because I knew I was not going to get my coffee and finger prick was in my future. I tried to look at the bright side. I had the day off and it was beautiful sunny day. That seemed to help although bright and sunny disappeared when it was time to prick my finger that day. Even with my high pain tolerance it was beginning to hurt. I know I could switch fingers but I did not want to have five sore fingers. Instead‚ I stuck with poking the same finger each time. My blood sugar was elevated again which
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ignorant. I still am ignorant. My goal in life is to rid myself of this ignorance‚ to empathize with people in trying situations and to experience events‚ good and bad‚ that the world has to offer. My naivety started with my town. Its relative uniformity and unsurprising day-by-day routine had its way of sheltering me. The adults didn’t talk about the fluctuating economy or the poor conditions throughout the world that other experience. But I was curious about life outside my town so I turned to the Internet
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The time my dad was in a fire accident It was Thanksgiving night.We just got back from my grandma Alice’s farm. My mom‚ dad‚ Aaron and I were going to watch a movie. One of my dad’s worker was working late from washing a barn and he didn’t close the gas tank fully‚ the worker was smoking. The trailer caught on fire. And my mom rushed from upstairs She sprinted outside and noticed that my dad was on fire.She called the hospital and told them what happened. Meanwhile‚ my mom rushed
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and guide you through whatever life throws your way. My mentor has done that and much more. Normally it seems most mentors either come from different ethnicities or cultural backgrounds but‚ not in this case. Me and my mentor share a ton of the same characteristics and traits. Although he is older and much more wiser‚ we are still close enough in age to experience and enjoy some of the same cultural activities. One of them being checking
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that more of my friends had figured out what they were going to do after high school. Each had narrowed their choices
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I didn’t really like my name growing up. It didnt mean anything to me. No one had the same name‚ other than people in older generations. My name made me feel like an old lady. People would also assume that i went by Kathy‚ and i hated being called Kathy more than anything else. Kathleen is my dad’s cousin’s name. I didn’t really know her‚ and still don’t. If i knew her better‚ i feel like i would’ve been more comfortable with my name knowing who it came from. It also really irritated me because
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When I was three years old I fell off my bike and broke my arm. Since then I have experienced numerous falls not all from falling off my bike. I think I may be considered a clumsy person but am still coordinated and good at sports. One time I led my softball team to the State Championships. We lost but it was a good game I threw a no-hitter and my Mom cried with happiness. I cried because the season ended. Anyway I fall a lot and lose my balance when in small or constricted areas one time I
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My insider/outsider partner was Alicia Garcia. As you can tell by her last name she is Hispanic. I don’t have many Hispanic friends and I am not use to their culture. Starting on the project Alicia told me a little a bit about her heritage. One of the things I asked her was‚ “Do you celebrate the day of the dead?” I know that might seem like a crazy question to ask‚ but I the only thing that I truly knew about her culture is what I seen on TV. Alicia said that they do celebrate it to some extent
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The time when my fifteen year old daughter wrecked my car. On this day I had a doctors appointment so I decided to pick Brittany up from school and take her with me. We arrived at the doctor’s office on time‚ now keep in mind it’s cold in most doctor’s office‚ so I suggested that if she got cold she could go set in the car so I gave her my keys. The nurse called back to see the doctor‚ Brittany remained in the waiting area. Twenty minutes had pasted and the nurse was knocking on the examination room
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My worldview has been shaped and expanded over the course of my life by different influences. Family‚ friends‚ sports‚ education‚ even strangers have made impacts on my life in one way or another. The three main components that helped me develop my worldview would be being a christian‚ being a young adult in college‚ and also being a nurse because they molded my perspective of things. Being a christian and growing up in a haitian baptist church is what first shaped my view of things. Also being in
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