When I was in the 6th grade‚ I had my first dog‚ Isabelle. She was a small Dachsund mix with the most beautiful personality. She quickly became my best friend‚ and one of my only friends in the awkward transition from elementary school to middle school. I spent four amazing months with my newfound friend‚ when one day‚ I witnessed her fatal car accident. I felt my world was shattered and became depressed. Once I pulled myself out of sorrow‚ I knew for certain I wanted to become a veterinarian. I
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“Never put your key to happiness in someone else’s pocket.”~Anonymous. It was the Fourth of July‚ and my parents were planning a small party with our next-door neighbors. By this time I was in third grade and very close to a friend my age that lived next door. He had a little brother‚ who I thought was pretty intimidating for his age‚ considering he never obeyed or listened to anyone‚ and made up his own rules‚ like a visualante. On the other hand I had two sisters. The older one‚ Ronnie‚ I thought
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read to me‚ and it would mostly be before I went to bed. There were a few other times when she would read to me‚ like Christmas Eve night she would read me a Christmas book. The two main books I remember her reading to me were “The giving Tree” and “Love You Forever”. In the past‚ when I had to read‚ sometimes I would skim the book just to find the answers quick and easy. Other times I would read the selection‚ sometimes because I couldn’t find the answer from skimming. I was never taught any specific
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Icy Friendships The air was ice cold and dry; so cold that with each inhalation‚ my nostrils burned and as I exhaled my breath was as thick as fog. In the distance I could hear the tapping of the woodpeckers pecking up in the trees and the echoes of pine cones as they hit neighboring patios. With the sun shining bright and Mother Nature at peace‚ who could have possibly foreseen what was to come. Two girls had set out on a trip to the liquor store and returned home with far much more than
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backing. Embossed letters softly raise themselves to my eyes as if to say‚ ‘hello’‚ and bid me to take them home. I spy uniformed ivory pages sandwiched between the black binding‚ small gaps in the spacing attempt to cry out with a silent‚ ‘open at me first’. My mind reels at what might be uncovered once I take it home‚ do I dare? The hardback emits such a yearning to me‚ that I cannot stop a gently quivering hand from reaching out and lifting it off the
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was frustrated because I couldn’t communicate clearly at times‚ so people had hard time understanding me including friends ‚ teacher and students. No matter how I hard I practise speaking english I was struggling ‚ even though english is not my first language‚ but it was always my favorite subject .One day I promised myself that if I could speak english well that I am going to help others who struggling the language and need help to communicate with other people.so I started helping the new
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George know this language all too well. Albert is a thin‚ pasty‚ white fellow with brown hair that was always combed over to one side of is head and big thick black glasses. Albert always thought that he was the smartest only because he had the same first name as Albert Einstein. George was the complete opposite of Albert. He was a rather large fourteen year old boy with uncontrollable curly hair that molded into an afro. Then there is me‚ Frank‚ I am just your average guy. I am content with jeans and
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When I applied for the Quinlan Ramble to Seattle my freshman year‚ I had no idea of what the trip would be like. I had no expectations‚ and honestly as a freshman I just thought it would be a great way of spending my first Spring Break in America. However‚ upon meeting the people I traveled with‚ I knew it wouldn’t just be another school trip. We connected from the very beginning‚ forming a strong bond. During the trip‚ we were all very dedicated to get an insider perspective of the real business
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9/25/13 A few weeks ago‚ it was before an upcoming video game called “Grand Theft Auto 5” was about to be released‚ people on the media were talking about the “Grand Theft Auto” video game series due to the fact that it is considered to be one of the most controversial video game series. Despite its popularity‚ people have been opposed to the series. When people in some types of media were talking about the new “Grand Theft Auto” game‚ which was going to be released on September 2013‚ they’ve mentioned
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I woke this morning just like every morning sprawled out on my old mattress on the floor. As I began to wake to what seemed like an ordinary hot summer day. As I was getting changed there was a loud urgent bang on the door of the little tin hut at the edge of the lake I called home. This was unusual as I live alone and don’t usually get any visitors apart from the odd lost hiker. I finished getting changed and opened to door to meet them. “Please I need your help!” a distressed teenager pleaded
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