other choices have made me grow stronger in my moral character. One such choice was whether or not to take part in my church’s mission trip called Impact Virginia. I had the choice between spending a week of my summer relaxing at home‚ or outside working on houses for people in need. I can honestly say at that time it was a difficult choice. I had never gone on a mission trip‚ so I had never known how
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Shemp D. Howard Writin clas 9/21/112 Since my friends and I were seniors this year we decided that we needed to do something to celebrate us leaving Catskill. We spent many lunches at Subways trying to decide what we should do. We started out wanting to go to Cape Cod for the weekend. Then it went from Cape Cod to Boston‚ Massachusetts. Finally it ended up a day at
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Being born in America is a privilege. This hit me when I took my first trip to Nigeria. As I exited the plane from a 16-hour flight‚ I could barely feel my legs because of how long the trip was. Everybody was so excited to leave the plane to see how Nigeria looked like. Don’t get it twisted‚ I was excited too but I wasn’t in any rush. As I finally ran out of the airport‚ I just remembered seeing people walking all around and looking at the new tourists that had just arrived. I was so excited to start
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Personal Narrative We lost our path somewhere in the forest and suddenly my friend sighed: “The flashlight is broken. My phone has no signal and it is so freaking dark here‚ I can’t see anything.” “I know buddy‚ but we get to go on‚ we can’t stay in place like this. I have a feeling that we are really close.” I replied. “That is just your imagination! And it is freezing. I think I can’t even feel my legs. I hate snow so much.” “Instead of your
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“Ugly” is something I said I would refrain from during my campaign for office. I’m going to hold true to that through the election and afterwards‚ win or lose. My reasoning for that is; I know whoever is elected must move forward and serve the citizens‚ regardless of what happens during the campaign‚ whether that be me or one of my opponents. It is a hard enough job with the amount of hatred already surrounding police officers. Adding insult to injury is bad for our community. Tough questions have
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Personal health is something that everyone needs to be concerned with‚ but not many people are. I’ve noticed that in the recent months‚ my personal health has not been what it used to be. I’ve only come to this conclusion after starting to track a few health aspects in my life. The aspects of my personal health that I chose to track for a month includes nutrition‚ physical health issues‚ and alcohol use. I chose to track these three specific parts of my personal health because they are the most
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Personal background starts off small‚ it changes and grows over time into something big‚ it grows into an identity. Walking down the hallway at school‚ seeing someone standing alone‚ my first instinct is to make conversation‚ compliment‚ or even just smile at him or her. This instinct came from someone once telling me an act so small could turn a person’s entire life around. As a kid‚ reading encyclopedias about random topics‚ consumed my time. Many days were spent coming home to find an injured
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adventure. One of my many adventures is a mission trip a couple of years ago. During this journey I left my ordinary safe world‚ had challenges and tests‚ and I’ve received mental and physical rewards as a hero does on the Hero’s Journey. A couple years ago on Christmas morning‚ my brother and I were opening our presents when we were given passports but we didn’t know what they were at this time. Our parents told us that we were going on a mission trip to Mexico. Even though we begged to not have
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My personal Calorie goal is 1900. Food Groups and Calories Report is to fall into six main categories. They are grains‚ vegetables‚ fruits‚ dairy‚ protein and oils. From my report‚ the grains include the whole grains and refined grains. Compared with the target is greater than 3 ounces‚ I only get 1 ounce whole grains eaten. I need check the product labels for the words "whole" or "whole grain" before the grain ingredient’s name and eat more products of whole grains. The refined grain is 1 ounce
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Grand Canyon Narrative “How are you feeling right now?” My father asked‚ I replied‚ “Excited.” This was in fact‚ an understatement. I had never seen or been to a natural reservation so highly known as the Grand Canyon. I have always been the type of person who enjoyed going camping or staying outside‚ appreciating the presence of nature. It was great news to hear. After weeks of planning‚ our family was on the road heading out to the Grand Canyon. After each hour‚ the lands we were crossing seemed
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