sad days for me when I was growing up. Because I was born with a handicap that’s what they called it in my day. I was born with a club foot‚ which meant the bone in my right leg was broken during the time my mother carried me. And the doctors had to do surgery on me when I was 10 months old. I was told that the doctors had to fix the broken bone in my right leg. I still have the scar. As I begin to walk‚ I walked on my toes. I walked this way until the second surgery when I was about 6 or 7 years
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long way; I learnt my lesson the hard way. I happened to be a very judgmental teenager and I lost many friends that way. Even before speaking with or having any contact with an individual‚ I judged them based on what I saw on the outside. My friends‚ the ones who stuck with me‚ always told me that one of those days‚ I would be taught a valuable lesson; and boy they were correct. I remember the day as if it were yesterday. It was just a regular boring and sunny day in my neighbourhood and I was sitting
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What I Want To Be When I Grow Up “What Do You Want To Be When You Grow Up?” We are usually asked this question very early in life: “What do you want to be when you grow up?” It’s one of the biggest questions asked of children‚ from toddlers to teenagers. It’s always asked to help encourage kids to think of their future. After all‚ how many children really know what they want to do with the rest of their lives? Oh yeah‚ there are those lucky few who have a special calling. Many kids will say they
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The short story “One Friday Morning” by Langston Hughes is about a young black girl‚ Nancy Lee‚ who recently moved out of the South with her parents so they may provide her with a better life and schooling. Very talented in watercolor painting‚ she wanted to make that her major in college. Regrettably‚ there are some people in the world that are just blinded by race and forget how America was supposed to be a place for equal rights without tyranny. Nancy Lee may be a colored girl‚ but at times
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“You Got To Do What You Got To Do‚ To Get Where You Got to Get” In Ralph Ellison’s story “Battle Royal”‚ Ralph’s dying grandfather gives his son advice on how to advance in life as a black person‚ in the United States. Ralph’s grandfather said‚ “I want you to overcome ‘em with yeses‚ undermine ‘em with grins‚ agree ‘em to death…”(1042). Basically‚ by being really nice to white people‚ he could gain favor and possibly be rewarded for his obedience. Ralph‚ took his grandfathers advice‚ and was eventually
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Growing up can be challenging even with the ideal surroundings. Your teen years are even more puzzling because you seem to be stuck in between being a child and an adult. Throw in not having a father or mother around and life gets difficult. The year 2001 was a difficult year for my family and the nation. My life growing up wasn’t picture perfect‚ but in one very long month I learned that kindness from those around will help you endure and survive. Moreover‚ I still remember the day my mom had
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incident which led to a major change in the way I think . It was one of the first few months I got to America and needed a American driver’s license. Back home in India I was driving in high school and was pretty good at it but the problem was that the way the rules work are different. In India all the cars are right hand driving and in America all the cars are left handed‚ so the lane system was a bit confusing for me. But this one November day I had left to give my driving test and was really
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“How the ocean got its waves” by Brooklyn Cosgrove Once there was a goddess named Amphitrite‚she was the goddess of the sea‚ and there was a god named Poseidon‚ he was the god of the sea. They lived in Atlantis ‚deep in the Mediterranean Sea. They lived in a castle made of solid gold and had every creature in the ocean worshiped them. Meanwhile in Oia‚ Santorini‚ Greece there lived twin siblings. A girl named Cecily and a boy named Axel. They lived in a white stucco cottage with a blue domed
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My Friendship Good morning ladies and gentlemen‚ I am grateful having an opportunity to speak-out my side my definition of friendship and its important not only for my own perspective but for each of us. I hope I am able to make justice on this. Although this topic is not anymore unfamiliar to our lives but defining it to the extent that we can expressly define it as what really friendship is‚ surely is another story to each of us. The best way also to see the importance of having friends is through
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The day I left home was August 20‚ 2011 and I was the most ecstatic person on earth. I was thinking about all the new things I’m going to be able to do and all the new people I’m going to meet. Home was New Jersey for me and as much as I loved it I’ve always loved Florida more. Every summer since I was a kid I would always come to Florida and spend the entire summer with my aunt and uncle. There was never once a summer that I didn’t come and every summer I came I would always wish that I could stay
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