The "I am" assignment was quite an eye-opener for me. ... My boyfriend and family members said that I am generous because I always show empathy and compassion to others. ... When I asked why, they said it was because I am very attentive to customers and do not let people walk all over me. ... That doesn't mean my co-workers are wrong. ... Many people said that I am not lonely because I have a boyfriend and lots of friends and that I am very close to my family. ...

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I know that I try so hard to be the center of attention and until someone knows that that is just part of who I am, they think it's annoying. ... I can name off at least five of my closest friends who came off to me as cocky, annoying, mean, or boring. ... I am a racist. ... During third period in my math class our ASB president was complaining about how my teacher was inconsiderate and mean. ... This is what I am, because without this I would be nothing....

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The girl I am today is much stronger than the girl I used to be. ... The girl I am today is not scared to speak her mind. ... The girl I am today is Sherise. ... I mean come on, I'm dating a football player. ... The girl I am today is Sherise....

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Because who I am, I was being bullied for having an accent. ... Final reason is my personality for who I am. ... That was not fair because I am quiet. I am a shy girl that scared of thing. ... I yelled on the top of my lungs in their faces telling how mean and terrible people there are in front of the school cafeteria. ...

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Who Am I? You make me sleep near the animals You don't respect the pride I may have in myself I'm more alone than the rest of y'all Ain't nobody ever cared 'bout me You isolate me from everyone else You make me feel like my skin color makes me less of a man I'm cast out with not a friend in sight I ain't had nobody for a long time You call me a nigger; heck got me callin' myself that now You let me stay because of my bad back and I've seen them all come and got I see no one cares to say Hi to the lil ole colored man Nobody come in a colored ma...

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Charly and I Six o"clock in the morning- the alarm clock is blaring and I have to get up for my dog in order to take it for a walk. ... Since the year 2001, I am a proud owner of a Golden Retriever whose name is Charly. ... I could have never imagined what it would mean to get such a little friend. ... Furthermore, as I am a student and my life is not very structured because of changing timetables every semester the dog provides the opportunity not to sleep until lunch, which would be a waste of time. ... When I am arriving at the cage he is always looking at me with his friendly, clear, ...

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So I thought about myself more than I would like to, and by doing that, I figured out one of my first personality traits: I am not vain. ... And just because "boy" is in tomboy, it doesn't mean I enjoy wasting hours on video games, though I do like a few from time to time. Also, it doesn't mean that I don't take joy in a few girly things such as cooking and baking. ... I mean, how hard is it to write a song without a bunch of bad words or inappropriate meanings? ... The thing I hate most of all, is when people determine who I am because of my father. ...

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I have learned that it doesn't matter what other people think of me as long as I know who I am and what I am. ... I know I am needed and loved. ... When I say that I learned to not care what other people think about me, I don't mean that I don't care if they don't like the way I act or behave. I mean I don't care if someone thinks that I am ugly or they think I am stupid because I know differently. I would never say that I don't care if people think that I don't have manners or I am disrespectful because I would never act like that. ...

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I am seventeen years old and a college freshman. ... Being that I am in school, I find it hard to get my gears going to get things done around the house. Before I do anything, I am forced to do my never ending chores that my nagging parents condemned me to do. ... If I am not able to get a personal trainer, I usually get my friends to go with me. ... I mean lets be honest for a second, who doesn't like their car being clean? ...

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I feel it. ... They see the events through this frame and this gives rise to a gossipy atmosphere: Rita, he was big, I mean big. ... The customer is Rudy's very antipode: he is friendly and he shows a lot of respect for her work: Well, it is very good, he says, and we mean that. ... In bed the waitress identifies with the obese customer: Rudy is seen as a very tiny thing whereas she has become fat: When he gets on me, I suddenly feel I am fat. I feel I am terrifically fat,...

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By family, I do not mean just the people with whom I share blood, I simply mean the people in my life that mean the most to me. If I am able to be around the people that I love, and have enough money to share special moments with them, then I am happy with my life. ... In college, this tends to be tricky because I am away from my blood relations. ... I am fully aware of the cliché that money doesn't buy happiness, but I believe that lack of money can strongly contribute to unhappiness. I am extremely lucky to have more than enough money to make it through the day, but also ve...

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Being someone who is attracted to the same sex I use the words "I am gay" to label myself and let people know who I am. I have never used the words I am a homosexual or I am homosexual. ... When you hear the words I am so gay you don't think I am so happy you think about people who are attracted to the same sex, a homosexual. ... I have never used the word other than now to have it mean happy. I have always used the word gay to mean homosexual. ...

