The time has come. After countless weeks of exams‚ homework‚ meetings‚ and random outbursts of crying‚ it’s time to venture home for a few days of much needed rest‚ real food‚ and time with loved ones. Thanksgiving has become a lot more meaningful now that I am away from college. I remember my first Thanksgiving freshman year. I was living the standard movie cliché of coming home for the holidays. I grew a beard‚ everyone commented on how much more liberal I’ve gotten‚ I was asked (and begrudgingly
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All I hear is parents screaming‚ teammates awaiting the time when we jog out onto the brick chip field‚ and our coach telling us where we are going to play and how he wants us to work our butts off trying to win. I smell the popcorn‚ nachos‚ pretzels‚ and mostly what I smell is sweat mixed with a dingy dirt. I’m thinking in my mind‚ “We all have to give it our all to win the game.” So I put on my dirt crusted‚ sweat smelling glove on and hustle out to the red brick chipped field. I’m playing
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At first I thought it was my brother‚ but it was actually a turkey! That’s what desired me more to hunt. It was in a lengthy grassy field covered with towering trees getting cut down. Every time a tree soared down and slammed onto the the wet ground you could feel the ground shake. It was just my uncle and I walking our way back too his normal hunting spot‚ where just a few days ago he got his first turkey of the year. Never did we know that this very day I was gonna get my first turkey just not
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“It all felt as if though I was going to be a sheep being taken to a slaughter house.” Her older sister underwent the atrocious process a year before she did‚ so she knew exactly what was going to happen to her. It all happened 33 years ago‚ and it left a scar within her‚ that to this day‚ still haunts her. It was all performed by women who appeared to be exceptionally amateurish‚ “I felt that their only mission in life was to give me and the other girls a scare of a lifetime”‚ she said. She laid
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reading‚ and their first draft is always a progression of drafts. They are constantly refining their work and sharpening their ideas. As for students‚ they think the work is pretty much done when the draft is completed‚ but because writing is a complex process‚ drafting is just the beginning. Personally‚ my drafts are revised many times because I want to make sure the structure required is being followed. I believe that every step of the process needs equal attention to make sure my thoughts and ideas
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the exhilarating sound of my first shot‚ and believe it or not I had actually hit something. It all started one morning in 1868 when I was home alone. I was only 8 years old‚ my father was dead and there was no one to hunt for the family. After an exciting experience as a young girl i went on to perform in carnivals and inspire other young girls to do great things. While sitting by the fireplace I noticed my father’s old Kentucky rifle just sitting on the mantle‚ in my head I put together that if
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In the poem "On my first son" Ben Jonson uses powerful diction and language to convey his emotions of anger and despair. These emotions which he feels as a Father over the loss of his son makes him question his faith in his maker. In the first stanza Jonson conveys his sense of loss by using its diction and language. The words "farewell" of his "joy" in the first sentence show us the deep emotional pain he fell by losing the "child of [his] right hand". Jonson has described his son with innocent
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First They Killed My Father First They Killed My Father demonstrates that when people live in constant fear they begin to live only for themselves. Discuss‚ the constant fear‚ which is portrayed by the Ung family‚ is one which would push any person who experienced this to only fend for themselves‚ as it is the only way to survive. Human adaptability is clearly shown in the text through Pa’s sense to become friendly with the chief and the base people‚ which is a source of procuring enough food for
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One of the most memorable firsts that I’ve had happened on May 1‚ 2008. It was the first day of my new life‚ the life that I was going to spend buried in books‚ cramming to meet deadlines and running to class‚ late as ever. As I boarded the bus that fateful day‚ I thought of how this would work out. I wondered how all of my high school friends were doing. They were still having fun‚ sipping the last drips of fun from summer’s cup. I longed for the times we spent together just this past summer
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It was my first day of college and I was both nervous and excited. Nervous because I’m older‚ have a husband and children at home. I don’t want to fail and disappoint them. I felt excited for the same reasons‚ my family. I can earn my degree and get a better paying job than my current EMS job. I would be able to spend more time at home and help my husband provide for our family. As I prepare for my first day‚ I look at my textbooks‚ my notebooks‚ all my pencils and pens and have my laptop out. Everything
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