...Important Things I have many important things in my life that I could not live without. From people I know, to places I visit, even the music I listen to all means something to me. The very first thing that comes to mind when someone asks me what is important to me are the people that are important to me. My sister Krista is by far the best sister I could ever ask for; if I need anything she would be the first person that I go to for help. For example one time I got kicked out of a party at 3am and Krista came to pick me up. She is always there to talk about my problems and help me out. Obviously like any other normal siblings we do argue a lot, but it never lasts for very long. Krista is by far my favourite family member. Another person in my life that is extremely important to me is my nephew Cole. He is one year old and is the cutest baby I have ever seen. Cole can cheer me up even when I am in the worst mood. I remember one time I was having the worst day and nothing seemed to go right. I was being rude to everybody and nothing could make me smile. When I got home from school my sister showed up for a surprise visit with Cole and I instantly got the biggest smile on my face. It is impossible for me to be in a bad mood around him. Another thing that comes to mind when I'm asked what is important to me are the material things. I could never live without my iPod; I have a different playlist of music for every type of mood I am in. Music makes me happy when I'm upset...
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...Sixteen years into my life I have had a lot of ups, downs, and maybe a few loops just like a roller coaster, but all these things have defined who am I today. The best thing that has ever happened to me has been my family traveling to Mission Beach, San Diego, California every summer since I was two years old. For about fourteen years now five other families and mine have been going to Mission Beach for the same week, we all stay near each other. This has been the best thing in my life because no matter what is going on at home we always have this week to look forward to. This is not the only week that we travel to Mission, but it has become a tradition within all of our families and I could not imagine my life without it. In Mission I have...
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...any speed and this represents my switch between middle school between high school. And the reason is because in 8th and 9th grade went any way bad or good fast or slow but 9th was the worst. It all starts with 8th grade was easy and boring and then in the end of summer about to go high school, I was pretty nervous then boom 9th grade hits me like a tornado. At the end of 7th grade summer I was getting ready for 8th grade I was kinda scared but I new I have to go. My first day was like being in the line for a kiddy ride and finally getting on it. Just buckling in and listening to directions really easy and boring. But the worst part was the mean and annoying director for the roller coaster kind like my Spanish teacher that year.But other than that it was a fun and easy year really boring just like a kitty ride. And at the end of 8th grade summer was like waiting in line for that really scary roller coaster scariest at the park.Day 3 was like when you're walking around the amusement park and just seeing the massive roller coaster.Day 2 was like when my friends say hey let's go ride that roller coaster and I already started to sweat and get nervous.while walking to the roller...
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...During times of conflict we are tested, conflict can evoke the best and worst out of individuals based on how they react and cope with it, without conflict we can never know what we are truly capable of. Many figures throughout history have shown how conflict brings out the best and the worst in them; this is also shown in the film Paradise road which is directed by Bruce Beresford. The My Lai massacre is an example of how conflict brings out the best and the worst and people, the My Lai massacre was when a group of American soldiers couldn’t cope with the stress of Guerrilla Warfare against the Vietcong troops, and under their lieutenants command they fired upon the village of My Lai decimating all inhabitants which included women and children. This is a clear example of how conflict brought out the worst in these individuals, they war in a foreign land and the constant stress of being killed finally tore them up internally so they open fired and killed innocent civilians. Although it seems that only the worst arose from the conflict in My Lai, some of the best did come from it, an example is the brave chopper pilot Hugh Laury so put himself and his men on the line to save the civilians. Laury even went as far as ordering his men to fire on the American troops if they didn’t stop shooting at the Vietnamese village; this is a clear cut example of how the best of a person can arise from conflict, his morality didn’t waver , even in the face of the evil around and amongst him...
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...My mom kept getting mad, talking about how my Dad had not sent any money to cover for this month. According to her he’d said “ Well, figure out a way”. My mom hated when my Dad said this, it seriously pissed her off. My dad was currently living in El Paso, Tx while the rest of us kids and his wife were in Mexico. My mom and dad had an off and on relationship, he always ended up leaving right after my mom had a kid, but he always came back, and she always welcomed him. This happened for each of us, It was something my mom had gotten used to, Well, that’s what I think because she always took him back. My mom was engaged in a conversation with my aunt, telling her how irresponsible my dad was. “ I need you to cross me over…” My aunt said “ I’ll...
