Essay #2 Please describe how and when any unusual family or personal circumstances have affected your achievement in school‚ work experience‚ or your participation in school and community activities. A couple years ago I encountered a situation where I was close to my final breath. This situation unfolded when I was on vacation in Hawaii with my family. We traveled to a beach were we enjoyed the sun and had a great time when I was caught by a riptide and taken a couple hundred yards out into the
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If you are a high school student‚ life without basketball has to be incomplete. We all had gathered at the school gymnasium‚ready to play the game.It was challenging at first‚but with daily practice‚this game is a piece of cake. Ever since‚ I have represented my school for many matches. I have represented my school for many matches. I have managed to gather many fans as well; but today is the toughest challenge: National level. Practice
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When I was just a child the world seems like an endless place‚ and all the world was to me was my backyard. As I grew‚ I slowly began to realize that in-fact despite the world’s size‚ we are all connected somehow and each personal encounter that I experience adds to that connection. This awareness truly began to resonate with me when I transferred to Loomis Chaffee. Upon arriving‚ I had not truly experienced much of the world besides a few vacations and a few students in my classes that had some
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I remember feeling nervous each time I had to open the door halfway through a workshop. I would hope that I wasn’t be too disruptive‚ and that I could still figure out what was happening. However‚ every week when I came late for the meetings I was always welcomed. Even though I didn’t end up knowing what was going on most of the time‚ I still felt that I was gaining something from those meetings‚ and I kept on coming back. The decision to continue going has definitely been something I haven’t regretted
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Brief It is a real experience that I had in my father’s company. This spring‚ our company planned to add one floor on the top-storey of their 3-floor office building. Before construction‚ our Company needed to obtain an inn owner’s permission‚ as the addition floor will block light shining into some rooms of his inn-- AB Inn‚ which locates in the other building next to our office building. Therefore‚ our company had to negotiate with AB Inn regarding the permission and compensation issue. I was
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I ride on the deserted one a.m. highways. The streetlights zoom past me one-by-one as I enter hyper speed into the road’s abyss. I ride to Sunway‚ second home to me and Ben‚ my closest friend. I forgot to print out the tickets for the Laneway Music Festival in Singapore I’m attending the day after so I pull out the “bro card” on Ben. We plan to meet at Bidara‚ the go-to restaurant for when we feel rebellious and sneak out of our homes‚ unbeknownst to our parents‚ late at night. I ride out early to
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spontaneous. Through others experiences and hardships we learn and grow as human beings‚ not only did I enjoy helping others but I felt that it helped me with my problems. Having moved around so much and meet so many people and living by myself so many years I came to truly be thankful for my blessings and specially for my hardships. Hermann Hesse once said‚ "I have always believed‚ and I still believe‚ that whatever good or bad fortune may come our way we can always give it meaning and transform
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the robbery to be the evidence of the incident. Next day my father read in the newspapers that the robbers were caught and the stolen goods recovered. I felt very happy when heard this new from my father. This incident really an unforgettable experience for me and I thought that I will never forget about that shop. From this incident also‚ I realised
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Tyler Albert English Essay Absent There’s always a time in one’s life‚ when a hero comes along. Somebody who has inspired you‚ and helped you learn what life is about. It could be anyone of any person or any kind of disability could be a hero. I remember it as if it was yesterday‚ surprisingly‚ as my state of mind on that cold December night can be described only of confusion. It was around eight o’clock p.m. when my mother received a phone call from her brother-in-law‚ who told
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family from the Philippines. They had little girls that would always steal money from people. Then further down the street there was a little boy from Iran that always swore at me. Our next door neighbors were African Americans and that was Mrs. Tina. Mrs. Tina lived in the house next to us with her two grandchildren and her daughter. Her grandchildren‚ Jasai and Kaniya‚ were my two best neighborhood friends. We went to school together and always walked to and from the bus together. In the part of Georgia
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