could see it‚ I would be starting catcher on the JV baseball team. I had made it passed the first two weeks of tryouts and I was so confident that I was going to make it. That was‚ until on that last day of tryouts when the two coaches pulled me out of a drill and told me they wanted to talk to me. My stomach sank like a rock. Was all of the hard work I had put in these past few weeks all for nothing? I knew my fate was in their hands. I really hadn’t thought that hard about what I would do if they
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ding… ding.” I woke pretending I couldn’t hear it‚ because I didn’t want to get up. My mom was yelling at my sister and me‚ “Get up girls it’s time to go school.” I didn’t understand why she was so excited. I miserably dragged myself out of bed; I just wanted to crawl and hide and the blanket. It was a cold day in March 1999‚ I was fourteen years old‚ and it was my first day of school in America. I was scared. My sister and I got ready‚ but we were not happy. We knew we had to go to school‚ and mom
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death in the poems ‘On my first Sonne’ by Ben Jonson and ‘Anne Hathaway’ by Duffy The theme of the poem ‘On my first Sonne’‚ by Ben Jonson‚ is introduced through the title‚ where we are already informed that the poem will be about the poet’s first son. The poem begins with the word‚ ‘Farewell’‚ which leads us on to understand that this is a tragic goodbye that the poet is expressing. Jonson clearly is expressing his love and pride for his son when writing‚ ‘child of my right hand and joy’‚ which
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Kierra Bazilio 9/15/13 My First Trip Back Home to California (rough draft) “Ring! Ring! Ring!” went the tune playing from my cell phone to wake me up at five thirty in the morning. It was a gloomy Monday morning when I woke up for school that day. I knew staying up socializing with my brother leondre was a bad idea‚ but I did it anyways. I was awake‚ but my bed didn’t want me to get up. I laid there for ten more minutes until I realized I really had to get up before I was late for school
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For my first psychosocial assessment‚ I met with a resident who had just completed an inpatient treatment program for alcohol abuse. Using my interviewing and facilitative skills I engaged him and learned about his life. Before completing treatment at the inpatient program‚ he was homeless‚ my main goal was to find out more about his family‚ and the series of events that led up to him becoming homeless. During our session‚ he shared that he had been using drugs and alcohol for over thirty years as
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professional manner and maintained her professionalism throughout the entire session. Her dress reflected that of a competent and professional therapist. Becca was very clear in explaining the goals and expectations of the session. As the client whose first therapy session was this one‚ I would feel comfortable knowing what to expect throughout the 50 minutes. Becca’s tone of voice matched me as a client. Her voice was calm and soothing. When the conversation transitioned to more serious matters‚ her
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Being born in America is a privilege. This hit me when I took my first trip to Nigeria. As I exited the plane from a 16-hour flight‚ I could barely feel my legs because of how long the trip was. Everybody was so excited to leave the plane to see how Nigeria looked like. Don’t get it twisted‚ I was excited too but I wasn’t in any rush. As I finally ran out of the airport‚ I just remembered seeing people walking all around and looking at the new tourists that had just arrived. I was so excited to start
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being more accurate with the ball and my touch. Slowly I started to walk toward the ball‚ the connection between the ball and my foot broke the silence. Leading to the sound of the ball connecting with the net‚ putting a smile on my face. I had finally made a shot I liked. Inside I thought‚ “Tyler‚ that was one out of the fifty shots I had taken that and I only liked one.” All of a sudden it hit me I had soccer practice in one hour. Remembering back when my coach told me to rest and take things
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My first football season By: Dylan Jackson Today was the day to pick up my football equipment. I could not hold in my excitement‚ it was a Saturday and my first practice was on a Tuesday. I was outside chucking the ball in the air and catching it when my mom came out. “It’s time to go‚” she said “OK” I exclaimed as I dropped the football and sprinted to the van. When my mom and I arrived I tried on my gear and left to sign up‚ the guy at the signup place signed me up he gave me a football and a
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surreal to me. Waking up in my dorm every morning and comprehending that I am going to be here for the majority of the next four years is crazy and exciting. I have loved every part of my experience here at Taylor so far. Already in my time here at Taylor I have experienced many new firsts. I have experienced my first wing retreat‚ my first pick-a-date‚ my first Taylor sporting event‚ my first bro-sis event‚ my first Ivanhoes run‚ and many other exciting Taylor firsts. I have learned more names in
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