When I read both of the two concepts‚ I felt niche- picking applies more on me. Even though I was born in a large family‚ but I got a lot of attention from both of my parents and my siblings‚ maybe because I was the youngest child in my family‚ or maybe I was just a lovely kid. Anyway‚ I grew up in such a supportive environment‚ which built up my self confident and made me more effective. On of the things that I found interesting in the book‚ and had related to my own experiences of life was‚
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I was anchored. My boat rocked slightly from side to side‚ the waves shifted‚ but my feet were firm with my anchor rigidly planted in the ocean floor. I had discovered who I was‚ and it was exactly who I aspired to be: a girl with authority and the title to prove it. I was one of three freshman representatives of the Student Board‚ the prestigious and sought-after body of student government. The entire year I held onto that identity and knew it was only a matter of time before my incumbency kicked
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“All teenagers feel that way.” “You’re just over exaggerating your sadness.” “Stop being such a drama queen.” Seventh grade is when the sadness started. A month passed. Two. Eventually‚ feeling “down” became the new normal. Horrible thoughts of dying and self mutilation flooded my brain on a constant basis. But everyone feels that way... or so I was told. My friendships crashed and burned because I lost motivation to work on them. I was an outsider at school‚ with my friends‚ with my family‚ and
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The Sculptor of Life After reading "The Open Boat" and reflecting back on my life‚ I realized that I am who I am mostly because of the environment I grew up in. Right when I was able to run and jump‚ I followed my older brother everywhere he went‚ most of the time unwanted. However‚ the time I spent with my brother and his friends truly molded my character into part of who I am today. Fishing‚ playing hockey‚ and just "chilling" with these older people‚ I think‚ enabled me to mature much faster
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Learning to do‚ doing to learn‚ earning to live‚ living to serve. Growing up in a family that has a huge background in the FFA I have become very familiar with it’s motto. My father and brother were both highly involved in FFA and as have I. This organization has been a huge contributor to the development of my leadership skills. Starting in the eighth grade I joined my local FFA chapter. Once I got involved I started to attend Leadership camps on the local‚ state‚ and even at the national level
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State championship medals are not easily attained; they are obtained even less simply when undermined by a potentially crippling and painfully uncontrollable neurological disorder. When a person thinks of Tourette’s syndrome‚ he or she likely does not conceive a teenager gifted in public speaking. In order to accomplish my high school ambition of winning state in extemporaneous forensics‚ I had to combat muscular tics so stifling that I was prescribed a muscle relaxer to quell the nerve pain I had
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A plethora of memories swarmed my thoughts‚ like mosquitos under a light as I drove through urban Minneapolis on August 13th. We reached St. Olaf around 9 am‚ just in time as the first year football players were supposed to move in. I unloaded the items I had from my car and to my surprise all of the upper classmen carried my items to my room on the highest floor of Ytterboe. I entered an unfamiliar space which would be my home for the next three weeks. I unpacked my belongings and socialized with
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UFT 1. I enjoy participating in different kind of sports. I’ve been learning to swim professionally in the different styles with various speed and intensity. I consider this type of activity very interesting‚ as I like to travel to warm countries where I can use my skills to sail in the sea or in the ocean. Also‚ almost all the muscles are used while swimming. Furthermore‚ I have been attending gymnastics and dance class for my self-development. And I am in pursuit of leaning how to dance Latin-American
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and have put in a lot of time my scores especially on the narrative essay don’t reflect that. At the beginning of the semester I was quite lacking in organizational skills. In high school‚ we weren’t assigned much formal writing‚ so my base for organization was not solid. I think this is one of the places I have most improved over the past semester. I myself can see an improvement between the organization of the narrative essay and the research paper. Although my organization now may not be great
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Victoria Oslund EDUC 203 12/10/12 Reflective Essay. Teaching and Learning in a Diverse Society has truly opened my eyes to what I will be facing in a classroom‚ whether it be the type of students I will be teaching or how I will teach my students a controversial topic. It gave me many different ways to bring up a hard topic that someone people would feel uncomfortably teaching to younger students. Not only did it open my eyes it has helped me think in abstract ways on topics that are new to
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