The Worst Christmas Ever It was December 1991‚ I just had my ninth birthday two months prior. My father was a cross-country truck driver. He had been one since before I was born. He loved being able to see new places and even visit places he had been before. He loved taking my brother‚ sister and me on “runs” with him‚ when we didn’t have school! In the few years‚ before his death my father had a Triple-Bypass and had a pacemaker put into his heart. This December 12th will make it nineteen
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12 December 2011 Case #: 10SM04402 The Best Mistake I Ever Made It was the last day of competition at the US Open of Surfing in Huntington Beach‚ when I was arrested for a DUI. During the day‚ I drove up to Huntington Beach from my apartment in Mission Viejo and spent the whole day at the beach‚ enjoying the sun with my friends. After the final competition was over‚ we headed back to a house of a friend of mine. He was throwing a party since his parents were out of town. All of my friends were
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with them—not because they value or even agree with what they have been asked to do. French and Raven’s concept of referent power is based on the same sort of personal attractiveness as is identification. Consequently‚ referent power and identification are likely to be closely associated with each other. Charismatic leaders are able to continue influencing other people’s behaviors for as long as identification continues. You might ever admired a teacher‚ a student leader‚ or someone else whose personality
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The most difficult decision I’ve ever made We all have to make decisions everyday- big or small. But sometimes decision making creates a conflict and it becomes very difficult to make choices or to decide. Sometimes the smallest decisions prove to be the most difficult one. We all encounter different scenarios everyday. What‘s difficult for me might be the easiest one for you. My Mom and Dad always compare me with my younger sister. They said that I and my sister are very opposite in
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teenager I had many goals for myself in mind for the future. I decided that for my goals to happen I need to pursue a college degree after I graduated high school‚ but I knew that my parents wouldn’t be able to afford my college tuition. Before joining the service‚ I had plenty of part-time jobs as waitressing in different restaurants which at the time I thought it was a stressful job. If I had only known that going through army basic training was going to involved double the stress and aches I was going
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In the spring of 2001‚ I had my first and only panic attack. I don’t remember a lot of details other than uncontrollable crying (the really ugly kind) and gasping for every breath as if it were my last. I was 24 at the time – barely out of college – and I’d already survived a lot of early 20’s angst‚ so what triggered the attack was pretty tame by comparison: I thought my boyfriend was on a short list for a promotion‚ resulting in an imminent move to Charlotte‚ North Carolina.That’s it.Not usually
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The Hardest Decision I Ever Made It was about 3 months ago when everything started; I woke up one day and got ready to go to work. Since it was the summer break my father had asked me if I could help out in the hotel because the receptionist had a surgery and couldn’t come to work for a whole month‚ so I accepted. I finished getting ready and left. On my way out I stopped by our letterbox because something was stuck there‚ (A leaf I think). I opened the letterbox and there it was: the leaflet that
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loss to Camarillo High School‚ the final score was 10-9. This just made the defensive that more determined to shut down any other opponent we may have faced. Topic Sentence #2: Away Games A. I was the Defensive Signal Caller and Captain. On the field for most plays when one game‚ the backup signal caller and myself were pulled from a game‚ that we were beating the opponent by a pretty large margin. The Defense coach was upset and I had to remind him there were only two people whom knew all the
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It was such a sun shining day that Anna and her friends decided to have a ride to the Beach instead of being stuck in a boring hot class‚ crazy with numbers and operations. After three hours on the way‚ the illuminated beach appeared slowly in their sight. It felt like the world turned to be with just two colors‚ yellow of sand and blue of water and the sky. Dazzling sunlight made the sand sparkle like a thousand tiny jewels. However‚ what Anna didn’t know is that all of sudden in a blink of an eye
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A discovery I have made in my life is that making mistakes only makes you a better person. Normally when someone makes a mistake‚ it is because that person is inexperienced in whatever they are attempting to do‚ and they are doing it improperly. When we make mistakes we are hopefully learning a very important piece of information‚ what not to do! Life is trial and error‚ we do things wrong and hope we do it better next time. There are many examples of myself making a mistake and in turn never
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