Here's a philosophy for life Keep your thoughts positive because your thoughts become your words. ... We all realize that life is not simple and what we see is not necessarily the reality of a situation. We often look at people who seem to have every advantage in life, yet they are truly unhappy. Take the lives of Whitney Houston, Sean "Puffy" Combs, and Drew Barrymore. ... It is up to each of us to take our lives into our own hands and make the best out of every situation that we are faced with. ...

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I feel that school is a good starting point in life. Not only do you learn things like math and english but you also learn life skills. These skills include making friends, negotiating, how to use manners, using money, speaking in public and many other things that you use in your life as an adult in the working world. ... This is something that we carry with us for the rest of our lives. ... Not only does it teach you many valuble skills but it helps to set you on the path in which you follow for the rest of your life. ...

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People seem to have all different ways of living their lives. ... I have to say that there are a lot of ways people choose to live their lives that I do not agree with. ... I believe that people should live their lives the way it says in the Bible. ... My advice to people on living their life would be to start with good morals and values. If you don't have these things, you will not be able to live a good Christian life. ...

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In the story "Lives On The Boundary", The author, Mike Rose, talks about his past when he had just started attending Loyola University and the difficulties he had to face in the beginning because he did not think he could keep up with all of the material that was given to him. ... I could relate what Rose went through to my own life because I had a very similar situation in which I needed guidance from others to accomplish the goals I had set for myself. ... I can relate what Rose went through to my own life because I had set specific goals for myself coming out of high school and my...

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My mom and family were able to overcome all of the hurdles that lay in their paths way and all now live lower middle class lives. Happy lives. After living such a dramatic life, in the end my mother is able to provide for myself and my 3 brothers more than adequately. ... I have been in advanced courses and accelerated classes all of my life and have been guided towards having an outstanding transcript come time for college. ... I have been fortunate enough to receive a great education and have met people throughout the years that will forever change my outlook on life. ...

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Often, after high school comes college, and young people who have just undergone the transition from one to the other realize how different both lives are in spite their seeming similarities. ... This could depress them of the lack of attention that is now withheld by their new lives. ... Both lives entail responsibilities, though. ... High school life is preparation for college life. ... College life is preparation for real life. ...

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A TEXTURE OF STUDENT"S LIFE In our life there are four stages "not the stages we play in Mario". ... We enjoy eighty percent of life's happiness when we are student. ... He lives with his parents, it seems that his family is strict just like most other families; according to him his parents are loving and supportive. ... That is pretty much about Neil Roy who is just like many other students enjoying there student life. ...

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Values I can't exactly remember when the values by which I live my life were instilled in my head; I guess it's one of those things that develop as we grow. I believe that in was somewhere in the middle of my sophomore year that I took a true stand and vow to live my life by a group of values I had set for myself. ... I came home on a Christian high ready to live my life following the lord's path; my friends however were ready to go out only a few days after our return. ... Now as I look back I know that God put him in my life for a reason. ... I know I have too much going f...

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Have you ever had a moment in your life where you knew nothing will ever be the same again, a moment in your life where you realized, discovered, learned, or became something new? ... I knew exactly when my life changing moment was going to be but didn't know exactly how I would react. ... My life-changing moment began in the mourning of my last day of high school. ... As I was walking down the hallway to the parking lot, I met a couple of my friends and exchanged information so we could keep in touch throughout our lives. ...

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We talk like day and night about every single thing that we both missed in our lives. ... However it is good for me to start a new life here because Melbourne has the most friendliness people and relaxing lifestyle. ...

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Most will go onto college of course, but some people do not and start their own lives a little earlier. ... High schools will want to have this class for students so that later in life, they are not laughed at or embarrassed because they do not know these basic life skills. A good home economics class would provide many different life skills. ... Children of this generation have to be taught simple life skills to get them through their everyday life. ... Home economics will create a less stressful and happier life for a student later in their life....

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Everyone has a narrative about their life, and this is my story. My life has changed for the better since I moved to America. I implemented into my life that created amazing, compounding change, and completely shifted the direction and energy of my life. ... That was the worst day of my life. ... Actually, some of my family lives in Germany, Greece, UK, France and Bulgaria. ...

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Today we are graduating middle school, another step further in our lives. ... Many of them that will eventually change our lives. ... Hold fast to your dreams; for if dreams die, life is a broken winged bird that cannot fly. ... Those dreams are our lives and we have to hold on to them or you will never succeed. ... Sooner than you think, you will begin to wonder what you want to do in life and from your dreams you will gain goals that you will eventually fulfill if you have the heart to continue. ...

