I was anchored. My boat rocked slightly from side to side‚ the waves shifted‚ but my feet were firm with my anchor rigidly planted in the ocean floor. I had discovered who I was‚ and it was exactly who I aspired to be: a girl with authority and the title to prove it. I was one of three freshman representatives of the Student Board‚ the prestigious and sought-after body of student government. The entire year I held onto that identity and knew it was only a matter of time before my incumbency kicked
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Today was a ruff day for me and Elizia! Before I met up with her I had to take care of Elly. I felt as tired as a marathon runner. These days were hard because the fever was still going on and there was no food left. But the worse thing was that I couldn’t find mama. It killed me inside to think that she was dead. Anyways Elizia and I had been taking care of a lot of people lately. It was insane to see how many people were affected by this disease. This fever was an intruder coming into the city
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Age 9. Ahhh... The last single-digit age. The lovely age of 9 symbolizes the end of the young girl’s childhood. It is when a young girl quickly learns to become a young lady. She will sit a little straighter‚ study a little harder‚ and pray a little louder. Age 9. It is a time where she is given more seemingly minor responsibilities: more things to clean‚ more homework to do‚ more laundry to fold. No kid likes that‚ but "big girls" don’t cry. Instead‚ they tie their hair out of their faces
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Fear was the first thing I felt when I woke up to his screams. I was stuck. Frozen. Paralyzed. I could not rip off the comforters from my body. I was only seventeen years old when the car accident happened. I was only seventeen years old when I was in for a rude awakening. I was only seventeen years old when death decided to knock on my door. I never truly valued the importance of how safe driving can save your life. First‚ I remember the house felt sickeningly cold‚ like a hospital waiting room
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The cat meowed. In my family‚ since neither of my parents graduated high school‚ at times money is hard to come by. My dad owns his own painting/construction business and my mom is currently unemployed as my grandfather has to have round the clock care after my grandmother died because he has several psychological and physical issues from his time in the Vietnam War and therefore cannot be alone by himself. The thought of how to pay for putting one child through college terrified my parents and still
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Janica Kostelic is perhaps one of the greatest Olympic skiers of all time. A four-time Gold Medalist‚ Kostelic is known for her perseverance and determination to succeed. “It seems the more difficult the conditions‚ the better I do‚” Kostelic once said. Caspio has its own Janica Kostelic in Professional Services and Customer Support Director Bahareh Mahdavi. Whether speeding down black diamond slopes‚ sky-diving from thousands of feet in the air or leading her team to meet its goals‚ Bahareh is
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It was the beginning of school‚ I feel a buzz in my pocket‚ I text from my mom that read “I’m picking you up in 20 minutes to go visit your surgeon for your six month appointment” I had to read it a few times to understand what she was meaning. Questioning slightly with
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Working in the O.B. Clinic I am a nurse who has been working in the Taiwan Adventist hospital O.B./GYN. department for eight years. I love this job‚ because I have the opportunity to see many pregnant women safely deliver normal babies nine months after their prenatal check–up. It makes me happy! That is a very nice experience. Now I will tell you a true story about a patient; I am proud of her courage and goodness. It happened three years ago; the patient was a thirty–five year old woman. She
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As an American-born Chinese‚ I am in a difficult situation. I am American by nationality and Chinese by ethnicity‚ but combine the two and the lines become blurred. Ever since I’ve started learning Mandarin‚ I have become more aware of how displaced I am. When people see me they will question where I’m from. I reply with “Chicago” but there’s always the follow up question of “No‚ where are you REALLY from?” Before I started school‚ my reply would always be “Chicago! I was born and raised here
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Haley Paulson Personal Narrative Paper It was a beautiful day in Plymouth‚ Minnesota. The smell of summer was in the air and the grass was greener than ever. The birds were chirping and the trees were swaying in the sweet summer breeze. The sunshine is streaming through the cloudless skies... and Anna is smacked down by an offender! The offender‚ the meanest and biggest girl on the Plymouth soccer team definitely knows how to play dirty and get away with it. I call her Four‚ which was her number
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