It was my first day of tryouts. I was 7 years old and love to play soccer. At the time playing soccer was my life. Rapid Wien was/is the best team in Austria. I was super nervous because it was the first time i ever tried out for such a big team. My heart was beating. BOOM….boom boom. I laced up my shoes and pulled up my socks. I was ready for the challenge. I run onto the field and the coach asked me what my name was in German. My German was not so good at the time‚ so it took me a while to say
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All my life‚ all I ever knew was Indiana. My friends‚ school‚ and favorite restaurant were all there. I didn’t want to change anything! I was 8; I thought I had my whole life together. That soon changed when my mother was offered a new job in a new state. A state... that to me was like a whole other country‚ a place full of new‚ strange and scary things.I didn’t want to leave the Krogers with a ginormous wall full of delicious jelly beans‚ or the Bonnie & Clyde restaurant my dad always took me to
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side that i was to young to remember and the house i do remember was on the north side. i spent my childhood there adventuring in the ravines behind our development with some neighborhood friends‚ building forts using materials we took from our parents and the many construction sites that you would expect in a fastly developing neighborhood. there was many days spent at my great grandpa’s farm and my great uncle’s farm exploring the fields and the forests that were still left.
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It was a great day to break my arm. The accident happened right after I made the best choice of my life to jump off a tree into the water. Instead of caring about what could happen to myself‚ I thought it was the best decision. When I was about 8 years old‚ my family and I went up north to our cabin up in Antigo‚ Wisconsin. It was a nice sunny day‚ and that morning I remember waking up and going out for breakfast. When we came back from breakfast‚ we took our speed boat out onto the lake and went
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lots of commotion‚ its downfalls are the many criminal gang activity the streets of L.A are known to have. Growing up in a hostile environment everything I knew and was used to was the gang street life in L.A. Education did not become a priority the possibility of improvement for a better life never crossed my mind. I am the first generation child it was hard to adapt to the American way of living‚ despite been born here. I only gathered with Hispanic kids who were also the first generation of parents
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As soon as the summer of 2015 ended‚ I was living in Colombia. I was used to spending summer with my family and friends in Colombia or traveling to the US to play golf tournaments or golf camps. But that summer was different. My parents told me I was spending the summer at USF in Tampa at “SuperCamp”. I read all about it on the internet and all it said was that it was a fun academic camp. I was not happy at all‚ but the decision was already made. I remember when I arrived to campus‚ there were
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Jazmyne Turner Lydia Gwyn English 111 N4 February 12th‚ 2015 Dr. Crumpler motivated to change my career goal into becoming a biomedical technologist Dr. Crumpler motivated me to change my career goal into becoming a biomedical technologist. It all started when was reading an article online for a black history story for a program at my church on someone famous from the past. So I decided to do some research about Dr. Rebecca Crumpler. I found an article about Dr. Crumpler. Although I could had have
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My life changed in September 14‚ 2000‚ when I arrived to this country with my son and my husband. I remember that day like it was yesterday. We woke up early in the morning‚ and went to the airport. I was sad because I knew that in a long time I would no see my family. I was excited the first day that I arrived to the United State of America. Everything looked clean and new‚ the people were nice and friendly. The change for me was a new experience and took a lot of time to get accustomed to. The
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is a form of relaxation but for me‚ I like to call it home. Ventura is a small county located in the southern part of the California and for the past twenty-two years it has been my sanctuary. The other two years of my life I spent in a smaller town called Irapuato‚ Guanajuato‚ Mexico. This was my birthplace and home to my parents until they made the decision of migrating directly to Ventura County. Within Irapuato City‚ there are small ranchos or ranches‚ located on the outskirts of town and at our
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of my life to be a Hooters Girl! To begin with‚ when I moved to Orlando from southwest Florida I met one of good friends who worked at Hooters and she would always tell me stories and how much fun she had‚ all while making a living. So that day I went and applied‚ and I instantly fell in love with the atmosphere Hooters provided and on the first day I was welcome with open arms. Next‚ working at Hooters I have met the most amazing coworkers and regulars that have made a difference in my life. Walking
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