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    My whole life changed on October 29 of 2012. Before this date, I was just practicing hard like any other dancer would. Two days a week and two hours a day, sweat, sore muscles, and all my work poured into my dancing. Dancing provides knowledge, emotion and dedication. Recognizing that I have built that from when I was young is a huge feeling of accomplishment, like the first time riding a bike without training wheels. The quote, “Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what

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    There are numerous amounts of superpowers that come to mind, when I contemplate which are more desirable than others. However, there is one power that supersedes the rest in my opinion. If I were able to chose any power in the world, I would definitely chose invulnerability. Invulnerability is the power of being impossible to harm. I chose invulnerability because this power provides immunity, as well as security. Occasionally in life, it can seem as if there is danger lurking in every corner,

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    I was skydiving , hurdling toward the ground when I realized that my parachute wouldn't open. I thought I was going to die. Then out of nowhere, superman came and caught me. He brought me safely to the ground. Superman has had a positive influence on my life because he sets a good example, buys me food, and he flies me to school when I am running late. Superman sets a good example by being brave and selfless. He is always putting himself in danger to save others. Like when he saved the old lady

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    could not be I am without the choices I have made because I have life-changing fear, strong willpower, and open heart to possibility. Sometimes fear takes control, but to learn how to understand why can be the scariest part. I had nightmares of skydiving or falling from the sky without a parachute, I will wake up, and it would be difficult to sleep again. I learn the only way to win is to nip it and I went on my first airplane ride for 15-hours.

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    Ever since I was a young boy, there was always something I wanted to do. I t was not skydiving, alligator fighting, or meeting a famous person. I always had the desire to twist balloons to make them into animal looking figures. FedEx Fridays gave me the time and motivation to do this. FedEx Friday is a project where over a span of seven weeks where you choose to attempt something you have never done with a goal set for yourself. First, I chose to make balloon animals for this project. I chose this

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    When creating a bucket list, people often include things like visiting a foreign country or doing an activity such as skydiving. Although those are wonderful goals, what really matters in the end is making a positive difference in another person’s life. Perhaps, Rebecca Draper Townsend understood that when she created her bucket list for a school assignment her sophomore year of high school. Included on Townsend’s bucket list were three things: travel to Spain, be kissed in the rain, and save a life

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    live an exciting life and do extreme sports without worrying if they will die or not. In my own words I believe extreme sports are sports that can be very dangerous and can lead to traumatic injuries. To me what I consider as extreme sports is skydiving, BASE jumping, mountain climbing, big wave surfing, etc. What makes a sport extreme is well actually it . It depends because if people are afraid of doing a sport and having confidence of trying that sport. That’s what to me makes a sport extreme

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    The movie “Kingsman: The Secret Service” is a thriller and action-packed movie revolving around Kingsman a spy agency which for decades has been in action undercover to save the mankind from its enemies. The theme of the film revolves around the triumph of good over evil and how the good side eventually wins, diminishing the evil. The movie evokes a feeling of thrill and anticipation through the mise-en-scene it has to offer. Mise-en-scene is the information that the film provides through the medium

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    The drive-reduction theory claims that having physiological needs will create an internal state of tension, the drive, which causes motivation for people to relieve that tension through certain behaviors. This helps with homeostasis since physiological needs create a drive, like the drive/need to sleep, and when a person has that drive than they will have motivation to relieve it according to the drive-reduction theory. This will make people accomplish tasks that help to create a sense of physiological

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    He was offended. “I would never lie to you and you know that. I’m just as shocked.” “Have you read your father’s letters? The book safe Zeldyn gave you, have you gone through it? Maybe it will mention anything like that.” He shook his head and recalled the other events. “Her face gave away that it was true, before she denied it. She knew about our family and lied to me about it. I 'm trying so hard to see the way she thinks. I can comprehend wanting to give your child the best life, but my dad kept

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