I have always done lots of sports‚ but I had never done volleyball and decided to do Oregon Volleyball Academy (OVA). With all of the good volleyball players that were there‚ I knew that I might not make a good team‚ but I didn’t think it would be as hard as it was. I have learned that if you don’t give up‚ even if you don’t get where you want to be you can still get better. I was terrified the day tryouts came. When we got into the loud‚ hot gym‚ it was crammed with players who I knew had played
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Coming to the United States in 2001 was a huge challenge my parents and I had to overcome. I was three at the time and I could barely speak my own language‚ Urdu. Staying in a one-bedroom apartment in Arlington‚ VA was fine at the time‚ but it started to get a little less spacious once my younger brother was born. My parents knew we had to move someplace bigger that had more than just one room. So we moved to a three-bedroom townhouse in Falls Church‚ VA about ten miles from the previous house. Here
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Annette Cavender RWS 305 Word Count: 1326 At the age of twenty-one‚ I thought I knew it all. I thought I had life figured out. Because I had fought through and overcome a good amount of obstacles throughout my life thus far‚ I felt as though I had a good sense of what the world was about. I couldn’t have been more wrong. My life changed forever on a random‚ seemingly normal afternoon. My secure sense of how things were‚ and how I expected things to continue‚ was shattered. All it took was
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Farah Ballestreros. COMP 101. Tuesday‚ January 28‚ 2014 FINAL . “Graduation‚ the hush-hush magic time of frills and gifts and congratulations and diplomas.” You weren’t lying when you said that Maya Angelou. May 19th‚ 2013 I had dreamt of that day for almost four years. I know I can’t be the only person who feel this way. I remember it as if it was just yesterday. So many different emotions going through my mind all at once. Happiness‚ Sadness‚ I felt relieved because it was almost
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In my personal experience‚ the informal economy has aided me and my parents by allowing us to earn extra income to pay bills and college fees. When I was 14 years old‚ my parents were both hospitalized‚ my mom due to a severe case of pneumonia and my father due to having an accident at his job which placed him out of work for 3 months. Through these tragic events‚ I was forced to find any way possible to bring income to my household which at that moment consisted of me‚ my two sisters and smaller
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Speech – High School Experience (sound alarm) Don’t you just love that sound. Ahhh the sound of school calling at 6 in the morning. When you start a new school or a new grade many emotions are most likely running through your head which stress’ you out. But when you get to high school it’s a whole new beginning and experience. The overall experience of high school is pretty neat if you asked me. The freedom is nice‚ although there is a lot of stress‚ the people in the hallway can be disturbing
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Cross country practice started a week before school started for most people; for me and many others‚ it started a couple weeks into summer. Eventually‚ when the season actually started we all started running together more and do harder workouts. Then in a couple more weeks we started having a couple meets‚ sometimes two a week. Then at the end of the season‚ we had our conference meet and for most people that was their last meet of the year. I was top four on JV though‚ so that meant I had a
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plot that involves characters‚ events‚ narrative tensions‚ and resolution. Oral stories give listeners a sense of action and drama by developing characterizations‚ dialogue‚ vivid descriptions‚ and using animated delivery. Emotional sincerity and involvement are hallmarks of a good storyteller. For this assignment‚ you will tell a 2-3 minute story that has a beginning‚ middle and an end. It may provide a moral. You may construct a story from your own experience or adapt one you already know. The
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Writing a Personal Narrative Purpose and Audience Personal narratives allow you to share your life with others and vicariously experience the things that happen around you. Your job as a writer is to put the reader in the midst of the action letting him or her live through an experience. Although a great deal of writing has a thesis‚ stories are different. A good story creates a dramatic effect‚ makes us laugh‚ gives us pleasurable fright‚ and/or gets us on the edge of our seats. A story has
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Icy Friendships The air was ice cold and dry; so cold that with each inhalation‚ my nostrils burned and as I exhaled my breath was as thick as fog. In the distance I could hear the tapping of the woodpeckers pecking up in the trees and the echoes of pine cones as they hit neighboring patios. With the sun shining bright and Mother Nature at peace‚ who could have possibly foreseen what was to come. Two girls had set out on a trip to the liquor store and returned home with far much more than
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