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    There are many things that happen throughout a persons life but it is how one overcomes it and does with it. There were some hard times where I just felt like giving up but knowing what people have done for me made me realize that I could not stop but I had to continue with my task and keep moving forward. There are many things in my life in which I enjoy doing. Playing soccer is one of my favorite things to do while I am not doing school work. I have been involved with soccer since the age of

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    I was brought up believing that life was not going to be easy‚ and that hard work is a necessity in achieving the goals you want in life. My dad came from India to this country with only twenty dollars in his pocket‚ and that proves to me that the American dream is attainable. One of the biggest accomplishments in my life that displayed my evolution from childhood to adulthood was having more courage by stepping out of my comfort zone‚ and having reasonable goals that could be met. As a child‚ I

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    How Music Changed My Life

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    not been for him I would have never had the chance to make that opportunity happen. Music has been a big part of my life since the age of five. My mother had me participate in major community events as I was growing up‚ and in my school’s musicals. Singing was something I used to channel most of my energy to‚ and as I got older I valued watching others perform. When I first saw one of my favorite bands‚ Pierce the Veil‚ play in 2012 at Vans Warped Tour‚ I was beyond excited‚ and it wasn’t just the

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    How ISIS Changed My Life

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    In the chaotic world we live in today‚ how can I prepare for unexpected life changing moments? This world is full of untrustworthy people that can look right into my eyes then stab me in the back. It is impossible to know all of what goes on in my community‚ nor can I read the minds of the people I encounter. Life in general presents unpredictable circumstances. As I face the adversities of this world such as kidnappings‚ natural disasters‚ or terrorist groups I am taught the lesson of maturity in

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    I was a goofball growing up‚ but once I matured‚ I was destined to do great things. My life has been filled with ups and downs‚ but‚ somehow‚ I was able to get through them. I always did things differently from everyone else. Also‚ I had to work harder to be successful. I was always considered different compared to the other kids; I had to work really hard to achieve my goals of being on the football team in high school‚ to get a scholarship to ASU‚ and to be drafted into the NFL. When I was

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    How Pfc Changed My Life

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    Throughout PFC I have learned and gained many new important factors in life whether they are new skills to lifelong friends. Being in PFC has exposed me to new ways of learning and becoming a better leader in the future. From the beginning‚ I have inherited new skills through the trainings conducted and last minute conflicts on the freshman days of service I have been a part of. The trainings were not just a way of torture‚ waking up on Saturday mornings dragging myself to work so I can sit there

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    Music is what my life runs on from day to day. Without music‚ my life would be a lost cause. So all thanks to a German instrument maker and his son‚ the clarinet was created. Johann Christoph Denner and his son Jacob‚ improved the chalumeau by adding a register key to the instrument‚ and later the chalumeau received the Boehm flute key system (Bellis)‚ which created what my musical life all started on: the clarinet and family. The very first original clarinets had only two keys to be played –

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    For a majority of my childhood‚ the sport of baseball was the one activity I loved above anything else. Nothing could compare to the exhilarating freedom and satisfaction of bolting full speed around the bases‚ determined to steal‚ beating the "Throwdown" by a fraction of a second. The massive dust cloud kicked up by my cleats and the thunderous boom of the umpire shouting‚ "Safe!" made me feel empowered. It was in moments like these‚ when I was in control of my own fate‚ choosing whether to stay

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    Roller Coaster of a Year Have you ever had to do something so dramatic in your life that it changed your whole personality? These changes in a person’s life can alter everything not only in their own life but the lives of the people around them. A change of this magnitude could include just about anything. The change that will be talked about is an abortion that a couple went through. Some people believe abortion is murder to the unborn fetus. An abortion also has its psychological effects

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    How Death Changed My Life

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    of times in movies when people died I knew it was fake‚ so it did not scare me as much‚ it was when I thought about my family dying and dying myself. This fear caused me to decide to live forever. I came up with all sorts of crazy ideas. Even if they would never work‚ I kept thinking about them and it consumed me. It kept me from living my own life. That lasted up until I was in my 2nd year of homeschooling. I was in 5th grade‚ and I was given the choice of picking a book from a selection of grade

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