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    After my first migraine attack‚ I kept getting them every day. As they kept happening‚ new symptoms would arise. Anything from slurred speech‚ dizziness‚ and vomiting to blurred vision‚ numbness in the face‚ and feeling tender all over my body. The list goes on but these were my most common symptoms. I was afraid to do anything because everything seemed to trigger a migraine. Even kneeling down to pick something up or smelling perfume would be an instant trigger for me. My life got to the point where

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    The first life lesson I learned was to never take anything for granted‚ especially life. It is a miracle that I was born because my mom had a rare bone cancer that almost took her life at the age of thirteen. She had a twenty percent chance of surviving‚ beat the odds‚ defied her experimental treatment and gave birth to me. There was an eighty percent chance that I would not be alive today and that makes me appreciate everything in life. Osteogenic sarcoma was the rare bone cancer my mom was diagnosed

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    My first ride on a roller coaster was a scary experience! I never had a thought of wanting to ride a roller coaster for different reasons. The reasons for that fear was the fear of heights and the thought of me falling off the ride or some type of malfunction causing the roller coaster to collapse. I would just watch other people get on the rides and listen to them scream their hearts out. One summer night‚ my friend called me and told me that the fair was in town for the weekend. She thought it

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    At the age of two my parents decided I had too much energy and they enrolled me in my first gymnastics class. As a female you train four events: vault‚ bars‚ beam‚ and floor. I went to class once a week for two years and at the age of four I joined the competitive team. As a competitive gymnast‚ you train year round and a minimum of 10 hours a week is spent in the gym. Some schools even require additional classes in ballet in order to improve the dance side of gymnastics. During the competitive

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    My first ever rollercoaster “Tickets please!”‚ as I handed my ticket to the generous lady I could start to feel my hands and legs trembling with fear‚ it was almost like they knew what was coming. I started to walk along with my friends into the queue of death‚ sweating with every step. We waited for what seemed like hours until we finally reached a dark tunnel‚ so dark that a whole army of bats could live in it‚ I knew we were getting closer I could feel the vibrations in the ground and the intensity

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    Barack Obama – “Dreams From My Father-A Story of Race and Heritance” Today I want to introduce you United States President Barack Obama’s first memoir‚ dreams from my father. It was first published in July 1995 as he was preparing to launch his political career and republished in August 2004. Author: Since my book is an autobiography I won’t tell you everything about the author‚ I just will give some personal facts about him. Barack Obama was born in 1961 in Honolulu‚ Hawaii to Barack Obama Senior

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    always the case. At one point while I was bringing in my first horse I looked down at the legs and everything seemed to be fine. No cuts‚ no scrapes‚ and the horse was walking how he should be. I hear a loud noise coming from down the hall. The horse I was learning and myself jumped out of out skin. I quickly ran and put my horse in a random stall. I slammed the door and here comes a horse running loose down the isle. I turn around and throw my hands in the air. “Wooooo” I shouted sternly. The horse

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    Personal Response Number One Title: Dreams from My Father ‘A Story of Race and Inheritance’ Author: Barack Obama Genre: Autobiography‚ Life Memoir Before Barack Obama was a Politician he was an author. ‘Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance’ is an Auto-Biography written by Barack Obama. The book describes Obama’s life in three parts‚ from his birth in Honolulu‚ Hawaii up to the final part of the book which includes his emotional and revealing trip back to his father’s homeland;

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    In my hand was a big glass of iced tea shimmering in the bright sun as I took a sip it cooled the inside of my throat causing me to keep my cool temperature in the hot summer. It was the perfect day to be out‚ with the sun casting just the right amount of shine to give me that perfect sun-kissed tan. I was lying on a beautiful red chair with my legs sprung up in a gorgeous white cotton maxi dress. As‚ I got up and started to walk towards the ocean I could hear the waves up ahead. I took my shoes

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    the difference between a. and a. It is evident that sociology’s three main theoretical paradigms can be applied to the real world‚ especially in the story “Remembering My First Arrest” in Cops‚ Teachers‚ and Counselors. When a rookie officer and field training officer confronted a citizen who violated an open container law‚ the first thing they said was “you’re just out here screwing with me because I’m black” (Maynard-Moody and Musheno‚ 2022‚ pp. 66. The ’Standard’ of the ’Standard’. In response to

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