Growing up in Hawaii the ocean or the pool was the place I felt most comfortable. My dad is a big reason why I love the water and being so active. He signed me up on the Kona Dolphins swim team when I was ten years old. I immediately fell in love. I loved being able to push myself to swim faster and continuing to beat my fastest times. My coach saw potential in me and continued to push me to become a faster swimmer. But‚ as I got older and entered middle school‚ I grew apart from the sport and desired
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to eight as I slowly raise one of my leg to do a “ballet leg” in the water was something that 6th grade me never imagined doing. Tossing a ball up to serve and trying to keep the ball in play to win a point was another thing that 6th grade me never imagined doing. What’s another thing that 6th grade me never imagined doing? Running with a pole down a straight path to get my whole body over a bar. So you can maybe already guess that 6th grade me wasn’t fond of sports. The reason why I just didn’t
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I was thinking about all the so called friends who’ve walked out on my life. The ones who gave me hope for my future. The ones who made me feel joy. The ones who made me feel like I matter. The ones who made me feel normal and valued. And then ditch me taking all of that away. I’m sick of it. But you know what? I always believed I was the cause. I was a loser. I made them leave. I screwed up again. My life is worthless. My future is dark‚ lonely‚ miserable‚ and will probably end in suicide. I
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When I was in third grade I had a dog and Pekingese named Leah I got her from a dog breeder and when I saw her I immediately wanted to pet her but she ran away and so I decided id hide beside the dog box out of sight until she came back and I pet her when she did and after a few tries it worked and I got a hold of this little ball of fluff and I just knew I had to have her and I did however I didn’t tell my dad and I that I had gotten a dog so I put her in the laundry room because he never goes in
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I stood in front of a headstone. A peculiar but familiar sensation spread through my body. “It is a feeling of indissoluble connection of belonging inseparably to the external world as a whole.” The words from Freud’s book whispered behind my ears like a gentle breeze cooling the heat of July in Rome which was burning my exposed skin. This feeling reminded me of my childhood. I do not remember when I first reached for the coarse surface of a stepping stone. The stepping stones‚ relics from the
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I am Anyuta Kozhushok‚ and I was born in Ukraine. When I was 3 years old‚ my parents won a green card which allowed them to move to the U.S. and begin a better life. As soon as I came‚ I was put into a daycare which I despised and according to my parents‚ “cried my eyes out.” Then‚ a girl‚ Julie‚ noticed that I was miserable and played with me and helped me through my day and is now my best friend even after the many years that have passed. Many people would think that after that I went onto Elementary
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everything in me: I have a Norwegian mom and a dad from Chicago; I’m a lanky redhead in a land of dark-haired short people; I speak English‚ Norwegian‚ Albanian and even some Spanish. Moving around and attending and international school has added even more variety to the salad that is my life. My family started out living in a city in the south of Albania called Vlora. Vlora was where my first years of preschool as well as life in general happened. Though I was only four years old I knew people and
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I have grown as a student this year by going to G3 to volunteer to help students with their homework and reading to them. Some of the goals that I have for my freshmen year is to pass 9th grade with a high G.P.A‚ not fail any of my classes‚ try to stay on track with my reading points and turn in all my homework and classwork on time. I will keep up with my reading points by reading 1-2 hours at home and reading at school when I can..Some other goals that i have to complete outside of school
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Challenges I Have Overcome Being alive means facing with challenges‚ and feeling satisfied when overcoming them. In my life‚ I faced with many challenges‚ and I am happy I was able to address them. One of the greatest challenges in my life was to become a student at the American university. In order to achieve this objective‚ I had to work hard to learn the language‚ and to adapt to the Western way of life. Although overcoming these challenges was quite stressful‚ it made me a happy and confident
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afternoon‚ Alioska and I decided to break a norm. Aventura mall was the perfect location for our sociology experiment. The massive mall is successfully loud‚ busy‚ and active. We immediately went to work. Our initial attempt was tremendously nerve wrecking. I agreed to go first. I immediately felt anxious. My heart was racing and hands were shaking. I was terrified to break a norm due to the fact that I presumed people’s reaction would be different. I was correct. The first elevator was filled with a young
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