An Experience That Changed My Life There are many experiences that shaped me into the character I am now. Reflecting upon the many different encounters I had throughout my life‚ I remember my trip to India. Two years back‚ my family and I took three months’ vacation to my home town‚ Punjab‚ India. Excited and thrilled to go‚ I packed all my belongings. Peering out of the international terminal window‚ I gaped at the millions of planes standing in front of me‚ with not just one floor but two floors
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In seventh grade I wanted to tryout for volleyball. I was very nervous because I had never played it before. I was super happy when I found out all my friends and I made the team. We had a lot of practices in December to get ready for games in January. I was really nervous for our first game. Our first game was supposed to be right after christmas break ended‚ but we had a snow day so it was cancelled. I wished it hadn’t been so I could just get it over with‚ but i was gonna have to wait. We were
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In the August before my sophomore year of high school‚ a challenge emerged. My dad had passed away. Of course you would read that and automatically think about how that would affect me in many ways. However no one‚ not even myself‚ was aware of the many challenges that went with this. Death was something new to me. I had never had to deal with someone close to me passing. I had experienced my friends losing a grandparent or a distant relative‚ but it had not affected me terribly much. I always considered
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I held my breath to avoid the harsh taste that lodges deep into my lungs from the bus exhaustion. I walked onto the cold mustard colored bus and saw my friend Anna sitting on the rough piece of plastic they call a seat. She sat arms crossed shivering to the negative two degree wind chill‚ the only thing keeping her warm was a red ball of yarn that rested on top of a black woven beanie. I waved hello and sat adjacent to her to avert the temptation of conversation‚ we weren’t allowed to talk on the
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What experience‚ event‚ or person has had a significant impact on your life? When my Uncle Yaakov died‚ it affected my mother more than it did me‚ but it was how my mother reacted that impacted me. Once we heard the news that my Uncle Yaakov died in a car crash in Detroit while traveling for the Rebe...my mother let out this long‚ angstful wail and the wail still rings in my ears to this day. My mother went into a deep depression; she became this whole new person. At age 6‚ I did not understand
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Essay Prompt #3: Compose an essay about how one aspect of your identity has shaped your life experience and the way in which you see the world. Support your argument with specific evidence using examples‚ anecdotes‚ and illustrative details. Part of your essay should be reflection about how this key aspect of your identity has given you insight into yourself‚ others‚ or the larger society Essay Prompt #3 Identity in my own words is the ability to recognize your traits‚ emotion‚ and feelings
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It was a cold New Years Eve day and Clemson was about to play Ohio State for their chance to claim the fiesta bowl title and also to be able to go back to the college football national championship. I went over to my cousins with my family because we were having a new years party but I really wanted to be by myself because I am a really avid Clemson fan. Kick off was at 7 o’clock pm so I was in the living room ready for the game to begin. The game began and I didn’t leave the couch until halftime
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knowledge of DNA has changed life in our day. Give one positive and one negative application of that knowledge and defend your answer. According to Kenneth Saladin‚ deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is “a long threadlike molecule with a uniform diameter of 2mm‚ although its length varies greatly from the smallest to the largest chromosomes.” What does this mean? Basically‚ it is a long string that contains a person’s genetic information. DNA has been studied overtime and it has changed life today with
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| The story of Crossy and Lefty Rules for this exchange: · Once or One - Every time the word One or Once you pass your gift two times to the right meaning you skip ONE person. · Crossy or cross - You pass the gift your holding across the circle. · Left or Lefty - you pass your gift one person to the left · Right - pass your gift one person to the right ONCE(2times to the right) upon a time‚ a long time ago‚ Santa got very sick at Christmas and
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What has science done for you lately? Plenty. If you think science doesn’t matter much to you‚ think again. Science affects us all‚ every day of the year‚ from the moment we wake up‚ all day long‚ and through the night. Your digital alarm clock‚ the weather report‚ the asphalt you drive on‚ the bus you ride in‚ your decision to eat a baked potato instead of fries‚ your cell phone‚ the antibiotics that treat your sore throat‚ the clean water that comes from your faucet‚ and the light
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