I pulled up my socks‚ slid in my shin guards‚ and tied my cleats extra tight; my hand was in the huddle as I looked around at our pink jerseys and proceeded to shout my team name. I was about to play my first soccer game ever on a 6v6 field with my dad at my side as my coach. Who knew that eleven years later I would still be playing and working my way up to the collegiate level. Starting in the fall of my freshman year‚ I played in an extremely competitive national league‚ where everyone was trying
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forever. The story First They Killed My Father written by Loung Ung discusses her childhood life and how she had to deal with the Cambodian genocide.. As a young child who had to experience the war‚ Ung was faced with many challenges that impacted her chances of a normal childhood. When Ung was first faced with this new world she realized that she was being stripped away of everything‚ including her individuality. In the text Ung states‚ “I cannot take my eyes off of my dress…. My insides are tied
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My First Speeding Ticket It was a cool December evening. I was tired but excited to be going back to my hometown for the weekend. It was a long drive home and I wished time would go by faster. The clock on the dash beat methodically‚ as if it was in time with the rotation of the tires‚ round‚ and round. Suddenly my thoughts were interrupted as I met an oncoming police officer and realized that I was exceeding the speed limit a great deal. Frantic I sped up and looked for a road that
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Treasure of the Sierra Madre and The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez are both films that serve as warnings and criticisms of the United States imperialistic tendencies. Each film features an outlaw Mexican character that reacts to the imperialist actions of the Anglo characters. However‚ one portrayal is that of a stereotype‚ while the other is a well-rounded individual. Here I will compare the two characters to show how each is used to illustrate the main theme of the films.
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In the passage “The First Night”‚ A Dialogue on Personal Identity and Immortality‚ the author John Perry introduces one of the main characters Gretchen Weirob‚ in her hospital room. Weirob is a philosophy professor who is laying in her death bed due to a motorcycle incident. Accompanying her is her life time long friend Sam Miller and her former student Dave Cohen three days before she passed. The author makes it clear that Weirob is looking to be persuaded that personal survival after death is possible
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was around. I can easily relate to the essay because at my home English is a second language to my parents. Though it wasn’t as noticeable as Amy’s mother‚ but there were times where I heard my mother have a hard time speaking to people because she could not get her point across. There were times where I had to step in and just say “she means this‚ not that.” Growing up in a home where English is not the first language to me becomes your first Language because at the home everyone uses it to communicate
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thought I might as well turn in. I was just about to go and get my bed-linen when I saw the attendant coming along collecting the tickets. So I opened my bag to get mine ready for him. I got my ticket and gave it to the attendant. She read the ticket very carefully then surprisingly looked at me and said that I had set on the wrong train. This train was bound for Murmansk. I was shocked at this. I must be in Moscow next day and my plans went to smash. The large company offered me a job‚ so
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murdered her five children. Andrea Yates has thought about killing her children for quite a while before she really did kill her children. Her husband Rusty Yates knew about his wife trying to kill their children and caught Andrea before she did it the first time. Andrea Yates attempted to kill her kids before and she didn’t kill them in earlier attempts because she didn’t think she was ready. I believe that Andrea Yates was insane because she has pre-planned killing her kids before and she finally did
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Volunteering The first time I volunteered was at a humane society‚ and they had me cleaning out cages‚ and kennels. While I was cleaning‚ I was wearing gloves and a face mask‚ because the feces were so gross! A few of the dogs had actually gotten sick‚ while I was there‚ so I was cleaning up vomit. Breathing almost made me hurl every time I went into a different cage. When I was done‚ I had to go around outside in the running area and pick up poop. And after I was done with that‚ I went straight
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Narrative and Descriptive Essay My First LSD Trip Ever since I heard of LSD‚ I’d always been interested in it. I could never believe that taking a drug could literally alter your reality. It even makes your subconscious come out into the real world. It’s even described as having your dreams come true. I’d research experience stories and all the facts‚ but I really just needed to try it myself! A few friends and I were sitting around playing Dead Space 3‚ when my friend Kyle told me that he could
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