something new‚ whether it is educational related or discussing a topic that pertains to our life experiences. I honestly
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