...bigger than life on earth and that’s the almighty God. I practice the Catholic religion. I was born in Cameroon-Africa. I spent most of my childhood and teenage years in a small city in Cameroon called Kumba. I was lucky to be born in a home where education was a priority. I attended elementary and high school in kumba. I later moved to Sweden where I read marketing and international Law at Linnaeus University. I moved to the United States in the year 2010 for a pursuit of my passion, greater opportunities and a better life for myself. I am presently a Nursing Pending student at Valencia College; looking forward to becoming the most passionate and best life saving Nurse I certainly can. My life history has been a mix of happiness, pain, surprises and pursuit. Many things have contributed to the mindset I crave. I was born in a country where opportunities are meant for the wealthy and politically powerful families. I come from a less privilege family. I was raised in a troubled neighborhood where success was hardly a reality. Gunshots in the middle of the night from robbers, rape, illiteracy, crime, drugs, and prostitution were amongst the issues I grew within on a daily basis. I had bad and good friends. My parents had instilled in me a strong education mind set, so I knew education was going to be the key to my success. I did not mind walking for about 3miles to school everyday because I knew education was the only way out. Sometimes life hits us in unfair...
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...Avisek Parajuli The Process of Writing Prof. Michael Lally Narrative Essay 11/2/2013 The Greatest Experience of my Life “The biggest risk in life is not taking any risk.” Mountaineering is a risk, a danger , fun and a learning about life. It was a feeling of great joy and achievement at the summit - a triumphant success - after overcoming danger, fear, and risk of death. With the purpose of having fun and spending our time, my two cousins, Avinash and Avijit. and I planned to go for trekking to the world’s biggest mountain pass, Thorung La Pass. It was a breathtaking experience. In the beginning of our journey, it was fun. But ‘danger’ and ‘risk’ is a part of every trekking and we soon came to know this as we went higher altitude. Also the immature leadership and dispute between us led to the problem that we had never faced before. “How far is it now?” Avinash asked in a hushed tone. ”Probably, 2 hours more.”. I replied. It was the first day of our trekking and we were tired walking continuously for 7 hours. The weight of the trekking bag and boots added the exhaustion making every one of us look pale. We were all full of sweat. It was soon going to be night so we had to walk fast. Suddenly the weather became a bump on our road. The weather turned blustery. It started lightening and thundering with heavy squall. We were in dilemma how to handle the situation. But then I saw a small hut in the jungle, we rushed...
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...terms of mental health, resilience, psychosocial competence and the like. While the discourse of wellbeing is now widely appropriated as a way of capturing our aspirations for children and young people, the term itself is poorly defined and under-theorised (Griffiths & Cooper, 2005; Hamilton & Redmond, 2010; McAuley & Rose, 2010; Noble, 2008). There is a significant instability and ambiguity around the term ‘wellbeing’ both in public policy and popular discourse. Ereaut and Whiting (2008) contend that signals a shifting set of meanings, that is, it represents what is collectively agreed by a group or number of groups constituting the Aristotelian notion of ‘the good life’. In similar vein, Ryan and Deci (2001, p.141) propose that wellbeing is a complex construct that concerns optimal experience and functioning, which will of course be somewhat relative to context. While it is beyond the scope of this paper to canvass literature the theoretical and philosophical underpinnings of wellbeing it is worth pointing out that the current research on wellbeing has been derived from two broad perspectives: the hedonic approach, which focuses on happiness and defines wellbeing in...
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...The idea of death is a subject that always is in the back of all humans’ minds, it follows us wherever we go and prevents us from dong extreme things that could end our lives. Steve Jobs in his 2005 Commencement Address at Stanford University talks about his view on death after a near death experience he says “Death is very likely the single best invention of life. It is life’s change agent. It clears out the old to make for the new,” (Paragraph 6). I would certainly agree with this statement, people will all die it is a part of the human experience and why life should be so greatly valued. Death is something that follows us wherever we go; it cautions us to the dangers of the world until each of our times on earth come to an end. People either fear death or embrace it, which effects how people value life. Life is a gift that I believe no person should take for granted. People die every second of the day without a choice or say in the matter. When a person dies it effects the people who loved them the most, for example from the article “What Is a Life Worth?” by Amanda...
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...Various parts of Shakespeare’s play, Macbeth, relate to my own personal life experiences. In the play it states, “This diamond he greets your wife withal,/By the name of most kind hostess, and shut up/In measureless content” (2.1.18-20). This quotation expresses the fact that Duncan had a good time when he visited Macbeth’s home. Duncan is thanking Macbeth’s wife for her hospitality towards him by gifting her a diamond. This related to my own personal experiences because both my parents frequently host social gathering at our house. Whenever people come over, they usually bring some sort of dish or present to thank the hostess, my mother, for opening her home to them. In both cases, the guests feel welcome, as well as comfortable, in the home...
