The first life lesson I learned was to never take anything for granted‚ especially life. It is a miracle that I was born because my mom had a rare bone cancer that almost took her life at the age of thirteen. She had a twenty percent chance of surviving‚ beat the odds‚ defied her experimental treatment and gave birth to me. There was an eighty percent chance that I would not be alive today and that makes me appreciate everything in life. Osteogenic sarcoma was the rare bone cancer my mom was diagnosed
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After my first migraine attack‚ I kept getting them every day. As they kept happening‚ new symptoms would arise. Anything from slurred speech‚ dizziness‚ and vomiting to blurred vision‚ numbness in the face‚ and feeling tender all over my body. The list goes on but these were my most common symptoms. I was afraid to do anything because everything seemed to trigger a migraine. Even kneeling down to pick something up or smelling perfume would be an instant trigger for me. My life got to the point where
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My first ride on a roller coaster was a scary experience! I never had a thought of wanting to ride a roller coaster for different reasons. The reasons for that fear was the fear of heights and the thought of me falling off the ride or some type of malfunction causing the roller coaster to collapse. I would just watch other people get on the rides and listen to them scream their hearts out. One summer night‚ my friend called me and told me that the fair was in town for the weekend. She thought it
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At the age of two my parents decided I had too much energy and they enrolled me in my first gymnastics class. As a female you train four events: vault‚ bars‚ beam‚ and floor. I went to class once a week for two years and at the age of four I joined the competitive team. As a competitive gymnast‚ you train year round and a minimum of 10 hours a week is spent in the gym. Some schools even require additional classes in ballet in order to improve the dance side of gymnastics. During the competitive
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by thousands of people filled with anticipation. The noisy and colorful crowds are filled with people from all over the world with mouse ears upon their head. The crowds varied to children who have no clue to what is happening to couples on their first vacation together to the elderly wanting to enjoy the countless sites available at Disney.The beaming sun
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My first ever rollercoaster “Tickets please!”‚ as I handed my ticket to the generous lady I could start to feel my hands and legs trembling with fear‚ it was almost like they knew what was coming. I started to walk along with my friends into the queue of death‚ sweating with every step. We waited for what seemed like hours until we finally reached a dark tunnel‚ so dark that a whole army of bats could live in it‚ I knew we were getting closer I could feel the vibrations in the ground and the intensity
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always the case. At one point while I was bringing in my first horse I looked down at the legs and everything seemed to be fine. No cuts‚ no scrapes‚ and the horse was walking how he should be. I hear a loud noise coming from down the hall. The horse I was learning and myself jumped out of out skin. I quickly ran and put my horse in a random stall. I slammed the door and here comes a horse running loose down the isle. I turn around and throw my hands in the air. “Wooooo” I shouted sternly. The horse
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and I was consumed with insurmountable levels of joy and excitement; I was finally getting my first car. Well actually‚ allow me to dial that back just a tad‚ I was filled with excitement and joy about my new car‚ but it was not really for the same reasons that any old average-joe might be excited for. I was really excited to wash my new car. Being the perfectionist that I am‚ I immediately set out to make my car look as if it had just rolled fresh off the assembly line some twenty long years after
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the difference between a. and a. It is evident that sociology’s three main theoretical paradigms can be applied to the real world‚ especially in the story “Remembering My First Arrest” in Cops‚ Teachers‚ and Counselors. When a rookie officer and field training officer confronted a citizen who violated an open container law‚ the first thing they said was “you’re just out here screwing with me because I’m black” (Maynard-Moody and Musheno‚ 2022‚ pp. 66. The ’Standard’ of the ’Standard’. In response to
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HSC Legal Studies Holiday Work Analyses a. ‘Briefing Paper on Juvenile Justice: Some Recent Developments (1999)’ The law treats young people differently to adults as it aims to prevent children from being exploited or from facing the consequences of making uninformed decisions. The criminal justice system recognizes young people can be less responsible than adults for their offences and this is most evident in the way the law approaches the age of criminal responsibility‚ known as doli incapax
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