My parents moved from Nigeria to Canada‚ where they had four children. Being the oldest‚ I have always tried to play the role of a protector and adviser‚ which is fulfilling when I see them feel comfortable when I’m around. At the age of five‚ my parents introduced me to the game of soccer‚ a game I have been intimately involved till now. This sport‚ being a team activity‚ helped shape my personality and character. A character in believing that working hard to contribute to a team effort is vital
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Molloy College wide-eyed‚ excited‚ and eager to peruse the life her immigrant parents worked so hard for her to create. Now unfortunately for the girl‚ life didn’t seem to go in the path she and her family expected. Her mother had been diagnosed with Breast Cancer. In the way cancer always seems to operate‚ it snuck up on the girl and turned her idea of “future” inside out. Her life began to spiral out of control in way not many people in her life could understand. Suddenly the career-driven‚ caring‚
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Addiction hit my family hard before I was even born. In November of 1998 my grandfather went missing. Police and search teams searched for my grandfather for months and found no leads. It has been 18 years and my grandfather still has not been found. I really wish I was able to meet my grandfather and at least figure out what happened to him. Addiction is a ruthless ruler in this world‚ and it does not care what it takes from families. My grandmother told me that my grandfather was involved with
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“What’s amazing is‚ if young people understood how doing well in school makes the rest of their life so much interesting‚ they would be more motivated. It’s so far away in time that they can’t appreciate what it means for their whole life.”- Bill Gates. There are many great and not so great things about schools. Gunstream is very important to me because it is such a friendly and positive aura. It is safe to say that anyone that goes to this school can think of many great things‚ people‚ and memories
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With life‚ there are many obstacles to overcome such as growing up‚ finding a job‚ and gaining your education. Behind each of those obstacles is a goal that can change your life‚ my goal started as I was growing up. Obstacles are known as a barrier‚ and my plan was to get past that. I had a certain interest and that happened to be science. Science would always make me feel wiser and more intelligent compared to my classmates. As I grew older‚ my interest in science grew stronger as well. When I was
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cancer and what it does to a person. My grandmother had died from lung cancer before I was born‚ so I never was exposed to the gruesomeness of the disease. Bo was twelve years old when he was diagnosed with a rare form Leukemia. Prior to being diagnosed with Leukemia‚ Bo was an normal active boy‚ who was friends with everyone. I was three years older than Bo‚ but we lived in a small community where everyone knew each other. Bo Johnson was friends with a lot of my friends siblings and we all would hang
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world I come from is filled with trouble. Growing up has been awfully challenging for me. On one side of my family‚ there are well educated people who know their responsibilities and understand right from wrong‚ and on the other side there are troublemakers who seek to enjoy themselves as much as possible (with the exception of a few) with little to no responsibilities. During a major part of my childhood‚ I had been best friends with one of those cousins for a long time‚ to the point where I myself
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MY FATHER- THE PERSON WHO HAS INFLUENCED ME IN MY LIFE Right from the word go ‚ he has been my inspiration . A man with immense wisdom and advise ‚ my father has made me what I am to day . He is the linchpin of my success in my life .My father is a very hard-working person and one who values education in one ’s life . Being a teacher by profession ‚ I was really touched with the way he used to concentrate all his efforts in making his students pass .This also made me to follow his footsteps by
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of nine‚ I already had lived through my first earthquake in Chile. I had evaded death and lived to tell its story. I had experienced at first hand the trauma of living through one of Mother Nature’s most notorious catastrophes. The earthquake taught me that life is unpredictable and life should be cherished intensely. I was living with my grandmother at that point in my life. It was an ordinary Sunday morning; I was dressing up to go to church with grandma. My aunt Berta had called earlier that morning
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alongside my father as a butcher. I was born in Merida‚ Mexico to a single mother. As the man of the house I began working at the age of seven cleaning windshields at stoplights and polishing shoes for any available change that people could spare. I came to America at age of twelve. My father had been anxiously waiting to meet me the day I arrived in Houston. My first challenge tested my capabilities at adapting to a foreign country without any family members to support me‚ other than my father who
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