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...Socrates declared that to understand the mysteries of the universe, one must know himself, and there’s no better tutor than life itself. It’s true that life teaches us in mysterious ways, and often what we expect is not what we get. But what stays with us is the experience obtained during the process. We can learn from it and strive for a better future, or we can blame others for being the reason of our failure and drown ourselves in the pool of sorrow. There have been many experiences in my life that have shaped me into the character that I am now, especially this experience. It all began last school year when I joined Model United Nations. I thought it would be a great society to join to learn more about international issues, ideal for someone like me, an International Baccalaureate Candidate, who aims to bring changes to mankind. Sadly, I realized many of the members were not active. Clearly demonstrated through the small number of delegates that partook in last year’s major conference. Although, we won a golden gavel, I was disappointed about the number of attendees. As the sands of time...
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...Everyone goes through things, everyone thinks that some stuff is harder to go through than others and how you handle it is up to you. You either overcome your past or you dwell in it and feel sorry for yourself. You either grow as a person or stay the same. I decided to overcome it and continue with my life. It took time, but I did it. Two years and seven months ago, I moved from Cambridge to Salisbury, Maryland. It was May 22, 2015, I was twelve years old and halfway through sixth grade. I did not have to worry about switching schools because I was already homeschooled which I had been since fifth grade. The day was just like any other, we planned on going to my friend Natalie’s house, who lived across the street, when she got home. I started to realize that this day was not going to be like any other day when my mom told my brother, my sister and I to go over there now, although the only kids that were there were the younger ones who were about one and three years old....
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...Life Is Like a Box of Chocolates. In everyone’s life, people go through steps, obstacles, and challenges that shape them into the individuals they are. Common obstacles in everyone’s life are their adolescent years. As everyone can attest, the adolescent years may be the most fun but also the hardest, most emotional, and most rough times in everyone’s life. To become individuals, we all have to go through our own journey, which includes the letdowns and miracles because it is what builds us to be the person we grow up to be. Some people may waste life, some may rush through it, but the ones who cherish every moment and live every minute as it was their last, get the richest experience life has to offer. Life is a mystery, and you never know what is going to be handed to you. Just like when Tom Hanks said, "Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're going to get". To get life’s richer experiences, take risks, have fun, and take on critical decisions instead of being afraid of them. In my life, there have been several people who have made the most impact in my life, and my number one fan, although our relationship has been up and down is my mother. My mother has never pushed me aside, and has always kept me under her angelic wings like the precious son I am to her. I have disappointed her time after time, but she has never given up on me. Although there have been times where she said she’s one incident shy, but I know my mother’s strength, and she’ll never...
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...Gabriella Monica English 126 Marcie Sims 8 August 2013 Experience in Life Nowadays, people have learned that experience is a process of learning. Whether the learning is met to be a bad or good experience to the person, it will influence his or her life. Similar with every story that is written, the main character will face a conflict in his or her life. A Story like “Aladdin”, a well-known children story, can be interpreted as a part of learning. Whereby we can see that the sultan of Agrabah learned that he could not trust Jafar, his royal vizier anymore. This was because Jafar tried to take over the Sultan’s power of owning Agrabah. If the conflict had not happened, the Sultan would have not learned about Jafar. This kind of conflict can be defined as an experience to the Sultan of Agrabah. In consequence, the Sultan of Agrabah learned to distrust Jafar. This kind of analysis also applies to some stories and poems. As it is mentioned that most stories or creative writings have conflicts of their own, ”A Good Man is Hard to Find”, “When I heard Learn’d Astronomer”, “The Things They Carried” and “The Secretary’s Chant” lifted up their own conflict by the authors. However, they shared the same theme that is possible to engage them together that experiences shape the individual’s belief. People affect each other’s lives that it is possible for the individual to learn under another person’s influence. This causes people’s comments or actions can change the individual’s way...
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...How past experiences affect your life Sociologist Herbert Mead developed a theory known as social behaviorism, which helped explained why past social experiences help form an individuals’ personality. Mead did not believe that personality was developed by drives or biologically, but more on terms socially. He stated that the self only developed when people interacted with one another. Without the interaction of other people an individual can’t develop a personality. An example of this is that if a child is left in total isolation for a long period of time, then they don’t mature both physically or mentally. Next, social experience is crucial, and this includes the exchange of symbols. Only people attach meanings to words and symbols. If you tell a dog to sit and it obeys then you may give it a snack. However, this doesn’t mean it knows why to sit down, but it does so to get food. You can tell a dog to sit for numerous of reasons such as wanting to impress your friends, or to calm it down because it is running all over the place. Also, Mead noted that understanding individual intentions is critical. This will help us to analyze how an individual will respond even before we act. For example, when we’re driving we all anticipate what others may do because of experience. If an individual behinds you is speeding up rather quickly, then you can assume that they are about to switch lanes, or you can assume that they are in a rush and need to get somewhere quickly. Mead refers to...
