old 4x800m record was shattered. My teammates and I were on cloud nine. I could not believe that we had done it‚ even though the countless hours we had put in on the track said otherwise. Through thick and thin‚ wins and losses‚ we were always after the same dream. My worn spikes had accumulated so many miles during the season that I had lost track‚ but it was all worth it when we received a baton engraved with our names and record time at the track banquet. That day‚ it seemed as though nothing could
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I distinctly remember working part-time at Starbucks‚ and there realizing all of the economic theories at play. Two of my coworkers worked separately‚ but towards the same end‚ exercising their comparative advantage. I later watched as happy hour rolled around‚ and demand suddenly skyrocketed as our prices dropped. It was deeply impressive to see the seemingly complicated subject of economics so clearly demonstrated in my minimum wage job. I was only a month into my first microeconomics course‚ but
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As I stepped into the kitchen on a Saturday morning‚ my mom asks me a question any parent would normally ask‚ ”What are you doing tonight?” Now normally I would hang out with my friends and what not but tonight was my stay at home night. So I simply replied “Nothing mom‚ why?” Usually her answer is that she just needs to know these sort of things‚ being a mother and all‚ but this time it was different; the answer didn’t come out so quickly like always. She sat and stared for a second like she was
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Trauma It was December 15‚ 2007‚ My daughter’s birthday. I was stuck in afghanistan fighting a war. We were patrolling through a town heading back toward our extraction point. I was travelling with the commanding officer‚ and 4 others we walked for several miles and it was scorching hot. i was just ready to get back to base to get to some food. we hopped over a small wall heading down a road that lead to an abandoned town‚ machine-gun fire started up‚ echoing all around me. The thing about being
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How are you all doing? I hope you guys are all doing good. I am doing just fine. As you guys know I turned 16 and was released from the orphanage home. I settled to an early colony named Jamestown. The first settlement of Jamestown occurred in May 14‚ 1607. A couple years later I arrived to Jamestown. Life in Jamestown can be very challenging‚ but nothing compared to how it was before. The first settlement of Jamestown was a failure. The first journey to Virginia was through 3 ships: The Susan
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Essay on My First Day at School for kid Introduction Many events happened in my life long ago. I have forgotten some events. But I distinctly remember some. They will remain fresh in my memory. My fist day at school is one such event. Preparation for admission I was seven years old when I was first admitted to school. My father taught me at home. My elder borther was then reading in the local school. It was decided that I too should go to school with him. I was a bit nervous at first. It was
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undertaking‚ no one thought it was possible. Dear Mother‚ The day after tomorrow I shall set out for the Western Country; my absence will probably be equal to fifteen or eighteen months; the nature of this expedition is by no means dangerous‚ my route will be altogether through tribes of Indians. For it’s fatiegues I feel myself perfectly prepared‚ nor do I doubt my health and strength of constitution to bear me through it; I go with the most perfect preconviction
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When I started my first semester at Florida SouthWestern‚ I found myself under a crushing amount of stress and believed I would be overwhelmed within the first week. I also convinced myself that the Cornerstone Experience was a significant waste of my time. However‚ throughout the semester my opinions changed as the course introduced me to several important topics that I found myself referring back to throughout the semester: financial literacy‚ time management and wellness and stress management
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Essay #2 Jonatas N. Storck English 032-S01 Essay #2 (Word count) First Day of School Everyone feels very anxious and at the same time nervous about their first day of school‚ because they are worried the way people look at them and if everyone will be accepted. I probably wasn’t an exaptation. I have? been out of school for years and all I was concerned about was not wasting any more time without a high education; I knew it that without a college degree the chances of being successful
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I failed. The first time in college I failed myself‚ I lost who I was and I didn’t really know how to get the boy I was back. It is easy to lose yourself when you’ve failed to figure out who you were in the first place. I grew up in an environment where I had to be what everyone else wanted and needed me to be so the last thing I had time to do was figure out who I needed to be‚ so when I applied for college the only thing I wanted to do was forget how hard the past seventeen years were. I majored
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