something that would inspire me and my classmates. I chose the ukulele because it was something that I had always wanted to learn. During the ten hours of learning the magnificent instrument‚ I encountered many “aha!” moments. Although I am only required to practice playing it for ten hours now‚ I believe I will use it later in life. At first‚ I had no idea what I was going to do for my project. I thought about doing something simple and easy like writing with my other hand. However‚ I decided I
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My daddy served in the Navy during WWII. When the war was over he returned to states and was immediately hospitalized. He was so young and had experienced things he never wanted to think about again. However‚ he always complimented the nurses that took care of him. They helped heal his body‚ but more importantly they helped to heal his spirit and soul. I cannot count the times he said‚ “I want one of you girls to be a nurse‚” and I knew it was going to be me. What do I believe about myself
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I don’t have a long‚ descriptive story of how I learned to read and write and how I loved it along the way. There are only a few memorable events that shaped my literacy experience. After that‚ reading and writing helped to shape my life. How did I come to love reading? For me‚ it just seemed like common sense. How could someone not love reading? I thought. I would open a book and see worlds created by the words in them. The only thing that could be more amazing than that was –and still is–
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Catholic Schools Paragraph My MQP experience started at the beginning of 6th grade. I was unsure what to expect‚ as I came from public school. I was unsure as to whether I would make friends easily or not. I wondered if the teachers would be nice and if the students were nice. The reason I came to MQP was to improve my education and faith. It was a tough decision whether to go here for a better education or stick with my public school friends. I spent much time thinking of it‚ but finally decided
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preached to me and was deeply moved by the words I heard. I responded to the alter call made by the preacher and was told am now born again. After my initial encounter I did not attend any church service at the church where I got born again despite numerous follow up attempts by the church members. I continued to live my normal life almost forgetting my experience at the church‚ however once in a while I still attend church services randomly at different churches if invited by friends. It was about a year
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to see me grow and expand as a spiritual and educated human being. My dad is my role model and he has a huge influence on me‚ he wants me to be the best I can possibly be. As a father‚ I understand where is he coming from‚ trying to insure my future‚ but the pressure sometimes gets to me‚ trying to live up to his expectations. I have my own dreams in life‚ but some of my dreams were deferred for the satisfaction of my family. My dad wants me to be fluent in English‚ and maybe learn another language
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writing in my life‚ started at a young age. I remember every time I was riding in a car; I would try my best to read every road sign out loud to my mother or father. I would take great joy out of being able to pronounce words that I saw in public and if I was not able to read it‚ I would work hard to learn how to. Most children did not like the idea of going to bed at night‚ but I loved it because I knew my mother would read a story or poem to me. Writing was also a big portion of my life when I
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on the phone with my sister. She recently broke up with her boyfriend and now she say she ended her relationship with Shawn her bestfriend since the fifth grade. Knowing that Darlene can sometimes be hasty in her decisions to end friendships rather than confront a problem (we once had a similar situation) I asked her if she was sure she was doing the right thing and had actually discussed this with Shawn. ( I remember the one time she confronting the problem meant unplugging my computer in the middle
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daily basis is my family. They’re always here for me and they have been in my life since the second I opened my eyes till now‚ present day. I was born in America so I’m a Vietnamese Asian American and so is my little sister. But my grandparents and parents emigrated from Vietnam so the older generations in my family had to gain their citizenship to be able to live here. Both my mom and my dad are in their 40s-50s. My little sister is 14 on the other hand. Both my parents work but mainly my dad leads the
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Adriana Dial December 3‚ 2010 Dr. Susan Cannata Composition 1 Eng(1050-030) My Writing Then and Now As I began my college career yet again‚ I was so nervous of making simple mistakes because of how I had done before in the same English course. I started college right out of high school and didn’t focus like I should have. I took some time off because I thought that college wasn’t for me‚ so I got a pretty good paying job at a pharmacy but it didn’t take me long to realize that without an education
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