here uncovers a lot of old memories, both good and bad. The triumphs, the failures, the times when I was ready to give up and throw in the towel, and the times I felt like I was on top of the world and could accomplish anything. My life so far has been a string of blessings, good luck, some stumbling but ultimately successful to this point. It has not been easy, as no life is. I have learned and grown from my experiences and will hopefully continue to learn and grown. Growing up dirt floor poor
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I arrived in the United States in 1994 from China. My mother and I decided to immigrate in order to give me a better education and opportunities that I otherwise would not have gotten back in China. Because my mother wanted the best possible education for me, she was very adamant that I go to a good school that will give me various opportunities to better myself as a person and allow me to pursue a degree that would lead to a satisfactory career. As a result, choosing a college was somewhat difficult
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gravitate towards things that I am naturally good at. In school, I would use my strengths in math and science to my advantage to over compensate for my lack of writing ability. I find myself doing that same thing to this day. As a writer, I consider myself to be slightly below average. My inexperience coupled with a lack of interest, turns writing into a grueling process which is ultimately reflected in my writing. One thing I do have to my advantage is that once I begin writing, I am committed
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high school and their financial futures? Can saving up now truly benefit you later on? Does saving up a great deal of your money save you later on down the road? What is saving, budgeting, and planning on your financial stability for your future? These are all questions I asked myself that I knew I would use in this essay. Through a set of thorough research, dedication, and thought I came up with one answer that is easy. Saving now will benefit all people, especially seniors in high school. It will
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My parents constantly asked me what I wanted to be throughout my whole life, but I continually changed my mind until I finally figured out what I wanted to become. I recently chose my dream job when it was time to apply to universities and declare my major. When I was little, my dream job was to become a Doctor. As I grew up, I changed my mind and decided to become an Engineer. I did not want to become an engineer anymore, so then I thought I should major in computer science since I’m good in dealing
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envision doing in the future. My life time goal is to run my own successful venture in a high-end STEM specialization. This being my professional goal, I want to spend time with friends and family in a happy environment, unwinding in my free time doing things that I enjoy doing. Science and technology has always interested me and the basic sciences were my favourite subjects throughout middle school. I have undertaken various projects and represented my school in various interschool exhibitions
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occupation that we all do. From the time we take our first breath, to the time we die, we are learning. We learn to adapt to the changing world and surrounding us. Learning can be described as a river, when it is flowing it has life in it. However, when it stops life stops with it. We all are made differently and the way we learn or grasp new knowledge is not the same way. The writer had been out of college for a while. He went back to nursing school after ten years of being out of the classroom
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summer program without hesitation. In the first meeting, there was not a lot of people because it was a new program. However, I still managed to make some new friends. After serval meetings, I started to persuade some of my newcomer friends at school to join the program. It was not really successful at first, I thought it was because my speeches were not effective enough. But I was wrong, we figured it out in the meeting, it was because nobody likes to be the first follower. The first follower plays
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me was going back to school. I had to think of all the different obstacles going back to school would pose on my normal day to day routine. Returning to school would interfere with my work schedule, not having time to cook dinner, and causing conflict with my spare time. Then, I realized that there are other ways to attend school and not just going to a standard university campus. I weighed my options by writing out all of the advantages and disadvantages of going to a school online and going to
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I wrap up my ninth week of my first semester of college I am definitely starting to get the feel of things. Finally adjusting to the new atmosphere and how much different it is than high school. Every day is a new challenge, every test is a new challenge and college is a new challenge within itself. Studying for tests have never been my strong hand, especially since I did not have to study much in high school. In college that is not the case, I spend my nights in the library and my mornings struggling
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