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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on my mind way before I was even registered. After‚ I attended my high school graduation ceremony‚ told my teacher’s and counselors about my appreciation for them‚ and then my summer began. Most of it was preparing for the upcoming school year at Waubonsee Community College. In my first semester of college I went from feeling in control of my education to; feeling the whole world against to; understanding what college is all about and lastly to realizing I am going in the right path. For my first
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My First Weeks in Clincal My experience in the hospital for my first clinical was very exciting and scary at the same time! The first day my patient had to have a surgical procedure done and of course‚ I was asked to go with the patient to the surgical waiting area. Thinking nothing of it‚ I go down with my patient‚ another student and the transporter. When we arrive in the prep room for surgery the nurse tells us to follow her so we can get scrubbed up for surgery. I was ecstatic. I go in the locker
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Trepidation filled my head. Despite the negative 10 degree weather‚ sweat pooled in my gloves and rolled down my face. Thoughts raced through my mind; a wrong execution could mean death. 11 years of ski lessons had cultivated to this one moment. My life was on the line‚ yet a wave of excitement shook me. I took a look down at the jump that had come to dominate Joe’s backyard‚ replacing his childhood swing set. The jump was sizable‚ but not gargantuan. From previous hits I noticed its “poppy” lip
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"Yes!" Today was the day of my first golf tournament. I was tingling with emotion and excitement. Personally‚ I didn’t know what to expect. I knew this day was coming‚ hopefully one of many tournament days. On the first tee‚ I was as nervous as an athlete competing in the olympics. I met my two playing partners‚ Jacob and Connor. Jacob was a towering fellow. Connor was a short‚ stringbean like me. Unexpectedly‚ my drive was smooth and rolled down the fairway as if I hit it on a tarmac. Jacob and
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When at the age of five‚ my parents began to experiment with and place me in many different activities. The first activity was gymnastics‚ which was a complete failure. The gym instructor would lift my body to the high bars so I can get a feel for it and in that moment I knew it wasn’t for me. The second activity my parents decided I should try next was track and field. Track was fun at first‚ I actually like to run and I was pretty fast‚ I believed. When I joined the track team the season was going
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Reflection about my first year of college. After ending this first year of college I experienced a lot of things and I will remember most of them for the rest of my life. I have experienced some good things and some others that have not been that good‚ but probably that is part of college and being away from home. Obviously‚ I would like to have changed some of those‚ but some others I would not have changed. I am going to start talking about all the things I would like to have change. During
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