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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I still remember when I first came to America. I was at Charlotte Douglas International airport‚ looking around the totally strange place which was full of strangers. All I could hear was strangers talking in a language that I didn’t understand a single word. At that moment‚ I realized that I was in America‚ the America. I remember how people describe America as the greatest country in the world and such. My heart started to beat faster and faster‚ it felt like my heart was going to explode. Suddenly
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The first briefing of this assignment happened in an afternoon class which was my second tutorial session. The class tutor explained to us how to go on with the assignment. AS the tutor started talking about this assignment I felt so nervous that suddenly I got the feeling I will not be able to finish this assignment. In my nervous state I fumbled my book‚ papers‚ and stationary all the while stumbling over the assignment questions on my mind which was not making any sense to me. But my classmates
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and my heart was pumping. I was ready to play some football. Following warm-ups‚ it was game time. Of course‚ the first play was for me‚ the tailback. It was forty-four gorilla our most popular play. Immediately following the snap of the ball‚I took the ball from the quarterback with authority and confidence. I ran right‚ cut back to the left and was finally wrestled down after sprinting for a ten-yard gain. The fans were as rowdy as ever. We ran a few similar plays to me‚ to feed my hunger
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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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I was hugging my family goodbye as I was getting on the plane headed down to Lackland Air Force Base for basic military training. My story however begins way before this plane ride. Since I was a pre-teen computers and technology in general fascinated me. Growing up with a father that could fix a car engine with a 2X4 and a roll of duct tape and a mother who still is to this day a system analyst at Albany medical center‚ building and working with computer software and hardware was my hobby. Now working
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During my first year at Southeastern‚ I was not sure that this was a real college experience. A little about my background; I came from a high school not much smaller than Southeastern. It was a popular public high school‚ where parties were wild and drugs and alcohol were present in many of the students lives. Anyways‚ media portrays college as a big party‚ “the best years of your life.” Therefore‚ coming to Southeastern was a little bit of a culture shock‚ there are not wild parties‚ and no drugs
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Jamestown. The first settlement of Jamestown occurred in May 14‚ 1607. A couple years later I arrived to Jamestown. Life in Jamestown can be very challenging‚ but nothing compared to how it was before. The first settlement of Jamestown was a failure. The first journey to Virginia was through 3 ships: The Susan Constant‚ the Godspeed and the Discovery. In the first settlement around 100 members traveled to Jamestown looking for silver and gold. Instead of finding silver and gold the first settlers found
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MWEEK-5 HOME WORK ASSIGNMENT Malcolm X--Myth and Truthfulness Civil Rights Activist‚ Malcolm X was born as Malcolm Little on May 19‚ 1925 in Omaha‚ Nebraska‚ the fourth of eight children born to Louise and Earl Little. Louise was a homemaker and Earl was a preacher who was also an active member of the local chapter of the Universal Negro Improvement Association and avid supporter of the Black Nationalist leader”. (Marcus Garvey). Because of Earl Little ’s civil rights activism‚ the family faced
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Saturday morning‚ my family decided that we were going to head to Downtown Grand Rapids and experience Art Prize for our very first time. This being our first year living in Michigan‚ we had no idea what to expect. Art Prize is a huge art contest and all of the artwork is spread out around Grand Rapids for people to look at and vote for the one they think is the best. As we walked down the street‚ we saw many different‚ unbelieveable pieces of art. Soon‚ I had lots of favorite pieces‚ but my overall favorite
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