harmonies‚ timbre‚ and texture‚ a whole new realm is unraveled. The extraordinary feeling of unwinding and renewing your mind by listening to the flow of music is inexpressible. Nothing compares. My sophomore year I was given a choice: Either continue in the solo classical piano I had played my whole life‚ or join jazz band and put effort into learning a new style of music. I chose jazz. The comping‚ sight-reading‚ and working with a group of people made jazz crazily different from classical. I loved
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By using my Life-long Learner goals‚ I developed many traits that got me into the habit of using Spanish in my everyday routine. My first Life-long Learner goal was that I would talk to my friends who are taking the same Middlebury spanish course as I am. I did this every day during the school week. We discussed the online course‚ our other classes‚ and everything about our days. It really helped me maintain practice and awareness of the Spanish language. It was very fun to communicate without using
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My Life- My Personal Responsibilities’ Early in this journey of life‚ mother instilled in me the importance of living responsibly‚ she would say “whatever you do in life make responsible and wise choices.” By the time I was a junior in high school‚ I has selected both the university and major area of study that I wanted to pursue. I did the research and footwork then presented my parents my future plans my mom expressed how proud she was of me for taking the initiative for pursuing my college
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I have never been the kind of person that knows what they are supposed to be. While that is certainly not a unique condition‚ I have felt at times that my uncertainty was to an almost comical degree. As a kid‚ I tried dozens of sports and was successful at approximately zero of them. In an effort to get me to do something‚ my parents put me in art classes‚ science camps‚ sports leagues‚ and other kinds of activities we could barely afford‚ but none of them stuck. With little exaggeration‚ I feel
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late nights training in the blistering cold water while my peers sleep became a daily routine for me. Before I knew it‚ swimming became a part of me‚ it became a defining aspect of my life. However‚ I did not always know that I would continue to spend long hours at the swimming pool for the next four years of my life. When I began high school‚ I was always told to find a club or sports team to join‚ and my experience in this phase of my life would be considerably more enjoyable. I had played several
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jaws.” I thought this was so funny! I got to see all of this because of biking. This summer I biked everyday with my brother. Since we were in Florida‚ we biked everyday. It was really hot and I sweated a lot. We rode about 10 to 20 miles per day to get ready for the race. While I was biking I saw lots of different and cool things. The bike that I had been possibly the oldest bike my brother could get. We looked it up and it was a 1960’s bike. The bike was so old it had the shifter on the
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My full name is Colin Zachary Arndt. I was born at a ski resort in Steamboat Colorado‚ Then my parents and I traveled the country following my grandparents. My grandfather was a well know hotel manager so he was transferred a lot. My parents were both college drop outs so we didn’t have a lot of money and we spent the beginning of my life in a very rough spot. When my Dad was finally able to get a job we moved here and lived in the apartment building across the street from Mi Rachito. I was not a
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Life as an angry‚ middle-class‚ African-American‚ female can have a plethora of disadvantages. I’ve experienced racism‚ gender inequality‚ and was restricted from different privileges all because of those “labels.” In this autobiography‚ I will discuss the social issues I have faced in my life through the procedure of connecting singular involvement with social organizations and one’s place in history. This is also known as the Sociological Imagination. Before I was even born‚ I already was predestined
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is one of the classics of the film and literature. Like many of my generation.I have a weakness for hero worship. At some point‚ however‚ we all begin to question our heroes and need for them.This leads us to ask: What is a hero? Despite immense differences in cultures‚heroes around the world generally share a number of characteristics that instruct and inspire people. A hero does something worth talking about. A hero has a story of adventure to tell and a community who will listen. But a hero
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To tell my story‚ I have to set the scene. It was the summer of 2014‚ the Thursday before school started actually. I had not seen familiar faces in a while so‚ I was ready to get back. I did not realize it yet‚ but taking a job at Whataburger would be the biggest (only) mistake I ever made. My first job was horrible. I did not really know how bad those fast food jobs really were until I got my first job. I was a cook at Whataburger. Yes Whataburger in Decatur‚ the Texas treasure‚ the Alcatraz of
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