I would call my coach when rain canceled practice because I didn’t think the water would hurt anyone. Shin guards were like another layer of skin to me‚ and my cleats seemed to remain attached to my feet more times than not. It was the one thing in my life I felt sure I was decent at. I had the speed‚ and the muscle to kick the ball across the field; I felt unstoppable. Eventually‚ a bunch of girls in my age group and I converted to a club team‚ and life seemed to flip upside down. My speed no longer
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Lies My Teacher Told Me Effect on Me There is a common expression that a lot of us have heard at least one time “don’t believe everything you read”‚ just because a book is written and published does not mean is always accurate. True historical facts can easily be transformed by adding or taking away details in order to see it only from a certain perspective. The textbooks in history classrooms represent many different groups from the perspective of one group‚ usually European. Loewen explores the
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My family is extremely poor‚ living paycheck to paycheck and off of food stamps. My father is a construction worker/contractor who emigrated from Communist Bulgaria after the fall of the Iron Curtain‚ while my mother is a stay-at-home housewife with no higher education. As I grew older and more capable‚ naturally I was expected to help contribute in some way. This led to me having to constantly work and seek jobs from as early as 13 years old (typically babysitting or paper-route type jobs at this
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Textbooks “More Americans have learned the story of the South during the Civil War and Reconstruction from Margaret Mitchell’s Gone With the Wind than from all of the learned volumes on this period” -Warren Beck and Myles Clowers The book Lies My Teacher Told Me was written by James Loewen. I choose to read Chapter 5: “Gone with the Wind”: The Invisibility of Racism in American History Textbooks. The chapters that I read discussed how in many of the American History Textbooks‚ that many young students
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though‚ I guess I should begin. Writing‚ for me‚ has always been somewhat of a friend and a home. It’s been a companion through dark times‚ and a place I could go no matter how I was feeling. I have a deep love of the written word‚ and a great respect for anyone who puts pen to paper. (Or‚ in the new age of “handy-dandy” Chromebooks‚ anyone who puts keys to Google Docs.) That all being said‚ I have mixed feelings on how I view myself specifically. I think in my many years of jotting down random short
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in the park to make it to. I’ll be wheeling the barbecue‚ table and chairs over to enjoy some quality time with my neighbors while my kids tear around with their little friends from across the alley. I’m a lucky guy‚ and I can hardly imagine a better place to raise my kids. This is by way of introducing an excellent article which lays out in wonderful detail the social benefits of my kind of street: “How Livable Streets Make Us Happier Humans.” It’s not just for the environmental benefits that our
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sense. I had to think‚ and let the lines converge to have an ending to this ‘chase’ that satisfies me in my heart (I borrowed the words because they expressed my feeling best – I hope you don’t mind: ) “The human mind…”‚ “…is constantly judging others and identifying faults without relating them to itself.” A word that is key = forgiveness ("pardon‚ forgiveness‚ indulgence“). “GOD WILL FORGIVE ME‚ THAT’S WHAT HE DOES.” = FORGIVING KING (Gematria) = 888 FORGIVE A SINNER WE ARE FORGIVEN (Gematria)
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Last October had been one of the most eye opening moments for me. I had been diagnosed with a life altering disease‚ which is closely related to diabetes. I found out that my body creates over twice the amount of insulin I need‚ working my pancreas too hard creating an abundance of problems. I have had to learn so much‚ and change so many aspects of my life because of this disease and the problems it creates. A lot of things lead up to my diagnosis‚ but it wasn’t an easy road to take. At first I experienced
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My clinical skills in speculum exams‚ pregnancy visits‚ ultrasound results and contraceptive management improved vastly after working with Dr. Jain. I also had a great experience with my Family Nurse Practitioner preceptor‚ Paula Lowe. I became much more comfortable and proficient in interviewing and examining children‚ adolescent and adult patient in the clinic. I was allowed to chart in the electronic medical record (EMR) on all patients. This allowed me to gain speed and comfort
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something I ever wanted to do. My grandfather was an alcoholic and I had seen what it had done to him and his family. However‚ I got around a group of people whom I called my friends. Before I knew it I was pressured to drink and ended up giving in my second semester of freshman year. I only drank casually that second semester. But when the fall came around that was a whole different story for me. Those same people I continued to hang around and lived with continued to influence me. I began drinking almost
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