I believe drugs can kill‚ but basketball will save me. I am a young adult‚ a teenager‚ a young man who has witnessed close family members deceased due to the presence of drugs. As I witness this‚ the game of basketball keeps me safe. I was born into a family‚ a loving caring family‚ one who did not think they were doing anything wrong because it was not around me. Soon enough I came to realize they would no longer be around me. I saw some do it as I grew older‚ they said it makes them feel better
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ome sociologists see childhood as socially constructed: in other words‚ as something created and defined by society. They argue that what people mean by childhood‚ and the status of children in society‚ is not fixed but duffers between different times‚ places and cultures. This can be illustrated by comparing the western idea of childhood with childhood in the past and in other cultures. Childhood can however‚ be seen a social construction as the minute a baby is born it is fed clothed and bathed
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What does persuasive writing mean to me? It means that I cam going to try and convince my readers that my opinion is all that matters. I am going to do everything I can to persuade the reader that what I am writing is gospel. No other opinion matters but mine. I believe that a good persuasive paper should present the facts first. The writer must do his/her research before they can even present their opinion on the subject. Being knowledgeable of the topic that you are going to discuss is going to
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lacking‚ causing hurt to both my mental and physical being. Experiences filled with pain and suffering have shown me the harsh lessons about the nature of the world and the importance of resilience. Through it all‚ I have found what justice means to me and its importance to the world. Pain physically is easy to overcome‚ mental is harder‚ however‚ like the old adage states‚ time does heal all wounds. Growing up in poverty with a divorced family was not easy for both parents. Money‚ work‚ responsibility
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Veterans Day‚ What Does it Mean to Me? Each day means something different everybody. Some people hate Mondays while others love them‚ and some people love Fridays while others hate them. The same goes for each holiday‚ Columbus Day‚ Christmas‚ Halloween‚ and Veterans Day‚ they each mean something different to everyone. Well‚ this is what Veterans Day means to me. This isn’t another day for us to get out of work and go easy on. This is a day that was made to honor and thank our veterans‚ the ones
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The past and the present Our life is like a triangle‚ past‚ present‚ future is like three different vertices in one triangle. Each of them has their own world but they are interknitted by each other. Memory and physical world is a pair of intriguing words which effect each other. Our present is consist of many pieces of the past and we can learn lessons from the experience of the past to affect the present life. Thus‚ how to deal with the relationship between memory and physical world
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What Personal Responsibility means to me What does personal responsibility mean to me? According to Dictionary.com‚ “Personal Responsibility is the state or fact of being responsible‚ answerable‚ or accountable for something within one’s power‚ control‚ or management.” I am taking responsibility to complete my degree. I need to take responsibility for my academic work just like I do with business‚ I need to finish what I start‚ and if I take responsibility I will incorporate effective strategies
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Each person that I have known has taught me something‚ but a significant amount of what I have learnt and implemented has come from my mom. The fact that my mom has had the greatest influence on me is simply because she is the person who has taught me to be responsible for myself‚ something which has also helped me to discover who I really am. Her sense of independence is an aspect that has had a profound effect on me; I believe that independence opens up many opportunities because it requires that
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disobedience to me means a group or an individuals protesting or blocking a civil action against the government. To me I personally been in a situation where I was involved in a dispute. At the time I was attending Harris Stowe State University and the university was celebrating Dr. Martin Luther King Jr like they do for the past 15 years and during the time of the ceremony it was the whole issue of the Michael Brown case. So there were angry protestors that marched on campus grounds as well as me and a group
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What does freedom mean to me? Freedom means the knowledge of knowing your rights‚ your personal freedom that nobody can ever take away from you. Freedom means being able to have an opinion without it being judged. Freedom means not being restricted or held down from trying to accomplish your dreams. Freedom is a right that every human being deserves‚ yet people around the world are being stripped of that right‚ being forced into a religion or being forced to do things that they may not want to
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