I believe I began to mature during my trip back to the place I used to call home during my sevenths grade summer vacation. I remember on that day we were heading to visit my uncle. My father was driving‚ my brother was playing in his new portable handheld device‚ my sister was on her phone‚ and I was just watching the terrain pass by. Everyone was great‚ except for the fact that I would have rather been back home in America. My brother’s gaming device ran out battery so he started to look out the
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When I first joined the Army I heard other Soldiers talking about how they were going to go to airborne school after they completed their advanced individual training. I used to think wow these people are crazy why would you want to jump form a perfectly good airplane. But like most young adults no one could tell them anything for they were going to do it regardless. I however didn’t want to go and the Army never offered it to me while I was in training. Soon that would change as I was to report
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Tanoshīdesu James is always looking for adventure. As a 5 ft 5 in‚ 12-year-old boy‚ James thought he could handle anything. Living on the miniscule island of Takeshima‚ Japan‚ James could never go further than his 123‚000 square foot island that was measured by himself. Every day‚ after his chores were done‚ James would fill his precious backpack with high-tech tools that were often used by professionals during the most perilous of adventures. Then he would walk out of his house and travel every
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I remember the day vividly: the sizzling of food frying‚ children yelling‚ my tears running‚ it was the first time I adventured to Six Flags. The uneasiness of my stomach while swaying tens of feet from the ground on the Texas Giant petrified the adventurous spirit out of me. However‚ I did not realize that moment `would shape the next eight years of life‚ emerging in my memory at every unfamiliar experience I faced. It was my senior year when I declined an invitation to go camping with my friends
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Spiritual Journeys In Chaim Potok’s My Name is Asher Lev and John G. Neihardt’s Black Elk Speaks‚ the main characters‚ Asher Lev and Black Elk each go through a spiritual journey. Various aspects of their religious journeys have similarities and differences‚ but all of them can be connected to religious symbols or practices in the traditions that are exemplified within each text. Both of these characters have a dream or a vision that guides them throughout their respective stories‚ they each stray
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When I was a child with a constant racing mind‚ one could imagine the thoughts that would have gone through my head throughout an average day‚ things like ‘why is the sky blue’‚ ‘how many hairs are there on a dog’‚ or ‘when’s the next new episode of Lizzie McGuire going to be on?’ You may not be surprised by an eight year old asking to her step father what he’d do with one million donuts. I answered my own question before he could even think and surprised him. He had been expecting me to want to
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I saw New Orleans for the first time‚ on spring break with my mother‚ while visiting my aunt. I was excited to go because Lil Wayne‚ my favorite rapper‚ was from there. We stayed in the Lower Garden District‚ a very different place from Weezy’s Hollygrove. I learned how to navigate the French Quarter‚ captivated by the skinny colorful houses decorated with beads‚ the warm air in my face gave me a sense of well being. The vegetation is so lush in New Orleans and so different than my home in Brooklyn
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I was born in Bucks County Pennsylvania‚ which is North of Philadelphia and I lived there my entire life. It was just like any other day when my fiancé‚ John came to me with news that he received a call about a job interview in Linesville‚ Pennsylvania. We had talked about moving before‚ but it was in passing and nothing was ever this concrete. Bucks County was a very expensive place to live and there weren’t many new career opportunities for either of us. Even though it brought a lot of fear and
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When I first started at Napa College‚ I knew that getting involved was going to be very important. However‚ I didn’t know it was going to be a lot more complicated on my behalf to do so. This is because‚ when I first came to Napa Valley college‚ I had also just obtained my first job. The job which would allow me to help sustain myself and help my family financially. I was not used to this type of schedule when I first came into Napa College. This Is because I didn’t know how to manage my time‚ and
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As it stands‚ I will be the third person in my family to go to college‚ but am part of the first generation of my family that will be applying to college in the United States. Before being granted the opportunity to permanently reside in and pursue an education in the United States‚ I lived in Angeles‚ Pampanga in the Philippines where I was born and raised as an infant. Though my mother was still inexperienced as a nurse‚ she worked to support myself and my father‚ who was unable to find a job in
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