My Life of Being A Swimmer I will never forget the feeling of winning my first gold medal in swimming when I was eight. The moment when my coach and my parents were very proud of me‚ and I was proud of myself. I will never forget the excitement and contentment for taking part in the Olympic Time Trial last year. When I’ve worked hard for something and I’ve got the best I can out of myself on that day‚ that’s where I get satisfaction from. Swimming is not just a sport to me. It is a way
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From a very young age I was taught that being Italian is so much more than a race. Being Italian means being family oriented. It means understanding the scarifies made to get where you are‚ and never forgetting where you came from. Being Italian means caring for loved ones more than yourself. But above all‚ being Italian is about being loyal. Though my Italian blood comes only from my fathers side of the family‚ our Italian heritage is ever-present. Both my mother and my father worked very hard
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Pros and Cons of Being the Only Child The Advantages: Being an only child can be either good or bad‚ depending on how you perceive it and how you are brought up by your parents. The advantages could be that you get the undivided love and attention of your parents. They would dote on you more and provide for you more - in terms of getting you stuff‚ toys‚ etc. Obviously‚ being an only child means that your parents have only you to spend the money on and not have to share it among other siblings
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Importance of being prepared The act of being prepared has enabled humans to both lessen the impact of misfortunes and provide themselves with a basis of reaching a higher level. This in itself has been one of the major factors that had enabled society to develop this far without being destroyed in the process. Along with the everyday preparations that prevent students from failing a class‚ there are other higher stake preparations that are engrained into certain professions. Major example being doctors
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I consider myself to be an optimist because I always hope and expect events and plans‚ and everything surrounding me to turn out well‚ and that I look with a smile‚ positive attitude on the future. I’m absolutely sure that being optimistic is a lot better than being pessimistic. In my opinion‚ pessimism is disastrous. It ruins hope and possibilities. If a person is pessimistic‚ he doesn’t hope for a better future and doesn’t anything towards achieving his goal. When the pessimistic person
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College students try to balances academic‚ work and social all at ones and it can be stressful. College is where one begins to find themselves and explore the world. It’s the start of where your life begins. The first step in being successful at college is being motivated. One needs to have a good mind if they want to success in college. No one can motivate you more about college then yourself. Remember you can’t just skip school or someone will tell you to go to class. You pay
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and emotional health. Taking care of your body is a powerful first step towards mental and emotional health. The mind and the body are linked. When you improve your physical health‚ you’ll automatically experience greater mental and emotional well-being. For example‚ exercise not only strengthens our heart and lungs‚ but also releases endorphins‚ powerful chemicals that energize us and lift our mood. The activities you engage in and the daily choices you make affect the way you feel physically and
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Anna Hidrogo The Importance of Being Earnest: Social Satire The definition of a satire is a humor that ridicules the faults and bad habits of a society. The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde is definitely a social satire. Wilde uses figures of speech such as paradoxes and humorous irony to breakdown the faults of the Victorian Era during the time period of the reform. The characters in this play each held a certain quality that added to the satire Wilde wanted describe. He acknowledges
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of an only child In our grandparents’ days‚ being an only child was unusual. In those days‚ people had big families‚ and it was common for a family to have four or five or even more children. But for our generation‚ I notice‚ two or even one child seems to be the norm. An only child often gets more attention from his parents. As there is no other sibling to compete for his parents’ attention‚ it is easy for an only child to get his way. Therefore being the only child in the family can be considered
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Is There a Future for Mechanical Beings? In today’s fast-paced society we ask ourselves a series of questions: Did I let the dog out? What’s for dinner tonight? How am I going to find the time to finish my English essay? I believe these questions can be answered by the developmental studies of machines known as robotics. The machines themselves are called robots. Robots are mechanical beings capable of operating as humans. Throughout my life I have been fascinated by Artificial Life (A.L
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