The most important political event that has occurred in my life‚ and I think most of my classmates would agree‚ was the tragedy that occurred on September 11‚ 2001. I think that most people can remember where they were and what they were doing when they first heard about the attacks. I was just starting my freshman year in high school. When I got up in the morning and saw a plane crash into one of the twin towers in New York City‚ my first thought was that it was a terrible accident. When the second
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several years back I heard something that changed my life forever. Up until that point I had been struggling through life ?doing everything the hard way. I couldn抰 figure out why my life wasn抰 going the way I felt it should be. I saw some people going through life effortlessly and seemingly with less tension and frustration while I was wondering if I could ever straighten out the mess my life had turned out to be. I was behind on my dreams‚ my promises‚ and my bills. Then one day I was listening
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When my parents were young the always talked about how their history class changed their life‚ but I never understood. They always said‚ “I learned many things that helped me live my life in a successful and positive way.” My parents always told me I’d understand when I am older‚ and I finally get that history isn’t just things that happened for no reason. Everything in history happened to create what we have today. For example‚ The American Revolution‚ happened for independence. It impacted the
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is the only one that positively affected me. All of this started when I listened to one band’s song. One band changed my life. It began on a Monday in mid-December during my freshman year. (I had a dreadful cold from the week before‚ and I was still getting over it.4) It was a frigid and snowy typical winter day. (I was exhausted because I had spent a few hours in the hospital checking on my Uncle‚ although looking back it was a bad idea since I was still sick but he was in the hospital for a severe
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I just finished my volleyball game‚ and my team won‚ I walked outside the gym to see my best friend standing there telling me I did awesome‚ we hugged said goodbye to each other and I left for home. I then went outside to watch my neighbors kids for four hours‚ then went inside and played Wii with my dad. That’s when it all changed. I looked at my IPhone 3GS and read the most devastating text I had ever received from my best friend‚ “Taylor‚ you need to change who you are‚ no one likes you…” This
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Six years ago‚ I experienced the biggest event that has affected my life. I was living in murtaugh with my two parents and four other siblings. One of my older brothers named Fabian was never steered in the right direction. He was strongly influenced by my father’s believes that he was not meant to further his education and to just work to support the family. Once of age‚ Fabian dropped out of school‚ not reaching freshmen year. He began to get into the wrong crowd and began getting into drugs and
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the Great Depression finally hit my family. My family had been doing good compared to the other families that I knew‚ but in 1934‚ my life changed for the worse. The clothing company that my father and mother had been working for was struggling and every month more and more workers were getting fired. The company didn’t need as many workers‚ because they didn’t sell as many clothes as they did before. Then one day my mother and father came home weeping‚ when me and my siblings asked what happened we
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strength‚ but physical as well. Some of these battles are chosen‚ while the rest flank from behind. With this in mind‚ a story of victory must be told‚ on behalf of my Aunt‚ Joenell. Her battle took place in April‚ of 2009‚ she went to the Suttee Delta hospital‚ in Antioch California for a doctor’s visit‚ for fear that something was wrong‚ during this visit she informed her doctor that she felt a not on her left breast. Soon after‚ she had a mammogram‚ and an ultrasound done‚ revealing three cancerous lumps
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Little brothers were engineered to annoy their sibling; luckily for me my little brother kept that to a minimum. For me my little brother was my best friend. Jerry was always athletic; any sport he played‚ did he excelled in. His intelligence was enlightening. My favorite characteristics however‚ was his heart; his heart was full of love. Jerry always saw the beauty in people‚ and nature. Sadly‚ he never saw the beauty in himself. Jerrys teenage years were not easy. I always knew how important jerry
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Music has made a very great impact in my life. For as long as I can remember‚ I’ve always been interested in the ways of music and how it works. It has affected me in my childhood‚ teenhood‚ and will affect my life future. In my early years‚ 2-10 years‚ I mainly listened to a lot of pop music‚ for example: The Black Eyed Peas‚ Michael Jackson‚ Maroon 5‚ etc. I would imagine myself being the singer‚ the guitarist‚ or the drummer. By the time I was 10 years of age‚ I began to form an interest in instruments
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