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    Paramedics transported two teenage boys from the car to the Alberta Children’s Hospital in non-life-threatening condition. Both were suffering from serious injuries to their lower extremities. It is unknown what caused the collision, or if speed or weather conditions are considered factors. Nanton is located about 100 kilometres south of Calgary. On Monday, November 9th, this is what I had read on the news, after my mom had pulled me out of class, following a tense and frantic phone call. She hadn’t given

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    to do is a clear indication of the next thing you need to do.” (-Ralph Waldo Emerson). My parent´s divorce has shaped and influenced my whole life, with a lot of side effects. I fell into a state of depression. I learned not to dwell on the bad things in life. I found a person within myself that I could live with for a while, a kid that I could be proud of, someone I wouldn’t hate. Over the years, I’ve changed, little changes, big changes, it’s all happened, and I am who I am today because of it

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    My Life Experience

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    everyone has to go through a traumatic experience in life, however the experience I had to go through made me a stronger person and changed my life forever. This life experience changed my view of the world and shaped me to be the individual I know I am destined to be. I know that as a result of this shocking incident I could have dwelled on all the negatives in my life, but oppositely, this event made me focus on all the blessings in my life and focus on the all the positive aspects of every situation

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    1820 Susan B. Anthony

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    date in my life, but not only for my life for the lives of others who were also born on this day. Even with the events that happen on this date they are still considered life changers. For some of us or maybe even all of us our birth was considered the best day of our life. Of course without that we wouldn’t be here. There are going to be things in life that we are going to be remembered for. There are also going to be impacts that happened to shape the world. This date to me not only is my birthday

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    summers, but mine was nothing of the sort. Approximately a month-and-a-half into my summer vacation, an event that took a millisecond changed my whole life. In the moment I saw the flashing blue and red lights and the abundance of first responder vehicles that lined the street, I knew something was awry. Panicked and stunned, my family ran up to a man who, respectfully and gently, told us that my grandmother had been murdered. My grandmother was an extraordinary woman who loved her grandchildren more than

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    Everybody has a challenge in their life where they need a lot of perseverance. In The Call of the Wild, Buck is forced out of his old life and thrown into the wilderness where he needs to learn how to survive. In contrast to Buck, like most adults, my dad went through a parent's death which needed perseverance and had to figure out how to live on his own. While Buck and my dad’s experiences are different, they both had to learn how to live on their own. Those are just somethings that show how everyone

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    prejudice and cross torn lovers in Pride and Prejudice, then there was war with death and mental changes within broken soldiers in All Quiet on the Western Front, finally in The Other Wes Moore there was family influences and drugs that manipulated and changed both Wes Moores forever. In the following historical fiction books Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen and All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque and in the memoir, The Other Wes Moore, it shows various forms and reactions of epiphanies

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    There are a range of events that can change someone lives; such as, a tough divorce, having a kid, and graduate from college. But when it comes to me, an event that changed my life completely was the loss of my grandmother seven years ago. The loss of my grandmother affected me in three different ways. In particular, it changed me emotionally, I become more mature, and it changed me mentally. The loss of my grandmother change or affects me emotionally because, even though now I am twenty-one years

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    My personality has significantly changed over time from the time I was a teenager till now that I’m an adult. Age has significantly contributed to how I view things, how I react to issues, and how I interact with other people. Some of the factors that have contributed to changes in my personality include entering into committed relationships and advancement in my careers. I have developed increase in positive traits like conscientiousness and a decrease in traits that are considered negative, such

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    Everybody believes in different or similar things in life. I believe in thinking positive, I believe in never giving up, I believe in working hard, I believe in accepting others, I believe in being generous, I believe in taking chances, I believe in making changes, I believe in having faith. Throughout my whole life my parents have told me many things. They told me to always do good in school and get good grades, never give up, and try my hardest. I listened to them no matter what, and without them

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