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    Golf has been a life changer for me. I’ve played golf since I was three years old. In summer‚ I play golf every day. I began playing competitively when I was seven. I live on a golf course and my dad is a golf instructor‚ so I’ve grown up around the game. I’ve had many great experiences with golf. My most memorable golf experience was at the 2015 Drive‚ Chip‚ and Putt national finals. Upward of 10‚000 kids ages seven to fifteen‚ boys and girls‚ tried out for this event. I was one of eighty total

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    A Prudent Intellectuals point of view of whom should have won the questionably legitimate election race between George Walker Bush and Albert Arnold Gore‚ Jr has to put into account a culmination of impartially viewed facts and opinions from both sides of the argument‚ for example the system of counting votes through the means of puncturing chad through a perforated scantron-like card is highly flawed in many instances.“Due to the way a name is put on the voting plack‚ citizens may inadvertently

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    My experience with failure came with athletics. For my whole life I have always been involved in sports like soccer‚ tennis‚ basketball. When I was in the fourth grade I joined a swim team and that was the first and really only sport that I stuck with; swimming came naturally to me‚ and it was something that I could do year round and I loved every minute of it. However‚ once I was in high school I stopped swimming and joined my high school’s cross country team. My dad was a runner all throughout

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    My experience in teaching has mainly been in the role of teaching assistant for various courses at McGill University. I believe that academic teaching and mentoring is a challenging endeavor. To be effective as a teacher and as an advisor‚ I will encourage the following skills that I have learned and applied at McGill as a teaching assistant. During my senior graduate years‚ I took a leadership role in the Expert Systems in Electrical Design (ECSE 549) course‚ which included the opportunity to

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    In my life I have had a lot of people surrounding my life and giving me they support. Many of these people have tried to influence in my decisions and trying to control my life. Other just had tried to help me in every way they can. Of all these people I have in my life there are two that are a great example for me because they have showed me that if you want‚ you can. I owe a lot to these two people because when I most needed they have given me their wisdom and support and these two people

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    One thing that I observed about myself within my Pilates experience is that I am not as fit as I thought I was. I have noticed that I am extremely stiff when doing the leg stretches. There is a lot of tension in my legs when I stretch using the band. I have also noticed that my legs and arms make cracking sounds at some points when I am doing certain positions. I did not realize that it would be so difficult for me to do some of the positions. As the classes become more intension I began to realize

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    throughout their lives. One of my favorite teachers always used to say‚ " Life is not always a matter of holding good cards; on occasion‚ it requires being able to play a poor hand well." As a sophomore in high school‚ I had to face my first real challenge with adversity. My parents had to leave me on my own for multiple weeks on end to help support another sibling in a different state. Adversity had hit me in this stage of my life‚ because I was in a position where I had to mature faster than most of

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    My leadership experiences position around a distinct premise. I shall attempt to define that premise from my viewpoint. Under the direction and suggestion of my grade school Saint Margaret Mary‚ volunteering in our community was inspired. Although there were no opportunities to serve in leadership roles during this undertaking‚ I had always embraced leadership. As a son of a Marine‚ I grew up with a solid sense of duty and service‚ in addition to a first-hand knowledge of leadership qualities.

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    with any emotional or intimate feelings regarding sex. As a child‚ survivors become programmed to disconnect from sex and from anyone who loved him and wanted sex with him. So as an adult‚ sex with an intimate partner may become a “skin crawling” experience. Many have noticed that the deeper the relationship became‚ the less they wanted sex with this person. They may feel so

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    Everybody has heard the saying "love is blind." Although very few of us have taken the time to apply it to our own relationships‚ it holds truth‚ for better or for worse. I spent one of my first serious relationships turning a blind eye to the faults of my significant other. He would blow me off‚ and I would make excuses for him. He would treat me with disrespect‚ and I would ignore it. He would play mind games with me‚ and I would grow to be even more infatuated with him. I insisted to myself that

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