Personal Reading History When I was a younger I don’t remember if I was read to or not‚ but I read a lot of books. I enjoy reading books because they allow me to reach new heights in my imagination. At my age many kids say that reading is boring and is for losers. I think it’s cool to read and will continue to read throughout my life. I have read many different types of books from fiction to biographies. The longest book I ever read was a book called Dragon Rider by Cornella Funke. It was
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I come from a low-income‚ single parent‚ immigrant household. My life hasn’t been the easiest‚ but the challenges I faced growing up that most shaped who I am today weren’t from any external factors. They were within me. I am in a constant struggle of identity: humans‚ particularly insecure‚ neurotic‚ coming-of-age women like myself‚ are in a constant search for identification‚ an anchor that we hold on to validate our existence and legitimize any worries we have that we aren’t normal. It was difficult
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Explain how children and young people’s development is influenced by a range of personal factors. There are several personal factors which affect children and young people’s social‚ language‚ emotional or intelligence development. This includes: Health status‚ disability‚ allergies and nutrition‚ sensory impairment visual or hearing‚ exercise‚ Addiction. Health Status: Premature births‚ genetic conditions do affect the rate of physical growth. Also some long term illness like meningitis‚ conditions
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Influence of Shyness on Personal Development and Happiness “I have severe difficulty socializing to others”; “They think I’m unfriendly but in reality‚ I do want to connect to them but I don’t really know how”; “My anxiety always gets in the way‚ that’s why I’m painfully conscious around people”. These are some of the thoughts shared by people who are shy or those who feel uncomfortable when attention is on them because they are afraid of falling short of the standard of the superficial authority
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I felt this sense of fear‚ but I knew it was just nervousness. It caused my whole body to tremble. I creeped onto the field and pass by the fifty girls and all of the coaches. Just me walking by everyone gave me this ginormous knot in my stomach‚ it made me feel like I was going to pass out right on the field. I was breathing heavy‚ like I just ran a marathon. I was beyond nervous just to be the new girl on the field. I was scared of what the girls thought of me‚ and how the coaches thought I would
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My hero is my mom. My mom is a person who has many responsibilities‚ but is always willing to give her time to help others. She always understands what I am going through. She knows what’s it like being a fifteen year old and going through high school. She is always there for me when I need help with homework or advice on how to do a presentation or studying for a final. She tells me what are the best things to do and the bad things not to do about relationships‚ friendships‚ and in school. “Everyone
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a new process in part of the organization and the time‚ effort‚ and collaboration it takes. The real experience gained was that of watching my mentor in his role. I observed what kind of leader he was. He was exhibited all the charecteristics of a great leader. He was able to handle and use all kinds of personalities and other leadership styles. During my time there he repateadily showed me exaples of how this worked and why it was important. Each time he changed his manner of leading people the
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I have experienced many obstacles in my life‚ but there’s that one obstacle that changed my life in a way I didn’t imagine. As a matter of fact I was not aware that such thing would present itself as an obstacle in my life but it did. In 2006 I joined the U.S. Army and was shipped off to Basic Combat Training. Just being there was a challenge on itself. During Basic Training we were taken to The Confidence Obstacle Course. At first I thought it was easy‚ run over logs‚ climb short walls‚ swing on
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“If you ask for my hustle‚ I will give you my heart”- Chef William Ramirez. These words were told to me by my brother‚ who has a reinforced passion for the rigorous and creative profession that is known as the culinary arts. My passion is reinforced as well‚ through the “hustle” that was asked for in my academic and career experiences‚ where I gave my passion and dedication to achieve a new level of expertise. With this quote in mind‚ my academic perseverance and a determination to reach higher grounds
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write down my confession. Not the story I told the my lawyer‚ the judge‚ the jury or even my own family. It’s nothing like the embellished slander written in the headlines. No‚ I need to confess the truth. The real story of why I’m serving life. How could I tell anyone the truth? They’d put me in the nuthouse. I’ve heard those places are worse than prison. Yet‚ I have to write this down. I need to get this off my chest. Maybe the warden will publish this when I die. Let them piggyback off my sorrow
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