me and my sister spending hours on Cable Beach. Cable beach had pristine white sand‚ crystal clear water and amazing sunsets. Dad used to take us camping on the beach and we would build sandcastles together and look in all the rock pools. Another experience I can remember is the staircase to the moon‚ everyone would pile on the shores of Roebuck Bay and watch the full moon reflecting off the tidal flats of the bay. To a Grade 2 student‚ life could not get any better. That was until one life-changing
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Something in my life that I find to be significant is receiving over a million dollars in scholarships from various schools‚ being accepted to every school I applied to‚ as well as graduating from high school to be able to go to college and further my education. See in my family it is not too often that a male graduates from high school and goes to college especially with the accomplishments that I have done. Not only was I the first male in my family to graduate in the top 10% of my class‚ I was
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Sometimes the scariest things in life can be your surroundings because you never know when something can go wrong. I learned to value everything I have these days because you never know when you might lose something or somebody‚ that’s irreplaceable. It was mid June of 1996 and I was living in an eight story building in Harlem in New York City. It was one of the sunniest days of the summertime. It was from this day at age nine when I realized that life is not a dream it is reality. Beautiful and
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Rules The book Rules by Cynthia Lord has had a major impact on my life since the first time I read it which was in 5th grade. This book is about a 12 year old girl named Catherine who is just looking for a normal life‚ but is very hard to find while dealing with a brother with autism and a family who revolves around his disability. Her whole life‚ she has been embarrassed by her brother’s disability and humiliating public habits. Their whole lives‚ Catherine has been teaching David rules such as “Keep
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we found out that my mother had Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. I am an only child and to hear this about my best friend‚ my mom‚ was devastating. Plus‚ to look at her she looked so normal and healthy‚ it was hard to imagine that she could have a disease that would eventually take her life. My mom lived for almost seventeen years with the disease‚ through all her treatments she taught me how to find inner strength and that life was precious to enjoy it. As a junior in high school‚ my mom went in for some
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could barrely hear my coach shriek with what she has left of her voice “this is are year LEAVE NO ROOM! Don’t let them take away what you worked so hard for this is NEW RO’S TIME I CAN FEEL IT!” my body churned as the worlds flew through my head. The Nemorie of her saying something simalier to me last year flashed in to my mind and instantly my stomach tightened my heart left likelike a throwping sore I felt myself begin to sweat as all my pores opeaned and a chiver ran through my body. I would not
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who have changed our lives. People can change your life in a positive or negative way. My grandmother Esther changed my life in a positive way. My grandmother basically raised me. She changed my life and I am glad she did. My grandmother was a very hardworking woman. She valued education even though she never received an education during her childhood. It really touched me the way she would try to help me and give me advice. This made me work extremely hard in school. My grandmother
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Another factor of my childhood events was social effects. Social effects meaning how students reacted or a peer pressure. Through this peer pressure my attitude would change and would either go towards the worst or the best. The classmates I hung out with were usually the ones who had the bad attitudes and bad behavior. The stereotype of my school was characterized by bad behavior‚ and many of the students were never disciplined by their parents. Due to this factor my behavior would turn towards
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What is a good manager ? A Manager is the person responsible for planning and directing the work of a group of individuals‚ monitoring their work‚ and taking corrective action when necessary. For many people‚ this is their first step into a management career. A manager ’s title reflects what he/she is responsible for. An Operations Manager is responsible for the operations of the company. There are many management functions in business and‚ therefore‚ many manager titles. Regardless of title‚ the
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I consider my self being a girly-girl and tom-boyish. Sometimes one side would be stronger than the other. For example‚ as if I were to go shopping‚ I could do that all day. But yet if my guy friends were to ask me to go play with them football or tag‚ I wouldn’t mind getting down and dirty. For example‚ when I was younger my mother would take me to her hula classes. I would usually join in when they start to do the warm ups. Then around the age 7 my mother took me to my first official hula class
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