In the August before my sophomore year of high school‚ a challenge emerged. My dad had passed away. Of course you would read that and automatically think about how that would affect me in many ways. However no one‚ not even myself‚ was aware of the many challenges that went with this. Death was something new to me. I had never had to deal with someone close to me passing. I had experienced my friends losing a grandparent or a distant relative‚ but it had not affected me terribly much. I always considered
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a sheltered lifestyle‚ not worrying about were my next meal would arrive from‚ or whether if I was going to live throughout the night was never on my mind until I learned from the experiences of the people throughout my missionary trip in India. It was an unforgettable experience that altered my life‚ and left a lasting impression on me. I had volunteered at a psychiatric housing home which housed over hundred plus people who were all mental ill. My missionary group and I had spent a month living
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Growing up all of my friends played football for school‚ and I was one of the only ones that never played. During 5th grade I tried it and found no enjoyment so I . I have gone since I was a kid and listened to how football is so important to them‚ how it’s their favorite activity in the world‚ and how I should go out for it. When they would say this I never truly understood why and so ignored it. My senior year I figured I would take a risk as go out for it. I didn’t know if it would pay off or
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Growing up we were each other’s best friends. I remember you taking me to fish at the nearby park‚ cheering me on at every single one of my soccer games‚ and taking me to Chik-Fil-A to grab our favorite milkshakes every time I scored a goal in a soccer game. I remember us going on family vacation sand runs in order to prepare for my soccer tournaments‚ I remember you taking me to camp every year‚ and I remember how proud you use to always be of me. Most of all though‚ I remember those good tasting
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which means I was a kid without a home or family. Growing up in foster care is not so easy‚ but I always knew someone‚ somewhere else had it worse than me. I always had to change my personality for foster parents to like me. When you walk into a foster home most people think of Annie which is nothing like it is in real life. There isn’t millionaire that comes and wants to take you in for a week then adopt you. Usually the homes you go in are really messy and the foster parents don’t care what you do
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As a graduate student in economics‚ it is much easier to have a conversation with you‚ rather than tell you my life story. Kirkuk‚ a city of 1 million people‚ is where I saw the world for my first time. It is a city rich in oil in Kurdistan-Iraq‚ also called the “black gold city.” Those are all nice facts but it still is not the best place to spend your entire life‚ there is plenty of corruption‚ political and security issues‚ etc. Because of this‚ I dreamed of coming to the United States
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I am going to make a huge impact and a difference in this world. My name Henry King will never be washed from the surface of the earth. The kind of legacy I want to leave on earth will surpass greats such as Albert Einstein‚ Williams Shakespeare‚ Isaac Newton‚ Aristotle‚ and Charles Darwin. My dream is massive‚ and I am sure I will achieve it before I die. I want to be remembered as someone who contributed significantly to the science of mankind. I want to be a stepping stone for modern science.
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Brandon. I worked on projects led by fellow scouts in my troop and picked up trash in the local park in Rosendale more times than I can count. I’ve learned many skills in scouting besides the stereotypical knots and campfires that usually come to mind. I learned leadership skills‚ public speaking skills. Heck‚ I learned how to organize people to achieve a common goal when I had to lead my service project in the community. Scouts strengthened my religion‚ reinforced
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started. So it was a nice‚ cold day in Millbrae CA. I was in the library with my friends trying not to get as loud as we usually would be‚ so that we would not get kicked out. Eventually we did. While I was just hanging out‚ all of a sudden I get a weird phone call from my dad. I answered and it was quiet in the background and then my dad started to talk. He asked me what I was doing and I told him and then out of nowhere my dad said “ Shaina‚ your mom is at a hospital in Antioch‚ she had a really bad
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In the spring of 1943‚ the two would be united as one. Life in this time period was simplistic just like Katie had dreamed of her wedding being. Katie had dreamed of her wedding from the time she was a young girl and the reality was it was time to put those dreams into action. She scrambled through old magazines and newspapers to find the perfect venue‚ the most exquisite flowers‚ and the delicacies of a desert. Katie knew from the moment she became engaged that she would wear her mother’s old wedding
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