don't question anymore as I finish my food, kiss my mum and little sister and run out the door. I get to school and head to the principal’s office, the woman at the desk lets me in and the principal stares me down. "Welcome Scarlet, here is you new class schedule, I have also assigned a buddy to help you get around the school." Before I know what's happening I'm out the office and facing a boy a little taller than me. "Hey." Man I'm awkward around new people, he doesn't look up as he whispers a
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saw right through it. Within weeks I was in my first counseling session. It didn’t last long, my counselor didn’t want me to continue my sessions. She told my parents that she didn’t know how to help me because I wouldn’t talk. She also recommended that my parents tell me where I really came from because she thought that might help me. That weekend, my parents and sister told me the truth about my biological mother, the drugs, and the withdrawals at birth. Mona, my biological mother, was also my
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While I needed a break three people came to my desk. When asking her for help, she snapped her fingers and gave me the “wait a minute” sign. I was so mad, I was about to spit nails. Unable to take my break was not that big of deal, needing her help on the other hand was. The second kind is the “motor mouth.” These people on the phone for what seems to be hours, and is a very frustrating to me when I am are in need of help in the department. When the “motor-mouth walks in first thing in the morning
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to you today. When we moved out of this area, last year, I they didn’t ask us to speak, and I was surprised. Maybe the bishop knew that we would be back. When we moved back, the bishop did mention that it was time that we should speak, but we did not hear from him. I thought that we were home free. I know that I am always a little bit nervous to speak up here, but I am always grateful for the opportunity to grow and learn, I like to challenge myself to come out of my comfort zone and this
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them because I got to help out my grandpa. My grandpa had partial amputations on both of his feet, and he was a diabetic. One year we visited right after one of his surgeries and while we were there I would help clean his wounds and then I would wrap it up. I loved doing because I always thought it was fascinating on how they could do that to someone’s foot. At first his wounds looked really bad because instead of stitching it up they left the wound open but that didn’t bother me much. I just cared
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JOHN: You think so? SYNDICATE 1: Yes, of course! She also gives new shoes for free. I’ll tell you a secret; she owns a big shoe factory. She might give you a pair. JOHN: She’s here? I want to meet her. She seems nice. SYNDICATE 1: She is! Let me introduce you to her. Hey Dominique, someone wants to meet you. [Syndicate 2 approaches kid] SYNDICATE 2: Hi! I’m Dominique. What’s your name? JOHN: John. Your
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applying to UC before he decided to go to USC. 3: He helped me out a lot of writing tips for personal statement because he understood that I had a stress for UC transfer application. Also, he told me to reduce my anxiety about personal statement because he guided me through mistakes after he evaluated my essay for application. 4: This strategy was very effective to reduce my stress in the last year, because my friend had encouraged me through the transfer application process from the beginning and
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had said to me that no matter what happens it wasn’t my fault. She had tried to reassure me, and say how we will get through this. It’s gonna suck but we could do it. I had a hard time managing to look at her but in doing so, I did feel a little better. After all the efforts to stay awake, Penny and I dozed off. I tried to force myself to dream off something else, but I failed. I only dreamt of my dad, and the slow motion moments right before we arrived at the hospital. “Help me! Help me!” My dad was
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This included rights such as the Freedom of Speech and Press. This gave individuals the freedom to speak out and express themselves safely without the pressure of knowing the government or a group of people would come after them. Individuals who were shunned from speaking out about topics such as Women and African American Rights now had a government issued right that could help them voice out their opinions. These individuals did not have a voice in society, but with the new rights came new motivation
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reach my goals after I graduate are tools, skills, values, discipline, and goal. I have chosen these words because I feel that ITT tech will give me the skills that I need for the type of job I am looking for. I chose values because that is will I will learns while I am learning my trade. Disciple will help me overcome the obstacles that will try and take me from the path that I have chosen. Last goal, I chose this word because I will achieve those goals that have been put in my life to reach. Tools
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