have plenty of time to make money”‚ “life will only get more complicated as you get older”. Nevertheless‚ I was young and foolish and did not heed his advice. I wanted to make my way into the world‚ and start earning money as a professional‚ not as a short-order cook in the family restaurant. Looking back through the lens of time it is easy to say that one of my greatest regrets was the decision not to go to graduate school‚ because I now realize how quickly life does change and that years really
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it was a tremendous change from my past jobs of construction and Little Caesars. It was located almost by the center of Michigan Ave‚ one of the busiest streets in Chicago‚ which meant the foot traffic near
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thrilling memories of my apparently short past of ten years (FYI that does not mean I’m dead). I’ve traveled to many places in my life‚ met many friends‚ and had some activities that some have never done in their lifetime. I have one sibling currently at the age of five years old‚ though I might not talk about him occasionally. I’ve been to Disney‚ and China. The school I go to is currently Navy elementary‚ Fairfax County‚ which I moved to three to four years ago. I am proud of my life so far‚ and will
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felt as if I was about to explode. My walking pace slowly started to increase to a jog then to a run. My mind slowly starting to become clear blank slate and I ran without any destination. Since I haven’t been jogging regularly at that time my body was exhausted‚ screaming for me to stop. However‚ my mind kept pushing my body to keep running letting me forget about all the pain. My feet were pounding against the pavement as I hear my breath streaming out of my lungs and throat rushing back in to
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in the Helfman household. My mom was constantly jabbering on the phone‚ my dad’s eyes were glued to his computer working‚ and my brother was stuck to his bed and never got up. My brother‚ Danny had gotten into Syracuse University a few months earlier and he was ecstatic about the life he was going to make for himself. Danny and I got along well our whole lives‚ but we weren’t as close as some other siblings. This upset me because sometimes all I wanted to do was talk to my brother and get his advice
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Forrest Gump once said on a park bench‚ “ My mama always said there’s an awful lot you can tell a lot about a person by their shoes‚ where they’re going‚ where they’ve been.” As I get older‚ the more I realize everyone has a story to be heard. However‚ mine cannot be told by the shoes I wear on my feet. It can be told by the way I carry myself through everyday life. At a young age I quickly became accustomed to chaos. My father’s second home was a prison cell‚ and my mother’s first love was drugs. This
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My parents and I were getting ready to leave after a long night waiting for results when the doctor came in and told me the scariest thing I have ever heard in my life. He said that if I had landed and inch and a half more forward on my neck then I would have been paralyzed and in a wheelchair for the rest of my life. When I was in first grade at Morris Brandon Elementary School‚ something very bad happened to me. I was jumping on my trampoline that my sister had gotten 4 days before this for her
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has definitely stood out during my lifetime is having such a unique culture and slowly assimilating to more of an American lifestyle. Having parents who have immigrated from different countries is starting to become more “normal” than it was in the past due to the United States becoming more and more diverse. My mother immigrated to the United States from Lebanon when she was six years old and my father immigrated from Syria when he was three years old. Both of my parents are Armenian‚ and living
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Life is an interesting journey full of unforeseen situations that can alter our initial plans. During my years in high school my parents always reminded me of the importance of aspiring to be the best I could be and‚ as a result‚ I would be able to accomplish anything. I took their words to heart. I studied hard‚ performed extremely well and finished with a 3.5 GPA and in the top 25 percent of my high school class. I was the recipient of many scholarships and awards and was part of many extracurricular
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up in a rural community‚ there was little diversity where i was from. From racist slurs to actually yelling at a minority‚ i could tell there was a problem at the age of 6. When my mom and I moved after my parents divorce‚ we lived in a primarily black community. Over the next six years of my life‚ I did not only expand my knowledge‚ but I learned how to accept and embrace others whom were different than myself. When I was
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