sleep; I feared that the upcoming baby would steal my mom’s love from me. It is normal for children to desire their parents’ love and attention‚ especially for a kid like me who grew up with a single mom. At the age of four‚ my mom was my whole world. I thought she felt the same way until she announced that she would have a baby. I would not have accepted the fact that my mom could divide her love between me and my sister. However‚ when I observed my mom holding a tiny crying baby in her arms‚ witnessing
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Park. My girlfriend Rosie was 21 years old and she was also working at Tarza as an Administrative Assistant. We started dating in January of 1998 after our co-workers set us up on a date. Since then after work we would go out to one of the many bars in Tumon with our co-workers and party the night away. This was our daily routine since we had no kids or curfew to worry about. We were young adults working in the heart of Tumon which was the party capital of Guam. So on January 3rd of 2001‚ my life
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window of my room. i hear gospel music coming from the kitchen so I walked in that direction. When I got into the kitchen my mom started fussing at me because I did not clean up the day before. So‚ after I got done cleaning I soon started to smell barbecue outside. I started helping with the barbecue and around the house as well. After that‚ I went outside to play with my dog Max but ended up jumping on m trampoline. I started flipping like the instructions tell me not to‚ bouncing on my back then
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sexually‚ or any type of background. My parents’ identities are incomprehensible to me‚ because I do not experience life the same way they did‚ and I did not grow up in the same situations in which they did. My cultural identity is inherited from my parents in a way that does not particularly connect with them--that is‚ it is inherited from their sense of self identity and capability to recognize who they are as people. While my my mom may associate herself as one way‚ my dad may associate himself as another
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When I took my first success profiler in the beginning of my freshman year‚ I was okay with my score and looked at it as a starting point‚ expecting natural progression. As any eighth grader would be‚ I was more than ecstatic. .Now I have experienced all the wonderful perks of being a freshman‚ and have a very different point of view than I did when I was fresh out of middle school. Ninth grade had an incredible impact on my mindset‚ and it was difficult to say the least. An enormous workload‚ early
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With all the hours I poured into my last essay‚ it felt like a slap in the face that they didn’t even send a “thank you for trying” letter. I spent the announcement day sitting on my in-law’s porch sipping coffee with Baileys and stewing over yet another essay contest loss. Lacking in ideas of where I went wrong‚ I tried imitating old photos of authors again for inspiration. Leaning on the arm of the wicker chair with my chin resting on curled fingers; I held my pen like a cigarette‚ hoping to channel
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"Hey grandma I’m taking the four-wheeler‚ and going down the road and back " hollered Glenn. Emma Drake my cousin yelled back‚ " I want to come with you! " He yelled " let me go down the road first." Then about five minutes later another family member came speeding in the driveway. He told us that Glenn was down the road and the four-wheeler was flipped over completely. So‚ my grandma called 911 and after she was finished we speeded down the road. When we headed down the road we heard
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1. I choose to 5S my backpack because it had been causing small annoyances in my everyday life. For example‚ I would spend an unnecessary amount of time looking for a writing utensil‚ my keys‚ or wallet. This became a problem when I needed to find these items in a hurry. I also had trouble finding papers (and nametags) I needed in the main part of my bag‚ because there were many unlabeled folders and papers scattered around. 2. Sort: Contents that were in the front pocket included trash‚ coins‚ pens
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one for me. It wasn’t until I was about fourteen that I really took to the idea of living in New York City‚ the dance capital of the world. As a freshman in high school‚ it seemed that everyday brought with it some conversation or lecture about college possibilities. With each month it seemed that more of my friends had figured out what they were going to do after high school. Each had narrowed their choices
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ignorant. I still am ignorant. My goal in life is to rid myself of this ignorance‚ to empathize with people in trying situations and to experience events‚ good and bad‚ that the world has to offer. My naivety started with my town. Its relative uniformity and unsurprising day-by-day routine had its way of sheltering me. The adults didn’t talk about the fluctuating economy or the poor conditions throughout the world that other experience. But I was curious about life outside my town so I turned to the Internet
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