graduation. Looking back‚ as a teenager my judgment was idle toward negativity and peer pressure. I struggled throughout the years without my high school diploma. To pursue higher education‚ my high school diploma was a necessity. In order to achieve a successful career‚ education is vital towards my career goals. TransitionAt age 14‚ my parents moved to a low-income apartment building on the west side of Stamford. I believe this was the worst decision that my parents had made for us. The transition
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eventually. Some mistakes are harmless and insignificant‚ while others have a lasting impact on a person’s life. While they all may seem bad‚ mistakes are all made to help learn for the future. My favorite mistake happened a few years ago‚ when I left my instrument and suddenly stopped playing it for a long time. A few years ago‚ when I was transitioning from elementary school to middle school‚ I was in my prime of playing the alto saxophone in the school band. While that may not seem very important‚ I was
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Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl Harriet Jacobs provides a firsthand narrative on the issue of slavery and the injustices associated with the actions made by the men and women who owned slaves. Within the first few pages of her retelling appropriately named “Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl” the reader is made aware of the long and troublesome plight that Jacobs is made to endure because of the color of her skin. The troubles brought to light by her writing address how being a female slave
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vacation became my new home. As ignorant as I was‚ I settled into
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When someone asks me about my identity I usually do not know what to say. Probably because no one asks me about my identity. It has taken me many years to get to where I am now and I am still trying to improve myself and find myself. However‚ in seventh grade I met someone who changed my life forever and is the reason I had even tried to find myself. Due to this person entering in my life‚ I now have someone else who is the reason that I try to better myself and find all of my identity. This poster
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Life is full of risks. And not all risks are predictable. The first and the biggest crisis in my life happened a few days after the fifteenth birthday. I was diagnosed with a kind of cancer and took a year off from middle school to have chemotherapy after surgery. Fortunately‚ I was on the mend after hospitalizing for the first three months‚ so I received the outpatient treatment after that. Now it was time to go back to school. However‚ I had a lot of different thoughts running through my mind.
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It’s the last day of 2014 and my family and I are out skiing in the Black Hills‚ SD for winter break. As an alpine ski racer‚ i generally like to downhill ski instead of cross country ski. But on January 31st‚ I make the stupid decision to go cross country skiing with my dad and sister. WORST DECISION I EVER MADE. We had about a half hour drive to the rental shop for my dad and I to get rental skis. My sister already had skis because she races for the school Nordic team. Once we had gotten our
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Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl "READER‚ be assured this narrative is no fiction. I am aware that some of my adventures may seem incredible; but they are‚ nevertheless‚ strictly true. I have not exaggerated the wrongs inflicted by Slavery; on the contrary‚ my descriptions fall far short of the facts." Harriet Jacobs‚ Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (5) Harriet Jacobs did not write to attract attention for herself. Nor did she try to create pity for her sufferings and find sympathy
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Two months after I get my driver’s license‚ I get my very first speeding ticket. What a great way to start out driving‚ right? Well my parents didn’t think so. So‚ I’m driving home from school on this I guess you could call it a “hilly” road where the bumps are fun to ride over when speeding. It was all fun and games until I spot the cop parked at the end of the street just watching me. There was no use in slowing down. I knew he’d already clocked me at 50 in a 25. There wasn’t anyone on the road
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My Hockey Adventures As winter approached‚ my parents constantly bothered me about choosing a winter sport. Because I was only in the sixth grade‚ my options for sports within the middle school were basketball‚ dance‚ or cheerleading. Luckily‚ I thought outside of the box and suggested hockey to my parents‚ even though my school did not have a team. A couple of my friends who played for the Mandan Hockey Club had helped me convince my parents to let me give it a try. The next week I was already
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