The summer was coming to an end‚ and I was dreading what was coming next‚ my freshman year! Questions were circling through my brain as as I had a tiny freak out‚ What do I need? Or What outfit should I wear? While my mother tried to comfort me‚ I dismissed all help. Throughout the summer I knew this day was coming where I would have to start fresh in a new school not knowing many people at all. I had attended a parochial school for the beginning ten years of my education; when it came to high school
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Writing a Personal Narrative Story Organizer Directions: Fill in the story organizer with information about the experience that you plan to write about. Event ______________________________________ ______________________________________ When? ______________________________________ Where? ______________________________________ Details 1. ___________________________________________ 2. ____________________________________________ 3. ____________________________________________ ____________________________________________
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able to better go about handling these obstacles as they come my way. Towards the middle of my tenth grade year in high school I learned of the decision my family had made that we were moving that upcoming summer. At first I was very excited‚ anxious to leave my hometown and start fresh. However‚ as the moving date came closer‚ I became more and more anxious‚ realizing everything I was leaving behind. Up until that point‚ having been born and
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Miles Halter (the main character of this novel ) his moving away from his public school to his future private school (Culver Creek Boarding School ).Miles arrives at Culver Creek where is Ideas of the school are destroyed by the look of the school and with his new roommate half naked.His name is Chip Martin he is the new roommate of Miles.After talking a lot with Martin‚He tells Miles his nickname the Colonel and give also a nickname to Miles Pudge (because he his skinny) and introduces Pudge to
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Peculiar path In one of the coldest days of winter‚ I opened my eyes to this mysterious world in a private hospital located in the most entertaining city‚ Tehran. Since that day‚ my dreams and aspirations have been shaped in an odd manner in a conflict of values. I grew up in Iran in a traditional Persian family that was also influenced by western values. We were living in the middle of an Islamic Republic with a fundamentalist Islamic ideology that conflicted with my family values. “Our Family
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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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During my fourth birthday party‚ I was run over by a car. But the car was a Barbie jeep‚ driven by a five-year-old. Taylor‚ the girl who hit me‚ apologized vehemently. Her mother demanded to know why she hit me. Her response was simple- she didn’t see me over the hood of the car. That event was a precursor to the rest of my childhood. My teachers would call me cute‚ my aunts would pinch my cheeks‚ and my older sister used my shoulders as an arm rest. Everyone saw me as a height instead of a person
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I learned most emotions from school. You would think I would have learned most of my feelings from my home life‚ but I think my parents did the best they could to cover them up and make it seem like everything was fine and dandy. I grew up in a museum of sorts‚ or
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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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My brother and I continued to sprint through the dark‚ damp streets. Puddles splashed under our feet making eerie echoes. We passed closed shops and empty parking lots. It seemed like I wouldn’t even have nightmares as creepy as what I was walking through. It was darker than usual. A unearthly feeling was in the air. No one was around‚ which was normal because it was almost midnight‚ but it felt different. “Maybe I’m just in a bad mood‚” I whispered to myself. School had proved to be a tragedy yet
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