rest‚ making it hard to stay strong while traveling. Over the course of several years‚ the family becomes separated and several members die‚ leaving Loung Ung to question the concept of her family. From Loung’s perspective in her memoir‚ “First They Killed My Father”‚ her family is vital although they are forced to separate and start new lives. However‚ after all of the losses she is forced to cope with and the separations of different family members‚ she remains loyal to her family and does not
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are a lot different than I expected. I guess I had a fairy-tale vision of what it would be 409 like. The first day here‚ I almost wanted to turn around and go home! It’s not paradise! I knew it would 410 be humid‚ but I still wasn’t prepared for how humid. My skin constantly feels wet and very sticky‚ and 411 this is uncomfortable for me since I’m used to a very dry climate. But the most shocking thing I found 412 out right from the beginning when I arrived on Saturday (January 27) was that the Bible
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into the night‚ all I could see looking out the window the rain fell and the cold air surrounded us; my sleeping bag did nothing to keep me warm. Nevertheless‚ I knew I had to get moving before it hit. I jumped out of the truck‚ into the ice-cold rain; I shivered from the shock of the cold icy rain hitting the nap of my neck. I started moving to pick up the ammo we put down for the launchers‚ as my driver Fav and I moved to the back of the truck we could feel the rain turn to ice and that is when
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For my first biology test I received a grade that I am not proud of. To be completely honest the night before the test I attended a concert and didn’t get to sleep until two in the morning. This optical is defiantly something that I could have avoided. I should not have attended the concert‚ or at least I should have prepared myself weeks in advance knowing that I had a concert the night before. This is my second time taking the class and I expected better out of myself. I made the same mistake I
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only thing that separates people who succeed from those who don’t is‚ the understanding of failure. However we cannot be successful in everything we partake in. My first experience of failure was my freshman year of high school. I joined the debate team. I had no intentions of ever losing a debate because it couldn’t be that hard to argue. My teacher signed me up for a tournament over the weekend. I practiced hard and gathered a lot of evidence. I came into the tournament with a cocky attitude. I believed
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year‚ my 400 m dash time decreased by nine seconds from the first track meet until the last. Never running in a track meet before‚ I was extremely nervous. Using the bathroom about five times‚ I felt like I was sick. I was shaking terribly before the race started. I could not even set up my blocks. The assistant coach‚ Lindsey‚ set them up for me. I had totally forgotten how to. Even if I had remembered‚ I probably would not have been able to. I was shaking very badly. I got into my blocks
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peered through a telescope for the first time in my life. It was a small device‚ no more than two metres long‚ and yet it let me glimpse a brilliant view of Jupiter: it was the size of a marble‚ magnificently striated in hues of brown‚ red and orange. Then‚ when I was 13‚ I went to the Birla Planetarium in Hyderabad‚ where I revisited my five-year old fascination with Jupiter as I sat spellbound in the arena as a cosmic dance played out in the canvas stretched above my head: stars flew around‚ tumbling
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The students previously talked a little bit about the First Thanksgiving in Social Studies and were excited to read more about. Going through the book walk some of the students were able to identify exactly what each photo was and the names of ships illustrated. I felt like the students were engaged and eager to learn more. During the Fact or Myth game‚ the students were excited to hear more. My Cooperating Teacher said my strengths were being organized and prepared to teach the lesson. She also
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are real and relatable to girls worldwide. I am grateful that I was introduced to her spoken word because it’s refreshing to hear that women are not alone in the struggle of being confused‚ marginalized and harassed. One of my favorite spoken words Chin preforms is‚ “My First Period.”. She discusses how all of the books about puberty say period blood should be “hemoglobin
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Arena with a large dose of adrenaline as she takes the court for one of the biggest games in the state tournament. First round of the tournament they play the number one team in class A. Her former summer teammate‚ now known as the 2015-2016 Big Ten women’s basketball player of the year takes the court against her. They both fight to stay on top to continue on to the semifinals. My sister Marisa fought until the last minute in the game after losing earlier in the season to the undefeated Fremont
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