world I come from is filled with trouble. Growing up has been awfully challenging for me. On one side of my family‚ there are well educated people who know their responsibilities and understand right from wrong‚ and on the other side there are troublemakers who seek to enjoy themselves as much as possible (with the exception of a few) with little to no responsibilities. During a major part of my childhood‚ I had been best friends with one of those cousins for a long time‚ to the point where I myself
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Andrea Johnson DEV 0032-158 November 1‚ 2012 How Cancer Changed My Life Cancer can make a change in anyone’s life. It has been in my life for as long as I can remember. Many of my family members have had several different types of cancer and have lost their battle‚ but the one that impacted my life the most was the recent loss of my best friend. My friend’s name was Elke‚ and she battled brain cancer for almost 10 years. She was only declared in remission a couple times‚ it just kept
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“What’s amazing is‚ if young people understood how doing well in school makes the rest of their life so much interesting‚ they would be more motivated. It’s so far away in time that they can’t appreciate what it means for their whole life.”- Bill Gates. There are many great and not so great things about schools. Gunstream is very important to me because it is such a friendly and positive aura. It is safe to say that anyone that goes to this school can think of many great things‚ people‚ and memories
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As my memory serves‚ going back several years‚ I slowly realize how many years I spent behind my desk in my room playing games on my computer. I spent day after day playing‚ to get my mind off the harsh reality that I might not be able to go back to a normal life. The life I had before was about to change at the start of my high school career. The pains increased‚ the cramping continued day by day. My stomach had turned into a time bomb waiting to explode. I entered my High School geometry class
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As the time for my new journey in college arrives‚ I plan to participate in as many activities as possible. After my four years in high school‚ I’ve realized time truly does pass by in the blink of an eye. I know that by joining clubs and playing sports I will be enjoying my time before they become memories. I want to grasp the opportunities and enjoy them just like I did with soccer You would figure that after playing soccer for 8 years on a soccer team I would be an amazing athlete. The reality
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of nine‚ I already had lived through my first earthquake in Chile. I had evaded death and lived to tell its story. I had experienced at first hand the trauma of living through one of Mother Nature’s most notorious catastrophes. The earthquake taught me that life is unpredictable and life should be cherished intensely. I was living with my grandmother at that point in my life. It was an ordinary Sunday morning; I was dressing up to go to church with grandma. My aunt Berta had called earlier that morning
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Jose Luis Ortega Vaquero Internet have changed my life In recent years we have been witnessing a real acceleration of society as regards to technology‚ both in its development and the emergence of new forms. An important change that should be noted is Internet‚ and how it has affected different areas of everyday life‚ especially regarding social relations. The constant use of technologies such as mobile phone‚ iPod or computer with Internet connections... has led to increasingly more
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ways‚ and I do believe it has changed my life in one way or another. Makeup can make one feel a thousand times more confident. Growing up I had amazing skin. High school is when it all started going downhill. My skin was so bad I was always wanting to cover up my acne marks. When I would wear makeup to school or any public place I honestly felt much more confident about my skin. Now I am not the only one that has experienced
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This day couldn’t have come sooner. For all of my existing life that i’ve been programed and been taught of what happiness is worth ‚in the city of Omelas. I never really understood it. Living in Omelas‚ life was good‚ and still is to this day. I would describe Omelas as the happiest place in the world. On second thought‚ for all my life i’ve lived in Omelas and has never set foot outside of this city. One of my buddies‚ Mark and i have been friends since we were about four or five. We grew up
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earth is green with new wood‚ she will lie in this box and not in my arms.” This quote resonates deeply with me as my dog had recently passed from cancer and had been cremated. Her name was Penny. Penny was the sweetest‚ smartest dog‚ and anyone that met her came to this realization themselves. She was abused by her previous owners and in 2009 she was left in a backyard to die after they moved out. November 10th 2009‚ I got my little angel‚ and ever since then she has slept with me and followed
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