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...forward to new experiences. Others like their lives to stay the same, and they do not change their usual habits. Compare these two approaches to life. Which approach do you prefer? Explain why. Some people like to live in the same house, have the same job and habits all their lives. However, others aspire to changes and new experience. Personally, for the several reasons, which I will explain bellow, I prefer the first approach to life. First of all, changes in one's life bring many benefits. One tries new things, gains new knowledge and experience. I think it is great because without changes life becomes boring. I always try to make changes in my life. Moreover, when I feel that my life is boring I do not feel well about it. I feel like I spent those days for nothing. I did not do anything exiting, I learnt nothing interesting and I just waisted my time. Second of all, people need changes. Furthermore, we need obstacles to overcome and reach our goals. I believe that changes make us stronger, more persistent, more self-confident, and more patient. Also, I feel that all people who succeeded in life like changes and new experience because it is impossible to be the best at some field without perfecting the present knowledge and gain new experience. People catch every opportunity to learn more and change their life for the best. From the other side, people who like their lives to stay the same are very permanent. They have the same job all their life, the same habits...
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...A Wonderful Life Changing Experience Kimberly Manuel American InterContinental University Life Changing 2 Abstract This essay is a major part of my life, and it means the world to me. So I want to share my experience of me getting married and/or being married. I will be informative with how it came to where I am today of being married and how I have learned from prior mistakes that was made in my life. And I will also tell how our love for each other has grown stronger and how we have become closer in our path of life. This is a hard journey to accomplish and make it last a lifetime. Life Changing Experience 3 A Wonderful Life Changing Experience I was young and had lots to learn about being married and becoming a wife, the thought I had in my mind that marriage was supposed to be easier, as they make it look in fairy tale stories. I then realized it was not so easy. I was married to a man that never took marriage seriously and it affected our relationship drastically. Our marriage lasted for only six months. In those six months he refused to work to support our family. After several months of financial struggle, I woke up one day with the realization that my sons and I did not deserve this type of life. I decided to move on and search for someone who valued a marriage the same way I did. When I think back on when I first met my husband, it still gives me butterflies. Our...
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...Life Changing Experience Carolas Purvis November 6, 2013 PHI2301| Introduction to Philosophy Faculty: Jena Jolissaint South University Online Individuals all over the world over experience countless experiences throughout their life. With each experience affecting a person in a different way, the day my life changed forever was August 10, 1990 when my beautiful baby girl was born. Bringing her into the world was the most life-changing and memorable experience, I have ever had. I can’t think of anything else that would compare. I was twenty-three years old, unemployed, not married, and hadn’t always made smart decision with my life. I was petrified of having to raise her all alone, how could I with no money or strong support system. The moment I saw her sweet little face, I knew I would do everything I could to make sure she had a good life and I would be the mother she deserved. Society and Single Mothers Despite the fact most Americans have become accustom with couples of the same-sex or couples raising children who are unmarried, they still see single mothers as disadvantageous to society, in accordance to a new poll of society’s thoughts with regards to the nation's rising number of nontraditional family units. And more than two eras after the hit TV show “Murphy Brown” triggered a public commotion when she had a baby out of; a lot of people continue to frown when it comes to the choice of single motherhood. The traditional way of life in our society when I...
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...Life Experiences Essay Being a Christian has always been a huge part of my life and because of this, my worldview is Christian. I grew up in a white family who all had a very Christian upbringing. Both sides of my family considered themselves raised as Southern Baptists. My Great-Grandfather, while growing up in a Jewish home, converted to being a Baptist once he met my Great-Grandmother. He learned so much from her and as he became deeper into his faith, he decided to go to seminary to become a Minister. They were two of the most influential people in all aspects of my life. Shortly after I was born, my parents got divorced. Since my Mom was a single mother, I spent most of my time with my Great-Grandparents. I was one lucky girl. Starting from a very young age, they raised me to be a Christian and taught me to love and trust in God with all of my heart. My Mom, my Grandparents, and I would go to bible study and church every Sunday. When I was five years old, I made the decision to accept Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior and get baptized. The best part was that my Great-Grandfather was the one who baptized me. Even though I was so young, that is a moment I will never forget. This is mostly due to the fact that he passed away the following year. From pre-school all the way to fourth grade, I went to two different private Christian schools. It’s kind of surreal to think back to this type of school because we prayed all the time, had worship, had chapel, and studied the Bible...
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...Angel Lopez 9/12/2013 A Significant experience in my life would start off the first year of Middle School, I had a major problem with depression because I had a problem with my eyes, which was having a lazy eye. Everyone made fun of me and the main part is that my own brother made me feel like I was different and not normal. Even though he started everything from home, he still continued to tease me about my lazy eye outside of home. I got use to the fact that my brother teased me but in school was a different story because everywhere I went anyone would make fun of me and tell me “Are you looking at me or the ceiling” and every time I heard that I felt so bad that I had to ask the teacher if I could go to the restroom so I can cry there in private. Then, seventh grade came and I was really scared they were going to keep making fun of me for one more year. People sort of grew up in the case of teasing me and I was sort of glad but knowing that I was still different and horribly hurt for one year which was the first year of middle school, which I thought was supposed to be the best year. It was still not going to be a good year since I was still going to come home to get teased at from my brother. During the second semester of seventh grade I told my mom I couldn’t handle being made fun off and she told me “Son I know it hurts to be made fun of something...
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