July 18‚ 2010 The Crossroads of My Life (Revision of Return to School) Middle age is the point in our lives when we reflect and take stock of where we are in life and where we are going. I began to reflect on my life and to question the choices I made. I thought of the paths I took and wondered if I could make a change at this stage of my life. Having reached middle-age‚ I had become complacent and accepting of the outcome of my life choices. However‚ I would still beat myself up
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Throughout my entire senior year‚ I had reflected upon my experiences in my high school career. With this‚ I have come to the conclusion that whomever said and believed that high school were the best years of their lives obviously did not ever attend such an institution. Although my input is rather cynical‚ I have realized that‚ although high school posed one of the most disappointing and exorbitant challenges‚ these barriers have helped me become the mature and forthright young adult I am today
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For every teenager a drastic change to their form of life like moving schools can be catastrophic. For me it became a challenge‚ new school‚ friends‚ teachers‚ and a new environment. Life as I knew it was about to change and I could not assimilate it. Change seemed like the end of a perfect world. When I moved into the new house the smell was unrecognizable‚ the environment was somber and insipid. School felt strange and I felt everyone staring at me as a strange specimen from a lab. The first weeks
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Platonic Political Ideals Plato was an interesting individual‚ and has always been one of my favorite Philosophers. I personally like most of his political ideals‚ and find them almost in alignment with my own. In particular I like his reasoning when it comes to the citizens that make up the city-state‚ along with the leadership. So throughout this essay I plan on drawing from the Republic to talk more about this Philosopher’s ideas. Plato had some interesting thoughts with his “Philosopher
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responsibilities on my shoulders. From helping my siblings get dressed to keeping them calm when babysitting‚ early as the age of eight. I kept in mind that my actions were going to be looked upon‚ always. It was not until I entered middle school that I realized how some classmates were not used to taking initiative. My classmates were reluctant to participate in our group projects‚ afraid of failure‚ and not willing to take risks. So I took control of group projects‚ always. I entered high school and my perception
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fighting in a war he did his best to protect and serve. He had strong courage to assist the King of the Danes‚ Hrothgar. The king of the Danes desperately needed his help when the huge monster Grendel attacked Heorot. I would say he was the perfect ideal hero. He was destined and sent down from The Gods to protect and serve. As he is serving or fought in a war he understood if he dies in battle‚ he knew it was just fate. Beowulf was
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years of my high school education‚ I have been faced with multiple challenges. The most difficult of these took place early June 2014‚ just after the conclusion of my ninth grade scholastic year. My mother was offered an appointment at an international organization in Washington DC‚ USA‚ because of this‚ my brother and I had to move with her to settle there. The move took place within a very short notice and to me‚ it felt like an adventure to the unknown. It was not like moving from one school to another
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breakfast for myself. After I ate I headed for school to finish those standardized tests at the end of 6th grade. So far my class did well and was eager to get them over with. While I was in my zone working on the test‚ I could hear the clock ticking away every precious second passing. I had to get done with my English test before recess. Finally I looked at the clock and the time read 1:53 pm‚ just with a few minutes to spare‚ I finally had finished my test. I was glad that one was over with‚ as I
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catches people off-guard‚ especially given that I wasn’t born in Japan and neither of my parents are Japanese. In Japan‚ I attended the American School in Japan (ASIJ)‚ a select‚ highly diverse international school an hour from downtown Tokyo. While I was young‚ I found it easy to appreciate attending school with expatriate students from different pockets of the world and being immersed in Japanese culture alongside my peers. Put simply‚ most students were inherently in the “same boat”‚ establishing
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Carlson Final Copy My life in High School I spent the first two year of high school at Westland High in Columbus Ohio. Those years were somewhat average and most of the time I felt board‚ even though I was on the track team. One of the more unusual things that occurred was that a classmate‚ who I had talked with many times and who sat by me in a few classes murdered his parents! I spent the rest if high school at Grove City High School‚ after moving there in my junior year. My senior year was
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