success! (Stoker) My first thoughts about English 1304 was disgust due to the fact that I was placed in a class that wasn’t even counted as a credit. But‚ I stuck with it because I believed that it was going to be an easy A and‚ I will exceed in it without any troubles. But‚ boy was I wrong about that‚ I was struggling week by week on assignments and papers that were due. What actually shocked me was my grade on my first English paper and‚ from then on I knew this class wasn’t something to mess with.
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answer‚ “No”. I had this insane idea that the world revolved around me. Although I still had the concept in my head‚ that it was all about me when I was informed I would be an older sister‚ I knew that nothing would be the same. Before I was a sister‚ I never took anyone else into consideration‚ and I was never told to do otherwise. I was around four years old‚ when this news has changed my life forever. When I first received the news that I would have a younger brother‚ I was filled with joy and excitement
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personally know that I have changed as a person. During 8th grade I was a bad kid which would make trouble throughout the school day. As graduation came closer i felt the need to change my ways and become a better person. My father had once told me about St. Lawrence and how he went there for his high school years. After hearing about what the school offers I felt it would be a good choice for me. I am thankful for choosing St. Lawrence as my high school because it has changed me over the years into who
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English 113 28 Sept. 2010 The Season that Changed My Life I was a senior in high school. My final softball season had just begun. Our varsity team was the reigning state 6A state champions from the year before and we had very high hopes to win again. However‚ we were definitely an underdog according to all the preseason reports. The pressure was on for the Broken Arrow Lady Tigers. This would be the season that I changed the way I played softball and would make me work hard
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When I was around eight years old‚ my parents decided to get a divorce. Although at the time it was hard to understand and deal with‚ today I believe that it has made me into a stronger person and changed how I view some things in my life for the better. At the time I didn’t know the reasons behind their divorce so I couldn’t really accept and move on from it. Now that I have learned new things and realized how important it was for it to happen‚ I can let the past go and be happy with what I have
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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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Nothing will ever be the same was the constant refrain after the twin towers attacks. But in daily life it doesn’t seem like much has changed. In 2001‚ I was in first grade‚ and nothing in my daily routine changed. Some of my classmates who were Arab or Indian had a tough time coming back to school since the terrorists were supposedly Islamic extremists from parts of the Middle East. This made my friends and I look at them differently. I was never really friends with any of them‚ but I felt sympathy
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How Baseball Changed My Life Baseball may seem like a game where individuals remain around and sit tight for a ball to be hit‚ yet that is not what baseball truly is. To me‚ this game has changed the way I see life all in all. Each player has been taught to have great hard working attitude‚ regardless of whether it’s in a weight room or even practices. Coaches have given leadership chances to players every year and this year it’s my turn due to my hard working attitude and my capacity to lead a
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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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It was almost 5am on July 17‚ 1996‚ when I was rushed to the hospital. I was balled up in the back seat of my mother in laws car‚ biting down on a towel because the pain was so unbearable. I heard him say “it’s ok baby… ” just as another jolt of pain came. As his voice faded I could feel him rubbing my back‚ and I tried my best to listen to his voice and forget the pain. It was impossible though‚ the baby was coming and there was no turning back now. As we arrived at the hospital I was quickly
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