Before I headed off for move-in day‚ my parents and I went over expectations on serious topics like financial and communication arrangements. Setting expectations in preparation for the first quarter at Northwestern helped me become more responsible and understanding. By knowing what my parents expected of me‚ we were all able to understand each other more clearly. My parents understood if I forgot to call them during midterm week. However‚ they made it clear that they would always help and support
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was a child with a constant racing mind‚ one could imagine the thoughts that would have gone through my head throughout an average day‚ things like ‘why is the sky blue’‚ ‘how many hairs are there on a dog’‚ or ‘when’s the next new episode of Lizzie McGuire going to be on?’ You may not be surprised by an eight year old asking to her step father what he’d do with one million donuts. I answered my own question before he could even think and surprised him. He had been expecting me to want to eat them
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However‚ I didn’t know it was going to be a lot more complicated on my behalf to do so. This is because‚ when I first came to Napa Valley college‚ I had also just obtained my first job. The job which would allow me to help sustain myself and help my family financially. I was not used to this type of schedule when I first came into Napa College. This Is because I didn’t know how to manage my time‚ and simply didn’t know what to make as my major primary. I was confused whether to make school or make work
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to go to high school. My teachers always told me how different and harder it would be when I went. My older sister was in 9th grade at the time and I wanted ti be with her when I went. But the high school she was at was different from the one all my friends were going. I always had a hard time making decisions and now I had to choose between going to a school with my friends or going to a school that would help me prepare for the future. So I decided I would just apply to my sisters school to see
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admission requirements‚ classroom sizes‚ and the costs helped me to decide on which college would best suit my needs. Though I must admit‚ my affinity for community college had me dispassionate for the university life. The admission requirements to get into a top of the line University can be a little intimidating. From completion of college prep classes to ACT/SAT scores‚ I knew with just getting my GED that getting accepted would be very unlikely. With that being said there were no real admission requirements
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during my trip back to the place I used to call home during my sevenths grade summer vacation. I remember on that day we were heading to visit my uncle. My father was driving‚ my brother was playing in his new portable handheld device‚ my sister was on her phone‚ and I was just watching the terrain pass by. Everyone was great‚ except for the fact that I would have rather been back home in America. My brother’s gaming device ran out battery so he started to look out the window with me. My brother
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sizzling of food frying‚ children yelling‚ my tears running‚ it was the first time I adventured to Six Flags. The uneasiness of my stomach while swaying tens of feet from the ground on the Texas Giant petrified the adventurous spirit out of me. However‚ I did not realize that moment `would shape the next eight years of life‚ emerging in my memory at every unfamiliar experience I faced. It was my senior year when I declined an invitation to go camping with my friends an epiphany struck me. How many of
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Every year me and my family go to Gatlinburg Tennessee and have fun. We have lots of fun riding rides and doing things together. This is a tradition we have done for four years and all of our family has had fun doing this except my grandma she say’s she’s to old. But she did go one year when we went to Elvis’s house. Me and my family go to gatlinburg every year around christmas everyone goes except my grandma . We do this a lot it all started when we were sitting around and my uncle was like
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me while I was in training. Soon that would change as I was to report to my new duty station Fort Polk Louisiana. A year after arriving at Fort Polk I had made a name for myself as one of the fastest runners in the company‚ I was still nowhere near Olympic level but fast for the Army standards. I was a young Private First Class hoping to get promoted early to specialist but I had little to show for almost a year in service. My sergeant came to me close to the end of the duty day one evening and asked
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I was a gymnast for thirteen years and currently a diver so my body has been through a lot. Last year I obtained a back injury that put me out most of the practices. I was diagnosed with a Double scoliosis‚ Sheuermanns disease‚ Sheuermanns nodes on my spine‚ arthritis in my vertebra‚ and collapsing disks. When I first found out what all the test had meant I felt like it was over. The main reason why I picked west minster was for the diving‚ and it’s what I have done every day for the past four years
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