Destination Homebound Waking up‚ I feel the burning sensation of what feels like fine needles pricking at my eyeballs. I blink them a couple more times before hitting the snooze button on my loud horn shrieking alarm clock. As I lay my head back down to get just ten more minutes‚ a fuzzy feeling tickles my stomach. The excitement of me going home today to see my family races through my head‚ along with that‚ the slight twinge of a headache from the lack of sleep counteracts that feeling. I’m tired
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Name: Saranjam Khan Date: 10/31/2012 Contemporary World History 01 (9:30-10:20am) Summary from the New York Times Footnote citation of Article or Editorial: Declan Walsh‚ “Taliban Gun Down A Girl Who Spoke Up for Rights‚” New York Times‚ October 10‚ 2012. What is the article or editorial about (100-150 words)? A 14 year old girl‚ Malala Yousafzai was shot in head and neck by Taliban while she was in her school bus with fellow students. Malala Yousafzai‚ who raised her voice
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for God sake. Now let me figure out what’s going on with the bottom of this ‘vacuum cleaner’. It started to suck things up‚ and I’m telling you…when it went in it didn’t come back out. It surely does scare the dog. I guess it is true that dogs can sense evil. “It’s over loaded‚” my father was yellin’‚ “turn that darn thing off already. It’s not a science experiment.” I believe he was wrong. This thing they call a ‘plug’ isn’t like other kinds of plugs I’ve seen. It has three prongs‚ must be some
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Ueno‚ The Town of Quietness and Chaos In 21st century‚ we came to be able to travel abroad very easily compared with the last century. According to a research‚ over 8‚000‚000 foreign tourists visit Japan every year. There are many places that are known to the tourist like Kyoto‚ which is quite famous for its beautiful scenery and magnificent Buddhist temples‚ or Tokyo‚ the capital of Japan‚ and the one of the busiest city in the world. However‚ If there are greedy tourist who
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The New York Jets have a rookie middle linebacker turning heads and getting everyone’s attention. Before you rush off to the comment section to give your opinion on Darron Lee’s late signing‚ allow me to have your attention for a few more sentences. Since the first day of camp‚ Jordan Jenkins has had the Gang Green coaching staff talking enough that he has already been written in as the week one starter at outside linebacker. While Lee is behind both Erin Henderson and David Harris at this point
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crashing against the beach could be heard when looking into those crystal blue eyes. Those big bright eyes were enchanting and inspiring. This baby had a luscious powdery smell that was relaxing. The atmosphere possessed by Kevin was one of beauty and new life. Now Kevin is older and many of those adolescent features have changed. The once fiery red hair is now thinning and turning gray. The color of the sky right before a storm. More hair now seems to forming a mustache. Now the once dark colored
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As I looked into my boyfriends eyes out in 30 degree weather‚ in a city we have never been to‚ I realized how lucky I was to be celebrating my birthday in this one of a kind place‚ New York City. Two eighteen-year-old kids exploring this wonderful and large city all by ourselves. What could possibly go wrong? The subway got closed down unexpectedly when we needed to get back to our hotel room in order to make it on time to the untold musical story of the Wizard of OZ‚ “Wicked” so‚ we decided to
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warm Saturday morning toward the end of April when I put on my new pair of running shoes. I got into my car and drove three blocks to the gym. As I walked into the new remodeled gym I was quickly greeted by two beautiful girls that looked like they just came out of a magazine. I could not help but feel knots in my stomach of raging insecurities as they told me to take a seat and wait a moment for Boris to help get me started with my new membership. My cheeks flushed red when I first looked at Boris
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only one of the miniscule events on the life’s tumultuous journey. The sound of the plethora of waves that repeatedly crash against the shore provide a calm serenity for those listening‚ while the smell of the briny air refreshes each individual sense. Walking along the beach‚ although a cliché‚ is one of the most enjoyable‚ yet basic pleasures of life; it’s an escape. The atmospheric placidity serves as an infinite amount of space to simply think. Most importantly‚ the ocean allows one to
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internet? I felt an awful combination of disappointment‚ anger‚ panic‚ and frustration. There was no way to fix this in my mind. My future college acceptance letters seemed bleak. What should I do next? After setting up an appointment to see my new college counselor a week later‚ the worst had not been eradicated‚ in fact‚ it was more real than it ever was‚ and there seemed to be no way of getting out of it. Growing up with my Asian heritage‚ and living in an Asian dominated community didn’t make
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