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...forsaken day it came to bite me in the butt. I never knew it would get this far, I just assumed they were being weird and stupid, like they always were. I thought they would leave, go have some fun, and then return, like they always did and that would be the end of it. Boy was I wrong. It was a simple lie, or I believed it would be. My sister, Saadiyo, told me to cover for her like she always did. At that exact moment, I was filled with annoyance with her, because she always did this to me (by “this” I mean leave me behind.) They never invited me on their little escapades, considering I’m the youngest. “Killing their rep,” they put it. So, I just did what any young sibling would do: agree. What other options did I have? Say no? Nope that wasn’t an option, they’d never invite me then. I asked...
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...Good Job Kandi. I enjoyed reading your post on migraines. I have suffered Migraines since having my first child 21 years ago. I have had all types of headaches Migraines are by far the worst. They are in fact genetic my mother, daughter, aunts and cousin also have them. My migraines triggers are perfumes, flashing lights, not eating and things of that nature but perfumes are the worst. I do not have the aura, so I never know until it hits and most of the time I end up in the emergency room having to get a shot to get rid of it. I have been prescribed medications but was allergic to the Imitrex and treximet and was unable to tolerate them. Jarvis recommends going into a dark room and lying down and getting sleep to get rid of the Migraine....
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...a week at all. Granted in a market that’s down a bit to maximize my earnings that might not have been the best approaches as the market didn’t not vary a whole lot, at least for what I had invested in, but I will get to that later. As far as what I hoped to get as a rough expected return was about 5-10%. I was hoping to make some money within the game but also not expecting huge profits based on the current financial climate and the amount of trading and effort put in for my more conservative portfolio. That return I was hoping to realize in the 10-week holding period but looking at it now with a change in the climate in future months it might be more realizable in an annualized holding period. Some constraints that I took into consideration while doing this project are not very severe and don’t entail a whole lot. When I took this project on I didn’t particularly see the 10 weeks as the final see all. I did not go and put all 500,000 directly into the market even though I used most of it. It was more long term probably closer to a year but beyond that was not anything I considered or what of even wanted to do within the course of the class and project. As far as other constraints I didn’t want to put to much into any one thing, I tried to spread it all the money around to several different companies, bonds, funds, etc. Beyond that for constraints I am not to familiar with taxes and other specific regulations so I didn’t...
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...people. No matter how hard you try, Thers , I still face problems. It is as if my life is an ocean of endless problems and disappointments; however one of the disappointments I have faced happens to be the most interesting part of my life. I had been learning how to drive for five month. I was spending part of my life in the car, but I kept up with that to get my license and enjoy the freedom of being able to go wherever I wanted, whenever I wanted. The day I had my driving test was the day I would find out if all the effort and time I had put into driving was worth it or not. The day before my driving test was one of the worst and darkest days of my life because I was extremely nervous and worried about the judgment day, which was the next day. My brothers and sisters teased me about failing the road test. We went through all the instructions and all other details that there was to know. I usually sleep late, but on the day before my driving test I slept unusually early. During my sleep, I kept imagining failing the test the next day, and I couldn't stop thinking about it. However, I tried to stop thinking about tomorrow and tried to get a good night's sleep, which would be an advantage for me when taking the test. Finally, I slept like a baby without any nightmares this time. On the big day, I woke up to my alarm and got ready to be picked up by my uncle to go to the DMV, where I would have my driving test. I was very nervous while we were on the way to the DMV. Once I got...
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...that almost cost me my life. Like every Saturday after a long week of school and work, my friend and always meet at the café in my neighborhood and set up the plan of the weekend. But that Saturday something , an special event was going on in my city cotonou. It was the 11th of may, the celebration of the death of Robert nesta marley (bob marley) . on that day something happened in my life. It help me change the way I perceive things and grow my faith. I wish It didn’t happen but at the same time it was a good experience. Every Saturday night in cotonou, is amazing. In the whole west Africa, cotonou is known as the city that party the most in the weekend. I am from that city and I used to love partying a lot till an tragic event happened in my life, a traffic accident. Let me explain a little bit how it happened. I was only 19 years old. Early in the morning around 8 am, I called my best friends kader and biggie. I asked them to meet me at the café which was the routine almost every saturday. I was already there, and while I was waiting on them I ordred the breakfast. When they got there we start setting up our plan for the night, and together enjoyed the food. Couple hour later around 10 am , I went to “missebo,” a outside clothes market 30minutes far from my house and bought my outfit of the night. As soon as I left “missebo,” I went back home. My mother was with her husband at a weeding party , so I took her car and drove it to kola’s house another of my best friend. At this...
