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    I got irrationally mad at my mom because I didn’t want to refer to my Dad as a disabled person on google. I spent most of that night in a rage, throwing books against the wall, bawling and banging my fists on the floor of my bedroom. “Please help!” I yelled repeatedly. I’m not sure if it was to anyone specific. At that time, I suppose it was to God. Someone’s God. Anyone’s God. When I still believed. I remember the day I realized that my mother couldn’t care for my father by herself. They had

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    fascinated by how hands on dental school was through his pictures. I saw that the road to becoming a dentist was hard, but I felt like I could take on that challenge. During my senior year in high school, I decided to further my studies in the orthodontist field. After doing a career research essay in twelfth grade on becoming an orthodontist, I became serious about pursuing a career in orthodontics. My mother played a huge role with my decision of becoming an orthodontist. She has always inspired me to achieve

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    The story that sort of inspired me was Football Hero by Tim Green. The story starts with Ty, the main character living with his aunt, uncle, and their kid.It was revealed that his parents had died and his brother was a college defensive back for the Syracuse Orange. Ty decided that he wanted to play football while his brother was drafted by the New York Jets of the NFL. However, his uncle took part in a sports betting ring, where he got Ty to ask his brother if his teammates were hurting or injured

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    The summer of my eighth grade year I fell into depression. I say fell as a light term; it sucked me in. While my friends were at the river swimming every day, I stayed inside and wallowed in self-pity. There was a light at the end of the tunnel, though, because I found my passion for the written word. It was in books that I found my escape from reality. I loved everything from paranormal romance to historic fiction. Two very important things happened within that summer that impacted my views of reading

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    fascinated by how hands on dental school was through his pictures. I saw that the road to becoming a dentist was hard, but I felt like I could take on that challenge. During my senior year in high school, I decided to further my studies in the orthodontist field. After doing a career research essay in twelfth grade on becoming an orthodontist, I became serious about pursuing a career in orthodontics. My mother played a huge role with my decision of becoming an orthodontist. She has always inspired me to achieve

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    Yiayia's meatballs smell delicious as usual. I wonder how many I'll taste this week as I squeeze onto the lemon colored bench. The side door continuously opens as more family pile into the cozy kitchen. No one dares to miss eating my grandmother's spaghetti and meatballs; why would they? Burning buns are in the toaster over, steam off the pasta clouds the kitchen, and we're all packed in like sardines. Papou brings in the folding chairs to ensure everyone has a place at the table. By six o'clock

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    In the autobiography Chinese Cinderella by Adeline Yen Mah, the narrator was influenced in many ways by the people around her. One character which influences the narrator’s life to a vast amount was her step-mother Niang. Her Aunt Baba also played a very big part on how Yen Mah turned out in her later and earlier years as well as everywhere in between. Her grandfather Ye-Ye was a constant support to Adeline Yen Mah. In the book Chinese Cinderella it is apparent that Niang has had a positive and

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    My Love Of Music

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    heart and passion and is an amazing writer/ composer. I too fell in love with my career by accident, even though my family has a history of nurse’s, CNAs, but I had no interest in seeing other people in pain and not being able to take care of themselves, but then my nana was diagnosed with cancer, she fought for her life through surgery, chemo, and medications. I knew something was different the night we had to stay with my aunt, being a kid no one tells you anything you have to explore, investigate,

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    as I had numerous visits to the pharmacy while growing up. During my childhood my immune system was very weak. My white blood cell count, was extremely low and as a result I was constantly sick. Therefore, I had frequently visits at the doctor’s office. At the end of each visit he gave my grandmother and I a piece of paper, and sent us to the pharmacy. I can still recall the first time we went to the pharmacy and I noticed my aunt there; she was wearing a white coat just like the doctor. I asked

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    "No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted." — Aesop. Being a nurse is a very influential and rewarding profession. Nurses care for people through illness, injury, pain, loss, dying, grieving, birth, growth, aging and health. Nurses also promote health, prevent diseases and educate the public. We all know that nursing is a field that is concerned with helping people, yet I believe that in becoming a nurse, a person needs more than that desire to succeed. It is essential for a nurse

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