"You cannot open a book without learning something" (Confucius). About two months before school started‚ the weather became extremely hot. I stayed at home to enjoy the air-conditioning and to do some reading. I grabbed an arbitrary book which had probably sat on my shelf during the whole summer. On the cover‚ it read "Voices and Values: A Reader for Writers by Janet M.Goldstein and Beth Johnson". On the inside‚ a few carelessly folded pages indicated that the book had ever been used. This book‚
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I used to play soccer and enjoyed it thoroughly to the extent to which I would call my coach when rain canceled practice because I didn’t think the water would hurt anyone. Shin guards were like another layer of skin to me‚ and my cleats seemed to remain attached to my feet more times than not. It was the one thing in my life I felt sure I was decent at. I had the speed‚ and the muscle to kick the ball across the field; I felt unstoppable. Eventually‚ a bunch of girls in my age group and I converted
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We were put on trucks and taken to a larger village where we spent the night in the yard of a house. Between August 9–13‚ 1944‚ we were herded into different compounds on meadows at various places around Rennes and then to a collection camp at Ste. Mère-Église. We received daily two or three U.S. C rations. On the evening of August 13‚ we were brought to the coast and crossed the English Channel in a tank transport ship. We arrived at what may have been Portsmouth‚ and then transported by train to
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I was getting ready for surgery‚ and all I hear is nothing. They put some sort of mask over my mouth. “Just close your eyes and try to sleep‚” the doctor said. I can feel my eyelids finding it hard to stay open. Next thing I knew I was out. I wake up with a lot of questions flowing through my head. I looked around the room only to find a bunch of doctors running around in their greens scrubs. I’m a little confused‚ but I manage to figure out things. My appendix ruptured; I’m in a hospital
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Last October had been one of the most eye opening moments for me. I had been diagnosed with a life altering disease‚ which is closely related to diabetes. I found out that my body creates over twice the amount of insulin I need‚ working my pancreas too hard creating an abundance of problems. I have had to learn so much‚ and change so many aspects of my life because of this disease and the problems it creates. A lot of things lead up to my diagnosis‚ but it wasn’t an easy road to take. At first I
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My family is extremely poor‚ living paycheck to paycheck and off of food stamps. My father is a construction worker/contractor who emigrated from Communist Bulgaria after the fall of the Iron Curtain‚ while my mother is a stay-at-home housewife with no higher education. As I grew older and more capable‚ naturally I was expected to help contribute in some way. This led to me having to constantly work and seek jobs from as early as 13 years old (typically babysitting or paper-route type jobs at this
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I have noticed myself being constantly pessimistic‚ expecting the worst and having thought of what if I wasn’t here‚ in this world‚ in this moment. No one ever diagnosed me with depression‚ I just assumed I was; having suicidal thoughts‚ self-harming myself‚ being distant from my family and friends‚ and always forgetting to eat. It got to the point where I just did what people told me to do‚ since I never knew what I wanted to do. The relationships I had with my family is not the dictionary normal
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As a freshman in college I was aware of the fact that I would encounter alcohol at some point. I always told myself that drinking was not something I ever wanted to do. My grandfather was an alcoholic and I had seen what it had done to him and his family. However‚ I got around a group of people whom I called my friends. Before I knew it I was pressured to drink and ended up giving in my second semester of freshman year. I only drank casually that second semester. But when the fall came around that
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During more than half of my seventh grade year I caught a virus.Which made me weak and sent me to the hospital for a month I did not go back to school right away. During that time I fell behind in school and because my grades dropped significantly. This was not going to make me end the year off with bad grades because I studied hard to end the year off with good grades. After I came out of the hospital. This motivated me to work twice as hard and to catch up with my classmates. The second time
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I attend the Electronic Systems Center for Hanscom Air Force Base bi-weekly Integrated Project Team meeting‚ and as the NGA FMS representative‚ I facilitate decision-making recommendation and issue resolutions specific to geospatial requirements for international partners. I implemented major improvements in the authorization of 3rd party co-produced data‚ resulting in the Australian Geospatial-Intelligence Organisation HQ‚ adopting my procedures as the standard in handling NGA requests for the sharing
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