UC Personal Statement Growing up as a child I never really had worries. The only worry I had was who would beat me to the monkey bars during recess. I had what I like to call the most boisterous childhood I could ever ask for. No problems seemed to head my direction. Obviously‚ I was a child what could possibly go wrong? Young kids don’t actually start understanding certain things until they are about 11 or 12 years of age‚ but me I knew the exact words that came out of the lady I would call my
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My personal health is not the way it should be right now. When I signed up for this class I was hoping it would help me with my weaknesses. A lot of my friends go and work out mostly everyday and I always tell myself that I am going to but I never do. I have always wanted to make myself get on a routine and workout or eat healthy and lose weight. Keeping up with school‚ my job‚ and a sorority is not that easy‚ the last thing on my mind is being healthy. Sleep overrides everything in my world I love
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I believe that the main human conflict of the Odyssey is perseverance. Throughout the novel it shows Odysseus’s multiyear journey back home from the Trojan War with his comrades even after most of them die on the journey. The modern work that I will be comparing the Odyssey to is O Brother‚ Where Art Thou. Both of the works are about the perseverance of a group of men that are encountered by numerous people that get in the way or attempt to stop them from accomplishing their mission. The similarities
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things that hide in the darkest parts of our mind. They can come in many forms‚ some physical and some mental. My own personal monster is my depression. Depression isn’t something that can be cured by the contents of a first aid kit‚ so learning to deal with my monster was difficult‚ but there was only one way I was ever going to get better‚ and that was by pushing myself. I managed to beat my depression with a large support system and the active will to recover. First entering high school‚ depression
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In Homer’s epic poem “The Odyssey”‚ the hero Odysseus faces several perils on his journey to return to Ithaca. My own life models this path‚ with my goal of success being hindered. I face several perils; temptation‚ longing and coming of age. All of these elements attempt to discourage me from ultimately achieving what I desire most. Temptation ranks among the most classic distractions in literature and in our own lives. It continually lures focused people away from what they most desire‚ for most
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exposed inch of my fifty-three pound body‚ I prepared mentally for the arduous task that lay ahead of me. After several miserable fishing ventures which had left my skin red and my hook bare‚ I felt certain that‚ at last‚ my day had arrived. I stood ready to clear the first hurdle of manhood‚ triumph over fish. At the age of seven‚ I was confident that my rugged‚ strapping body could conquer any obstacle. Pity the fish that would become the woeful object of the first demonstration of my male prowess
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too is learning‚ achieving‚ and responsibility. Majority of my experiences are with these three strengths. I already know who I am without having to take this test. I think that it’s cool that this strengths quest quiz was right on the money. First‚ I love learning about everything. I am always reading and studying. My husband likes to call me a know it all because if I don’t know something I am googling about it. I want to continue my education. I just don’t know what I really want to be. I like
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First off‚ am going to say that I don’t think that I ever had any personal racism experience in my life. I don’t think that a white person every judge me to my face. Maybe behind my back they may have but not in my face. When I was growing up I have always heard the things about the white man’s. It’s easier for a white man to get a job‚ white people don’t have problems‚ father issues‚ financial issues‚ relationship issues‚ white people don’t care about black people‚ it’s a white man world‚ Jesus
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Typical gender roles are a huge standard that is more or less understood by the general population of a culture. There is an idea of how men act in comparison to women and the differences between them. In Homer’s machismo filled‚ male-centric The Odyssey‚ basically a Rambo for the 8th century B.C.‚ it is in fact the women he meets along his journey that are the sails of this warship. The two women who really stand out the most to me are Calypso and Circe: both powerful beings and powerful women. They
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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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