Running Head: MY LIFE My life revealed Octavia Jones Psychology 202 Wendy Conaway 08/10/2012 Outline I. Where am I from? a. Born in Lynchburg‚ VA b. Raised in Staunton‚ VA II. What things do you remember about your child hood? a. Always baby sitting while my mom was at work b. Learning how to cook c. Never having a childhood d. Moving a lot e. Never having friends over f. Growing
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Born on September 13‚ 1947 in the little town of Jacona‚ Michoacan‚ Mexico‚ lived my aunt Josefa Ortegon. She is the oldest of her twelve brothers and sisters. She was very little when she saw the struggles that her family went through. Her mom couldn’t work due to taking care of her children. So the only one who worked was her father‚ an alcoholic who would use his money for his addictions and going out with his friends. She felt the urge to take action and help her family in any kind of way that
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How reading has impacted my life. My life is kinda crazy. When I was little we moved a lot so in the car during long trips I would read Toad and Frog or Curious George. I never hate long car rides because I always had a book to read. In fourth grade i was put into class that helped me read because when we moved I would keep behind and not understand what the class was learning. I was in that class for maybe two month because I learn very easily well beside spelling. When I was in 8th grade I read
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for dear life when times are tough. In all honesty I believe that the Army saved my life. A couple years ago I started my first year of college and I thought it was going to be the best time of my life‚ but I was wrong. The classes were not the bad part‚ it was the fact that it was so expensive and the loans just kept piling up. In order to get my bachelor’s degree‚ I needed at least eighteen credit hours per semester. Trying to balance my classes‚ two jobs‚ somewhat of a social life‚ and deal
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How Starbucks Saved My Life is about equality. The main theme in this story was not how people should be treated equal though‚ as most themes that have to do with equality do. The main theme in this story is that everyone IS equal. It showed how anyone could succeed in life‚ no matter what their background. And all of this was not from a wise man’s point of view who knew these principles all his life‚ but of a fortunate man born into the upper class who was taught that it was where you came
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grade‚ I changed the way I dressed‚ my taste in music‚ my group of friends‚ and I cut and colored my hair. And for what? A boy that I had a crush on named Adam. At the time‚ I had no idea that my new identity would put my life on a different set of tracks. Consequently‚ I ended up dating Adam for the majority of 7th grade and I assimilated myself into a new friend group which consisted of mostly Adam’s friends. I was like a sheep that never strayed from the herd. Dressing the same as my new friends
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functioning brain. She didn’t want to believe it. Sitting there in the chaotic waiting room‚ she reflected on how different that day had turned out from her expectations of it. How sudden it all was. And how tragic. She remembered the last labored breaths her mother had taken‚ each a struggle for one last moment of life. She remembered watching that same life pass out of her as she heaved her last‚ and how it had not been quiet and tranquil as movies and books made dying moments out to be. It had been obvious
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Michaela Uebelhoer Lieberson HON 20th Century American History 15 April‚ 2013 1. The Holocaust unit we learned about in class has impacted my life in many ways. It has changed a lot of my opinions on a variety of different topics and made me realize how horrific the Holocaust actually was. It was not until after the lesson was complete that I totally grasped the severity of the events that took place at the German hand. I was shocked and appalled by the actions and crime I heard about during
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personal mission or vision statement. We use this statement in this seminar to emphasize that your time at the UW begins with dreams and visions you hold for the life that is still ahead of you. We ask you to write a mission statement that is reflective of who you are and what your sense of calling‚ purpose‚ vocation‚ or meaning of life. Mission statements are helpful for many reasons‚ but primarily they are used as a tool to encourage you to consciously reflect on who you are and what you are doing
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it was 1995‚ I went on my first real date. We were going to see First Knight. The boy in question was the friend of a friend and I had only ever talked to him on the phone. He said he would pick me up at 7 and we would catch a movie. So far so good. 7 rolls around and he isn’t there‚ he calls and says his Dad is running late so they won’t be there till 8. I didn’t realize his Dad was driving but whatever‚ I am withholding judgment. 8:30 they show up and he knocks on my door and I go out to join
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