problems with my knee. It all started back in middle school‚ when we were playing basketball in our math class. My teacher at the time‚ Mr. Siem‚ would play with us. On this particular day‚ we were on opposing teams and he was bringing down the ball. When I went to defend him‚ he never stopped and he ran into me. His knee landed on mine with all of his weight. I knew right away that something was wrong. I was unable to walk and thus was carried to the office. There I waited for my dad to come and
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the major obstacles in life is moving a lot as a kid. This caused me to be really shy and have a hard time making new friends. Since I was a little kid me and my family have moved a ton. I have lived in three states which are: here in Tennessee‚ Arizona‚ and mississippi‚ but I was born in Nashville. When I was about two or three years old my dad wanted to go to culinary school so he moved us out to Arizona ‚therefore we lived there for about a year or so. After he graduated from culinary school he
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Today I had my mom as my patient. I was very happy to have her as my patient because she was very understandable about having her with me all day‚ and not cleaning her teeth. She has high blood pressure and takes Metoprorol 50 mg one table a day‚ to maintain a normal blood pressure. She had breakfast and took her medication prior to the appointment‚ and her BP reading was 130/81‚ pulse 54 beats per minute‚ and respiration was 20. Her pulse was 54 and the normal values are 60 to 100‚ but taking
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to last. Something horrible always comes to chase the good times away‚ so it seems. If I had the chance to create a better world there would undoubtedly be many changes. My vision of a utopia would be on a beautiful‚ self-sustaining world where innovation and nature co-exist peacefully‚ there are no wars and equality reigns‚ and my friends and family are safe and happy. Nowadays‚ just walking outside your door shows just how wrecked our once beautiful world has become; and the sad thing is‚ we only
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There are many people in my life that have inspired me‚ and I look up to many people‚ one in particular is my grandma. There are so many things that she has gone through many situations good and bad in her life‚ but she has never let it set her back. It was never easy for her‚ she didn’t have the best life as a kid it was very hard. Her dad was an alcoholic and they didn’t have much money. At least she knew what she wanted‚ maybe she didn’t know exactly what she wanted long term. She
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Heart for Haiti During the summer of 2013‚ I went to Haiti with my youth group for the first time. We had been meeting for this trip for almost a year‚ so I felt as ready as I could be. The traveling day finally came‚ and I felt prepared until the Haiti airport. Once we had stepped outside of the airport‚ it was like we had stepped into a whole new world. I then realized I wasn’t prepared for my trip‚ and what was going to happen that week. At the airport in Port-au-Prince‚ Haiti we stepped into
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There was never one day in my house where there was not any screaming. There was never one moment where I saw my mother and father happy together. There was never one day I saw my father go sober. At the age of ten‚ my mother told me that she was leaving my father. I wasn’t sad; in fact it was a relief. My house was always in constant chaos. My sister‚ my mother‚ and I faced the aggressive side effects of my father’s addiction. I grew up watching my dad treat my family like nothing‚ as if he was
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There I stood with my heart racing‚ ready to run five kilometers. To everyone else‚ this was an unimportant meet that even the coach said he did not care about. It was for me‚ however‚ more terrifying than losing my mom in the grocery store when I was a child. My first meet and all I could think of was my speed or lack thereof. I did not have distance spikes. I did not have a muscle roller. All I had was my heart in my throat paired with running shoes. Since the day before‚ my blood pressure had
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them in my arms. I finish my walk to my bike and place the milk and mayo in the basket of my bike along with the three half eaten jars of mayonnaise that are already sitting there still. I come to the top of the hill and I become anxious to go down. I steadily raise my feet from the pedals and give myself a gentle push. The little push was just enough to send me flying down the hill that was a struggle getting up before. The hard work has payed off and now I am on the easy road‚ things were looking
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Sample Portfolio Essay #1 My time at Isothermal has greatly affected my life in many ways. Thanks to my time spent at Isothermal‚ I have decided that upon completion of my education‚ I hope to be able to work as a Spanish educator at K-12 and college level and as a Spanish-English translator. I have decided on these careers because of my love for the Spanish language and the fact that Spanish educators and translators are in high demand. I also believe that these are career choices with which I
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