Everyone in life will have their own personal obstacles they will have to face in life. Some people will mentally shut down and give up when faced with a challenge. Others will take their challenges and use them to better themselves. The obstacles that I have faced in my life have never hit me harder than they have these past few months. This being my senior year‚ I always expected it to be the most laid back and relaxing year of my high school career. When in fact I set myself up for one of the
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Challenges When I was 12 years old‚ I started my second language training in English at a cram school. I was the oldest one in the class which was very embarrassing. At the beginning‚ it seemed easy. As I progressed to a higher level things became harder and more confusing. My English teacher at junior high school was awesome and was the one who made me start to love the language. Because of her communication skills‚ excellent teaching ability and passion it made me desperately want to get more
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Greg F English for Life and Work 3 Writing Project Unit 4 05/18/2012 Narrative Essay On February 2‚ 2003 I was laid off by Toys R Us‚ a job I had held for 10 years. I started working there in 1992 when I was only 18 years old. I grew up in that job‚ learning about life from my co-workers and my experiences with the customers. I was so dedicated to the company that the layoff took me by surprise‚ I never saw it coming. Looking back now‚ I really should have expected it‚ and I’m surprised
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Narrative My whole life‚ my family has moved from house to house. We’ve lived with my grandmother‚ in multiple apartments‚ in “repo” houses‚ and now in houses that are still being built. It definitely hasn’t been easy‚ but it has definitely helped me become the person I am today. When I was seven‚ my grandmother was having some financial problems among other things. When my parents sold our first house‚ we moved into her double wide trailer to help her pay some bills. We lived with her my
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My personal Challenge The thrill of being dropped from incredible heights‚ tossed upside down‚ thrown side to side‚ spun around and around at high speeds was not my thing. It was more of a great fear and anxiety for me. A fear which I have had since I was only little. Going to theme parks with the roller coasters and rides built up like tall trees in a forest around you and the sound of the thrill seekers screams like birds flying around above me echoing long after in my head made me envious
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Football meant every in my life so much that I had immersed myself in the sport‚ and was dedicated to it and nothing else mattered. I had even had committed to coming to the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor to play football. However‚ on March 31‚ 2013 I was driving home from work‚ when one of the biggest moments in my life happened. While I was driving my car began to shake and I ended up losing my front driver side wheel and my back passenger side wheel. As these came off my car I went into a tailspin
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My life philosophy has always been to impact the world and help people. Growing up in Haiti where more than half of the population live in extreme poverty and two out of three Haitians lives on less than US$2 per day according to the world food programme‚ I quickly realized how the people around me and my friends didn’t have the opportunity that I had in order to reach their potential and achieve their dream. Attending school‚ having a meal where many of the opportunities that many people were deprived
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RICH I was alone. I sat on the concrete table in the schoolyard of the local school in Annestown. My parents and I had finally settled in Annestown‚ Ireland. I was an only child‚ and had no friends in this town‚ which made me very lonely. Let me start from the beginning. I am Caitlin Conchubair‚ which is my maiden name. Most people know me as Caitlin O’Connor‚ though. Early last year‚ my parents and I had ancestral DNA tests done to find out where we were from. Once we got them back‚ we discovered
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I have faced many trials in my life: emotionally‚ mentally‚ and physically‚ etc. In my youth‚ my family and I moved every couple of years because my father serves in the Army. Each move introduced new challenges and adjustments. I have lived in five different states‚ but six different cities. I constantly had to learn how to readjust to my new environment. Moving taught me how to adapt socially ‚ but always starting out as “the new girl” or an “outsider” was burdensome. Repeatedly leaving people
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winter just like a vicious witch who put magic on me and made me had a bad start in USA. My family immigrated during the winter and it brought changes in my life and my personality. It is a sign of starting new. In this new place‚ I have enjoyed a certain level of comfort like making new friends and seeing new things. But‚ every day‚ I still had to grapple with language difficulties‚ cultural gaps‚ and day-to-day life issues. Especially about associating with people‚ social aspect became one of the most
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