everyone else? From deaths in the family to injuries many things shape how a person acts. Many of these things I have experienced but this is the only one that positively affected me. All of this started when I listened to one band’s song. One band changed my life. It began on a Monday in mid-December during my freshman year. (I had a dreadful cold from the week before‚ and I was still getting over it.4) It was a frigid and snowy typical winter day. (I was exhausted because I had spent a few hours in the
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The holocaust would change everything in Anne Frank’s family. Fear changed these people and their identities. Anne Frank and her family feared getting killed‚ getting caught‚ and feared getting sent to the concentration camps. Anne Frank was a smart‚ brave girl and the fear shaped her for who she is. With fear constantly in their lives‚ it made them who they were. First‚ Anne’s family got the news that the Nazis were going to kill all jews that were in Germany. They were scared and startled
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Television a good invention? Watching television has become the most popular activity for families. Although there are good programs‚ there are some people who dislike television and believe it is the worst invention. In many ways‚ television has proved to be one of the worst inventions of modern times. All too often‚ television is harmful because of the shows it broadcasts and the way it is used in the home. First‚ heavy TV viewing leads to a poor school performance and a more sedentary life. I have proven
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The greatest invention ever Out of the 6‚973‚738‚433 people who currently live in the world‚ how many people use the internet? According to Internet world stats‚ in the year 2011‚ thirty two percent of the world population used the internet in their everyday lives. After a year had past‚ more teenagers and elders started to use the internet to communicate research and watch the news. This great invention by Tim Burners-Lee had become a part of us‚ something our teenagers cannot survive without-
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Innovations and inventions make a huge impact on work. Every day people attempt to create an impact in the world through these innovations or inventions. Many people have created an impact in different eras through their own ideas‚ innovations‚ or inventions‚ including Abraham Darby. Darby was an iron founder‚ copper smelter‚ brass manufacturer‚ but what Darby is best known for is his invention of coke as a source of fuel. This allowed Darby to make an impact during the Industrial Revolution
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In my life I have traveled and experienced many opportunities that most people my age haven’t. I have had many diverse experiences that some people may not have had. Being born in Portland Oregon has really played a part in my diverse life. Oregon has changed from when I was born in 1996‚ but for the most part for the better. It has shaped my life into the person I am today and how I view the world and the people in it. In this paper I will go through some experiences that I have had from birth
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green. Not only have we learned from the past but some of the greatest inventions come from ancient times. We have the cuneiform and the wheel from Sumerians‚ and gun powder from the Chinese. Those are only some of the ancient inventions that have evolved to great modern world technology. Without a good base how can anything function right? Without them cars‚ the alphabet‚ and firearms may have never been invented. Inventions that most of us could not live without; because we have places to go‚ things
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was helping me develop my reading and vocabulary skills. Writing changed my life. I was never really the child that kept a diary‚ but writing helped me release my bottled up anger and frustration. I always had a large imagination. Letting out everything i thought of on paper makes me feel whole. I can express the way i feel without having to directly say it. Soon‚ my diaries turned into short stories about a girl like me living the life i wished i lived. During the years i have written a draft for two
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breast. Soon after‚ she had a mammogram‚ and an ultrasound done‚ revealing three cancerous lumps. As the doctor went into detail‚ she started to realize the gravity of the situation. For the first time; at the age of 59‚ she was confronted with the most life threating event she had ever faced. So for a second opinion‚ she went to the Epic Cancer center‚ also in Antioch California. Certainly‚ the last thing anyone would like to hear during a doctor’s visit‚ she knew there would be some decisions to be made
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different from all the rest. Sure‚ it was breathtaking‚ but that was not what was bringing on this feeling. I tried to observe my surroundings carefully for this loose thread. The red cobblestone was lowly lit in the warm glow of the Christmas lights that hung everywhere. Explosions of red and green and blue and yellow filtered everything in sight like 3D glasses. Tinsel and garland wound around the support columns of buildings like large snakes. Velvet stockings were hung in every shop window
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