When my dad was around my age‚ he wanted nothing more than freedom. My dad grew up on a farm in a small town. Once he was old enough to live on his own‚ my dad built himself a log cabin. My grandfather had offered to pay all of my dad’s bills‚ although my dad denied the offer. While I am sure that my dad regrets refusing my grandfather’s proposition‚ it shows the sense of autonomy that fostered my childhood. I was not raised like the typical American child. My parents raised me to question existing
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THE STORY OF MY LIFE I was born in a cool‚ tranquil Sunday night around 10.00 pm‚ on 14th June‚ 2012 in Akure‚ Ondo State Nigeria. I was born to the family of Pastor and Deaconess Patrick Olufunmilayo Adeniyi. I grew up among five boys and one girl and ours was a family where virtues of morals‚ integrity‚ respect to elders and godliness were tenderly and adherently instilled. Discipline was so silently‚ gradually and steadily entrenched in the family that no one needed to tell the others to shun
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and was in denial that my own brother had to deal with the conditions I was currently surrounded by. As much as I could not stand my brother at that moment‚ I still felt bad that my own blood related family member was faced with living in this life changing place that I saw through this barren dirt road and through the trees that were dying more and more as the seconds passed. Before I knew it the two and a half hour car ride was about to come to an end and I would see my brother for the first time
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In the short story "The Love of My Life‚" two teenagers make one bad decision and their lives are changed forever. The author‚ T. Coraghessan Boyle‚ wrote the story based on an actual news story that had occurred a few years back. The author does a great job of making the relationship between Jeremy and China seem so wonderful and almost innocent‚ that it is hard to be angry with them. The two characters in the story‚ Jeremy and China‚ are young and are head over heels for each other. The very
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1992 in the town of Taiping which is located in Perak. Born in a small family of six and leads a simple lifestyle has really taught me‚ how significant it is to be a knowledgeable person to survive in this competitive world. My respected father is a retired principal and my lovely mother is a retired headmistress. Being the youngest of four siblings‚ I have always been taught to be an independent girl. I am a girl of twenty. When I look at myself in the mirror‚ I see a short fat girl with unflawless
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“Ethics” in my life. “Ethics” are many things. Ethics are personal and‚ at the same time‚ a very public display of your attitudes and beliefs. Ethics are not: a religion and a political stance. Ethics are also not something that can only be understood by extremely intelligent people. It is because of ethical beliefs that we humans may act differently in different in situations. Ethics can and do change‚ whether we are with family‚ at work‚ at a sports event‚ with friends‚ alone‚ etc. The list
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A Day in My Life(Part2) Well last time I left off when I walked into my math class. I walk in on normal bases and then we have to start our (POD) problem of the day. After this we go over the POD and usually it is something that we have learned during the school year so far. So next up what happens is that we start to go over what we did homework the night before. Which is something that we have a lesson on the day before? So after that the teacher tells us to take out our dreaded textbooks and
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College is one of the next levels to continue studies after we finish our school and SPM exam. Everyone has to go to college or university in order to continue their further studies. When we go to college or for our further studies sometimes changes happen to our life in many angles. The changes can be based on our friends‚ our attitude and the way of learning. Everyone must have their experience when they first time continue their studies at college and met new people. I also have my own experience that
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Aimless life is certainly a sin. Many people have no definite aim in life. They are like the travelers going a head without any destination. Such people lead an aimless life and what they do in life‚ is largely a matter of chance‚ determined by the circumstances in which they happen to be placed. Aimless people do not achieve any thing in life. They just live because they have to live.A man or woman without an ambition is really an unfortunate person because his life is just like a ship without a
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best that life can offer. But only a few understand that there is a price to be paid for whatever we desire in life. In a changing world‚ victory awaits only those who pursue their goals with diligence. There are lots of things to do but all have one common requirement‚ which is basic education‚self discipline‚faith in oneself and financial support. These are not easy to achieve but they are less difficult when we have disciplined ourselves. In my high school days‚my parents made
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