1. I base my decisions with positive thinking. I know that I can accomplish anything I set my mind to. When it comes to thinking through new information I encounter. I tackle the information with full force. I do not let the new information control my thinking and feelings. I just let the new information resolve in my mind. I turn the new information that I have encounter into a positive one. When deciding pertaining to the information I receive. (Paul, R., Elder, L., 2012) B. What I learned
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Sports have been a huge part of my life since I first began watching the New York Yankees with my dad when I was a kid. This very team developed a bond between my dad and I that will last my whole life. This bond lead to the best vacation of my life, and still strengthens my relationship with my father to this day. For as long as I can remember, my dad and I have wanted to attend a Yankees home game in New York. To both of us it was our dream trip, and in my senior summer we finally got the
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Nina Cordaro Mrs. Lock Honors English 10 3 September 2013 Life Map June 15, 1998- This is the day it all started. I was born at Shady Grove Hospital in Olney, Maryland. My grandmother tells me stories from the day I was born every now and then, she tells me that I was a beautiful baby, and how I barely cried. February 14, 2000- My valentines baby sister! This is the day my sister was born. At first I remember not wanting to be an older sister because that involved growing up and maturing faster
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Margot Duffy Mrs. Emmerich Religion 10 February 4, 2013 My Faith Journey “A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another” –John 13:34. This, in my opinion is what life is all about. If there is one thing this world needs more, is not money or power, but love and peace. As I live my life, I keep this bible verse in mind. I try not to think of myself as much but for others around me. My name is Margot Annick Theresa Duffy. I was born on May 2, 1997
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My days become so long and tiring, sometimes I wondering if I can handle all this pressure. Also finding the need to make time to study, take exams and do webinar classes. My days begin at 6.00 am, every day I woke up by my beautiful little Ruby, with the sounds of her cry I know its time for her change and feeding. After Ruby is done I lay her down. Then I get my other hyper babies always ready to knock someone over for feeding time and ready for their morning walk. Then I'm next to get fix up.
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symbolizes the face I put on to the world describes what I’m trying to “put out there” in day-to-day life. The picture of the women who is a doctor represents how I strive on an everyday basis to achieve my goals and make a great effort in everything and anything. For an example, I have always strived my best to do well in all my classes especially my Advanced Placement classes that enhances my abilities to further my education. I would like to be a doctor so that I can help people because it’s a great
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The Personal Look In my future there will be so many options like mechanic, veterinarian, army, and lawyer. The main career that I want to be is a veterinarian because I enjoy helping animals, and specially animals that deserve the help that nobody gives them. I want to be that someone who can help them in every way and always give them a chance. I will do whatever it takes like fighting for my future even if it causes me to lose my entire life. Today in my life I go out and volunteer at pet clinics
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your life has just been changed. Your parents are being sent right and left and you are all alone in this scary place called Auschwitz which is a concentration camp, far from home and family. What do you do? I mean what can you do? How are you going to survive? If I was put in this situation the only way I could possibly survive is by following the directions, using my imagination and trying to stay in the best physical condition. To begin with I’m alone , I’ve been separated from my family
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and stay positive” is what I live by day to day because of my best friend Nita. She taught me so much in life from the experiences she had, the things she does and the wise words she says to me every day. I would never thought I have a best friend like her in my life. I think its crazy, because usually when I have a best friend, others would say “Oh they won't be around for a long time because friends come and go, even best friends.” But, Nita, she has been my best friend for awhile now. We have our
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Kevin Jones 2/27/13 My Mom’s Boyfriend When I think of my teenage years I realize how much more enjoyable they were as a young child. As a young child my father was around but he was never really a father he would spend his days in front of the TV. He would have rather done that than spend time with his two sons. My dad left when I was ten and I never really had a father figure growing up I had the responsibility of being the man of the house since I was ten. It was difficult trying to be
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have finally come to a realization, a life without dance for me wouldn't be a life at all. It has provided me with the ability to escape reality, it has given me so many valuable skills, and the ability to be confident enough to express myself. I have been dancing since I could walk, and it has evolved into an indispensable passion. There is just something about dance that allows me to lose myself within the movement. It is a feeling like no other. In my opinion dance is the most beautiful thing
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wanted to be a teacher, I forced my siblings and cousins to play school all the time. I always looked forward to the day that I could teach my own class of students and give someone the opportunity to learn from me. I have always fanaticized about decorating my classroom and being a very creative teacher to where my students actually liked coming to my class. Majority of people have that one class that they look forward to all day at school and my goal is for my class to be the one everyone looks
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wasn’t but now I am. My role as a student had a rough beginning due to the death of family members and friends. After figuring out what is truly important to me, life became easier. Going through life without ever having money has influenced my need for achievement. My parents have always been able to provide for my brothers and I but, not all of us were able to experience the luxuries our friends were able to. I have always had the desire to have nice things. I was at home one day surrounded by chaos
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Kenneth Elliot English 1001.25 June 15, 2015 Viewing Life’s Free Things: My Interpretation I see the better things in life as being free. A lot of us in our general public today endeavor toward money as an objective. Many people are easily persuaded money will give them all that they wish. From my particular experience, I can’t help contradicting money being the main thing that brings satisfaction. In my opinion, the best things that can’t be purchased at any cost are achievements, companionships
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Medication Doesn’t Always Have to be Prescribed I believe in laughter. My best friend taught me that. Elise and I have been friends forever. When we met in the first grade, Mrs. Temple’s room to be exact, and I knew she would be someone important in my life forever. From Monday afternoon recess, to Friday night football games, we were always together. Our parents acknowledged our friendship frequently, reminding us that good friends are hard to find, and if you find one not to lose one
