from Gambia in 2005 on a cold winter day this country was nothing like what I had expected. It is assumed by all Gambians that America is the Holy Grail but that is not accurate. From my first day I have had to go through hardships to fit in. My accent was very thick. My teeth were out of place and the kids at school didn’t hesitate to comment on it. I consider these hardships as something that many people go through but the defining moment in my life was when my parents got divorced. Coming from a
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First day of school of my senior year‚ a very big day‚ this is the last time I would walk the halls of Lee-Davis High School on a first day. Suddenly all the pressure starts to begin figuring out what goes on in the future. A big day with the realization that by June‚ I will be walking across the stage along with my fellow classmates and earning my diploma‚ also knowing that after that day I will not see 90% of the classmates in the near future. Although the last first day was a very special day
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Maddie Zisk My first day in an English speaking school. I thought back‚ to everything‚ everything that had happened and where it all had started. Here‚ it had started here. Memories flooded back‚ memories of people‚ memories of places‚ memories of… of everything. With one last look around I took a deep breath and boarded the aeroplane‚ I was ready. I arrived the day before the start of the second semester. Though my things had arrived almost a week before‚ but I had been content living out of a suitcase
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eighteen years ago and worked in a company for seven years. However‚ while I lived just as a wife and a mom‚ I lost my confidence to achieve something and forgot dreams that I want to come true in my own life. Therefore‚ I was afraid of going back to a college and studying in English after deciding to be an occupational therapist. I remember the first day in Cypress College last year. The first class that I took was a math class. Since I had graduated the high school twenty years ago‚ I forgot many formulas
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better? The first day of being a Quinnite I met a man who could make or break my career. He is a hard ass and will show you that you are the only one who is going to take the necessary step to a powerful move. President Michael J. Sorrell was that man‚ I was given an assignment on the first day meeting him and it was the first time I have ever received an F on the first day of class. He teaches Introduction to Quinnite Servant leadership and he is very political man. This is also the same day that I
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Camp Able is a 4-5 day long summer camp session for people with special needs. It allows volunteers to come and be a one-on-one counselor to the campers. Camp Able changed my life because it opened my mind to a whole new way of thinking. Camp Able allowed me to expand my opinions on many different things. It gave me a better purpose in life‚ along with memories that I will never forget. I honestly had no idea what I was getting into‚ but that didn’t stop me from going. My first day at Camp Able was
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had to make a hard decision or pick between two things and you make the wrong choice? I have and it led to one of the most difficult times in my life. On February 27 of 2016 Leon Merle Eppenbaugh‚ the man that I considered a father‚ died in a hospital bed with his entire family around him with the exception of me. Where was I? I was an hour into my first day of work. Sometime in the later months of 2015 I decided that it was time to get a job and I was actually excited about it. Lee always joked
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cattle going to the slaughterhouse‚ so we could go on a bathroom break in an orderly fashion. My teacher called on my table‚ and we stood up and walked over to the line being as quiet as church mice; since that was what was expected by our teacher. It almost seemed like a medieval form of punishment‚ the way they made us wait half a century before we could actually exit the classroom and use the restrooms. My friend‚ Matt‚ a chunky red-head who was always pushing his glasses up on his stubby nose‚ came
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“Assess the role of Canada in the First World War.” Looking back at the First World War‚ people often remember the assassination of the archduke Franz- Ferdinand‚ the two- front war and the Schlieffen plan‚ and the domination of trench warfare. However‚ Canada was an essential factor in the war. The war showed that not only could Canada provide sufficient military support‚ but it also showed that Canada could become an effective military power. Based on the premise of the British North American
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Thanksgiving Thanksgiving Day is a national holiday celebrated in Canada and the United States as a day of giving thanks for the blessing of the harvest and of the preceding year. It is celebrated on the second Monday of October in Canada and on the fourth Thursday of November in the United States. Several other places around the world observe similar celebrations. Thanksgiving has its historical roots in religious and cultural traditions and has long been celebrated in a secular manner as well
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