The part of my life I am about to recount was during the summer of 2014 when I was the starting pitcher and third hitter for the Drexel Hill Little League tournament team. Now‚ baseball is america’s pastime and in my words is the greatest sport on god’s green earth. A little background on the sport is it’s a game of nines. Nine starting players on each team try to score as many runs in nine inning by hitting a nine inch baseball coming in at an average speed of ninety miles per hour. This leaves
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weakest and strongest part of my life; by choosing “to be‚” I know I chose the right path and learned that without dark‚ there is no light‚ without pain there is no happiness‚ and without nightmares there are no dreams; dreams that I wish to pursue and accomplish. “Grandpa‚ grandpa‚ don’t leave!!” with a river of tears running down my swollen eyes‚ were my useless attempts to get my grandpa from not going back to Mexico‚ and this was the threshold where my life started to crumble. I
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units. In a state of "total war"‚ the major participants placed their entire economic‚ industrial‚ and scientific capabilities at the service of the war effort‚ erasing the distinction between civilian and military resources. Marked by significant events involving the mass death of civilians‚ including the holocaust and the only use of nuclear weapons‚ it resulted in 50 million to over 70 million fatalities. These deaths make the war the deadliest conflict in history. The years leading up to the
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season. It could’ve been Winter‚ Summer‚ Fall or Spring‚ and us kids would still be outside playing those typical games that every kid has experienced. It was the summer of 1974‚ a rough 43 years prior to today‚ something traumatic happened that changed Mia and I’s lives forever. After failing to find anything around the house‚ we went out in our backyard and began playing
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I grew up in Freedom‚ North Dakota as Marissa Frank. It was a dull November day‚ when my life would change forever. I was in the middle of a test in science class when a large man came into the classroom. He whispered something to the teacher and then asked me to go into he hallway with him. He told me that I would need to bring all my stuff with me down to the police station and that they had a few questions to ask me. I sat in an office for about twenty minutes waiting for someone to come in
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“Take your marks. GO!” I leap from the starting blocks and into the chilling water holding a streamline until I begin my underwater pullout. As the race continues I push myself harder and harder as I begin to fatigue until I finish. Looking up at the clock I think to myself‚ I need to go faster‚ I can go faster‚ I will go faster. I hop out of the water and take my spot in line behind my teammates‚ preparing for the second of six 100 yard breaststroke sprints from the blocks. From each team‚ BGSC
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forget those that bring me down. Being wise is important in life‚ and this photograph was powerful enough to help me build that characteristic up in me. Those thoughts of realization and wonder are still permanent within me. No matter how quickly time tries to snatch moments away from me‚ time is not a barrier for me. I learned to appreciate no matter how quick the memory goes by. Photographs are powerful enough to make you feel emotions in your darkest times. It can trigger thoughts and dreams like
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Tell us about a significant event in your life that changed your views and personality We can certainly compare life to a technological invention‚ it changes almost every day. These changes can be beneficial or harmful‚ depending on the choices that we make in our everyday lives. The biggest change in my life happened at the age of thirteen‚ when my parents decided to move to the United States from India. I was pretty sad about my parents’ decision‚ because I didn’t want to leave
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told me not to move around a lot.” I peered my eyes to the monitor‚ where she then started doing an ultrasound on my neck. I didn’t notice anything suspicious. She took pictures of the ultrasound. Once she was done‚ she said‚ “There are lesions on your thyroid.” Around May‚ I got a biopsy done. They put a needle in my throat‚ to get some of the tissue to test to see if I had thyroid cancer or not. It was painful to swallow with a needle in my throat. The results came back benign. I had to make
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People who came in and out of my life has taught me to become a better person. There are people who face tough situations which make them a stronger person and I simply admire them because throughout the tough situations they still managed to keep their head up high. In my opinion‚ I feel
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