a memory I grab from my bank taking me back to second grade. Contrary to today's lunch break it is more like getting a tray in the army and children don't have time to learn about healthy choices on their lunch period or even have enough time to socialize while taking a brain break. Their choices are healthier, but not always appetizing and tasteful. For example, my four year old son Hayden says" I can't always get my food packages open in enough time to finish all of my lunch." He is often
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will have positive impacts on my community. To do so, I must learn how to be a better leader and I believe that I can through the Junior Leadership Academy. I believe that I am a good candidate for this program because I am motivated, involved, and often a leader to others. Throughout my life, I have always been motivated to do my best with everything I pursue. I push myself to go above and beyond, especially in school. I was the top of my class for the entirety of my time in junior high, and I continue
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London School of Economics during the summer of 2001. One of my classmates suggested a great summer read - the book was titled Losing My Virginity. The title definitely put a smirk on my face but soon after he mentioned the name, my friend said the book was an autobiography of the person who founded Virgin Records, Virgin Megastore, and Virgin Atlantic Airways – Sir Richard Branson. Having heard of those companies, I took my friend’s suggestion and picked up a copy of the book to read on my trip to
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Balancing work, school, and recreation has been difficult for me. I live in Beijing China. I have been here for one year now, and it still feels like I just got off the plane yesterday. I am employed at the United States Embassy, were I work full-time. I start every week day at 5:40am, often wondering to myself how I didn’t get a job that lets me sleep in until seven. Every morning I pull myself out of bed, throw on some clothes, and off to work I go. As I leave the front door I pull up on the door
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About me My name is Vinoyan Uthayakumar I am seventeen years old and studying in 10th class on Sønderskov-school in Sønderborg my parents from Sri Lanka and now I live in Denmark, my origin birthplace are from another city in Denmark called Herning, I moved to Sønderborg-city when I was four years old, because my families live in Sønderborg. I have to brother’s one big brother on twenty years, and a little brother on fifteen years old, they are also born in Herning. I am happy to live in Denmark
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the tendency to crave changes of their surroundings, lifestyle, or even themselves. Like most teenagers, my lack of organization skills hinders me from achieving my fullest potential. My room, for example, looks as if the mall threw up on the floors after eating some bad tacos from a dingy food truck. Dust collects on the shelves of my bookcase in the far right corner where I have neither the time nor the energy to reach. Entrance requires a HAZMAT suit to protect anyone who enters from the toxic scent
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Computers etc. while traditional reading is less than 20 minutes. We can clearly take this opportunity and be able to engage the children in a way that they will find enjoyable while increasing their knowledge. Moreover I believe that the time that today’s children spend on media will be more constructive as they will be learning mathematics which could further improve their life skills.
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hard time with. However, that all started to change when I became very ill with an unknown sickness. Every day I struggled with severe, sharp stomach pains, crippling headaches, fatigue, hot flashes, and hours of ongoing nausea. Most nights, I would spend a majority of my time on the floor in the bathroom trying to get myself to feel well enough to actually fall asleep. I always felt very different from my classmates. I was very conscious about my weight as well. Little did I know that my “puffiness”
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responsibilities are going to change. A lot of times we are going to add more and more responsibilities, especially when you have your own family. When you are responsible for not just your self but also an entire family, especially if you are the head of the household as the husband or father you really have to think of the outcome of the choices you are going to make. An example would be my life. Recently I have had a lot things change when I moved in with my fiancé and her daughter. Every choice I
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Yes,Yes,Yes! School is canceled because of the snow. That happened last week during my snow week off of school. I did multiple things including staying at home, playing in the snow, and making snow crème. To begin with, I spend most of my snow week staying at home. After waking up around 12-2:00 pm., I would turn on the TV and watch some Netflix. My mother would make me clean my room or do my chores. Also, I would eat some food and sleep for a long time. Staying at my house was one of the best
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