When I was a little girl‚ all I wanted was to grow up and be like the big girls. That was my dream. I wanted to stay up late. I wanted to drive. I wanted a boyfriend. I wanted to play varsity basketball like the big girls I saw on the court. I wanted to go to college just like them. I had no idea the real meaning behind any of these activities. Now that I have experienced all these activities‚ I can’t seem to think of anything better than being a little girl again. As a little girl‚ I lived a carefree
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Growing up with my mom things were pretty blunt‚ DON’T do things you know you have no business doing. My sister Nyla and I were like two peas in a pod‚ we did everything together and often defended one another so it was fair for my mom to assume that if something bad happened we both were in on it and she would spank us. At the time I thought it was horrible‚ I look back now at the stories and I laugh. My sister and I did all sorts of things from sneaking extra snacks to setting a water bed on fire
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wanting to let some thoughts out of my head about this playoff run‚ so I figured I could share them with you guys instead of some Chiefs fans that really couldn’t care less. Growing up in Steubenville‚ Ohio‚ we lived much closer to Pittsburgh than Cleveland‚ and the majority of my family was from Western PA. This meant I grew up as a Pittsburgh sports fan. Some of my earliest sports memories were watching the Steelers win the Super Bowl and the Penguins hoist the Stanley Cup. The two sports I didn’t
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Growing up in Massachusetts‚ meant there were plenty of beautiful places to explore each summer. You could go North to Maine‚ Vermont‚ or New Hampshire.‚ or maybe South to Cape Cod or Martha’s Vineyard. While I did vacation in all of those places‚ my favorite place was in Maine‚ Pemaquid Point. My adoptive grandmother‚ Mary had been going there up to Pemaquid Point ever since a young age. Once my sister and I were old enough‚ we were invited up and would spend weeks throughout the summer up there
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Growing up the melanin in my skin had always been darker. As a child you start to pick out the differences but you never think anything of it until those differneces are coated with the venom of hatred. When they start dripping out of someone’s mmout I was always told to appreciate the skin that I had although as I got older it seemed to be harder to do. Society seemed to define beauty as being lighter and I was not in that category. My hair thick & "nappy"‚ my lips full‚nose wide. I couldn’t find
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Growing up in Stockton has taught me how to relate to the challenges faced in underserved communities. My interest in medicine started during my year of service in AmeriCorps at International Community School. During the year of service‚ I have encountered several students who needed to get checkups and their physical pains evaluated but lack the resources and insurance. I am surprised in an urban setting such as the greater Atlanta area‚ how there are so many people who need to see a doctor but
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But there is one thing‚ that‚ my family don’t know about me. It’s that i became a man in front of them and they don’t think about it!. Do you remember when you become an adult? Growing up in the Dominican Republic is cool‚ you become a man at 18 years old‚ but you still are an inexperienced teenager. You went from being a baby to being a kid‚ a kid to a teenager‚ a teenager to an adult and a adult to a senior. In the US is different.You have more time to adjust your life‚ create habits and become
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I have never known my limits. Ever since I was younger‚ I’ve had a large imagination‚ filling up my days dreaming up endless scenarios of the future. Thinking of possible careers was never a problem‚ but choosing out of the many life paths I wanted was. I alternated between wedding planner‚ creating a notebook filled with torn out pages of poofy dresses and possible wedding locations; author‚ stuffing short stories and poems into a floral folder; and psychiatrist‚ researching the process to become
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To Kill A Mockingbird is a story about growing up in a world where racism is prevalent in all aspects of life. Placed in world’s greatest low point‚ The Great Depression‚ when blacks and whites were still separate‚ To Kill A Mockingbird revolves around the life a 6 year old girl and her slightly old brother‚ as their father takes part in a trial‚ defending a black man. The Great Depression‚ while definitely impacting Maycomb County‚ does not come up in the book very often. Jem knew that Tom was
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years old our family landed in Tucson‚ Arizona. Fortunately‚ I grew up in a Christian home with parents who were very social‚ so it didn’t take long for us to make friends. My parents were both very involved in our church in Tucson. My mother was the Children’s Minister for two years and my father ran a basketball league in the spring for the children at our church. My two older brothers and I were really close growing up. We played the same sports‚ went to the same schools and never missed
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