illustrates for us in his piece titled “My first Conk” how his first conking went. For those unfamiliar with the term conking is a procedure in which black males concoct a gel‚ using mainly household ingredients‚ then apply it to the hair in order to straighten it. The incorporation of lye in the gel is what causes the bearer to feel as though the scalp burns. Malcom was at first a devoted conker but through the years has come to regret his old habit. At first he explains how good the conk made him
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Shaneqwa L. Morton Mrs. Debra Ashley English 032 October 18‚ 2011 My First Day at High School Did you have an exciting day on your first day of high school or was it the worst? My first day was exciting and bad. I was so glad to be out of middle school and on to the next level. My best friend and I always talked about when we get to high school we were gone do this and that. We just couldn’t wait. We even rode to school together to make sure we wouldn’t get lost. Plus we were always together
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get a second chance to make a first impression.” (Will Rogers). First impressions stick‚ and they stick hard. There’s no way around it‚ they remain as a layer on identity. While within that identity there might exist a different person‚ that different person still holds onto the external layer of a first impression. First impressions truly are almost impossible to change. In a book‚ people use post-it notes to remember a specific point. In society‚ people use first impressions to remember a specific
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I will never forget. My first day in a foreign school was a especially hard for me. During my first day in a new school‚ I felt nervous‚ lonely‚ and sad. First‚ I was very nervous because my school was huge. There were around three thousand students who were studying in the school; furthermore‚ there were around three hundred staff members in the school. My class schedule was hard for me to understand. Since I had never seen that kind of schedule before‚ I could not find my classes on time. Also
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AP English III October 14‚ 2011 The Inside Counts In Malcolm X’s personal essay‚ “My First Conk”‚ Malcolm X describes a moment in his life where he changed his hairstyle. He altered his hair because he thought that the looks on the outside were more acceptable in society. Malcolm X was a young child when he got his first conk. He was looking up to the older black gentlemen in his town‚ and the majority of these men had conks. Conks gave the people of the town self-confidence and a sense
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thought when I took my first alcohol drink I would end up an alcoholic? Not me! It never was my intention to end up like that. But after that first drink‚ something happened‚ inside me. I couldn’t explain it but I liked the feeling. All I knew was‚ my first Bacardi and Coke did something to me that changed the direction of my life‚ for the better‚ I thought‚ but I was wrong. What My First Drink Did For Me Let me explain‚ what my first drink did for me. Sad‚ but true after my first alcoholic drink
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English 111 March 16‚ 2009 As my boyfriend and I walked along the crowded pier: we inhaled the smell of freshly cooked crabs‚ shrimp‚ and lobster that came from the little blue restaurant that sits right on the pier. I could tell that the pier was an old bridge by the cracked cement and the old yellow road markings. The silver rail that surrounded pier was also aged and rusted. After walking about a mile we meticulously lined our poles on the rusted railing. My pole was blue and silver with bells
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Ung had felt a wild amount of emotions that had to do with the war in Cambodia. Distraught. Disbelieving. Disoriented. Confused‚ on how everything changed and ultimately a rebellion took over her life. In “First They Killed My Father”‚ Ung had her childhood stripped away from her‚ forcing her to work‚ adjust to wartime‚ and the consequences that come from war. During the war‚ Ung had to experience hunger and let this affect her daily intake of food. This was something Ung was not familiar with
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EMS Ride Along Experience EMS ride along was a really good experience spent at Warren Fire Department‚ Station number 3. I had the opportunity to spend a day riding along with one of Advanced Life Support Squads while they provided vital emergency medical care to the citizens of Warren‚ MI. The station’s number 3 squad had talented and professional Firefighters/Paramedics. All were welcomed to the student nurses form Davenport University‚ Warren. They were friendly‚ professional‚ and ready to ask
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It was my first day of college and I was both nervous and excited. Nervous because I’m older‚ have a husband and children at home. I don’t want to fail and disappoint them. I felt excited for the same reasons‚ my family. I can earn my degree and get a better paying job than my current EMS job. I would be able to spend more time at home and help my husband provide for our family. As I prepare for my first day‚ I look at my textbooks‚ my notebooks‚ all my pencils and pens and have my laptop out. Everything
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