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Brenda from Santa Monica, CA
High School Senior at Santa Monica High School
The Strange Power of Scars
The most important lesson I learned in my life came from a scar—a scar I got while playing soccer. It was during a tournament and I was playing for a club team called Galaxy. The game was getting intense—both...
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Sandra from Monterey Park, CA
College Junior at University of California Riverside
What College is really About
As a freshman, your not exactly sure what to expect coming into college and how this may change the rest of your life. I came in confused and didn't know what to think or feel. There were parties three...
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Michelle from Monterey Park, CA
High School Senior at Mark Keppel High School
Things Don't Last
Oftenly, people learn lessons by learning from their mistakes. Mistakes give some people a reality on what went wrong, and what they should do the next time around. What may be a great lesson to myself...
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Miles from Monterey Park, CA
High School Senior at Mark Keppel High School
Volleyball is a sport that requires many different traits in each player. I have played volleyball since my freshman year in high school and have learned many valuable lessons. One important lesson...
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Minji from Hacienda Heights, CA
High School Senior at Glen A. Wilson High School
Confront many emotionally difficult situations that have prepared...
I’ve lived in two extremely different cultures and have had to adjust to three completely different family situations. My parents divorced, and my mom moved to Los Angeles and I was raised by my grandparents...
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Luisa from Los Angeles, CA
High School Senior at Montebello High School
Take a Chance
To live a life with no regrets is to take every opportunity knocking at our door. Sometimes we are afraid to take chances because we fear stepping out of our comfort zone, failure and/or rejection....
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Schessa from Gardena, CA
High School Senior at Marlborough School
The Greatest Love of All
The most important lesson I have ever learned was put perfectly by the late Whitney Houston when she belted the lyrics, “learning to love yourself is the greatest love of all” in the 1986 hit song....
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Norma from South Gate, CA
High School Senior at South East High School
Keeping Faith
As a senior, I have been given the opportunity not only to learn about English and Math, but also about life. Throughout the years I have come to learn that it isn't about waiting for the storm to pass,...
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Rachel from Encino, CA
High School Senior at Taft High School
United in Harmony
For the past three years, I have been involved with United in Harmony, a non-profit organization designed to help and provide a camp experience for impoverished and homeless children throughout Los...
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Juan from Los Angeles, CA
College Sophomore at East Los Angeles College
Take Advantage of Your Power to Make Choices.
As children we are taught that the world is full of beauty and positive people, yet when we start progressing as adults and begin to reach the age of reason, we start to realize that life is difficult...
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