A Home Away From Home What do you consider a home? Do you define your home as a private place; somewhere you sleep during the night or where you’ve been living you whole life? According to studies‚ “home is where you are most comfortable; it has effects on your education‚ emotions even physical health. Our homes are more than financial assets. They have deep emotional meaning (Ablow)”. But‚ if you ask me‚ a home is where you feel most comfortable‚ where you find yourself most peaceful‚ somewhere
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Hoogheem Class 10:00 – 10:50 A Home Away From Home As we adventure out into the world we find new places that we would like to call “home” because we currently revisit that place time and time again. I found that place in Florida. I may not visit there every month‚ but when I do‚ I feel relaxed and at peace. The smells‚ sounds‚ people‚ atmosphere‚ and activities keep me coming back. There’s nothing better to me then the environment of everyday sunshine and the beach. My family and I have been going
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My First Time Away From Home Leaving go to high school was my very first time away from home‚ and it took a lot of adjusting to a new surroundings. I didn’t have my mother or my grandmother right by my side anymore and I needed to become more independent on doing things on my own. Adjusting to a new city‚ community‚ and school was a challenge because I was used to being in my own city‚ with my old friends‚ at my old school. I often got homesick and wanted to go home‚ but I soon adjusted. Another
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"My First Time Away From Home" Leaving to go to college was my very first time away from home‚ and it took a lot of adjusting to a new surrounding. I didn’t have my mom right by my side anymore and I needed to become more independent on doing things on my own. Adjusting to a new city‚ community‚ and school was a challenge because I was used to being in my own city‚ with my old friends‚ at my old school. I often got homesick and wanted to go home‚ but I soon adjusted. At first when I originally
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household. My parents both worked and we consistently had babysitters and nannies taking care of us most of my childhood. My mom was the “breadwinner” she had always made significantly more than my dad and there was really no reason for my dad to work in the first place‚ he really just did it because he loved it. As my 4 brothers and I got older it got progressively harder on my parents being away from home so much. When a job opportunity with less hours and a sizable amount of money came to my mom she
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Coleman Moving Away From Home At the age of eighteen I found myself faced with two choices. I could stay in my hometown try and find a job and go to school‚ or I could enlist‚ go see the world‚ have my education paid for while gaining work experience. I choose to enlist. The first step was to find a recruiter. After finding the recruiter I enlisted. I was given an itinerary to follow. The itinerary listed times‚ places and dates. Before leaving for boot camp I had to tie up all my loose ends
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It was my first time away from home and family. I was five years old at the time and I was staying at my granny’s house. The daytime was always great with Granny. We would run around the garden and play with the dog. In the summer we would listen to the lone cow’s moo in the field. When we heard it we would fall to the ground laughing in the bright‚ dazzling sun. I had never slept at Granny’s house before but I did always stay for tea. There was always a smell coming from Granny’s marvellous
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Samantha drove up her long gravel driveway with me on the back going just under forty miles per hour‚ my eyes were watering and the breeze was so chilly on my face. When we got to the top of her half a mile-long driveway she told me that I could drive it. I got on and had to make a 180 degree turn while never having driven one of these before she told me to squeeze this lever and
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graduate after they make an effort on working. In addition‚ international students usually encounter in many troubles in daily life. Being away form hometown‚ students cannot eat the food they want. Fast food is always the first choice. Nevertheless‚ few students enjoy trying the local food‚ and they think it is an interesting experience. If food is not a big challenge‚ loneliness must be the biggest one. They miss their friends and relatives‚ and their life is not exciting and interesting like other
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Choose to Run Away from Home * Verbal Abuse. When parents name call‚ blame‚ and criticize‚ teens are hurt and sometimes run away from home. * Physical Abuse. 50 percent of runaway teens were physically abused by family members. * Sexual Abuse. Thirty-two percent of runaway teens were forced to participate in sexual activity. * Substance Abuse. If a teen or his/her relative struggles with alcohol or drug addiction‚ that young person is sometimes motivated to run away. * Pregnancy
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