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My Life: How it Fell Apart My name is Jake Rebello. I was born on November 24th I’m told that everyone was so excited for me to come into this world. Especially my mom her and I always had a special bond. She was always my undisputed best friend I got along best with her we were inseparable. And whenever I look in the mirror I always see her I have Middle Eastern skin identical to hers and we have the same nose and eyes and definitely the same smile. Oh that smile I saw it so many times it would
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“The best thing since sliced bread” inspired by the market changing, individually pre sliced, then wrapped bread is most certainly a phrase that carries a huge story behind six simple words. In turn, the ‘fill in the blank’ phrase following it must equally match its level of fascination. The best thing since sliced bread, are tiny hands that have the unbelievable ability to turn lives, people, and worlds upside down. Although this may seem slightly absurd, the journey towards this extraordinary discovery
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My Three Passions A passion is a strong and barely controllable emotion that will have an impact on you. It can be something that everybody loves, yet there is something about passion that takes great challenge, strength, and risk. My three passions are: fitness, friends and family. These passions are very important to me, and I do not know what I would do if I did not have them. Lifting weights and doing Cardio is a very big passion of mine because I love the energy I get when I exercise it takes
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Pitch Baseball was more than just a sport in my household. Baseball was a lifestyle day in and day out. Going to batting practice in the morning to game time in the evening was a constant commitment. My family lives and breathes baseball. I’ll go ahead and give a summary of how it all began in my early childhood days. Ever since my third birthday when I was given a baseball glove from my dad, he and I both knew that from that point on, my life would never be the same. I began coach pitch around
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Doc The cool autumn air whipped through my hair, leaving behind the crisp smell of fall. I was in Branson, Missouri with my family. We were on vacation in “the wild wild west,” as my mom called it. At the time I was five years old and didn't really care for any of it but as soon as I saw him, it was love at first sight. There, standing just ten feet in front of me was Buckshot; a gorgeous paint with big, brown, eyes that shimmered in the setting sun. I slowly walked up to him and stroked his
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The day had finally come; my first day of Grade 1. Suffering from severe insomnia the night prior, I was in no way ready to divorce my bed and begin my day. Shortly after arriving at school and having the I-don't-know-anyone-but-like-me attitude, I had already formed bonds of friendships with many others to my own surprise. We all got along quite well, the only sort of trouble I got myself into was putting rocks on one end of a teeter-totter and then another child would jump on the opposing side
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anger. There has been numerous occasions where I have used a certain food as a comfort or it has played an important role in my life. This place in time in my life was bad and someone very special to me made everything better with just a simple bowl of her famous stew and every bad feeling, thought, emotion that I was feeling became a lost memory. My grandmother was my best friend, protector, and comfort zone, the person that I go to when things were bad and I didn’t have any other explanation to
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hear the word commitment and turn and run in the other direction. Commitment is a huge part of life whether it is dealing with other people, children, or jobs. Commitment is defined as; 1) The state or quality of being dedicated to a cause, activity, etc.: a pledge or undertaking 2) an engagement or obligation that restricts freedom of action. Not being able to live freely and do as we please on a day to day basis is very unappealing to some. While others grow up dreaming of these types of commitments
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important part of my life. Spirituality in my eyes is one of the biggest characteristics of a person that can really tell you a lot about who they are and how they will behave in the world that we live in today. In this essay I am going to talk about a few different topics that really stand out to me when I ask myself where I truly stand within my own spirituality. Who am I, What is spirituality to me, and how do I fit into the world. I would like to say that I know who I am in my spirituality but
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four children in my family; that explains everything. I have two older brothers and an older sister. They are my role model and the center of my life. Growing up my mother has always taught us that education is the key to success. Every day of my life I strive harder to get my A.S degree in science and work even harder to pursuit my goal in getting my Bachelor in Science to begin working as a nurse. To begin with, I believe that being the youngest daughter of four children in my family and looking
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children at a young age It's 6:00am; Time to wake up my children, get breakfest started and get everyone dressed for school. Once I get their plates on the table I have about thirty minutes to get myself ready for school and finish any homework that I could not finish the night before. As I pull into the daycare parking lot, I see that, as usual there are no parking spots available and park on the side of the road. I could not afford the best daycare with a great parking system or even coded doors
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Faith “Life is a journey, with problems to solve, lessons to learn, and experiences to enjoy” (Ritu Ghatourey). August 10th, 2014, sitting in a wooden rocking chair overlooking the circular courtyard by my new home, The Oaks, I realized that the next chapter in my life was about to begin. As I debated rather or not to begin unpacking the numerous amount of boxes that waited in my room for me, the sky began to turn from a calm, clear blue, to a dark grey. To me, this was not a good sign for my first
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I will be arguing that euthanasia in my opinion is wrong. Euthanasia is defined as the Act or method of causing death painlessly so as to end suffering. In better detail euthanasia is the killing of a person without their consent in order to end their suffering. In most cases the person cannot communicate their wishes with a doctor or member of their family. Euthanasia is often used when someone has been unable to make their own decisions in everyday life. For example their guardian decides when
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Summer is by far my favorite time of the year. I spend a lot of my time traveling and going to music festivals. I believe that summer just isn’t a time where there is no school, but a time to bring your family together. In the beginning of summer break my family took a trip to Table Rock Lake. On the last day of school, our whole family carpooled to southwest Missouri. Everyone was in pure joy, kicking off the summer in the best environment possible, with family. We spend all day swimming, tubing and just relaxing
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The Best and Worst July Fourth It was an early July forth morning and I had just got back home from staying at a friends house I spent the night at. It was a grey and rainy day and all I wanted to do was sleep before the night’s festivities. I was pretty excited for the day ahead of me because it was the fourth and I love going to watch firework with all my friends and family. I just knew it was going to be a good day. So there I was cleaning my room like my mom had asked
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