and cats appeared out of every nook and cranny that you could see. All were awaiting their morning meals. I grew up on a small farm in Pennsylvania. During the fourteen years of living in Pennsylvania‚ my experiences have taught me many important life skills and morals that will forever guide my life. When people think of farms‚ people normally imagine cows roaming the fields‚ a farmer feeding the pigs and chickens‚ and the tractors sowing the field. I did not grow up on a traditional farm. The
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True friends are like diamonds‚ precious and rare. False friends are like dirt‚ found everywhere. Friendship should never be a difficult thing; it should always be the easiest thing in life. An insincere and evil friend is more to be feared than a wild beast; a wild beast may wound your body‚ but an evil friend will wound your mind. A true friend is a hand that is always holding yours‚ no matter how close or far apart you may be‚ someone who is always there and will always‚ always care‚ a feeling
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direction in which we take our lives and what we decide to do with our time. It can often be difficult to identify these motivators in ourselves. One way to see these motivators is to compare and contrast oneself to others. In Liz Murray’s memoir Breaking Night‚ she describes her hard and challenging life up until the moment that she was accepted into Harvard University. Although Liz’s life is quite different than mine‚ some aspects of ourselves and our motivations are the same‚ but of course there
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experience and I had friends that were willing to help me. What I did not know was that learning to skate would also make me a more confident person. New situations always make me a bit nervous‚ and my first skating lesson was not the exception. However‚ it was time to prove that I could do it. Two of my best friends and I went to the Rideau Canal. I have never been there just because I did not like winter. I stood timidly by the side of the ice rink‚ waiting for some kind of magical help that would
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matter‚ and those who matter don’t mind.” I was unaware that my opinion of myself was more meaningful than my peer’s opinion. I had a rough time figuring out who I was and who I wanted to be in my first few years of high school. The first chance I got to poke the popular bubble was taken‚ giving me one shot to embed myself into an exotic‚ unknown social group. What I didn’t know was that this social group made me feel like an outsider. My ticket from “outsider nation” was becoming best friends with
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Mount Elenor I was laboring up the Sierra Buttes trail‚ my pace devouring the miles‚ when I first met Elenor. I’ve been hiking the trail every Labor Day weekend with my family‚ for over 7 years; I know how challenging the trail is‚ I’ve seen a number of hikers turn back without even making it half way. I was astounded when I happened upon Elenor inching her way up the trail. I thought there was no way she could make it to the top‚ she’s simply too old. Elenor proved me to be incredibly wrong‚ to
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the Combat Arms. Eleven thousand women are serving in the U.S. Marine Corps. One hundred eighty three thousand troops of both genders comprise the USMC’s end strength. Fifteen percent of all U.S. service members are female. Men need to get the idea that women can and are able to do as much as men in military arms. Women are more effective in some circumstances than men allowing them to double in talent for jobs that require interpersonal skills that not every soldier has. In combat arms limiting
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Matt. My sister is fast asleep in her bed. My mom is looking over her mother‚ sleeping by her side. My dad is watching another show on The History Channel. The phone rings. My heart stops. Who could be calling at this time of night? What is wrong? Are Grandpap and Meemaw okay? Should I get the phone? Do I want to know? Moments later my father answers the phone. I wonder who called. I need to find out. I hesitantly go up the creaking staircase trying to reassure myself that my worst nightmare
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As I was calmly sauntering around my house I heard a crash. Then I rushed throughh my living room‚ to see what it was. I slowly opened the door and come to find out it was a spaceship that crashed in my front yard. Not believing my eyes thinking this all was a dream I just closed the front door and whispered" This is just a dream" I opened the door again and realized this wasn’t a dream‚ it really was a spaceship in my front yard. From that moment I knew it was going to be a confusing day.
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the entire summer with my aunt and uncle. There was never once a summer that I didn’t come and every summer I came I would always wish that I could stay and didn’t have to go back home to NJ. So finally when I finished high school my wish came true and I got to move to Florida. When I moved to Florida I was moving on my own with my two dogs. I had a two door sports car and I remembered it was crammed all over the place with my stuff. The day it was finally time for me to go my mother was so sad and
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