myself even when the odds are stacked against me. When I was thirteen years old I qualified to the Level Eight South Eastern Regional Championships of the United States. Level eight in gymnastics is one of the most difficult levels and the one where college coaches start to recruit the best competitors. Without knowing it at the time‚ this would be an important event in shaping who I am today. I was ecstatic about qualifying for this competition‚ but I soon became doubtful about whether I could compete
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Ever since I moved into the United States at a very young age of nine years old‚ I learned from the get go that I have to work extremely hard in school and extra curricular activities. In my freshman year of high school‚ till my second year of college‚ I have been involved in numerous activities. I have found that as my life gets busier‚ which forces me to become more organized‚ and my tasks are completed more efficiently. In my freshman year of high school‚ I was heavily involved in sports and
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It’s important to set goals while your attending college. My goal is to graduate Argosy University with a Bachelors’ Degree in Psychology with a GPA of 3.0 or higher. I chose to return to school and complete my goals for several reasons. My three main reasons are; to set a good example for my children‚ gain a sense of accomplishment‚ and to land the career of my dreams. My motivation comes from intrinsic and extrinsic rewards. Accomplishing my academic goals will reward me internally positively affecting
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chalkboard. As I advanced through school so did my teddy bears and baby dolls. I eventually moved on to playing “School” with my friends. We’d all fight as to who would be the teacher and I’d get very upset when it wasn’t me. When I started college‚ I had no idea what direction I wanted to go. There were so many possibilities: business‚ the arts‚ nursing‚ etc. All I knew was that I wanted to enjoy my career. I didn’t want to fight to get up every morning in order to make myself go to work
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FAMILY TO FAMILY: LEAVING A LASTING LEGACY 4MAT BOOK REVIEW A BOOK REVIEW PAPER SUBMITTED TO PROFESSOR JONATHAN BISHOP EVAN 525-B11 LUO (SPRING 2014) BY SEAN D. DUGAN (ID# L23392324) FEBRUARY 26‚ 2014 LIBERTY UNIVERSITY LYNCHBURG‚ VA ABSTRACT Family values are dissolving to some while others are saying that the values are just changing. One thing that is an agreement is that the world has an impact in shaping these values. With the media‚ athletes‚ and the entertainment
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“They didn’t survive by eating each other;they survived by being resourceful” (schablitsky). In Miracle in the Andes they did eat the dead but they were also resourceful in many different ways just like “Aron Ralston 127 Hours” and “How A Man Survived 438 Days Stuck At Sea.” These three stories show how to survive while be resourceful. In Miracle In the Andes‚ the survivors demonstrate resourcefulness to survive. In the book nando and the others need to survive the harsh cold that is coming so they
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Although one is a book and the other is a movie‚ both Apocalypse Now which is directed by Francis Ford Coppola and Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad portray very detailed scenes by using various elements in their respective works. A key part that stands out is the events that lead to death of the helmsman which contains many similarities‚ but also many differences between the two works. Some similarities like the iconic fog serve to convey a message of the helplessness that the characters feel because
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About Me “Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.” Henry David Thoreau Senior year‚ the most dreaded year for any high school student‚ with all the standardized tests coming up‚ AP classes‚ college applications and the question “What do I want to become?” It is hard and stressful to decide a career at the age of 17 or 18. Yet that is the way we are trained. We have to find our passion in 12 years of education. After my 12 years of education I have made
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dance classes are on Friday’s from four to six thirty. Theater doesn’t have a set time at the moment. When they need me there to help‚ I go and when I’m in a show‚ I’ll have a schedule to go off of. I’m also in high school classes as well as another college class‚ so my schedule is very unpredictable. So‚ I suppose I am fairly concerned about that aspect of it. When I enrolled in this class‚ I was under the impression that I would do the class in my own time‚ so I don’t know how I’ll handle meeting times
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John Jarvis Mythology 211 October 1‚ 2012 Apocalypse Now Redux: Symbolically Mythology Nothing affixes attention‚ especially in literature and cinematic entertainment‚ more readily than a hero. Heroes and their journeys are the central focuses in many famous stories‚ either ancient or modern. The idea of the journey of a hero and their triumph is referred to as a monomyth‚ and there are a few approaches to determining if a story is or is not a monomyth. In his book Mythology: The Voyage of
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