Melinda ENC 1101 4/September/2011 Freedom from smoking Smoking cigarettes was one of the worst if not the worst habit I ever had I am finally free from smoking. I started smoking cigarettes at the very young age of fifteen. I did it because everybody else was doing it. I thought it was the cool thing to do. I was a kid who just wanted to fit in. I remember how that first cigarette tasted. It was a menthol cigarette and it was
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Samantha Martin Mrs. Nunnery ENG 111-980W 23 Sept. 2011 My First Swimming Lesson Learning new things can sometimes be scary. Swimming‚ for me‚ was one of those new things. I knew swimming was going to be important in my life. The hard part was learning how to swim. I thought it would be god exercise‚ and a good social experience‚ I could spend time with my friends by the pool. My parents were not patient enough with me‚ seeing I did not really like the water. So they put me into a swimming
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Throughout my childhood‚ the idea of having a college education was greatly stressed. As a result‚ it was my duty as the next generational child‚ to excel in my studies and achieve a life of prosperity and success. Learning became the basic foundation of my growth. Therefore‚ my youth was overtaken by many hours spent reading and writing what was known to be correct "Standard" English. I first found this to be a great shortcoming‚ but as I grew older‚ I began to realize the many rewards acquired
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My Graduation Graduation day is something many people will never forget. One of my biggest moments in my life was the day of graduation and the weeks leading up to it. It was one of the most exciting but nerve-racking moments in my high school years. Hearing my name being called to receive my diploma made things so surreal. I realized I was walking toward a new beginning in life and at that moment I realized how fast time had past. I was no longer a child anymore. The weeks leading up to graduation
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The Missing Melody I woke up in the middle of the night with a sweat all over my face. “Oh‚ it is such a horrible nightmare I had.” I said to myself. I lighted the candle in my room; the small frame gave me a warmer atmosphere; so I felt a lot better. I tried to continue my sleeping but I had a strong sense that there is something wrong. And what made me frighten until my heart beat faster was my sense is never lie to the reality. Nevertheless‚ I felt asleep again with my doubtful mind. Three hours
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History and fire Once upon a time on a summer afternoon of 2010 a tragedy took place in WHAT SCHOOL of Noida. All I remember is that it was a history lesson which is bad as it is but that incident made it worse and changed my life forever. The boring history lesson initiated the beginning of the dream but what happened later on was no less than a nightmare. It was an incident which changed my life forever. From loathing history I went on to thinking of history as if it is not my cup of tea. “Adolf
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To be honest‚ I never really have put much thought into the environment and how every little thing we do affects it in some way. Coming in to college and taking my environmental biology class and now watching the documentary in this class has opened my eyes to some realities about the world we live in today‚ such as‚ half of the forests that originally covered 46% of the Earth’s land surface are gone. Only one-fifth of the Earth’s original forests remain pristine and undisturbed. Furthermore 60%
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Gazing out my office window I often saw this elderly man shuffling down the sidewalk‚ and I thought to myself‚ how horrible it must have been for him to spend his entire life with a curved spine. This man’s head was forced forward as if he was looking down at his feet all day long. I began to mentally compare his horrible life with mine. I was healthy as an ox‚ a big strong guy‚ and he must have been deformed from birth. I thought that it just wasn’t fair to him‚ or for that matter‚ anyone else living
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Thump. Thump. Thump. The pounding of the door awakened me in the dead of the night. Distinctive voices were calling through the door. I lay in my bed quietly as I heard the footsteps of my mother in the hallway. Lights went a blazing‚ lighting her way‚ some spilling into our room. Then I heard a door open and more feet shuffling into our quiet home. “Police‚” said an unknown voice‚ so loud and so clear. “Put your hands up in the air and get down on the floor.” My mother moved to obey the order
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True friends are like diamonds‚ precious and rare. False friends are like dirt‚ found everywhere. Friendship should never be a difficult thing; it should always be the easiest thing in life. An insincere and evil friend is more to be feared than a wild beast; a wild beast may wound your body‚ but an evil friend will wound your mind. A true friend is a hand that is always holding yours‚ no matter how close or far apart you may be‚ someone who is always there and will always‚ always care‚ a feeling
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