Have you ever had an event that completely altered your life? Events can change your attitude toward life‚ your perspective on people‚ and your ability to function emotionally. I‚ personally‚ had three major events that transformed my way of life. In my eighteen years of living I have discovered that most of the time I can be a pretty pessimistic‚ negative‚ emotionless person. It not the best personality to have‚ but I make it work. Now being a negative person‚ I am used to negative thoughts and
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Schools Role in Childhood Obesity Schools play a large role in childhood obesity. The food and beverages they offer for lunch and snacks are not usually healthy. Schools need more activity time for students‚ such as sports during PE and more exercises. Not all students participate in the activities‚ they need something all students can do and enjoy. What role does school take in childhood obesity? School lunch should not offer such a variety of food; some schools have several lunch lines‚ however
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Succeeding in anything is hard after you have quit something in the past‚ I know this because I am struggling with the feeling of quitting everyday. I quit highschool 3 times before I finally quit for good‚ I gave it a good try‚ but it was easier to quit than stick it out. When I quit school in my freshman year of highschool I did so at my mothers urging with her promise that I could attend school the following year and she would support me. Of course that didn’t happen. She once again urged
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unsure of what my life would consist of without my parents. Transitioning between having a silver spoon in my mouth to not depending on them. When I was a child‚ I was so naïve of the world not knowing anything of what life consist of. My entire childhood revolved around the idea that my life would always be easy‚ full of games‚ and not one single problem would ever be big enough to affect my life. Little did I know‚ the life I imagined would not be the case‚ and I would have to acknowledge that the
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Childhood obesity in the United States has doubled in the past 30 years. Today‚ one in seven children are overweight. Being overweight or obese puts kids at risk for many health problems such as high blood pressure‚ diabetes‚ heart disease and so many other diseases we would normally see in our later years. Do not think about the billions of dollars in additional taxpayer health care cost due to children being overweight – according the United States government over 250 billion dollars yearly. What
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thought of me‚ I knew that I had successfully completed a memory that would have a big impact on my life. I knew that I had worked hard and tried my best‚ and even if I ended up not even winning a place‚ I would have earned something from this extreme event. My teacher had been trying to decide what piece to give me for my next competition: MTAC‚ the Music Teacher’s Association of California. What does that mean? It means that I will be competing in one of the biggest‚ and hardest competition in
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About Narrative Essay Narrative essay is a popular topic on the Continuous Writing section and students should take note that this topic has appeared in the SPM examination almost every year since the paper was introduced. Many people think that writing a story is a difficult task‚ but believe me‚ it is much easier than what you think because you are not confined to any particular point. Therefore‚ you are free to voice out everything that is in your mind. A narrative essay is a piece of writing
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Garrett Brown Chour Columbia College Chicago-Essay Prompt: Discuss an accomplishment or event‚ formal or informal‚ that marked your transition from childhood to adulthood within your culture‚ community‚ or family. I chose this question not only to expound on my beliefs and explain more about who I am‚ but also due to the relevance this event has to my choosing of my major in this college. This event was the result of my own self will and an exercise in a newfound independence in thought I have
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Six years ago‚ I experienced the biggest event that has affected my life. I was living in murtaugh with my two parents and four other siblings. One of my older brothers named Fabian was never steered in the right direction. He was strongly influenced by my father’s believes that he was not meant to further his education and to just work to support the family. Once of age‚ Fabian dropped out of school‚ not reaching freshmen year. He began to get into the wrong crowd and began getting into drugs and
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The first Drexel-sponsored event I attended was on Saturday‚ September 12th for the ropes course. Part of the welcome week festivities‚ this event offered several activities geared towards not only introducing us to one another‚ but learning how to work on a task as a collective group. The main theme of the day was teambuilding through a variety of both physical and mental exercises‚ all with the emphasis of building bonds with other students that would carry over to the school year. I believe the
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