What matters to me and why? Growing up I always thought tv‚ boys‚ and basketball was important me. However‚ as I got older those things faded out becoming less important to me. For this reason‚ I have started to mature and recognized what really matters to me more than anything. God‚ my family‚ and my goals keep me going throughout all my struggles‚ making me strong to accomplish all the things I want in life. First and foremost‚ is God because without him I wouldn’t be here and I wouldn’t strive
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smart enough to handle my school works. Everyone else in the campus was doing really well but me. However‚ my math teacher did not give up one me. She putted so much effort on me by explained the questions. After that‚ I worked really hard on Math‚ and I cracked every test. I have to admit that overcome hardships can be really difficult and fearsome‚ but as long as we persist‚ nothing can be
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hard for me. Ever since I can remember‚ I’ve always had a hard time reading‚ and that also affected my spelling. This all started in kindergarten. I can look back at some of the papers my mom kept and see that I spelled cat as “kat”. I remember the continuous name calling when I was little of how I wasn’t the best reader in the class and how all the kids would call me stupid. I would come home and tell my mom and she would get so mad. This really hurt my feelings‚ but that just made me into a
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not want that to happen to me so I knew there needed to be a change. Every two to three weeks‚ my coach would come to practice with a new story of how some sports figure‚ who had failed as a kid‚ became a great athlete. For example‚ Michael Jordan did not make his high school basketball team‚ but later became the best basketball player to ever live. He later went onto win six championships with the Chicago Bulls. One day coach pulled me aside from practice and asked me‚”Have you ever started in any
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How Being a Military Brat Has Shaped Me As a child‚ my parents tried to shield me as much as they could. Like every sound parent‚ mine wanted me to maintain a young and innocent mindset for as long as possible. However‚ when it would come time for my dad to be deployed time and time again‚ my mother and father had no choice but to explain why he was leaving. Knowing my father willingly would leave his family behind to defend our freedom made me recognize there must be bad in the world. I realized
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sufficient for defining it. Every day work is related or dependent upon the religion and spiritual belief. Moreover‚ study of religion helps in growing our understanding and knowledge of human practices. Reflection: What does the word Religion mean to me? The word religion itself is a vast concept regarding beliefs of people. It is a wider area of study where one has much place to describe. Everyone is following a particular religious belief. It is the idea to make a person follow something till his/her
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I am tall compared to average‚ so people define me by my height. I’m athletic and competitive when it comes to sports. The sports that I’m best at are soccer because I’ve played it my whole life and basketball because of my height. Optimistic has to be the word that defines me. I’m always positive and confident on what I set my mind to. Soccer is one of my favorite interests and talents. When I was 4 years old I started playing soccer with my dad. Then at the age of 6‚ I joined my first team
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Megan Stell Why College Education is Important to Me Aristotle said it best when he stated‚ “Education is the best provision for life’s journey.” A college education‚ an important opportunity where individuals learn and experience new things that help them grow in many aspects of life such as socially‚ physically‚ mentally‚ etc. Along with these‚ obtaining an accredited college degree is a very important opportunity for me due to many another reasons as well. With that being said the most
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“Patriotism” to me means to hold your gender‚ race‚ religion‚ or culture highly and to show respect to your country. I believe that is what “patriotism” means because in my U.S. History class the word “patriot” means loyal. One example of showing patriotism is by placing your hand over your heart and singing your country’s national anthem. Another example of being patriotic is standing up for your country and also representing your country. The last example of being patriotic is by teaching others
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English 212 Dr. Thompson January 3‚ 2015 In Richard Wrights “Between the World and Me” the use of extraordinary practicality is utilized to create images to travel through the events of the poem with great awareness. This poem voices of a black man who discovers a crime scene as a late eyewitness then learns of the social injustice‚ and man’s cruelty to man that took place. He trips upon the scene in the woods and shifts from the disconnected observer to vicarious suffering‚ and in the end deals
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