feel‚ because those who mind don’t 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”
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In the novel Red Scarf Girl‚ by Jiang Ji-li many bad things happen to Jiang Ji-li and her family. One such thing is Ji-li being put in a worse school just because she was in a certain neighborhood. This is very similar to the story of Zhao Lianhai‚ who spoke out against the government’s idea to force kids to drink tinted milk‚ which ended up killing at least 6 kids. Another example of bad thing going on in Ji-li’s life is when her teachers‚ who before were highly esteemed‚ can now no longer teach
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Samantha Martin Mrs. Nunnery ENG 111-980W 23 Sept. 2011 My First Swimming Lesson Learning new things can sometimes be scary. Swimming‚ for me‚ was one of those new things. I knew swimming was going to be important in my life. The hard part was learning how to swim. I thought it would be god exercise‚ and a good social experience‚ I could spend time with my friends by the pool. My parents were not patient enough with me‚ seeing I did not really like the water. So they put me into a swimming
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was the certain event that changed his view on life for the better. In many ways‚ Langston’s event connects to my own and my outlook on life. My outlook has changed when I started going to church around the age of fifteen about to be sixteen. At first I had nobody to trust. Not my family‚ not my friends‚ no one. But one day‚ my friend asked me to go to church with his family‚ I decided to go because I had nothing to do that day. That decision was probably my best one I’ve ever made. During the session
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life. Reliability The first reason I decided to marry S. was his reliability. I have been sickly the past fifteen years of my adult life with heart‚ gout‚ and immune system problems‚ and he has gone out of his way to ensure I was well taken care of with being there for me whenever I needed him. We had met as a random date set up online and encouraged by a number of mutual friends that we would be a good match for one another; the attraction on our first date was electric! I spoke to him
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History and fire Once upon a time on a summer afternoon of 2010 a tragedy took place in WHAT SCHOOL of Noida. All I remember is that it was a history lesson which is bad as it is but that incident made it worse and changed my life forever. The boring history lesson initiated the beginning of the dream but what happened later on was no less than a nightmare. It was an incident which changed my life forever. From loathing history I went on to thinking of history as if it is not my cup of tea. “Adolf
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Moving away from home is a life changing experience for anyone. You have to deal with leaving the people you love and have known your entire life. When you leave home you’re starting a whole new life due to living somewhere totally new for the first time. This can be a great experience for anyone because you’re living somewhere where you know no one and every day you see new faces. Leaving home on your own is a whole new chapter in life. The day I left home was August 20‚ 2011 and I was the most
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should learn. I thought it would be a nice 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‚
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was not to over stress. When I remember back to that event‚ I see myself over reacting and stressing out‚ thinking whether that resume was making sense. I would stress so much‚ to the point that I would spend hours just thinking of how to start my first paragraph. When knew I should have start by thinking of my ideas‚ writing them in paper‚ and then modifying them in a paragraph. It showed me that by doing these I wrote faster my paragraphs‚ ending my work faster. These knowledge improve my way of
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Name: Professor Name: English 101 September 24th‚ 2012 The memories of my hometown Have you ever asked yourself if you could ever choose‚ which place in this world do you want to be at most? I have. The warmest memories‚ and the peacefully joys I experience when I am there will always have a special place in my heart. From time to time the richness of culture‚ the variety of food‚ and the most beautiful traditions have been specified signatures itself‚ and yet have never fallen
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