Describe the most significant challenge you have faced and the steps you have taken to overcome this challenge. How has this challenge affected your academic achievement? A Fresh Start Now of course moving to a different city isn’t the end of the world but it definitely seemed like that way in my perspective. From East Los Angeles to San Bernardino was a huge leap for my family and I. Although my life in ELA wasn’t the best‚ it only seemed to get worse when i moved to San Bernardino because
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around‚ but once I climbed out‚ I immediately sunk to the bottom. I tried to kick back up and just as my legs gave in‚ a lifeguard climbed in and essentially saved my life. He was my hero and I was very grateful‚ but something was bothering me. I realized later that it was the fact that I wasn’t able to help myself. It was that moment when I decided to become a lifeguard to save myself and many others. I already knew being a lifeguard required a load of responsibility. I was only
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The most significant event in my life One day‚ when I was lying on the bed and started to relax myself. Suddenly‚ a question jumped out from my mind. What was the most significant event that I had experience in my life? At the moment that I was wondering what was the answer. An answer came in to my mind. It was a trip. It was my first visit‚ to a country that I had always been told was my great grandfather’s motherland. It was a land I knew no more about than what the travel brochures
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Personal Narrative Rough Draft Prompt: Evaluate a significant experience‚ achievement‚ risk you have taken‚ or ethical dilemma you have faced and its impact on you. As I heard the screams and yelps of kids and adults across Central Michigan University’s football stadium for the first time‚ I realized this‚ volunteering at events meant for “creating a healthier‚ more respectful and welcoming world for all” as the Special Olympics home page states. Growing up‚ I have always known that I wanted to
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My proudest moment was when I was 9 years old. It was the first day I had been back to horseback riding lessons since I was 6 years old. I had stopped riding when I was six because my horse had thrown me off‚ the winter was pretty harsh on my asthma‚ and my riding instructor told me I needed to take a break. So when my grandmother offered to pay for new lessons for me I was thrilled and I took up the chance right away. When I started horseback riding I was only 5 years old‚ and I went to the lessons
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In this essay I will be discussing the Narrative of the Life of Fredrick Douglass. Fredrick was born in Tuckahoe‚ Maryland; Mr. Douglass does not know his birth date. Mr. Douglass was about 27/28 years of age when he wrote his autobiography. Fredrick Douglass’s mother was Harriet Bailey‚ and he believes his father was his mater. He was separated from his mother before he was 12 months of age. Douglass’s autobiography proved powerful in the fight for the abolition of slavery because of his skill in
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Bailey’s life had begun‚ and within weeks she was moved from her hometown of New Haven‚ which she has no memory of‚ across the country to Texas. She spent the next two years in Texas‚ until there was word of a theater in Greensboro‚ North Carolina that was being opened. My father was helping to build and fundraise for this theater‚ where he would work for the following years. So within two years of her life Bailey was ready to move across country twice. However‚ while moving to her new town her mother
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Change Your Life‚ Change Your Shape A Total Lifestyle Approach to a Slim Body By: Valerie Clarke Change Your Life‚ Change Your Shape A Total Lifestyle Approach to a Slim Body What is it that we really desire? Is it truly just a thinner body? Or is it more energy? More confidence? Less stress? All of the above? Personally‚ I think that we all just want a sense of well-being‚ a higher quality of life‚ and more pleasant experiences with our friends and family. The obvious question here
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have completed my training I will become a special agent and join the Anti-Trafficking Coordination Team (ACTeam) of the F.B.I. I know that becoming an agent in the F.B.I to terminate human trafficking sounds simple. However‚ there is nothing simple about the process of being selected into the F.B.I‚ the process is rigorous‚ thorough‚ and multifaceted. Next‚ even though getting rid
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Never Take a Chance The CDC reports that from 2005-2009‚ there were an average of 3‚533 fatal unintentional drownings (non-boating related) annually in the United States — about ten deaths per day. Swimming is a summertime activity that many people enjoy. Swimming can be very relaxing‚ therapeutic‚ and entirely enjoyable. Sometimes though‚ there are terrible mishaps involved with swimming. Maybe someone slips and bursts open their head; maybe someone accidentally inhales water into their lungs
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