Being born in America is a privilege. This hit me when I took my first trip to Nigeria. As I exited the plane from a 16-hour flight‚ I could barely feel my legs because of how long the trip was. Everybody was so excited to leave the plane to see how Nigeria looked like. Don’t get it twisted‚ I was excited too but I wasn’t in any rush. As I finally ran out of the airport‚ I just remembered seeing people walking all around and looking at the new tourists that had just arrived. I was so excited to start
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Within a small town with nothing but‚ cows‚ silos‚ and good old America football‚ I have been driven to a wondrous conclusion that fuels my purpose in life; to escape and fulfil a destiny much grander than anything my town has to offer. Though I have learned some useful skills and qualities that have shaped who I am today‚ primarily due to the impositions placed upon me by my community itself. My life in La Grange can be summarized as me fulfilling the role of Dante‚ going through numerous trials
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Has technology actually improved our personal lives? Colin Fleming Professor Sandi Greene English 102 23 February 2011 Colin Fleming Professor Sandi Greene English 102 23 February 2011 Has Technology Actually Improved our Personal Lives? Technology‚ specifically computers connected to the Internet‚ have revolutionized modern business and created efficiencies never before seen. Without a doubt‚ organizations are able to accomplish tasks determined to be out of reach decades ago
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As children‚ many people often dream about what they want to be when they grow up. Most commonly an astronaut or maybe an athlete. For some reason‚ I never really had any major dream job aspirations as a kid; Although I was a decent athlete playing three sports: football‚ basketball‚ and soccer I enjoyed being active in those environments. I realized at an early age the likely hood of going pro in any of them was a very small chance‚ but I still had a desire to be wealthy so that I could afford to
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81446 My Mom’s Macbook Pro I was thirteen years old when I ripped open my Mom’s Macbook Pro. Using a screwdriver‚ pliers‚ and a toothpick I disassembled the computer part by part‚ organizing each piece into different sections‚ not knowing any of their functions or purposes. I was marveled by each stick of RAM‚ connected circuit‚ and processor. As I continued to dive deeper‚ I soon found the hard drive. A small three by three inch box that could hold hundreds upon thousands of bytes of information
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Weapons and Personal Protective Equipment Debra McCain University of Phoenix Concepts of Physical and Personal Protection-CJA/585 Morris Cotton January 18‚ 2010 Weapons and Personal Protective Equipment When protecting individuals from others that may wish to do them harm‚ kidnap them‚ or just be near them because they think that the person he or she is stalking is theirs in some way it is important to protect oneself first. In today’s world of popularity of movie stars and political figures
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Fitness Goal Setting 1. What does it mean to live a healthy active lifestyle? Healthy living means making choices to improve your health and minimize controllable illnesses and diseases. Active living is doing physical activities in order to improve your fitness level. The two go together. Choosing a healthy active lifestyle will enhance all aspects of what we generally call "health" or "wellness. “There are four dimensions to healthy active living‚ and they are all closely interconnected. Moreover
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When I grow up I want to be a computer software engineer or a computer hardware engineer. How I made the choice to be a computer engineer out of all the computer jobs because an engineer is more hands on than most computer related jobs. People who helped me make this decision are my parents and my classmates. I admire Bill Gates because he made Microsoft. Steve Jobs is another person I admire because he was one of the founders of Apple. Bill Gates is the person I admire more because he does more
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Our Flag Still Stands On September 11‚ 2001 our country was rocked to its core. Even though I was only four years old‚ I remember seeing the shock and disbelief on my parents’ face as they watched the catastrophe unfold. I also remember seeing pictures of an American flag waving in the middle of rubble. Though our country was shaken we were also united. Citizens began to show patriotism more than ever before and display courage against our enemies. Patriotism is important to me because of my freedom
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EXP 105: Week 4 Personal Strategy Card Name: A. LCI Scores Sequence Precision Technical Reasoning Confluence Record your LCI scores in the boxes provided. 24 29 26 23 B. Carefully describe the degree to which you use each of your Learning Patterns. (Refer to the Personal Learning Profile you developed for your Week Two assignment and any feedback provided by your instructor to determine if you need to refine your responses as you complete this section.) Sequence: Sequence is something I
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