but age has given me some wisdom and I have hopefully learned a few things in all that time. I have not one philosophy of life, but many, and all of them put together make me the person I am today. During my senior year in high school over thirty-two years ago, the teacher in my civics class asked what we students thought was the secret to a happy life. A blond, curly headed boy in the class answered that he thought “everything in moderation” was the key to a successful, happy life. I’ve never
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Filipino-American, I was surrounded by many people of different backgrounds. My parents' friend pool was very diverse and that allowed me to meet unique people and create friendships. This helped me grow as a young person and become a rather outgoing person. Both my friends and family readily identify me as someone who is outgoing and goes out of his way to please people and make them laugh. As I progressed through my four years at Upper Darby High School, I have come to realize how much I care about other
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If someone asks me who is the most important person in my life, my answer will be my family members and friends because those two relationship have ever made me happy and taken care of me. In my mind, friendship involves recognition or familiarity with another's personality. Everyone has lots of friends around the world. Even though some people might think that the friendship and kinship are similar, I think there are some difference, selectivity, topics of conversation, understanding of mistaking
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MY SWEETEST HAPPINESS Forever to be with you The happiest moment in my life Always to be loved by you You make me realize what life is From the moment I saw you I know we're meant' to be From the moment you walk I hope you are mine I do everything to be with you To prove that I love you You are my weakness My Sweetest Happiness Waking up each morning to see you My heart belongs to you Dreaming of you every night Thinking of what you're doing right now You are my world
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Introduction: My first interviewee’s name is Shawn. He is Ten years old and is in the 4th grade. I tend to spend a lot of time with plus I see him daily due to that he lives in the same house as me.. He loves to play video games and watch a lot of youtube. He is very intelligent for his age. So I thought he would be perfect for this report. I interviewed Shawn in person after as I picked him up at school, he tends to be more honest when we are alone. I wanted to know what he thought of the world
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The book “Me Before You”, by JoJo Moyes, addresses an issue which seems to be at the forefront of today’s society, the issue of suicide. Before I read this book, I believed that a person should have the right to end their life if they weren't happy with they way they were living it. This book did manage to influence my view and partially change my position because it showed me how much a suicide can affect other people’s lives. While I still believe that people should have the right to do with their
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But I’m not so sure, that the fact of a wheelchair upsets me. I’ve been working at the same company for eight years. I help kids with disabilities and run different projects. I’m very happy doing my job and I don’t think I would’ve found it if it wasn’t for a wheelchair. Also, I have so many friends now. It’s hard to find true, loyal and awesome people. I’m very lucky. Everything has changed, but I have a very busy life now. It helps me to build character. - The friends you’re referring to are
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Chinese philosophy, once you make decisions you always have choices. Therefore one major problem in my mind is when people don’t take advantage of education in life for their possibilities of happiness. I know that everyone has different expectations and not all are school oriented, but my problem is why complain, when you do nothing to resolve it? There are always situations that aren’t easy to deal with, but with the right support, you can always find a way to make it better. This problem I have
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itself. The time in my life that made me start to believe that hard work really pays off is when I graduated in my 6th grade. I have realized that since I was in my 1st grade I was working hard to be in the honor roll. I always want to make my parents proud of me. I just love that overwhelming feeling of accomplishment when you finish something and you can make someone happy. Seeing my parents smile whenever I tell them I’m in the honor roll just makes me feel happy too. When I started high school I
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or wrong but just to get an understanding of how I feel about the subject. Two individuals committing to one another for life to me shouldn’t matter on gender. I look at us all as human beings and truly believe the meaning of life is the pursuit of happiness and love. So to deny two individuals that, weather they are same sex or different races, religions, whatever to me seems wrong. My first opinion of this subject will be referring to the equal rights as Americans. I feel that same sex marriages
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