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“Choose a job you love, and you’ll never have to work a day in your life.” -Confucius. This is a great quote, but not to most of the students my age. They are intimidated by the big decision about what they are going to do for the rest of their lives, they’re not focused on getting a job in what they love to do. Most students my age don’t know what career path they want to follow, but lucky for me, I am a sophomore and I still have two years left to decide what profession I will go into.…

my jacket and curled up against the sign post, holding it to my chest and breathing through the fabric. I don't know why, but that always seemed to help me a little bit. The boy sat down on the curb, and started searching through his backpack for something, but it seemed as though he couldn't find what ever it was. We sat there for what felt like an eternity, and at the same time, only seconds. there was still about 20 minutes before the bus arrived. And i couldn't help but worry. How am i…

Four years ago I was placed on a lacrosse team with fifteen other small, young girls. I had never meet any of the other players who I stood by that first day of a new team. I came into that season with an open-mind about learning new names and improving my skills for my favorite game, but, never did I imagine that I would meet someone who would change my life entirely. Never did I expect that the shortest girl, with bangs and nerdy glasses, would become my best friend. Never did I expect that…

eat in the dining room were eating, it was time for the nurses to start going on their lunches. The nurse I was shadowing took the first lunch, meaning I got to go and eat. By this time I was starving and ready to eat. I went to Arby’s to get food, I sat in the parking and ate while I watched family members come in and out of the building. Taking residents with them and bringing them back. As I walked back into the building I got wrapped up in the smell of bleach once again. When I walked back…

They opened the door, and I walked in. Before I could look up, I felt so many eyes staring at me. Once I could get the nerve to look up it was my family and all my dad’s friends. They sat me down in a chair. Everyone was still staring as the nurse came up to me. She sat down next to me and immediately said “Ashley…” like she knew me or had met me before. Then she said “your father was in a serious accident today, and he did not make it.” I busted out into tears. I couldn’t…

concussion was so bad that I found myself in eye therapy, throwing a baseball back and forth with the trainer, stepping up and down on step stools, and drawing basic shapes. When I got cleared to go back to sports and regular activities, my doctor sat my parents and I down and told me this, “Ally, you are doing very well recovering, and I know it has been a very long journey, and there is still more to go. You have shown us that you are ready to go back to normal activities. That being said, you…

ready to attack Japan on sea but the attacked failed, his dads destroyer and the Navy told the family that he had died when the destroyer got hit. Six months later... The clinking of forks hitting plates filled the tense dining room as the family sat around the table. There was knock at the door his mom went to go see who it was she opened the door and gasped. Then, he heard a familiar rough voice, he ran to the door and he screamed in joy as he saw his dad for the first time in six months.…

so slowly and just hearing gibberish coming from them. He looked down at his shoes and my mom started to sob. I sat there in confusion and tried to laugh it off like it was no big deal. But it was a big deal; I was diagnosed with type one diabetes. Being a diabetic comes with many responsibilities, and if you’re not willing to follow…

layers could separate. The bottom layer was transferred to an empty flask. The same steps were repeated with another 3 mL of 3M NaOH into the diethyl ether. The 6 mL of 3M NaOH is inside of a new flask and 3 mL of 6M HCl was added to it. The solution sat in an ice bath for fifteen minutes and no solids were being produced. The PH test strips showed that the basic solution turned acidic. After letting it sit out for a little bit more and still not seeing any solids being produced, the solution…

going to jail for stealing. My dad had always been my hero, but how could I look up to someone that had stolen? Lifeless is how I felt once my parents got a divorce. They had been married for over 15 years, and it all just went away so quickly. Now I sat in the car headed to North Carolina and gazed out the window as farms and forests flashed past me. Just seven more hours and I would be at my new house. I had to leave my hometown, Santa Barbara, California. I had to leave all of my friends, my…