My Experience with Flight 93 It was unusually cold on this morning of September 11th‚ 2001‚ and my alarm had just went off. The odd but needed 5 am. was when I woke up‚ because my flight was going to leave around 8:30 and I needed to be there on time. The reason I was flying to San Francisco was I was having a family reunion with my dad‚ my step-mom‚ and my step-brothers. So‚ I jumped in the shower quickly with joy and excitement. I hadn’t seen my family in forever since I had gotten a job as the
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Both of these youth groups have helped me through difficult times and taught me to gain from my life experiences in a positive way. Through community service I was able to help others do the same. I lead the pre-school division of Vacation Bible School and during school breaks would travel to Tall Timber Camp to help prepare the camp for the summer. Without
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this fire-making stuff before.” I couldn’t get the fire lit in the aftermath of that unfortunate boast‚ but I used two entire boxes of matches trying to light a fire just last summer‚ so I can forgive my eight-year-old self. As I’ve aged my camp experience has grown up with me. My premature bouts with responsibility turned into real responsibility somewhere‚ and I became someone that little me’s follow around‚ on the way to the lake and the tennis courts and a better adulthood. It makes me wonder--
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Being driven‚ passionate‚ and highly motivated aren’t just qualities that you are born with but something you develop through life experiences. As a child I’ve had the experience of living in two different countries‚ attending school in Russia and spending summer time in Uzbekistan gaining experiences from two vastly different cultures‚ building a foundation for diversity and cultural understanding. Luckily for my family and I‚ my mother received a job offer at Mayo Clinic‚ allowing us to move to
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I’ve volunteered before‚ but have never tackled a project such as this. I chose to work with the Salvation Army and initially had plans to help the flood victims. Throughout the semester‚ we hit a few bumps but overcame them and succeeded. In my experiences with the Salvation Army I dared to dream‚ dared to succeed‚ and dared to make a difference. Daring to dream was an exciting aspect of this project. We thought of the many ways we could make a difference. Originally‚ we had planned on putting on
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Investigating My Idea: The inspiration and drive for my project was due to my personal experience with cancer. As my mum was diagnosed with cancer in 2012/2013‚ her journey has been very close and personal to me. I have always been very inspired by my mum‚ as she maintained a positive attitude throughout the whole experience. She inspired me to choose my topic for this project as she has maintained hope throughout her journey‚ I want others to do the same. For this personal project‚ I wanted my
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shadowed an orthopedic surgeon‚ thus I could observe and understand the healthcare field from the perspective of patients with chronic illnesses and members of the healthcare team‚ including nurses‚ nurse assistants and physicians. Through these experiences I saw how the healthcare team improves the quality of life of people on a daily basis. Yet‚ I also perceived potential problems that limited the extent and scope in which the healthcare team can help patients. I realized that the healing process
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My experience is about when I first started going to Plum Grove in seventh grade and continued on to eighth grade. Before this experience‚ I thought that seventh and eighth grade were going to be very hard for me because I believed that it would be a lot more complicated than past school years. I thought that eighth grade was going to be a whole lot harder than seventh. My teachers always said that eighth grade is like a preview of high school. I never really liked school before I came to Jr. High
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Over the past years‚ I have gained a good amount of experience working with children. These children have come form all types of backgrounds. Some of the children that I work with on a regular bases have special needs‚ including Asperger syndrome‚ severe autism and deafness and Down syndrome. Working with these particular children has taught me so much patience. Its also has been amazing to see how much they have learned‚ when many people say that they are incapable of doing it. I have seen a the
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From the first day there to the last day‚ everyone has been so supportive and appreciative towards me that it made me feel blessed to have been a part of this experience. Everything during this experience has been very beneficial for me‚ including my mentor meetings. The weekly mentor meetings made me reflect on the work I’ve been doing for that week. I would think about what I did wrong and things I can continue to work on.
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