saved my life or helped me pull thru the hardest part. Thanks to these people I'm a different person and I look at things different ways not like before. Backing the days I was trapped in a little world saying f*** the world and f*** the laws. I didn't pay attention to the consequences or the danger I was putting in people's life or my family's life. I wasn't coming home or going to school for days thinking I was cool. I just listened to those who were called my friends. I almost lost my life in the
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completing the class. Ever since I was a little girl, I was surrounded by distractions in my life that didn’t allow for me to properly focus on school. I was always able to complete the bare minimum to get by, but never really applied myself to my course studies, unless it was something that I was completely interested in. Studies that, looking back, actually allowed for my brain to rest from the chaotic life it dealt with outside of the classroom. Growing up I always enjoyed the extra-curricular activities
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multiple opportunities. I remember everyone telling me how this would be the best four years of my life. Since that day a lot has changed. My surroundings have changed, my image has changed, my friends have changed, and my knowledge has advanced. From the beginning of high school I have met some very important people. In class on my first day of school I remember I met numerous people and I could not even match names with faces on the second day. I remember most of all how welcoming everyone was and
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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
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man’s life and the path he takes. December 18, 2012 was one of those defining moments in my life. It was no longer just about me and my needs, yes I worried about my wife and family, but they could take care of themselves. The day my son was born had to be one of the most exciting and scariest days of my life. I didn’t know what to expect, how I was supposed to care for this little human being. A split second changed my life forever. Until that moment happened I had no idea what my life was going
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I have been blessed in my life. I have learned each day and have grown slowly but surely. Life is full of ups and downs but through God and with the help of friends and family I have worked through it all. This is an example of how sociology has applied to my life in many situations and times of need. Many social forces have had an impact on my life. Businessdictionary.com says a social force is, “An element of society which has the capability of causing cultural change or influences” (businessdictionary
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I come from a family of six, including me. I have a mom, a dad, as long with three other siblings. I come from a very close immediate family. I have gone to private schools my whole life up until now. So, What could possibly be my identity? Some may say i'm a caring guy, others might say i'm an athlete , but in the end, I'll let you decide what you think my identity is. Growing up we were all pretty close, I guess you could say I was a family person, we would always be with each other no matter
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Zone Time in Belize has definitely given me perspective on many things. I’ve realized now more than ever that I am spoiled, lucky, blessed, and I take things for granted so much more than I thought I did. My day-to-day life in Belize was the complete opposite life I have in the United States. I usually stay up late and wake up late, sometimes as late as noon. In Belize, I woke up as early as 5:15 a.m. and went to sleep around 10 p.m. My day-to-day life here at home is centered around what I like
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noon on the last day of August, the initial test day of the first semester of ninth grade, I listened to the pit-pat from my chest, wondering why it is such heat at the end of summer that I was about to get sunstroke. Not until I felt sick and giddy and was likely to faint, that I finally realized that my heart has been beating abnormally for a long while. After my heart beating restlessly rest of the day, I could hardly stand up. Mother came and the hospital was the next stop for me. Surprisingly
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class, I knew it would change something about me, for good. As a natural optimist, I was already expecting to have something good come out of this course that would affect my life, broaden my perspective, and somehow change something about my behavior. Little did I know that I would get so much more than just notes, lectures, and homework, I received some important tools for life that can help me in many situations. The five tools I incorporated into my life and do today are benefit finding, the nightly
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