Katie Mallea Mrs. Arnold English 1301-5th 27 September 2012 Pulling the Plug To have the privilege of being born‚ we all must face the consequence of death. Some take the death of a loved one very poorly‚ while others take it fairly well. I just so happen to process death in an accepting manner. My mother isn’t so lucky. “Wake up!” I heard my mother whisper in my ear‚ “Today is the day.” My eyelids slowly opened only to see a white‚ lifeless ceiling staring me in the face. “Seriously‚ Get
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One early dew-dropped March morning‚ I watched my parents watching me walk through airport security for the first time completely alone. It was odd not having parents to ask if I should take off my shoes or belt. Once I had gotten through airport security‚ I took my ticket and walked in silence to my gate‚ surrounded by fast food chains‚ news stores with blaring T.V.s talking about world and national news‚ bars‚ and bookstores. When I finally found my gate‚ I took a breath of relief‚ this was going
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“We’re going to mine off the navigation path?” I snapped. “Wicked Pass is the closest feeder system to the Wildlands. We don’t want to mix with those types of people‚ they live lawlessly.” “Where is your adventure?” Fisher laughed. “We’re going to make a killing on this belt. If any trouble comes…we will warp and jump back out.” My father started his mining career wildcatting this way‚ but he had never taken me mining in a lower security system before. However‚ I’d actually been in Wicked Pass before
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“A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions.” –Oliver Wendell Holmes. One day‚ I was walking around campus with my friend Faith when both of us stumbled upon a sign in the elevator that mentioned a trip to Europe to study our favorite parts of history. From that minute and on both of us knew we had to look into this one of a kind trip. A few days later we attended the course meeting for the trip both of us looked at each other‚ nodding our heads in excitement
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Monaco She Phoenix‚ Arizona. My home. You would think with name like a bird of fire it would be inspiring‚ breathtaking even magical. But it isn’t. It’s just another desert city. And I’m just another desert nobody on another desert summer day. He She’s a hurricane. She’s the greatest and most devastating of storms. Even in the bone dry summer‚ she changed my world and brought rain and snow and hail. She rained down on me when I least expected it. Before I could even get my umbrella out‚ she soaked
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With 176‚000 miles‚ broken window cranks‚ stained nylon seats‚ a massive dent on the right fender‚ and the pungent fragrance of a high school locker room‚ my friend Ken’s ’96 green Mazda Protege was the most decrepit‚ yet beautiful car I’ve ever ridden. It could have been Ken’s adventurous driving or maybe it was the car sounding like it would explode while idling‚ but I sometimes feared for my life in that car. Due to its bright hue‚ Ken nicknamed it “The Green Hornet.” I laughed when I first saw
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Boom! Went the roaring of the monster trucks as they came to life. At the top of the stadium stand the ground was shucking up through our bodies as we sat down to watch 2017 Monster Jam. It was January 20 on a Thursday evening when me and my family decided to go to Monster Jam. Early Friday morning we left our house to pick up my friend Brandon Hall then we could finally head to Orlando Fl. When we finally arrived at the interstate we had 5 hours before our arrival at the hotel. The beginning of
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These organizations helped with the school to raise money and understand the quality of working together. My shyness all went away at this time‚ I no longer had a reason to be held back.The more organizations I joined‚ the more I grew as a person. In the beginning of my junior year i was inducted to National Honor Society‚ became colorguard captain and historian officer for band
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It was bitter cold in Germany‚ Nazi soldiers were just around the corner rounding the jews they just caught into big trucks with swastikas on the side. Snow was falling hard and I was running hoping not to get caught. I am not a jew but I do not support Hitler and anyone that doesn’t support him gets the same punishment as a jew. I was running fast not paying attention to where I was going‚ when I ran straight into a girl with a bright red coat on. I felt really bad and said sorry but before I could
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different areas. The first area I have enhanced is my personal identity. To my knowledge‚ personal identity deals with questions about oneself. I hope I’m not being too vague. It is obvious that everyone has questions they ask about themselves. However‚ personal identity is hard to understand for most. I researched personal identity and found that it asks questions
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