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    that we have to deal with. Whether it be a near-death experience or simply getting a speeding ticket, these things are thrown at us as we live our daily lives. They also cause us trauma in one way or another; either by giving us serious anxiety, or by causing us to rethink our lives. either way we experience some form of trauma. The most important outcome of these type of situations is that we learn from them. We are able to take those experiences and learn from their causes and consequences, thus allowing

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    People can face many challenges in life from good to bad and it is the way in which one chooses to overcome them that they can succeed. I have had a challenge in school that I needed to work on in order to overcome the barrier. I have not always been the best but also not the worst in my classes academically speaking. I have faced times in which I struggled in certain courses specifically in my math classes. I am not the math type of guy, I have always found numbers and everything math related not

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    My mother once said , “Without struggle there is no progress.” I have to say I agree. You have to go through obstacles , such as struggles, to get to your goal. My goal is to travel the world , through this future journey one will have to overcome difficult situations. Much like the Greek hero Odysseus, one will have to face challenges to be successful , in my journey to travel the world there are obstacles I will have to overcome like; money to obtain transportation, separation from family, and

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    Many of us have faced challenges in our life time that we have struggled with. Some of those challenges may have even changed who we are as a person, or even our own view-on-life. Going threw obstacles are a big part of our life. Each person has over-came them in their own way. I have gotten through many obstacles in my life that have changed me as a person. When you succeed at something you become very proud of yourself and even honored. I have over-came my shyness and insecurities and developed

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    play whenever I play videogames. The setting of this game is in Chicago. I haven't play Watch Dogs 2 yet but I know it is based in San Francisco. City life is something that I want to try and living in the world of watch dogs is the perfect way to experience it. In addition to enjoying city life I also enjoy technology. Technology plays a major role in this video game. I will have different devices to hack into many things. By using hacking techniques I will be able to solve crimes across the city.

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    historical facts. But not only was it full of facts but it also made something that would be boring to learn in a textbook, fun and personal. According to Brain World Magazine this is a much better way to learn,“The stronger the emotions connected to an experience, the stronger the subsequent memory.” Talking to people who lived through events gives information on a more personal level making it easier to retain. In this case, the interview process was very easy and did not take as much effort as reading

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    As per always, stumbling blocks encounter our lives, and we must either conquer the challenge or forgo the path. And as per always, the question arrives: when we prove victorious in a difficulty, is it because of mere luck or is it part of a plan designed beyond our control? In J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit, through his plot and use of characters, he poses this question with his character Bilbo Baggins, a hobbit who isn’t as prosy as he liked to believe, who becomes involved in many situations, which

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    of our season. This being the case many athletes have full year obligations to their team that they devote their time to. These commitments come with sacrifices such as not being able to study abroad, limited work experiences and internships, along with other opportunities and experiences that help create a well-rounded person internally and externally. Much of my summer last year consisted of traveling back and forth from Ohio where I would work on a farm for a few weeks to make some money then back

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    be a simple headache, but turned out to be a brain abscess- which required two invasive brains surgeries. I was one of the lucky ones, who got to walk away from my condition with both my cognitive and speech functioning remaining intact, but this experience was pivotal for me to want to go into a field where individuals were not so lucky.

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    specify the perspective i.e whether in first person experience or in the second person etc. Therefore, many scholars regard Locke as the originator of the view that a person’s identity on the time continuum consists of memories and the capacity to remember them. In summary, Locke’s view is that a person existing today is the same person as that who existed many years ago, if he or she can remember, or has the capacity to remember, the life experiences of the person that existed in an earlier time (Perry

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