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...of seven days in the hospital after the second surgery with four more days staying in a house beside the hospital. We expected to be gone a minimum of three weeks. During the days leading up to our departure, God kept working on my heart concerning the man who hit my car. Truly, I was not angry with him. I knew he did not mean to hurt me. It was an accident. But, the reality of the pain and suffering the accident had caused me was a daily reminder of the situation. God kept pressing my heart to “keep my word.” I had promised the man we would settle for the insurance policy limit and not come after him...
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...topic of choice that I chose to write about for my short report paper is Earthquakes. I chose earthquakes because I am fascinated by them, and would like to learn as much information as I can about them. I have found out that these are phenomenons of nature and I am going to enlighten you on what the causes are behind them, the tools we use to track them, and some of the worst ones that have ever happened in history. The following paragraphs will be a complete review of all of the information I have found. I hope you enjoy my paper and let’s get started. First off let’s ask ourselves do we really know what an earthquake is? Not many people do but they have heard of them before, and know that they can be catastrophic. “An earthquake is a sudden and violent shaking of the ground caused by pieces of the crust that violently shift.”( ) Now let’s ask ourselves do we know what causes an earthquake? I have found that what causes an earthquake to form is that when the pieces of our earths four major layers move around they bump into each other, and we call these pieces tectonic plates. The edges of these plates which we call boundaries are made up of faults, these faults are most of the earthquakes in the world today occur. Since the edges of the plates are rough they get stuck together while all the other plates are moving. And then finally when the plates have moved to far from these edges that is when an earthquake will occur. () So how does this movement of these plates shack...
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... came another one: the decision to move to the United States. To be honest, moving to America was a thought already existent in my mind, but because of the constant problems with the soccer system in Brazil, I started to plan it. All those 10 years played in my home country were also put back in the closet of my mind; and the feeling of a new journey, full of experiences were dominating my head. It was a mixed of fear, happiness and hope. Fear because of the uncertain. Happiness because the new possibilities. And hope to build a better and amazing life, for me and my successors. Moving to America would be certainly the best option: I would be able to keep playing soccer, I would move to a “first world country” and the most important, I would have a high-level education and learn the most spoken language in the planet: English. Of course, this decision was not taken...
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...My Life Changing Call: Amy Jo Sanchez Beckfield College Abstract My Life Changing Call Let me start by telling you that it has been extremely difficult to do a career change into something that has no real adrenalin rush for me. I have ADD and the adrenalin is what hooked me when I started in EMS over 17 years ago. I fell in love immediately and still love it to this day. The feeling you get helping people in some of the worst times of their lives even in the end of their life is unexplainable. It sometimes makes you question what there is after death. It’s one of those things that you don’t talk about in EMS or your own family. I have never told anyone that I question if there is an afterlife after death. All I know is that death is inevitable. Let me begin by telling you about the call that changed my life and pushed me to make a career change. It was a beautiful morning on March 21st 2013 and my partner and I had just delivered a patient to the emergency room and got an alarm for a new call, one that would forever change my life. The alarm came in as I was putting my stretcher into the back of my ambulance it was for a baby shot in the head. Now in 911 or emergency medicine not every call comes across as the truth, but little did I know that I would forever remember every detail of this call I was about to go on. This beautiful morning was about to become my worst morning one that I feel stole my soul and my career. They sent the alarm to us twice...
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...maybe this day won't be as bad as i thought it would be, were my exact thoughts to myself before that stupid english teacher called me to the front and gave me a lecture on appearance does not equal gender, which my paper some how disagrees with. from that point on, the day went down hill. i realized that i had gym next period, which was the worst for me both physically and mentally. there was the physical part of physical education, but then there was the dysphoria that always decides to weave itself into my head. it doesn't help that it's only second period, meaning it's only about 8:30. i walked into the auditorium hesitantly, with the gym bag and clothes that the school provided. my eyes scanned the large room, attempting to find familiar...
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