We all have experienced an embarrassing moment in our lives. Like the time someone tripped in front of everyone‚ spilt a drink on themselves‚ called someone the wrong name‚ and sang the wrong lyric to a song. In these situations‚ do we end up dwelling on that moment or do we make the best of it and laugh in the end? For me‚ I laugh. Even though at the time we may not think that an embarrassing moment is funny‚ later on down the road we may turn back and see how precious that memory was. My most
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EMBARRASSED Some things are easier to remember ‚ and some are easier to forget. I can remember my most embarrassing moment as it happened yesterday. I have tried over the years to forget this moment ‚ but it just never seems to go away. I was fifteen years old when my father gave me two-hundred dollars for the good grades I scored in all of my classes. To enjoy it I decided to invite my girlfriend and three close friends to a popular restaurant for a meal. I was so excited to share that moment
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In the story‚ “Seventh Grade”‚ Gary Soto creates a character that faces challenges with impressing his crush. As Victor tries to win Teresa over with embarrassing tactics his French teacher helps him to not embarrass himself in front of Teresa. So does Victor actually learn from his experience? Does he have responsibility in the problem he has caused? In the beginning of the story Victor decides that in his seventh grade year he is going to get a girl named Teresa. Victor soon discovers
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Henry Bruno Christine Pierucci Writing Skills III April 7‚ 2011 (524) “Shame vs. “I Became her Target” Dick Gregory in Shame talks about his life as a child. He also talks about how it was hard growing up in is neighborhood. Dick had to deal with a poor family and had two painful experiences. As for Roger Wilkins it was a little bit different. Roger was a young African American new comer to the school. He has become the focus of attention to his school. The reason for that was
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Derrick Williams English 100/010 N. Faulk 11-03-10 Reading Response #4 “Shame” In the passage‚ “Shame”‚ written by Dick Gregory‚ Gregory discusses his experience of feeling shame as a child. Gregory was a poor‚ black child‚ but he didn’t feel that made him any different from the rest of his peers. However‚ this feeling of innocence was replaced by shame when his teacher pointed out to his classmates that he was poor‚ and living without a father. For the first time in his life‚ Gregory felt
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Don’t Hide From Your Shame May 17 2011 In this story written by Hugh Garner‚ you have a young man named Donald‚ who is graduating from a private school and onto University. Donald is ashamed of where he comes from‚ his economic standings‚ and most of all‚ his mother. The many people he tries to avoid with his mother‚ eventually end up finding him and he becomes ashamed the moment his mother starts to talk. The several people his mom meets are confused and greatly disapprove of his actions
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“The First Day” by Edward P. Jones It’s only natural to keep vivid memories of certain monumental moments in life‚ such as the first day of school‚ for a long time. “The First Day” by Edward P. Jones tells the story of a mother and daughter on the daughter’s first day of school. In the beginning of the story‚ the mother goes to great lengths to prepare her daughter for this important occasion. After the preparation is over‚ she takes her daughter to a particular school before being told that she
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I recall something that stuck with me from my mom she was a single parent even though we had this piece of a man living in our house that was my sister dad. I went to stay with my mom when I was about twelve cannot remember the age. Every time this guy would shame me she would try to build me back up. He would tell me I am the black sheep of the family and that I would not amount to nothing. Yes it shamed me because I stayed with my grandparents most of my life and he was trying to make me feel worthless
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Life gives a person too much to remember. But each one of us has a memory that stays firmly in our heart. Now‚ I want to tell about a moment that I always remember until today. I can still remember the day it like it was yesterday. The morning sun shone brightly on my eyelids. I rolled on to the right side of my bed. Wondering about the time‚ I stretched my arm to grasp a round alarm clock that used to woke me up every morning. I forced my eyes to wide open‚ focused them on the ugly round clock’s
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Camron McLean Mrs. Pedrotti English 1‚ period 2 Nov. 22‚ 2013 The scarlet Ibis Essay Pride is an emotion that often has negative connotations. It is closely associated with conceit or disdain. James Hurst short story “The Scarlet Ibis‚”pride is the perspective of Brother‚ a young man whose pride becomes a destructive force in his life. He uses the tragic relationship of two brothers to demonstrate the themes of pride. The memory of which will keep Brother on the alert for pride for the
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