when we entered the building I saw a very long line of people. So‚ I looked towards the front of the line‚ and I saw a tall‚ darkly skinned man who was signing basketballs. Since‚ I love the sport of basketball I recognized who it was but I wanted to make sure so I ask my friend “ Is that Shaquille O’neal?” my friend said in return “ I think so.” My heart jumped out of my body‚ as soon as he said that. I started jumping up and down‚ I was so excited. Since‚ there was a long line I had to be patient
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When I was 7 years old I got my first dirt bike little did I know this was gonna lead to some pain. When I was 9 years old I was minding my own business riding my dirt bike when I hit a tree stump and flew off into a barbwire fence. I stood up and my arm hurt so bad and I tried to lift it up but it fell straight back down. I had to get home so I had to walk to get to my house. I walked in the house and said “mom there’s something wrong with my arm.” She looked at it and told my dad we would have
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When I first arrived to Richmond Early College High School‚ I anticipated an academic career characterized by hard work‚ nightly homework assignments‚ and incredible doses of stress that a middle school classroom could not synthesize. Although I actually landed my first college class in the second semester of my ninth grade year (ACA‚ which was required for all newbies and taken simultaneously by all 50 of us)‚ I found myself still shaken. I looked forwarded to the challenges of a college experience
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2013 was my first summer with Inlet. Due to being so young‚ I was advice to only participate in the first 2 weeks. Back then I was a hip hop dancer‚ I didn’t know what modern was nor did I ever take a modern class. I remember walking in feeling nervous but as soon as I saw everyone hugging each other‚ I knew this was where I belonged. In 2014‚ I decided that I wanted to come back to Inlet for another summer. I also knew that I wanted to stay for the whole time‚ but sadly that wasn’t exactly an
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My First Time Driving I have never been more agitated in my life. I have got to be the most horrendous driver ever. Before this‚ I had never driven a car in my life. Nobody ever told me what to do‚ and I never found it interesting to learn how. So I drove for the first time unprepared‚ inexperienced‚ and uninterested. It was summer 2016 in sunny Gulfport‚ Mississippi when I drove for the first time. We lived right on the water‚ so the roads were sharp and depended on the water. My dad has
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We pointed the gun‚ and bam‚ my first deer was down‚ this was when I knew that this place was going to be a special place to me. Growing up‚ going to deer camp with my daddy was always a very exciting thing for me. Hopewell was practically where I grew up; the dusty dirt roads‚ beautiful and quiet backwoods‚ deep mud holes‚ wild animals‚ friends and family made that place a home for me. Most people wouldn’t really consider their deer camp as their safe place and I guess that’s what makes me different
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This is my first practicum placement in the Lethbridge community and in a daycare centre. It has given me a different‚ but good experience from working in a Parent Pre-School Program (PPP). This placement is different from my last two placements‚ because it has allowed me to gain more experience with younger children. The placement still gives the children the opportunity to learn through their play in play areas of language‚ art‚ water‚ sand‚ blocks‚ and kitchen (dramatic play). They also‚ have
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THE FIRST CAPTIVITY NARRATIVE: ALVAR NUÑEZ CABEZA DE VACA’S 1542 LA RELACION Ramón Sánchez University of Washington‚ Bothell In this paper‚ I will discuss the development of one type of Western captivity narrative‚ a Spanish one that in the context of expanding Western conquest brought (1) the need for the European conqueror to defend himself from the accusation of cultural betrayal and (2) the need to redeem a failed conqueror. For this I focus on Alvar Nuñez Cabeza de Vaca’s 1542 La Relacion
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eyes on Thomas Jefferson Middle School. As I walk into unfamiliar building and know nothing about the culture and language a huge chill came over me‚ which I have never felt before. Something finally hit me I was in school in America. I walked in my first English class and sat there in a full panic mode but pretended I knew what I am doing. I heard a loud noise that said “Alright class take out your notebook and write a paragraph about your winter break”. Although I can understand some English words
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My First Wrestling Match Have you ever felt so scared that you were going to throw up and faint? This describes my mother at my first wrestling match. This also describes my feelings. It was my first wrestling tournament ever; the anticipation was so thick you could cut it with a knife. This match would come to be known as one of the most challenging adventures in my life. I had never wrestled before or seen a wrestling match. Coach A. told me to try wrestling because I tackled like a
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