The Glare As I approached the empty table to make my case in front of the judge I suddenly felt like I had been kicked in the stomach. Was this a mistake? Should I have just taken the points on my license and called it good? Maybe I really was just a “reckless driver‚” I’m sure there are many people out there who would call me a reckless person in general. I was accurately dubbed with the nickname “Crash” in high school‚ not too many years earlier. I felt my fight or flight response kick in and
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In the Fall of 2010‚ I watched my first televised football game from beginning to end. I sat down beside my older brother‚ Nick‚ and watched him as he analyzed every play of a Green Bay Packers game. He would scream at the tv when a bad play happened but would rejoice when a good one followed. I wanted to be just like him and know everything about football. I watched every game that season and annoyingly asked Nick every question that came to mind throughout the year. On February 6th‚ 2011 the Green
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A slight breeze blew throughout the dandy forest‚ swaying the stiff lifeless trees and blowing the black stained leaves across my bare white feet. As I stumbled across the dead landscape‚ a slight fog swam around blending in with the increasingly falling snow. Hundreds of dark wood surrounding me seemed to slowly cave in‚ creating a narrow cave-like passage. An eerie feeling swept over me‚ and I stopped completely‚ analysing every detail around me. The smog became thicker‚ blinding the scenery and
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It is 4 p.m. on Tuesday. What will you do next? Write about your extracurricular pursuits. Why and how do you choose the activities you are involved in? How do your activities reflect your values and affect your school‚ community or the world? (500 words or less) As a young teen I have many hobbies and interests. Sadly‚ only a few of them are practiced after school on weekdays. I am involved in many things so most of my day is always busy. After school I head home and change to attend my ballet
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to say is‚ you know I’ve been smuggling people out for years‚ but I’m finally close to getting out here myself. And I need your wits‚ just like how you need my ticket out. Come on‚ you won’t have to do much work at all.” Five minutes. The magic words that Moss was waiting for his entire
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I sit down and start talking to him and his girlfriend for a bit‚ I’d tell you what we talked about but these sort of trivial conversations seem to go in one ear and out the other for me. And as this rather redundant exchange of words comes to an awkward pause something cold runs over my skin‚ at first‚ it feels like a breeze but then there’s something more to it‚ something electric with a warm afterglow. “this is it” I think to myself. It’s funny how I can never quite remember
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The General pretended to sleep‚ hoping no one was watching her. She knew McKenzie’s men were angry with her‚ but they weren’t looking at the whole picture. She slid from her bedroll and snuck around the trees to where the horses were tied up. In the darkness it was hard to see‚ but she finally located her horse and led it away from camp. “And just where do you think you’re going?” A voice sounded loudly behind her. The General clenched her heart as it pumped wildly and spun around‚ staring
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Briskly walking through the mysterious darkness of the menacing forest‚ grasping tightly my withering frozen hand‚ my petrified newly wed wife clung on for protection. It was pitch dark on a cold foggy night in the mid days of December. We were in search of somewhere to rest our staggering and lost bodies. My wife and I had been walking for miles through this never ending cursed old forest. Every step we made on the thin and almost transparent layer of snow had a sudden fall and we heard the snap
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She awoke with an ache in her neck and the bitter taste of yesterday on her tongue. It was a thursday. Tuesdays had tended been friendly to her‚ thursdays however had never treated her kindly. One of her happiest tuesdays had been near a year before this morning; where after realising that her time of the month hadn’t occurred for over one‚ it was tested and became apparent that she was pregnant. How or why the protection did not function was a mystery to her‚ for in those days she had always
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and ends -- in communication.” These are wise words from legacyproject.org. Yes‚ there are many‚ many cases of physical violence in the world every day but every physical fight starts with some sort of verbal violence. People can use words to make things worse or make thing better. Most of the time people choose to make things worse with their words. Words hold more power than weapons. One reason why words are more powerful than weapons is that if words can hurt‚ they can also heal. Another‚ it serves
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