From the beginning of my parents’ divorce‚ I never thought much about how much my mother worked to provide for our family after my father had left. Often I would take it for granted how great my parents drive was to work and provide for us. But as I became a freshman in high school and my mother was on her second divorce‚ I learned that I needed to acquire those skills of how to provide for myself and have the same drive. I never had to study to make good grades in elementary and middle school
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Everyone thought Ari Zelmanow had a dream job — so why did it feel more like a pair of shackles? Something was missing. “I wasn’t enjoying my work. It felt like I was missing out on doing something that really makes me happy.” Okay‚ a few things were missing: “I was always chained to the clock‚ when I really wanted the freedom to control my own schedule. And even though I had a great salary‚ there was always that cap on how much I could earn–no matter how hard I worked.” Many of the people closest
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One Friday afternoon I took my three-year-old son to the park by my house to play. As I was pushing him on the swing‚ I noticed a woman talking to her daughter in Arabic. I approached her and introduced myself. I found out that she was born in Jordan just like my husband and has only been hear for 5 years. She began to tell me that she had no family here and that her husband would not allow her to make friends with any Americans. I figured this would be a great opportunity to serve. I began
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Yet another account‚ written less than a week later‚ from In the Muskoka Territory: The Fortunes and Misfortunes of a Party of Holleyites on a Canadian Canoeing and Fishing Expedition‚ New York Holley Standard July 24‚ 1902: The Standard last week abandoned a party of five Holley fishermen on the shores of Muskoka lake‚ leaving them in the throes of preparation for a week’s canoeing trip‚ and with an implied promise of some further account of their adventures. A greener lot of tenderfeet never invaded
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Old people are always saying that the younger generations are getting more and more violent as time goes by. While it might be easy to remind them of all the wars fought in the 20th Century‚ this time we might have to concede this one and admit defeat. Just take a look at this short video - two kids no older than 12 are slugging it out and fighting like their lives depend on it! The video might only be 42 seconds long but as soon as it starts you can tell that a fight is going to go down. Two young
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I know music. There is not a single important memory I have that is not tied to a song‚ a genre‚ or an instrument. I met my first best friend through EDM and for my fifteenth birthday I received my first record player. Long‚ mundane car rides with my dad remind me of classic rock on FM radio‚ and the memories of my little sister loving pop music since she was old enough to crawl will forever have a special place in my heart. I was thirteen when I met my first guitar teacher. His name was Carleton;
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I contemplate the meaning of life as often as most people my age smoke cigarettes. It’s a nasty habit I’ve become accustomed to but it passes the time. I’ve always believed that the real definition of dying is when you are stuck in the same place with the same person day in and day out. I never wanted anything in my life to stay the same. I fed off of the constant changes. Yet I never used to look at her in this way. The one part of my life that for years I have refused to change is my beliefs. Everything
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The Appalachian Trail and a category four hurricane are two things that do not mix well together. This is the last thing any hiker would want to be caught up in. Thirty miles from civilization‚ there’s nothing but wet ground and an angry sky. Trees snapping‚ lightning cracking‚ and thunder roaring. A situation where bears cower away and hikers should do likewise. The smell of pine sap floods the woods. Trees compete with the winds as almost a test of strength. Yet literally falling short every second
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A battle of freedom vs. tyranny (Schultz‚ 2014‚ 99). The Revolutionary War consisted of a group fighting for a place they want to call their own and a group fighting for the people they once called their own. The freedom the Colonists fought for was not easy coming though. There were many steps that lead into the battle that determined their freedom. By looking at the causes‚ the course of the war‚ the outcomes‚ and its influence on the American Identity‚ the reality of the Revolutionary war and
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Ones’ personal attitudes can significantly influence the approach we take towards grief‚ loss‚ death and dying on both a personal and a professional level. The first experience I had with death was at the age of 9 years old. The loss was experienced during my elementary school years. In accordance to Erikson’s Developmental Stages‚ I was in the Industry vs. Inferiority stage. I should have had a better understanding of death at this age‚ but also would have experienced the death briefly (Christ‚
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