I remember a few months after I settled into Shanghai‚ my mother took me to a ballet class. Back when I lived in Australia‚ I adored my dance classes‚ so when I found out I was overjoyed. As we headed to the studio‚ I had on a leotard that a parent from Australia had made for me. It was a gorgeous rose pink and its nylon fabric reflected against the light‚ with that a smooth‚ lightweight chiffon skirt wrapped around my waist‚ below‚ typical ballerina tights. I steadily walked into the class in my
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start to see how the impact of maternity leave provisions on mothers. The FMLA has required employers to provide employees job-protected and unpaid leave for qualified medical and family reasons. Some qualified medical and family reasons include personal or family illness‚ family military leave‚ adoption‚ pregnancy‚ or the foster care place of a child. The act started off by saying that “…it is important for the development of children and the family unit that fathers and mothers be able to participate
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twitter‚ Facebook and I would always come up with some bullshit person just pretending to be someone‚ and although they saw it as some funny game but it was a nasty joke to me that would tare up my hope every year. So when my mom’s (my real mom’s) personal investigator found the names of my brother and my birth mom the first thing I did was search for them on Facebook‚ I found my brother and I messaged him three times on October 29‚ 2013 and received nothing. Finally when I had given up on everything
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Benjamin Reaux 25 October 2013 English III AP 6th Period Mrs. Susan MayetThe Reasons of Life Throughout my life thus far‚ I have ultimately learned from experience that everything happens for a reason‚ a sole reason that has shaped my journey to contribute to my greater-good. This reason is intuitive‚ not to be specifically named but to be subconsciously present within the unlimited boundaries of my mind. Recently‚ I have faced the most defining moment in my entire life‚ and the early process
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I learned most emotions from school. You would think I would have learned most of my feelings from my home life‚ but I think my parents did the best they could to cover them up and make it seem like everything was fine and dandy. I grew up in a museum of sorts‚ or
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9/25/13 A few weeks ago‚ it was before an upcoming video game called “Grand Theft Auto 5” was about to be released‚ people on the media were talking about the “Grand Theft Auto” video game series due to the fact that it is considered to be one of the most controversial video game series. Despite its popularity‚ people have been opposed to the series. When people in some types of media were talking about the new “Grand Theft Auto” game‚ which was going to be released on September 2013‚ they’ve mentioned
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My brother and I continued to sprint through the dark‚ damp streets. Puddles splashed under our feet making eerie echoes. We passed closed shops and empty parking lots. It seemed like I wouldn’t even have nightmares as creepy as what I was walking through. It was darker than usual. A unearthly feeling was in the air. No one was around‚ which was normal because it was almost midnight‚ but it felt different. “Maybe I’m just in a bad mood‚” I whispered to myself. School had proved to be a tragedy yet
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Peculiar path In one of the coldest days of winter‚ I opened my eyes to this mysterious world in a private hospital located in the most entertaining city‚ Tehran. Since that day‚ my dreams and aspirations have been shaped in an odd manner in a conflict of values. I grew up in Iran in a traditional Persian family that was also influenced by western values. We were living in the middle of an Islamic Republic with a fundamentalist Islamic ideology that conflicted with my family values. “Our Family
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Does moving to a new place change everything you ever experience? Moving to a whole new descriptive place is like being pop out of your mothers belly again. Especially‚ when you move to a place where the language‚ the food‚ the people‚ school and everything else is brand new. Those type of situations‚ shape your way of living in a constructive way that will affect the rest of your lifestyle. That’s the same situation that made me have a life change into a whole new story. Almost 15 years ago‚ my
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Icy Friendships The air was ice cold and dry; so cold that with each inhalation‚ my nostrils burned and as I exhaled my breath was as thick as fog. In the distance I could hear the tapping of the woodpeckers pecking up in the trees and the echoes of pine cones as they hit neighboring patios. With the sun shining bright and Mother Nature at peace‚ who could have possibly foreseen what was to come. Two girls had set out on a trip to the liquor store and returned home with far much more than
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