1. Getting my first dog‚ Candy: One life altering experience for me was when I got my first dog‚ Candy. Dogs were and still are one of my favorite things ever. When I first got her‚ she was small‚ soft and golden- everything I ever wanted. She was always jumping around and barking and being the curious puppy she was. I vividly remember the feeling of her little claws on my knees when she would greet me and leave little harmless scratches on them. We were as happy as ever for a while‚ until
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The first time in my life that I ever experienced true anger and fear was in the sixth grade. A little before Thanksgiving Break‚ I was diagnosed with malignant melanoma‚ a type of skin cancer‚ in my lower back. I had a mole there that was removed earlier that year‚ and the test results on it had come back positive. I did not find out until later‚ but when my mom sat me down across from her to talk‚ I knew something was wrong. It was then that she told me what was going on‚ and I broke down in
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Malini Patel Mr. Moreau AP English Literature and Composition 5 October 2010 My Very First Driving Experience (Prompt #2) My car slows as it approaches a stoplight. I take this opportunity to allow my mind to become occupied with my surroundings: the bright fierce red of the traffic light‚ the brilliant blue sky with its distant clouds‚ and the mass of angry people due to the amount of traffic. The four corners of the intersection are filled with people who are preoccupied with their fast-paced
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My heart won’t stop racing‚ I don’t know why and‚ My eyesight starting to fade away slowly like I had glaucoma. All the surrounding noise around me by the crowd had me going deaf‚ then I started to sweat from all the pressure around me like a morning workout. I was zoning out of nowhere‚ and then I started to realize I was nervous as heck. The crowd started to go wild when the announcers started to announce the starting
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My First Visit to New York City Few years before‚ I visited New York City for the first time‚ so before I went there‚ I studied a travel guide for a long time. My cousin told me New York City is a beautiful city‚ especially during the Christmas season. She said I would see Christmas decorations everywhere. Therefore‚ I said to myself that I had to visit the city during the Christmas season. My cousin lives in Long Island City‚ so when I left from there to go to downtown Manhattan‚ I took an MIA
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of students from 9th grade to 12th grade along with adult mentors and we build and compete with a robot in the FIRST Robotics Competition. As member of the team I help with the responsibility of getting the robot programmed in the 6 weeks we have to build it. In the past two season our team has been to the regional competition that is held at Lehigh University and last year for the first time we had won a district competition and after regionals we had qualified for the opportunity to go to the World
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ver the course of my life‚ just as anyone else‚ I have had countless injuries. Most were minuscule‚ but a few have been extremely drastic. Out of all of them though‚ having broken both of my arms tops the charts. Although not having broken them at the same time‚ after these experiences I have acted in a cautious manner lest I repeat history. When I was three I was adventurous‚ to the point that I would perform very dangerous activities. My favorite “activity” was to jump over the couch. As you can
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"My First Time Away From Home" Leaving to go to college was my very first time away from home‚ and it took a lot of adjusting to a new surrounding. I didn’t have my mom right by my side anymore and I needed to become more independent on doing things on my own. Adjusting to a new city‚ community‚ and school was a challenge because I was used to being in my own city‚ with my old friends‚ at my old school. I often got homesick and wanted to go home‚ but I soon adjusted. At first when I originally
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Looking back‚ I was introduced to my first masculine activity when I turned four. At this young age‚ my Dad signed me up for Kung Fu. My Dad thought it was proper because I was a boy. On the other hand‚ my sister who is hardly younger than me‚ was never introduced to Kung Fu because she was a girl. While practicing Kung Fu in an all-boys class‚ I was encouraged to get excited about fighting. As a child‚ I loved anything that had to do with action‚ whether it be watching Power Rangers on television
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In the summer leading up to my first semester in college‚ my expectations were high. I assumed that all I had to do was study‚ attend my classes and I would breeze through the courses with ease. As I predicted‚ I began the fall semester effortlessly and my confidence was higher than before. As a student in the Honors College‚ I was presented with a mass amount of opportunities that I found it impossible to isolate myself from others which I always had a tendency to do. I began to participate in several
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