I’ve volunteered before‚ but have never tackled a project such as this. I chose to work with the Salvation Army and initially had plans to help the flood victims. Throughout the semester‚ we hit a few bumps but overcame them and succeeded. In my experiences with the Salvation Army I dared to dream‚ dared to succeed‚ and dared to make a difference. Daring to dream was an exciting aspect of this project. We thought of the many ways we could make a difference. Originally‚ we had planned on putting on
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Through my short 7 weeks here at St. Olaf I have had many different experiences. First‚ when I arrived for football camp on August 12th. Initially I felt uncomfortable‚ out of place in somewhere new where I really didn’t know anyone. On the other hand it was intriguing‚ such a beautiful place on a hill‚ where you feel on top of the world. Then‚ it was time to say bye to my parents for the first time in 18 years. That made everything more uncomfortable and made me feel more confused‚ which I am sure
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The majority of professors now-a-days have their students electronically turn their papers and essays in. So‚ instead of the turning in 5 pages of actual paper‚ college students never actually print their essays‚ but instead just turn them in through email. The reason teachers do this is because it is much easier to check for plagiarism when they have a digital file. If your teacher makes you upload the paper through blackboard then the paper will automatically be plagiarism checked. Also‚ I imagine
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My experience in New Mexico When I moved here in Albuquerque New Mexico is new place for me‚ since I don’t know this place nor heard of it anywhere. I only know that my family lived in the America since I never ask them which part of America they lived. I am surprised to see the Albuquerque because I never thought that it looked like a desert. I was having a hard to adjust when I moved here I got homesick‚ even though it’s only been a week since we moved. I don’t know anyone in here except for
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six years old‚ my family gathered together one day for an important meeting — they had discovered my hearing loss‚ and this predicament paved the way for the communication struggles and frustration that I will face‚ but also opens a door to good friendship‚ love and support that I will receive. I am currently diagnosed with severe sensorineural hearing loss on both ears and is wearing bilateral hearing aids. Although I have many interests‚ hobbies‚ educational achievement‚ I feel my hearing impairment
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I never actually attended UConn as a degree student. Although it is true that I enrolled late in the summer of 2009‚ it was only for the briefest amount of time. I enrolled late at UConn because unforeseen financial issues in my family made attending the other schools I was accepted into a terrible idea. However‚ quickly after enrolling I came to the realization that I had no concise plan of action towards a specific degree. I was enrolled in a mishmash of different classes that did not take me towards
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Over the past years‚ I have gained a good amount of experience working with children. These children have come form all types of backgrounds. Some of the children that I work with on a regular bases have special needs‚ including Asperger syndrome‚ severe autism and deafness and Down syndrome. Working with these particular children has taught me so much patience. Its also has been amazing to see how much they have learned‚ when many people say that they are incapable of doing it. I have seen a the
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own distinct language. I recognize that being deaf may be onerous at times; especially around hearing people. There are innumerable experiences that deaf people encounter in their daily lives‚ but the most prominent example is how a deaf individual and a hearing person establish how to communicate. Being deaf compared to possessing the ability to hear is enormously different than my life in a variety of ways. I cannot envision not being able to shout to my parents that may be on a different floor
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Exist “Things change. And friends leave. And life doesn’t stop for anybody.” (Chbosky 145) I will never forget the moment I read those words. That one quote‚ that one line‚ had so much significance in my life and still does to this day. The quote is from the novel‚ The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky. And from that moment‚ I knew it was okay to not be okay and that I was not alone. A wallflower is a person who would rather pay attention to what goes on around them‚ rather
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started Middle school at Frank Seale Middle School‚ I was scared because I didn’t know anybody but two of my cousins. I had recently attended an elementary school in Oak Cliff after my 5th grade year when I was finished with elementary school I moved to Cedar Hill. I was scared whenever my parents had told me to get out the car and walk through the school doors‚ I was so scared that I went stiff as my parents kept on urging me to walk inside‚ I cried and cried as I begged them to take me back home. I
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