that her grandmother‚ the person she is closest to in the world‚ has just passed away. This happened to me late my junior year of high school‚ and my heart broke for her. Concerned‚ I immediately ordered a large cheese pizza and peach iced tea‚ her favorite comfort foods‚ and rushed to her house. This is one example of the nurturing nature of my personality‚ which is a very prevalent aspect of who I am. It is in my DNA to love and care for the people around me‚ including my friends and family. It
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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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Something that changed me and let me be the person who I am today is friendship. Friends can raise you high above the skies. Or‚ they can pull you down under the ground. My parents are very close to me. They have enough knowledge and awareness from people around us. My father advised me every school year that I needed to keep enough distance from others. My father said to me‚ “Abdulelah‚ never go out with bad friends. They can affect you in a small matter of time. I know you’re smart. You will know
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Life is like walking through Paradise with peas in your shoes. CHARLES EDWARD JERNINGHAM‚ The Maxims of Marmaduke Life is for each man a solitary cell whose walls are mirrors. EUGENE O’NEILL‚ Lazarus Laughed Live on‚ survive‚ for the earth gives forth wonders. It may swallow your heart‚ but the wonders keep on coming. You stand before them bareheaded‚ shriven. What is expected of you is attention. SALMAN RUSHDIE‚ The Ground Beneath Her Feet Life itself‚ too‚ is forever turning an infinitely
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almost took me down. The humidity was sticking to my skin and the lights were white‚ like clouds floating on the ceiling. As I recuperated after those blinding lights came the most boring part of the trip‚ waiting on our luggage. As we were waiting everyone was leaving and we only had 1 bag left. We were getting a little nervous when we saw everyone leave and we were the only ones with another 8 people‚ so we went to complain to the airline person. We asked her if she knew where our bag was. She turned
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This year has been a whirlwind of good and bad times. Between being gone for half the year‚ making amazing friends and having the best classes‚ this year was pretty great. Going into highschool is terrifying‚ I’m going to miss my teachers‚ classes‚ and friends I’ve made here in middle school. This year has changed me so much that I can’t even think what will happen next. You have to fight even if you’re not doing it for yourself “You gotta swim/ Through nights that won’t end/ Swim for your families/
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The True Story of Slavery The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass is a riveting story that shows how cruel and dehumanizing slavery truly is. Slavery was an issue for nearly all of the 70 years it plagued America. In this narrative Douglass brings to light the sickening experience that slavery is for slaves themselves. Douglass is able to communicate how terrible the institution of slavery is because of the physical abuse many masters forced the slaves to endure‚ the necessities that were
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Drive is something that tons of people have not yet to grasp. The word drive itself is just as powerful as its definition. Having a drive for something means there’s passion in what you’re doing. My drive is to get out of bed every day and be productive. It’s my drive that pushes me to get to work and push myself forward. Having that drive for something isn’t something I would want to let go of either. The problem today is that it’s that it’s hard to have a drive for something since it may take
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This town I found myself in right now was unique. For some reason‚ it felt different from all the rest. Sure‚ it was breathtaking‚ but that was not what was bringing on this feeling. I tried to observe my surroundings carefully for this loose thread. The red cobblestone was lowly lit in the warm glow of the Christmas lights that hung everywhere. Explosions of red and green and blue and yellow filtered everything in sight like 3D glasses. Tinsel and garland wound around the support columns of
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Auto Biographical Essay Autobiographical Essay Introduction I always knew I wanted to make a difference in someone’s life; I just wasn’t always sure how I wanted to do it. I went through different phases of what careers I wanted to do; doctor‚ lawyer‚ princess‚ firefighter. None of those ideas ever really stuck though‚ it wasn’t until I was in middle school that I found a career that I knew I wanted to do‚ something that wouldn’t just make me money‚ but more importantly make me and other people
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