the most significant‚ influential days in my life thus far occurred when I was in eighth grade. I had made the varsity cut for volleyball. This might sound shallow to most people; I got into a team‚ great‚ but what is the big deal? For me‚ it was‚ however‚ because this one thing that happened‚ that day‚ changed my life forever. Getting into a varsity team in eighth grade shaped the rest of my high school years. Being part of a team in which your age is a drastic outlier makes you particular to the
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reader to the story of a character who from the very beginning feels the cold breath of Death on his neck. Harry‚ who is inevitably pushed to his death by the gangrene‚ transports the reader through a sea of memories in which he makes us understand that he has been wasting his time and not facing the future properly. However‚ like most of the characters of Hemingway‚ “the protagonist moves from cowardice to courage” (Samuelson‚ 1992‚ p.4); now that Harry´s end is near‚ he is too tired to confront it
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How a Baby Changed My Life I have heard that if you wait to have a baby until you are ready‚ you will never have one. Even at 39‚ I felt that I was not ready for the changes. I did not even realize the amount of changes that having a baby would have on my life. I also had no idea that I would change my career after the baby was born. I also did not know that I would have to function on little or no sleep. Furthermore‚ the amount of free time that I used to enjoy has been greatly reduced
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Topic: City life is too stressful. Do you agree or disagree? The past 50 years have seen a dramatic increase in densely populated metropolitan areas. This raises a certain issue as to whether city life makes man too stressed. While there are valid arguments to the contrary‚ in my opinion‚ city-dwellers are bored because of its rapid pace of life. This essay will provide reasons for justifying this opinion. Firstly‚ there is a noticeable rise in the volume of traffic in the city. It is not avoidable
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the best things they have ever laid their hands on. Girls and boys can say that makeup has become one of the best things that has happened to them. I‚ for example‚ can relate to this. Makeup has helped me in many ways‚ and I do believe it has changed my life in one way or another. Makeup can make one feel a thousand times more confident. Growing up I had amazing skin. High school is when it all started going downhill. My skin was so bad I was always wanting to cover up my acne marks. When I would
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with your head up. No‚ this is not something I learned from one of my coaches or any of my teammates. This is one of the many lessons I learned from a young African refugee. It began on a snowy day‚ peering through my frost bitten window at the basketball hoop across the street. Amongst the falling snow there was someone I had never seen before with a basketball in his hand and a smile wider than I thought the blistering cold would allow. At first‚ I was hesitant to go over and play as I had never seen
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How Epilepsy Changed My Life Gilbert Lutes Essay ENGL 121 10/15/12 Writing Assignment When I was just seven-years old‚ I was diagnosed with epilepsy. I’d been having small and frequent seizures my entire life without ever knowing of it until one day when I was shelling walnuts in front of the fireplace. Everything I ever knew was being stripped away from me. I no longer had control over any of the muscles in my body‚ my ability to speak‚ my actions‚ nor my sight. All I could do was relax
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with the game of basketball. My love for the game‚ along as myself as a person‚ has grown and gone through a lot of change since my first time touching a basketball over ten years ago. Basketball in my life has possibly changed more in the past year than the rest of my life combined‚ which has allowed me to learn more about myself‚ both on and off the court. All my life I have excelled at 2 sports‚ basketball and soccer. I have always put basketball on a pedestal above soccer‚ both because of my talent
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Ever since I joined JROTC I have changed in how I feel‚ how I manage‚ and much more. It has made a huge impact in my life and I’m sure in many others. JROTC has made me see many situations differently and have helped in both my at home life and academic standards. It has also taught me how to deal with different situations with a calm and clear thinking. One of the many areas I improved in was my self-esteem. Freshman year it was at a zero and to this day it has grown by 22. I feel way more confident
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ago‚ my life went through a whirlpool; I had no clue what I yearned to do & I was in utter turmoil. I previously desired to become a pediatrician‚ but that firely passion burned out. One day I came across a youtube video of Lisa Lorles‚ a vegan youtuber. In her video she explained that she was studying nutrition in college and that veganism inspired her to do so. At that very moment something clicked in my mind‚ I felt butterflies in stomach and a sense of warmth from a fire in my heart. From that
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