Greg F English for Life and Work 3 Writing Project Unit 4 05/18/2012 Narrative Essay On February 2‚ 2003 I was laid off by Toys R Us‚ a job I had held for 10 years. I started working there in 1992 when I was only 18 years old. I grew up in that job‚ learning about life from my co-workers and my experiences with the customers. I was so dedicated to the company that the layoff took me by surprise‚ I never saw it coming. Looking back now‚ I really should have expected it‚ and I’m surprised
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Patience By: Yehia Youssef Patience is “the bearing of provocation‚ annoyance‚ misfortune‚ or pain‚ without complaint‚ loss of temper or irritation” according to Dictionary.com. There are some who have real experiences with testing their patience. With life comes experience and with experience comes patience and with patience comes a type of immortality to hardships. For me‚ it was a real beating you can say. It was mid-summer‚ I laid their stiff‚ motionless‚ thinking someone would come and save
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Dear E101 students: Here is the set of instructions for your FIELDWORK before drafting your feature article. Now that you have already formed your groups and have assigned the kind of description (PERSON‚ PLACE‚ EVENT‚ TREND)‚ it is now time to plan for your data gathering procedures. Remember to focus on the kind of description you are assigned to and the topic of your paper. Follow the following procedures: 1. Finalize the subject of your article. Make sure that it suits the theme that
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It’s hard to remember when i had my asthma attack and how it felt‚ but I know it happened quick. When i was small‚ maybe around 7 to 9 years old‚ i had no idea of what i was about to go through in the next month or two‚(don’t quite remember how much time it was) . I had a severe asthma condition. I’ve had asthma since i was born. If I did activities that caused me to use a lot of my energy it would be hard for me to breath after. As a result after I wouldn’t be able to sleep at night. When i would
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BBEEEP‚ BBEEEP‚ BEEEEP on and on sounded my deeply despised but beloved alarm. It was four in the morning and once again time to get up. This cycle was killing me‚ but the goal embedded deeply into my mind reminded me that it would be worth it. Determination has never been a skill I lacked at. It might just be‚ the fact‚ that we the “Cardenas” are known to be extremely stubborn and what we say typically gets done. Or maybe it is due to the multiple observations I have made throughout life. Yet‚
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The upcoming season of “The Bachelorette” is yet to start airing and the dramatic game of love has not begun yet. But if reports from shooting are to be believed‚ JoJo Fletcher has figured out the man who she would go with. She has shortlisted the last few candidates and only a few suitors remain in the game. In fact‚ she has made up her mind about the special one and speculations suggest that he is Jordan Rodgers. Though no official confirmation has come out‚ insiders say that the duo have hit off
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I would stare down at the books and papers before me and watch helplessly as they twisted and flipped into nothing but scribbles. I watch as the other kids in my class read their books and smiled at whatever concealed story lay behind the words that I could never read. Stupid‚ dumb‚ slow‚ the words the kids at the school would use to define me‚ and I believed them. At least for a time. Dyslexia‚ my family discover I had it half way through third grade. When the rest of the class was starting Junie
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“I attended the violin recital featuring Alicia Choi in Wheeler concert hall. The recital included Yoni Gertner on viola‚ Brady Anderson on cello‚ and Futaba Niekawa on piano. There was a large‚ excited crowd that attended the show that night. The room was abuzz with talking and laughter before the show began. The recital lasted about an hour and fourty-five minutes. The first piece that was played was the String Trio in E-flat op. 3 by Ludwig van Beethoven. It was broken down into six movements
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The first shot came from a suppressed rifle‚ there was little evidence it was ever fired. Suddenly‚ a car about ten rows in front of me jolted sharply and hit the barrier. The trailer was jerked sideways and the road was blocked. “Sniper! Everyone take cover!” The radio screamed to life for those who hadn’t seen or heard the crash. The convoy quickly followed their order. I grabbed my rifle and hit the ground in an instant. I left the door open for cover and peaked out from the area between the
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The year is 2025 and a new president has just been sworn into office in the beginning of a world war. The only thing keeping the country of Retrolandia out of this war is no one has attacked them yet. This all changed on April 15 when the west coast of Retrolandia was attacked destroying the 5 states on the coast and the next 6 inland. This attack was so powerful aftershock was felt in the state of Qualls. The city that took the most damage was Drazek‚ a decent area in the southeastern part of the
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