My Moment I was tall for my age in seventh grade‚ the tallest girl on the junior varsity basketball team. I was goofy and gangly and not quite comfortable in my body. I remember how excited I was to get to play on the team. I was going to play for the Aviano Saints! Since we were just a small American school in northern Italy‚ everybody who tried out got to play for the team‚ but it was a pretty big deal for me. Some of my best friends were also on the team and we looked forward to an amazing
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My hero is my Dad and all the men and women who fights for are country‚ and the real heros are the ones who lost their life fighting for us. My dad was born December 31st‚ 1967 in Long Beach‚ California. He was a football star for his high school in Ohio. He joined the U.S. Marine corps when he was 19. He served in the military for 6 years and during this time he was deployed to the Philippines‚ Greece‚ Turkey‚ Japan‚ and he also fought in the Gulf War in Saudi Arabia. While he was serving in the
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an environmental risk factor‚ which is smoking. The risk factors mentioned cannot be prevented except for the environmental factor of smoking. Asthma is something that has affected me throughout my life because at times it has limited what I can do in
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My vision of a utopia is the closest you are going to get to heaven on earth. There will not be a negative energy in my utopia‚ only peace. There will be no such thing as sickness or diseases‚ everyone would be healthy all of the time. Finally‚ everyone will do the things that they love. In my utopia all of the negative things such as war‚ will never exist. The world now is full of negativity‚ so having my utopia be negative free would be nearly perfect. No one would have to worry about paying
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MY NEPHEW GRADUATION In this assignment‚ I will be discussing my nephew‚ Vekarious Barnes‚ graduation from Florida State University (FSU). My nephew is a very intelligent young man‚ that has overcome obstacles of health‚ and stability. As a child he has always had a passion to help others‚ although he himself was suffering some unforeseen health issues‚ he had such a stamina and perseverance that we had never seen nor witnessed he is truly deserving of this degree due to his endurance. He
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R is for RICH. Rich is my dad. He has been there since before my birth‚ and he will continue to be a part of my life long after I graduate from college and fully and officially leave home. How has my dad shaped my view of life? It is hard to pinpoint exactly. I know I have learned a lot from him: the best ways to save money on groceries‚ the value of gift cards in everyday life‚ how to relax and joke and be the comedic relief (not that I use that lesson very often‚ unfortunately)‚ how to separate
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Throughout my early childhood years‚ I grew up in South Orange‚ a suburban town by Seton Hall. My mother always told me I had a thirst for science and creativity. This thirst started my educational career. When I was little‚ my only dream was to become an astronaut. Neil Armstrong and Martin Luther King Jr. were my childhood heroes (they still are). Throughout my childhood‚ traveling was usual. From the ages of one to four‚ I periodically went to Mexico and California. When my brother and
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My Teacher‚ My Mentor‚ My Best Friend – My Mother Each one of us had had that one person in our lives who changed our lives; that person without whom we could never have achieved all the things we have achieved. This is the person in our life who teaches us‚ how to tell the difference between right and wrong‚ make better life decisions‚ and get on the path of righteousness. Some might find that person in the form of their friends‚ parents‚ life partners and some might put God in place of that person
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My Memory One memory stands out from all others when I think of the past. It is the memory of the time when I went to Disney World with my grandparents when I was eleven. It all started near the end of elementary school when my grandparents popped the topic of going to Florida. We would even journey to Disney World and go to all four parks. I was ecstatic at the time and as always‚ the sky above the elementary was bright and blue. By the time of the departure‚ the last day of school‚ the sky burned
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the monkeys like Jay Berry? Key Passage: From chapter 17‚ page 267: Jay Berry: “I can’t buy a pony‚ grandpa‚” I said. “If I do‚ id always feels guilty. Every time id climb on its back to go riding‚ Id think of my little sister and that old crippled leg of hers. I’m going to give my money to her so she can go to the hospital and get it fixed up.” Key Passage Explanation: (TS) The
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