During my freshmen and sophomore years‚ I helped organize the Muses book for the year which included advertising and promoting submissions and purchases of the book‚ collecting art and literature and deciding which would fit in the book‚ and editing the literature pieces (primarily the short stories). Because there were so few people in this club each year‚ I made an effort to attend all the meetings and help in any way I could to make the book the best we could. I often was one of two or three people
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soccer wasn’t an exception. I was in third grade when my family decided to make the move to Leechburg‚ Pennsylvania. Coming from a much smaller school and town‚ my parents decided to enroll me in the local soccer program to make new friends. My Coach‚ Coach Steve‚ was an amazing coach and mentor. He was a modest man who came from a low-class family in Portugal‚ soccer‚ however‚ afforded him a chance to go to college. Today‚ he spends most of his time giving back to the community by running our local
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As I sit at my computer reading a predetermined list of phrases and words that include things such as “Northwest is best” to simply‚ “squirrels‚” I think about how each word or phrase has meant something to me at one point or another‚ throughout my life. After much thought‚ there are three finalists that resonate with me the most; “grit‚” “vocation‚” and “persistence.” These three words could easily sum up my life in the shortest way possible. The word “grit” brings to mind the idea of a person
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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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good life in Nashville‚ Tennessee. I was very comfortable in the current state that I was in. I was just a young boy during the summer before I would head into the 4th grade. Summer was going amazing with many memories. But then I got told the news that would change the life of me and my family forever. At the time I was pretty young‚ just finished the third grade at St. Henry School and I was feeling comfortable. But sometimes I will soon find out‚ is not always a good thing. At this time I was
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convenience stores. Moving in the city not knowing the city life as well as I do now. I came across a few problems. These problems I would call them life’s experiences. Whether they be good or bad. The three problems I came across were. Public schools‚ meeting new friends‚ and understanding the difference in personalities. Public schools were a bit of a problem. Seeing that I was a shy black kid in an all white school. This was a very difficult time period for me during elementary school days‚ I went
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that lurk in the darkness‚ the things I would encounter as a nurse that could change my life forever. On a fateful day in 1998‚ there was an event‚ a needle stick that changed my life forever. I was worked nights as an oncology nurse at the local hospital in Humble‚ Texas. I had two small children at the time‚ so the night shift appeared to be the best option for me. My shift started at eleven pm‚ the majority of my patients were sleeping and I knew which ones could be monitored without waking them
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A big event that has changed my life was when my older brother moved away to go to the navy. This changed my life cause I did not know if I was ever going to see him again. When he told me he was leaving and not going to be back for awhile i thought he was leaving because of me‚ I was a little brat back then so yeah and at the age i was i thought everything was my fault. The day my brother left was probably the saddest thing to ever happen because me and him would always hang out and play video games
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People are always talking about moments. Those split seconds of your life where you feel like nothing can touch you‚ like nothing can go wrong. But no one ever talks about what happens after those moments. When you come hurdling full speed back down to earth‚ and find yourself one again in reality‚ looking dazedly around and trying to figure how for that one moment everything could have been perfect‚ and how it could change so suddenly. I’ve had plenty of moments. And they were everything a moment
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and write‚ life was not easy for him. Douglass wrote a book about his life the book is called the Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass this book tells his story and how and what happened during his time. In the book Douglass explains and shows how he throws light on the American slave system and how he made a difference in the slave system. According to Douglass‚ the American slave system did great harm to both master and slaves.For example in his book Narrative of the life of Frederick
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