to tell me I’m overreacting and he’s just a typical boy. After multiple examinations‚ the doctor sat my husband and I down in his office while Caleb lined up wooden blocks‚ the doctor had. I wish I could’ve mentally prepared myself for that next moment because when the words‚ “Your son has autism” were said my heart dropped. First the guilt came. I felt as if this was my fault. Was it something I did during the pregnancy? I must have. I couldn’t even look at Caleb knowing I’m the reason he is
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soccer game. I got to the soccer game and all the benches were full‚ there was no more seats to sit on‚ so I sat on the grass. After a long 90 minute game my uncle’s team had won in first place‚ but before the game started my uncle was in despair moment about winning the game because the other team was challenging‚ but I made him feel better by giving him solace. One other reason why I decided to play soccer was because my dad took me to a soccer field‚ so I can start knowing the process on what
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“Tremors” - Barakah Moti MYP4 Midnight‚ 14 June 2012. I was awake in my bed‚ excited or maybe depressed. I did not know. The night seemed weird‚ because it was much darker than before and I heard the owls hoot louder. They seemed hungry. Hungry for meat and for love. Every time I closed my eyes‚ I would see a thin light pass by and I opened it at my highest to identify what it was. I missed it each time. What was it? When sunrise grew closer‚ I heard weird thuds that pierced my ear deeply. What
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I said‚ feeling somewhat startled myself by the cat’s sudden outburst. “Either that or she was a critic of my storytelling‚” my mama assented. My mama then took a few deep breaths to help collect her composure‚ and I paused giving her a moment before saying‚ “So‚ since Abellona’s death‚ many years have passed and the world seems to have wised up to the ridiculousness of witchcraft being real. So why then do so many people around here still seem to believe in this
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My life is very dull‚ and when a fun moment happens it is very easy to remember it. One such time was when my friend Payton Holm and I went around Royalton on Halloween. A week before Halloween we agreed togo walk in town.On the afternoon of Halloween I went to my Grandma’s house to get something to eat for the shenanigans later. Payton Holm is my best friend from school‚ and we have been friends since 1st grade. I agreed to meet him at 4:30 after school in my Grandma’s driveway. I walked into
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My most cherished possession on my fourth birthday was a crystal rhinestone silver bun cover. I would wear it and dance around the living room‚ arms and legs flailing about‚ pretending to be a graceful and beautiful ballerina. When I entered second grade my fascination for ballet turned to gymnastics. All my closest friends were taking gymnastics and would teach me walk-overs and cartwheels. My single mother was too poor to afford to pay for classes‚ so I would learn the movements at recess then
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= A Literacy Narrative The most vivid‚ earliest moment I have of learning to write and read was when I was in kindergarten. I recall this because this was the year I met the person who I thought created a poems and rhyme book my mother use to read out loud to my baby sister and myself. I remember every night before bed‚ it was this blue book that my mother use to get off the bookshelf and read. This was the only way my sister and I would go to sleep. The first day of my kindergarten school‚ when
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lose themselves in the material world. As we all do from time to time‚ our sight becomes so parochial and habitual that it seems almost impossible to break out of it. Furthermore‚ some people‚ like one of the characters in the scene‚ have epiphanic moments where they realize the pointlessness of this hackneyed charade. However‚ for others still‚ it may be too late; they may be in to deep to ever dig themselves out to find out where they are. The difficulty of writing this scene was in capturing the
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Descriptive Essay My nose is overwhelmed with the smell of hairspray‚ baby powder‚ and a fruity perfume. There are too many girls in here‚ all struggling and fighting for a space near the mirror that covers the entire back wall. It’s dim in here‚ but it’s a good kind of dim‚ almost calming. The only light is coming from the round vanity bulbs that line the top of the mirrors‚ making it so that the fluorescents don’t impair what natural light reveals. I make my way to the red lockers on the right
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Have you ever had the experience that you mistook somebody for someone you knew in the public? When you were shopping‚ hanging around‚ or just standing in somewhere‚ suddenly‚ you saw a familiar back of someone. So you decided to step forward to pat on that person’s shoulder to surprise him or her. However‚ the person whoever you thought he or she was wasn’t the one you thought. I did have this kind of experience which was so embarrassed that I can still remember every tiny detail that day even though
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