My most important experience sought me out. It happened to me; I didn’t cause it. I call it serendipity‚ and he maintains that it was fate. Carolina and I had collected enough signatures to return to our group. She glanced around‚ and without notice walked to a stranger. “Sir‚ do you have a moment? We’re conducting a survey” she asked. He gave the question some thought before agreeing‚ but on condition that we followed him to his workplace. In making answer to this proposition‚ Carolina did not
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150 September 18‚ 2013 Writing Experiences It’s hard to imagine a life without writing. From research papers‚ school essays‚ and resumes‚ to text messaging‚ grocery lists‚ and passing notes during class‚ writing is a huge part of my daily life. Sometimes I write as part of requirements for a class of to apply for a scholarship or a program. Other times I write to amuse myself or to remind myself to do something. I’ve changed as I’ve gotten older‚ and my writing has changed along the way
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I was hospitalized for three weeks at Seattle Children’s after enduring emergency surgery to remove a rare tumor in my large intestine. What I figured was random stomach pain was life threatening. Since I have endured so much in my life‚ it is not easy for me to be emotional. When I found out that I needed surgery in a mere few hours I did not know how to process my emotions. Being in the hospital taught me that I need to take what may seem meaningless as something that could be serious. I learned
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Life Experiences in Farewell to Manzanar The book‚ Farewell to Manzanar was the story of a young Japanese girl coming of age in the interment camp located in Owens Valley‚ California. Less than two months after the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor‚ President Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066‚ which stated that the War Department had the right to declare which people were a threat to the country‚ and move them wherever they so pleased1. Since the West Coast had a large number of Japanese immigrants
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How many people have the good fortune to travel by plane? I was one of the fortunate few. My first flight in the air was the most exciting experience in my life. I was travelling from Delhi to London by air. I entered the aeroplane in the morning. It was like getting into a car or bus but the noise of the machine made us feel that it was different. Soon the plane took off and rose in the air higher and higher. The buzzing sound which had fascinated me continued. When I looked down‚ things looked
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Many people think that I’ve got everything going for me. I’m captain of my school’s varsity cheerleading squad‚ I’m an honors student‚ I’ve got a talent that works for me‚ and I’ve got a bright future ahead of me. Few people understand that getting to where I am hasn’t been easy. I have to admit that I’m disappointed with some of today’s youth. Most of us want to get high-paying jobs that don’t require tedious work. They want to forget college‚ to forget the future. They don’t care about the outcomes
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girl (almost seven years old). I lived with my mother and my grandma in the country‚ because they were teachers there. Of course‚ this place is in Argentina‚ my country. We stayed at the Marical Santa Cruz School from Monday mornings to Friday afternoons. There were a lot of children that went to school there. On the weekends‚ we lived in a little town named Galvez‚ in Santa Fe province. My father lived and worked in another place‚ Rosario (the second most important city in Argentina). We were together
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would speak too‚ out of the home. She wanted to know why her language would change‚ and drastically it would when her mother was around. I can easily relate to the essay because at my home English is a second language to my parents. Though it wasn’t as noticeable as Amy’s mother‚ but there were times where I heard my mother have a hard time speaking to people because she could not get her point across. There were times where I had to step in and just say “she means this‚ not that.” Growing up in
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to engage in a pediatric simulation with my clinical group. The simulation took place in the simulation lab at Western Regional School of Nursing. My clinical group‚ two nursing instructors‚ and I were present during the event. Our clinical group was there because it was a clinical component of our pediatric clinical rotation. We were required to apply our knowledge and use critical thinking during the simulation‚ acting as if it were a real life experience. Our clinical group was separated into two
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College Baptist of Nursing Program Personal Statement I was exposed to the field of medicine at a very young age. Both of my parents are nurses‚ so I was fortunate enough to be able to come to work with them some days and experience firsthand how chaotic‚ yet cooperative the hospital floor truly is. One of the things I was the most fascinated about was the relationships my parents had with their patients. I quickly learned that it’s not only about taking care of your patients medically‚ but it also
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