fifteen years since the al-Qaeda terrorist attack in the United States‚ the images of the victims and first responders are still clear. While thousands of people were running away from the World Trade Center and the Pentagon hundreds of first responders were running towards them. Every day first responders act selflessly in order to take care of those in need within their communities. They are the first ones to arrive on a scene to see the death and destruction that has been caused. Once on the scene
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My High School Experience When I was in 8th grade‚ I remember how excited I was for high school. I could not wait to leave middle school where it seems like I had spent my entire life. I was ready for something new‚ a change of scenery‚ and meeting new people. I wanted to have that new level of freedom and responsibility. When I finally began high school I felt like so many new opportunities presented themselves to me. Then‚ after a change of heart‚ I soon realized that when thinking about changing
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I was an imagrate from Hawaii that came in waves. My father was the first generation my mother was the second generation born in Hawaii‚ they were japanese. My father looked through a series of pictures to pick out his wife and she picked my mother but then they divorced before it was one. I was lead to believe that my mother had died during birth. I was raised by my father but was fostered in and out of foster homes during the week but stay with him on weekends. Father worked in the pineapple plantation
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Narrative/descriptive essay My most unforgettable flight experience I have been exposed to traveling ever since I learned how to speak‚ whether by boat‚ bus‚ or plane. Living in Kuwait‚ a country in the Middle East‚ my whole family and I did our best to visit our family and friends back home in the Philippines. I learned the basics of traveling from my father and through observation. As a child I had always been excited
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Four years ago‚ I began my high school career not fully knowing who I was or what I wanted to become. Now‚ as a senior‚ I have discovered so much about myself through the clubs and activities which I am affiliated with. One of the touching moments in my time as a volunteer was when the BETA club helped to landscape the nursing home’s garden. The staff members and residents were so proud that the youth had come to beautify the area for them. I really started to understand that people feel better when
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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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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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It’s a bler‚ trying to look back on when I was a preschooler‚ so first grade was a mess. First grade is a life changer. Going to Tri-Point in Piper City not even for a full year. Tri-Point is a small old school just like ROWVA. I remember changing schools because my parents got a divorce. We moved to Peoria and lived there with my mom’s parents. I got transferred to a Catholic school. Every Wednesday the whole place went to church right across the street. It was the worst thing ever sitting in the
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in high school and taking college courses you have never heard of. This was never my idea from the beginning‚ my parents wanted what was best for me. The pressure was on; would this make or break my GPA? The thought of having to balance my high school and college classes just gave me anxiety. Even though my parents had faith in me to complete these courses‚ I had doubts. I’m not cut out to do things like this‚ I do not have the time nor the patience. There was no turning back‚ the first day of school
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Sand and Harriet Beecher Stowe‚ as the two popular nineteenth-century female authors‚ they had much in common‚ such as the strong spirit of independence and fight for rights for women etc. However‚ they certainly had some differences too. In this essay‚ it will be talk about their similarities‚ differences and which one is better. Also‚ their success and construction to the society will be discussed too. Sand and Stowe were also facing problems as other women although they were well-known and successful
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