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These objects that I carry that make and show who I am. ... By "living in a bad day", I mean continuing to weep and dwell on an unwelcoming situation. ... My mother has a very big influence on my life and who I am today. ... I am not good with embarrassment or anything of that sort. ... " I rue the feeling of people assuming that I am afraid of them. ...

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As I grew older, I would cry and scream realizing that I won't have a normal life. ... " I said as I look up at the school, "I have to brace for the worst.... I don't belong here and I know it! ... " I said as I grab the knife. ... "Yes I am. ...

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, Am I glad I am not racing", I mutter bitterly to myself as I stretch. ... I look down and there is a golden retriever that is huge and I mean huge. ... He gets closer and I notice he looks mean, the kind of mean you don't want to mess with. ... As I am talking to him James comes up. ... I am laughing at all this when I am suddenly encircled by two huge arms and lifted off the ground and I here Pat say he is sticking me in his pocket I am his. ...

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People might question, "What does imperfection mean and why does it exist?... I am a perfect example of being imperfect. I am proud of being a little different. ... I did not always have a true understanding of who I was. ... I needed to do better, I was not happy. ...

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And to me that is the thing I am most optimistic about in my life. ... Every time I go to a new team I am so excited, because I know that I am about to make some new friends. ... I mean athletics got me to a college for practically free. ... I am so thankful that I am athletics, because it has helped mold me into the person that I am today. ... I mean you get to where people look up at you, you make some of the best friends ever, and it puts you in a good situation. ...

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Secondly, I am unable to portray my true potential to my instructors and others around me. Lastly, I am unable to differentiate myself from those around me and properly illustrate my unique personality. I often get nervous talking aloud or speaking with people that I don't know very well. ... I have been attending NVCC since 2010, and while I don't feel that I have yet to obtain a true voice, I remain committed to changing that. ... Just because you feel disappointed with your grades doesn't mean you should give up. ...

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Any decision I make in my life or any thing I do shall return some kind of happiness or pleasure back to me. ... I hate pain and suffering and the only time I willingly put up with it is when I obtain something back that makes me feel good about myself. I am constantly thinking how to make myself happy. ... Yes, I am "the human" - the most social and intelligent being, a psychological Hedonist, and I would like to prove this. ... Humans are constructed and preprogrammed to be psychologically hedonistic and what does Hedonism mean in the eye of a philosopher is that Philosophers see hedonis...

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I am not judging people after the fact. ... I am not calling those kids accidents or mistakes. ... I do not mean this in an entirely negative way. ... I mean what bigger commitment is there in the world than being a parent? ... I am very pro-marriage and pro-family. ...

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When I was little and was in a tantrum, I started screaming and crying. ... I would say extremely hurtful and regrettable things that I really didn*t mean. ... A quote by Albert Einstein, "A hundred times a day I remind myself that my inner and outer lives are based on the labors of other people, living and dead, and that I must exert myself in order to give in the same measure as I have received and am still receiving". ... She has taught me that with the skills I was given at birth, that I should do for my species what I am capable of doing. ... Since ER Physician are welcome just about anyw...

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I am going to go through the process of transforming my abstract concepts into measurable variables. ... Sample In my research study I am using secondary data from the 1998 General Social Survey. ... I am able to conduct this study making use of already collected data. ... Analyzing the stem-and-leaf plot I can observe that the mode was slightly less than the mean. ... I am going to use three different approaches and methods to establish that there is a relationship (Carter). ...

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I am inspired to perform this study because as a slow typer, Ive been trying to improve my typing speed and accuracy in order to have optimal productivity when executing my newly acquired hobby of subtitling Thai films in English. ... For my study, I am interested in playing practice games (where I am not racing against anyone) in full-text (Treatment 1) and by-lines (Treatment 2) mode. ... Using vassarstats, for the full-text treatment, the mean is 42.13 and the standard deviation is 4.81, and for the by-lines treatment, the mean is 39.8 and the standard deviation is 4.52. ... Using vassarsta...

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I believe that this relates to me because I always try to be my own person, and I don't try to mock people, because I"m simply my own person. ... I don't try to imitate anyone else, I go for pleasing myself, and to me that would mean just being myself. ... This statement does not necessarily mean I am my own power, but it does apply that I have only control over myself and the decisions I make, good or bad. This can mean that I rely on myself a lot to pull through and get things done. ... I am my own authority. ...

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I am now the president of our high school student council. I am a district vice president in future business leaders of america. ... The girls got meaner. The boys got meaner. ... I am not saying it is all bad, but it is definitely not what I imagined it would be when i was ten. ...

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