One of my most accomplished failures was AP Government in my sophomore year of high school. AP Government was my first AP course‚ and it is incredibly important to me because it helped me learn and realize my future career goals. Many would say that receiving a C grade is not failing‚ but to me it was. I was devastated after receiving my grade‚ which lead me to question whether or not I was advanced enough to take the class. I was unsure of what career I wanted to pursue in the future‚ but I knew
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white people. Catherine remembers winning one race at a primary school competition‚ when she had to watch on as the white girls she had beaten received trophies. It was when she was just a young girl that she began to dream about being the World’s greatest female athlete and being an Olympic Champion. A dream that kept her focused on her training and helped her to go on to achieve her dream. When she was thirteen years of age‚ Freeman told her school guidance counsellor that her vocational plan was
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Fatherhood Essay “Sometimes the poorest man leaves his children the richest inheritance. “ This quote was said by Ruth E. Renkel‚ and I think this quote describes my dad the best. I think this quote describes him because even though we have never had a lot he teaches me how to be thankful for what I do have and to not take anything for granted. My dad teaches me a lot of values like to always have faith‚ love‚ and be thankful. He teaches me to have faith because he knows if I have faith then I can get
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One of my most cherished assumptions is that all goals are reachable if you work hard to achieve them. I believe with dedication and faith‚ any person can accomplish what they set out to do in life and become a winner. Throughout history there were many people we considered winners‚ who‚ in fact‚ lost many times in their lives. A newspaper editor fired Walt Disney because he had "no good ideas." Even though he hit 714 home runs‚ Babe Ruth struck out 1‚330 times. Thomas Edison performed more than
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"There’s no royal road to geometry." By that he meant that there’s no shortcuts to geometry. You have to work hard and learn it the long way. In this research paper I will tell you what made him famous and what he did. Very little is known about Euclid’s life. One of the reasons is because he gets mixed up with Euclid of Megara‚ a Socratic philosopher. Another reason is because some of his work was destroyed in a fire. It is not sure where or when he was born‚ but it is believed he was born in Athens and
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Laforteza What I really want to achieve in my life? I want to be a businessman‚ or perhaps a surgeon‚ or a teacher or maybe a politician. These were my answers during my childhood years‚ wishfully or maybe thoughtlessly. What do you want to achieve in your life‚ what is your ambition in life‚ what do you want to be when you grow old: are but questions that even preschoolers “has” to answer. Society dictates that once I was born or even when I was still in my mother’s womb or even before I was conceived
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Running Head: MY LIFE My life revealed Octavia Jones Psychology 202 Wendy Conaway 08/10/2012 Outline I. Where am I from? a. Born in Lynchburg‚ VA b. Raised in Staunton‚ VA II. What things do you remember about your child hood? a. Always baby sitting while my mom was at work b. Learning how to cook c. Never having a childhood d. Moving a lot e. Never having friends over f. Growing
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An accomplishment that transformed me from childhood to adulthood was when i first started learning about college to find out where i want to go. I was nervous at first and thought that it would be hard to pick from so many schools. I was afraid to think i had to make new friend or if i was actually ready for it. Discovering new things is part of college though‚ so i wasn’t that scared. When walking in a college for their preview day (especially when you’re from a small school) you might
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Sidney Crosby Sidney Patrick Crosby was born August 7‚ 1987 in Cole Harbour‚ Nova Scotia. He is the captain of the Pittsburgh Penguins and has been since his second year in the NHL. They said before he ever made it to the NHL the he was the “next one” and just as he seemed to be living up to that nickname a little adversity came his way. From the very beginning there was no doubt weather Crosby had the heart or skill to be the best player the nil has ever seen. His two years in the QMJHL he was
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of the qualities that contributed to my accomplishments. When I was in the third grade‚ I was labelled as the girl who “needed extra help” because I have an auditory processing disorder. That is why one of my greatest achievements is that I have not given up in my educational goals and that I am still continuing my education. Throughout my life‚ I recall hating going to school‚ especially because middle school and high school administrators tried to control my academics by telling me that I should
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