I still remember the day‚ December 6‚ 1999. My Best friend had called me crying‚ asking for my help. I expected the worst‚ but it wasn’t so bad. She asked if I could go with her to the doctor because she thought she was pregnant. My thoughts immediately went to the baby because my friend had been drinking and doing drugs for the past two months. The next day‚ I told my mom I was walking to the bus stop‚ but really I was going to skip school so I could accompany my friend to the doctor. That day
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I Survived My First Back Handspring Tumbling is one of the things I hate the most. Some people might think that flipping your own body over to do flips is really cool and exhilarating to do. I‚ on the other hand‚ hate tumbling. Tumbling is the act‚ practice‚ or art of performing acrobatic tumbles‚ usually on a mat or the ground. Tumbling is a part of my passion‚ known as all-star or competitive cheerleading. A back handspring is one of the more basic skills of tumbling. When I was younger
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PAPER GUIDELINES I) Submit two copies of the paper on the due date A) Hardcopy that must be stapled together. Do not use paper clips or binders. B) Word document sent as an email attachment 1) Send to: ehooks@edison.edu 2) Save your paper under a file name that contains at least part of your paper’s title. Examples: Malaria.doc‚ Osteoporosis.docx 3) Send the paper as a single file. Do not send the cover page and/or references as separate files. 4) In the
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Most Embarrassing Day in My Life When I was in Form four‚ my school held an English elocution contest. I was really horrified when I was chosen as one of the participants. For the next few days‚ I searched model essay books for a suitable topic to speak on for I could never had written my own speech even if my life depended on it. Eventually‚ I chose a topic on pollution because at that time‚ everyone from the man in the street to the top ministers were talking about it. After that‚ I memorized the
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In kindergarten most kids were told they could do anything they wanted. I was told that I couldn’t. In first grade most kids were told they could have any job they wanted. I was told that I couldn’t. In second grade most kids were told that they could be anything kind of person they wanted when they were older. I was told I couldn’t be anything I wanted. In kindergarten‚ my parents came home from a meeting at my school and sat me on a couch. I had no clue why they were called in but in my head
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My First Skydiving Experience "Jumping is fun! Skydiving is not just falling; it is flying—the closest we have been able to come to free‚ unencumbered‚ non-mechanical individual flight‚" says Mike Turoff in the book The Skydiver’s Handbook. I totally agree with him because skydiving provides the maximum liberty that one can ever experience. In this article‚ I’d like to describe to you my first jump in order to show you how much fun skydiving is. First of all‚ I learned about skydiving via the
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rest of my high school career‚ but my entire life‚ I continue to feel a longing for my old school. I wish for my old friends who I know will recognize me and jump to greet me; my old routine that I grew so accustomed to. But none of that matters now. All that matters is that I currently feel like a “nobody” and I’m certain that is all that I’ll feel for the next two agonizing years of my life. Is it just my imagination‚ my insecurities flooding my brain‚ or is everyone staring at me as I walk down
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When I was just four years old‚ my family decided it was time to get our first dog. We arrived to scene in a hurry because we heard someone’s dog just had puppies and we wanted to pick out a good one. Once we got there‚ the backyard was filled with bouncing 1-2 month old puppies. Since I was four‚ I wasn’t picky of which dog I wanted I just wanted a dog. So my mom saw one puppy that had a white face but a perfect black circle on the top of her head. Our trip began as soon as we took the puppy into
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Friedrich Froebel‚ Founder of Kindergarten Friedrich Froebel was a German educator of the nineteenth century who developed an Idealist philosophy of early childhood education. He established kindergarten and education for four and five-year-old children. Kindergarten is now a part of education worldwide. Friedrich Froebel was born in the small town of Oberwiessbach‚ Germany in 1782. His mother died when he was a baby. His father remarried‚ but Froebel never liked his stepmother. His feeling of
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At first‚ I hesitated to not go because of my perspective about Americans and also‚ it was a hard to say good-bye and leaving behind friends‚ family‚ and my house. Nevertheless‚ my parents urged me and again lecturing me Korean education of considering English to be valuable and useful and the best way to learn it is to be there. I had no choice to obey my parents and together go to America. Arriving in America was a shift for
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