The LSAT Will Kill You If You Let It
Incollege, I took the LSAT or the Law School Admissions Test. The LSAT is an entry requirement for applying to law schools in the United States. I only took the LSAT once and I can say with absolute certainty that it is singly the most difficult exam I have ever taken, which includes Organic Chemistry exams. The exam itself is based mainly on logic problems like the one below:
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I got my golden retriever for my birthday 3 years ago. When I first met him, I could hold his small, fluffy body up and walk around my college campus with him. Now he’s about 90 pounds and uses his weight against me when I try to pick him up.
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The first time I wondered if I liked girls was in middle school. In religion class of all places. With wild, curly black hair and striking blue eyes, her breasts were the size of grapefruits that ended at a point in opposite directions as she stood in front of my little wooden desk passing back assignments. There were rumors that she wore extra perfume to cover up the stink of cigarettes that she smoked during breaks.
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The only thing I remember about September 11th was my grandmother picking me up early from school. Buying yellow egg tarts for me as an afternoon treat. The pavement lightly toasted under the sun as we walked home on a yellow, almost white bright day. Shortly after, the then President Bush sent United States (U.S.) troops to Afghanistan in retaliation for that day’s terrorist attack on U.S. soil.
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As a golden ball of fur and unbridled energy leaped out of the large cardboard box, I embraced a yipping and ever-smiling puppy. This was the first moment I met my new dog. He had just been picked up from a farmhouse by my family where my dog’s mother had just given birth to a litter of golden retrievers.
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A yearly family tradition we had was watching the national beauty pageant. All the pomp and circumstance was exciting to watch. But my favorite part was seeing the beauty queen being crowned. With her big smile and this great roar of victorious celebration with her crown and her scepter as she walks down a big glittery stage. I would grow up and become one of those beauty pageant contestants standing behind the winner, in a very neat row of young women, shaking on my hind leg as my hip was about to give out on itself in 6-inch stilettos.
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After Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen exposed Facebook’s inaction towards the negative effects of social media use, rebranding will reframe the company in the eyes of users positively but decrease brand recognition.
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