to the man within me. This is my passion. Doing something I love everyday helps me feel as though life has meaning. I have played this game that brings the entire world together for as long as I can remember. During my playing days at high school in Jamaica‚ I competed in the rural area Dacosta Cup. I enjoyed it while it lasted‚ not knowing what college was going to offer me a scholarship. Playing in the semi-finals of 2008 against the defending champions was a life changing experience I will never
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The True Story of Slavery The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass is a riveting story that shows how cruel and dehumanizing slavery truly is. Slavery was an issue for nearly all of the 70 years it plagued America. In this narrative Douglass brings to light the sickening experience that slavery is for slaves themselves. Douglass is able to communicate how terrible the institution of slavery is because of the physical abuse many masters forced the slaves to endure‚ the necessities that were
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When I first stepped foot on SUNY Oneonta’s campus‚ I was extremely nervous and scared. My parents kept telling me‚ “College is supposed to be the best four years of your life.” However‚ at that point in time‚ I didn’t necessarily agree with them. I didn’t have a lot of friends in high school and wasn’t involved in a lot of extra curricular activities. So coming here was a big culture shock. I knew that I had to do whatever it took to get involved and make a name for myself. I couldn’t sit back and
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soccer wasn’t an exception. I was in third grade when my family decided to make the move to Leechburg‚ Pennsylvania. Coming from a much smaller school and town‚ my parents decided to enroll me in the local soccer program to make new friends. My Coach‚ Coach Steve‚ was an amazing coach and mentor. He was a modest man who came from a low-class family in Portugal‚ soccer‚ however‚ afforded him a chance to go to college. Today‚ he spends most of his time giving back to the community by running our
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didn’t realize it was going to change my whole perspective on life. On this beautiful Saturday evening i was hanging out with one of my friend named Fernando who i had never met before and had only met earlier this day . He pulled up in his two seater 2010 Crystler -that was black- as he came out of the car he was a five feet eleven inches with dark brown‚ hair medium skin color ‚and dark eyes that reminded me of the night skies. He was a cold hearted person who would rarely let people in‚ but surprising
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I was an average kid‚ I thought my life was similar to many other people. I saw my family as loving and perfect‚ but as I got older I saw that things weren’t as thought they were. I realized that my family struggled a lot. I was faced with many obstacles in my life growing up but I knew that it wouldn’t always be like this. I am the middle child between my two sisters. Growing up I was lucky to have my family always supporting me‚ we’ve always been close. When my sister got into college‚ we never
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One of my largest life decisions was making the switch. The switch changed my life in multiple ways. It introduced me to several important people in my life including friends and coaches. The switch also gave me numerous opportunities I would not have had otherwise. The switch was not easy to adjust to at the time‚ but I will never regret it. It has become a major decision in my life and now is a significant part of my memories. The switch occurred in eighth grade when I transitioned from basketball
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Life Changing Seminar Spending 3 days with total strangers made a bigger impact on me than I thought it would ever. At the end of sophomore year‚ I was given an opportunity to attend a seminar called Missouri Leadership Seminar (MLS). This seminar was just for one sophomore from schools all across Missouri. The seminar took place at the University of Central Missouri not too far from home‚ but it was a good distance. Going into this seminar I had not an idea to expect. I just thought this was
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My Uncle Ross is a person I admire greatly. His life has been a continuous struggle. He is a person who has faced much adversity and yet remains positive. When I hear about what he faces on a daily basis‚ I can’t quite imagine how he handles it. When I hear about his struggles‚ mine seem so insignificant. He is someone that I can look up to and find inspiration from as I face struggles of my own. Uncle Ross is my mother’s brother and the youngest of four children. He grew up in a quiet neighborhood
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My life as a child in California was a rough one and I remember it well despite being so young. My mother gave birth to me when she was 19 and my biological father died shortly after. I was raised primarily by my grandparents as my mother was incapable of caring for me. She turned her life around when she married but more problems arose further along in time. Quarrels between my parents became frequent‚ and they decided to move our family away from everything we had known to start anew elsewhere
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