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My dad did manual labor all his life due to his lack of education. ... Education gives you more positives in every aspect of life. ... When I was growing up, no one really discussed how no education affected their lives. Maybe that's because they had no idea how their lives were being held back due to no education. ... All the cures, treatments and vaccines that have saved countless amounts of lives wouldn't have been discovered if we never cared about education. ...

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Decisive choices made during the adolescence stage of an individual's life may affect their fate. ... Both men dealt with a lot of choice in their lives however there was one distinct choice that made them unalike. ... These kinds of exposures are what led them to their decisions that changed their future lives. ... The two Wes Moore's in this story dealt with a lot of choice in their lives, some good and some bad. ... This why the author himself and readers are amazed at the simple fact that their lives could have been switched with each others....

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The improvement of the life of the students in the film is presented in the opening clips. ... Continuously throughout the film, Coach speaks on his players getting to college and making better lives for themselves. ... There is a belief that bettering lives is contagious. ... By changing their lives and living in a positive way, they set a path for generations to come to follow. ... There is so much more to life then what is perceived. ...

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After watching so many people spend enormous amount of money and compromise their lives just to live in America for the benefit of their kids, I thought I would like to make this a profession. Hopefully, I will enjoy doing this and I will make a difference in the lives of those struggling to be here. ... On the other hand, immigrants seem quite optimistic about coming to the U.S to get their education to make a better living and have a different perspective in life. ... I can change all that and make it easier for these people reach their goals in life, so that the diversity continue...

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During my undergraduate career my social activities consumed my life. ... I was ready to go, I was going to change the world and change those girls lives. ... I want to work with children who have Autism and help them make their lives better. These children not only need academic guidance but also help on every other aspect of their daily lives. ... I know how important education is in all aspects of one's life, and I want to share that knowledge with others....

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I had lived in Missouri for all my life, ten years at the time, so I had a lot of friends and knew almost everyone in my neighborhood. ... Most of my Mom's family lives in Kansas so while we were looking for a house we stayed at my grandma's house. She lives in El Dorado but we were looking for houses in the Derby or Wichita area, so every day we looked at houses we had to drive forty-five minutes to Derby and forty-five minutes back. ... After the first month or so, and I made some new friends life was better because I didn't feel like an outsider anymore. But that first month ...

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While students have to deal with the work load pressure of school, work is also a large part of their every day lives. ... It is important to remember what are the top priorities in a person's life. ... Stress is apart of life, and students need to cope with the pressures of working and going to school at the same time. This is one of life's challenges that will help determine the path our lives will go in. ...

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My interview was with Mary, a 19-year-old female who lives at home and attends college. She is single, with no children and still lives at home with her parents. ... At this point in her life, she does want a boyfriend. ... Many crisis have occurred in Mary's life, such as her father moving to the United States at a young age, becoming accustomed to America's culture, and having to develop new friendships, which have had a major impact on her life. ... I feel this individual's growth and development has enriched not only her life but also the lives of her family ...

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Within both the "author " Wes Moore and the "other " Wes Moore's lives, there were clear transitions made where their environments changed, saving one and destroying the other one's life. ... The tragedy is that my story could have been his. " This quote said by the "author " Wes Moore is the truthfully all because of the environments that as a result shaped their entire lives. As the book opens up, the reader learns that both Wes Moore's begin the first years of their lives rather on roughly. ... The "other " Wes Moore had a period in his life when he realized that t...

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Her family lives at poverty level, because the father is a gardener and her mother is a housewife, and has moved around many times in these early years of Esperanza's life. ... She has gone through many terrifying and disturbing experiences in her life. ... Now her family lives in a run down house on Mango Street, but most likely the best place they have ever lived. ... Esperanza also had many troubles in her life that made her depressed. ... Another thing is the environment that she lives in. ...

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Thinks School is Irrelevant to their Lives . ... Recent dropouts will earn $ 200,000 less than high school graduates and over $ 800,000 less than college graduates in their lives. ... Life in high school seems not to be near the life outside high school. ... Botstein believes elementary school should begin earlier in life and end with the sixth grade. ... Americans are prepared for life at an earlier age today than they were years ago. ...

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Life in the year 2002 is not the same as it was years ago. ... While jobs and extracurricular activities are important to most teens, their social lives are likely their highest priority. ... If everyone under the age of 18 had to be home by that time, the social lives of teens would be negatively affected. Because of the adverse effect on teens' jobs, extracurricular activities, and social lives, the 7:00 p.m. curfew should not be adopted. ...

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