“We learn from failure‚ not from success! (Stoker) My first thoughts about English 1304 was disgust due to the fact that I was placed in a class that wasn’t even counted as a credit. But‚ I stuck with it because I believed that it was going to be an easy A and‚ I will exceed in it without any troubles. But‚ boy was I wrong about that‚ I was struggling week by week on assignments and papers that were due. What actually shocked me was my grade on my first English paper and‚ from then on I knew this
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When my parents were young the always talked about how their history class changed their life‚ but I never understood. They always said‚ “I learned many things that helped me live my life in a successful and positive way.” My parents always told me I’d understand when I am older‚ and I finally get that history isn’t just things that happened for no reason. Everything in history happened to create what we have today. For example‚ The American Revolution‚ happened for independence. It impacted the
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happened changed me and there is nothing that you can really say about that. Two years ago in about mid september things couldn’t have been going any better. I had near perfect grades and was actually having fun in every one of my classes. I had felt like nothing could stop me from having a fantastic year. But there was this girl I really liked and was so confident in myself I set a date where I would talk to her and try to hang out. When the day came I had chills for every period before my class with
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to this post‚ you are probably ready for some solutions. The internet is brimming with advice on what to do and not do. I know when my daughter was first diagnosed with ADHD‚ I was completely overwhelmed. Here I was with this diagnosis but no one bothered to give me an instruction manual. All I was told is that she would do better if I medicated her and sent on my way. I wasn’t given a list of things to try‚ people to contact for advice‚ or even much moral support. It was all up to me to figure
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� PAGE * MERGEFORMAT �8� How Economics Have Changed My Life They say that if you look at it things closely‚ you will see the essence of economics going about its daily routine. Indeed‚ from the man buying his morning coffee to the woman calling for a cab‚ the economic system is all around us. Not many people notice it (or are just apathetic about it). But surely‚ it ’s everywhere. Day and night - it never stops. The moment the sun sets in one part of the world‚ money starts circulating on the
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enough for me. I’ve owned my own cell phone ever since the fifth grade; a technology that none of my friends had at the time. Most kids would be happy just having a phone to begin with‚ but I have always enjoyed being a step ahead of everyone else. By the time my friends were getting their first cell phones‚ I was already on my second. I see my cell phone as an extension of my personality‚ so for my 17th birthday‚ I asked for a phone that can do pretty much everything and my life has never been the same
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Six and a half years ago‚ on a sweltering August morning‚ I began my freshman campaign. I remember stepping out of Jones and thinking‚ “Wow‚ every girl here is ridiculously pretty.” Hyperbole aside‚ I was raring to launch. During that fall semester‚ I had a public speaking class on Tuesdays and Thursdays that started at 7:30 in the morning. I can never remember‚ but it was either just before or just after the time change‚ when it’s still dark out at 7:00. Regardless‚ even under such uncanny conditions
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It happened on September of 2014‚ the year that changed my life forever. I moved from Honduras to United States. From a small country to one of the biggest countries in the world. It was‚ still is‚ a different environment from living in a big city to a “small” city in the south of the United States. I left all my friends‚ family‚ and college studies. I left everything behind. It all happened so fast‚ my mother told my brother‚ Samuel‚ and I‚ “Would you like live in the United States?” The answer
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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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It was almost 5am on July 17‚ 1996‚ when I was rushed to the hospital. I was balled up in the back seat of my mother in laws car‚ biting down on a towel because the pain was so unbearable. I heard him say “it’s ok baby… ” just as another jolt of pain came. As his voice faded I could feel him rubbing my back‚ and I tried my best to listen to his voice and forget the pain. It was impossible though‚ the baby was coming and there was no turning back now. As we arrived at the hospital I was quickly
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