Education is the Key to SuccessThe disadvantage of not completing high school is missing the prom‚ senior day‚ and graduation. Looking back‚ as a teenager my judgment was idle toward negativity and peer pressure. I struggled throughout the years without my high school diploma. To pursue higher education‚ my high school diploma was a necessity. In order to achieve a successful career‚ education is vital towards my career goals. TransitionAt age 14‚ my parents moved to a low-income apartment building
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My life’s mantra is “think beyond”. From elementary through high school‚ I pushed my limits in everything from academics and service to arts and athletics. As a child‚ my parents kept me out of my comfort zone so frequently that it eventually became natural to do it on my own. Through trial and error‚ I eventually managed to balance a schedule that ensured I keep up my GPA and maintain a solid five hours of community service a week while simultaneously waking up for five a.m. swim practices and practicing
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Softball Then and Now When I was nine years old‚ I switched schools. I went from Freeman Public School to Holy Redeemer Catholic School. This is where I was introduced to sports since my previous school didn’t offer any sports for the students. The first sport I played was basketball. I also played volleyball and softball. It was in fourth grade that I first started playing softball‚ and my dad found me an old ragged‚ leather‚ ball glove to start with. It was so old that the color was faded to
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Pomp & Circumstance As I Looked at the pointless glass tower and the red and white tile for the last time I felt very uneasy. My high school years were coming to an end and they were some of the best years of my life. Homecoming Powder Puff Football‚ getting dressed in ridiculous pink outfits‚ having earth-shattering school spirit and reminiscing about the fun times I can never go back to. Dressed in my white cap and gown‚ I observed the faces of my best friends and people I could
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September 11 2001 Narrative8:30 AM. I am in a meeting with Alliance Consulting CEO ’s in Building 1 World Trade Center. We are all discussing booming businesses in the NYC region‚ getting very excited about a little computer chip processing company that has been getting very high marks on their last quota. All of a sudden‚ there is a loud whipping sound and the building begins shaking. Just a blink later and my hearing is gone‚ and I am lying on the ground trying to understand why the only color
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Mauricio Hidalgo Ms. Eaton English II PAP September 26‚ 2014 Happiness Is Beeeep! The final whistle blew‚ what a rush of emotions. You could hear the fans screaming‚ the coach jumping out of his seat‚ and all of our team sprinting to the center circle to begin the celebration. Champions… finally champions. That is the moment I realized what I wanted to do in the future. Whenever I want to feel good I reminisce back to that day because it is the day I found what makes me most happy in life‚ and ever
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It’s the last day of 2014 and my family and I are out skiing in the Black Hills‚ SD for winter break. As an alpine ski racer‚ i generally like to downhill ski instead of cross country ski. But on January 31st‚ I make the stupid decision to go cross country skiing with my dad and sister. WORST DECISION I EVER MADE. We had about a half hour drive to the rental shop for my dad and I to get rental skis. My sister already had skis because she races for the school Nordic team. Once we had gotten our
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It was nice and crisp day at the ball fields. Alyx was up to bat with the tying run one third. There was 2 outs and she has a 3-2 count with the bases loaded. She sees the pitch coming in. She’s thinking‚ “I can do it‚ I can do it‚ Hit‚ Hit‚ Hit‚ Hit.” She swings and misses. That’s it. Alyxs team has lost the championship. She’s upset. That was her worst at bat all year. She wanted to be walked or get a hit‚ but no‚ she failed. As she was holding back her tears her team meets in the locker room
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Similarities and Differences between Narratives and Descriptive Essays TRACY GARRETT ENG 121 English Composition 1 Amanda Price April 22‚ 2014 Similarities and Differences between Narratives and Descriptive Essays Every story is an individual which means you cannot always make a choice on a generalization of descriptive and narrative stories. Narratives give you a straight to the point feeling while the descriptive give you a more vivid detailed visual. The
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Douglass wrote a book about his life the book is called the Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass this book tells his story and how and what happened during his time. In the book Douglass explains and shows how he throws light on the American slave system and how he made a difference in the slave system. According to Douglass‚ the American slave system did great harm to both master and slaves.For example in his book Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass‚ it says in chapter 1 page
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