family he has put me in. My parents have always instilled the “work hard play hard” principle into my sister and I from an early age. We have always been treated with respect from our parents and have been expected it in return. We have always been a close knit family and I tend to think‚ very unique as well. I grew up in a household with two graduate music majors; my mom‚ a violinist and vocalist‚ and my dad‚ a vocalist and all-around musician with a focus on percussion. Both of my parents are teachers
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My Friend Max By: Shane Droske FOREWORD By: Brittany Mineard Many people don’t recognize suicide as a major problem until it directly effects their lives. Many people also don’t connect suicide with the amount of deaths within the teenage population. In fact‚ teen suicide is a major cause of death among teens‚ being the third leading cause. According to the National Institute for Mental Health (NIMH)‚ about 8 out of every 100‚000 teenagers committed suicide in the year
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In our lives‚ we come across many people. We see new faces every day. Many of them remain anonymous‚ some may be acquaintances and some become our friends. Friends come and go throughout our lives and each friendship is a unique relationship. Some friends are joy to be with while others may bore us. For me‚ my best friend is my own cousin. Named Azilah Syuhada‚ she is in the same age as me. Maybe because of that‚ we get closer easily compared to the others. We contact each other frequently
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an effective Peer Mentor. Last June I was extremely nervous for my journey ahead at Stonehill College. When touring the school‚ I was very comfortable on campus and felt the school would be perfect for what I wanted in a college‚ but I was still very anxious of the unknown. At orientation I was placed with a random group of people and slowly got to know each and every one of my fellow peers. The entire experience was so informational and comforting to know that everyone in my orientation group
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My Mom‚My Hero‚ My Best Friend Wow where do i begin..... My mom is definitly my best friend. She has been here for me through think and thin‚ good and bad‚ and ups and downs. When I was seven my father passed away who was there for me and my sister ? My mom she was my mom and my dad for a while untill one day she met a man who has been my dad for the past 12 years couldnt ask for a better dad then the one she found. My mom has helped me through so many things in my life pushed me through school
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My Best Friend The year was a strange one‚ one that was beyond anything I had ever experienced before in my short 12 years on planet Earth. The Y2K scare had everyone running for water‚ food and power supplies in the beginning. I was leaving elementary school and life couldn’t be happier. Between the “summer Olympics”‚ my friends and I developed‚ the beautiful scents of the local woods‚ the ma and pa ice cream shop we went to in downtown Crete‚ Illinois‚ or the new addition of all of us reading
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1. A friend in need is a friend indeed. This famous saying holds true. A true friend never sees only your good days and good deeds but he stands by you even on the darkest day of your life. Ramu Rao studies in my class. We have been friends since class two. On many occasions when I would forget my lunch box at home‚ he has shared his tiffin with me. Once when I nearly fought with the class bully he saved me. He thought that no good would come from bad actions and to get good things in life one
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My Best Friend When we were in high school we do things to fit in with others‚ and to be able to say that you have at least experienced with things. Well‚ when I was in high school I got mixed up in the wrong crowd and started doing things that I am not so proud of. I was mixed up with people who used drugs and drank every day. This became such a routine thing for me that I dropped out of school after finishing my freshman year. I enrolled into GED classes but that didn’t work out because I was
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Book is the Best Friend I’ve always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library‚ says Jorge Luis Borges. “A true friend is your 2nd self”. This is my personal experience that‚ like human friends‚ books are our best companions. When I read a book‚ I feel like talking to my best friend. Every book I read moulds my strengths and shapes my personality. Book gives us education‚ knowledge and pleasure. Importance of reading books beggars description. Book is our great advisor because when we face
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Almost immediately after his release ‚ he hanged himself from the heating pipes in his room . Before committing suicide‚ Sergei Yesenin wrote a poem in his own blood. Goodbye‚ my friend‚ goodbye My love‚ you are in my heart. It was preordained we should part And be reunited by and by. Goodbye‚ my friend‚ without pens or words.: no handshake to endure. Let’s have no sadness — furrowed brow. There’s nothing new in dying now Though living is no newer. Death is inevitable.Death
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