My First Skydiving Experience "Jumping is fun! Skydiving is not just falling; it is flying—the closest we have been able to come to free‚ unencumbered‚ non-mechanical individual flight‚" says Mike Turoff in the book The Skydiver’s Handbook. I totally agree with him because skydiving provides the maximum liberty that one can ever experience. In this article‚ I’d like to describe to you my first jump in order to show you how much fun skydiving is. First of all‚ I learned about skydiving via the
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My experience with English By: Victor Yakimov The first day of school is always a rush. There’s meeting new people‚ not knowing where to go‚ and saying hi to teachers who act nice at first‚ but will inevitably get fed up with your childish behavior and go crazy. Yes‚ first days are a mix of happiness and dread but the most hectic is the very first day ever. My own experience with the first was probably the worst. Being brought up in a Russian household the only language I knew
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attended my very first Deaf event of my life. The Deaf event that I attended was held at the Hawk’s Hangout with a few of my fellow students‚ and two Deaf people‚ my teacher Paul Kiel and Rodger. During the event many things were going through my head‚ but I was still able to learn a few new signs‚ and even learn more about the cultural differences between English and American Sign Language. While attending my first Deaf event many different thoughts and feelings crossed my mind. When first walking
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out and I just had a feeling‚ similar to the one that professional athletes have before a game. It was my third year hunting and spent so many days sitting and waiting and I knew that I would get my chance to shoot a deer. When I got to the my deer stand I was so tired‚ but I was determined to stay up. I knew I couldn’t go take a nap and miss the chance to shoot my first deer. Before I went my dad reminded me‚ “You have to be very quiet while you’re out there‚ in the woods so that you don’t scare
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My first holiday Abroad The date was set‚ I was nervious but also exicted tp the whole idea of another country. It happned out of the blue‚ I remeber the night vividly.I was in my room playing xbox‚ other than the roaring sound of cars blowing up and crashing on my T.V. The surroundings were quiet. Just then the phone went-it was my auntie."Hello" said I in a wondering state of mind as i was never usually called by her much. "Hiya" her voice was loud and happy "do you want to come to Ibiza with
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First flight of my life I couldn’t forget the day when I got a chance to travel by plane for the first time. I was in grade five and I was 10 years old. Unfortunately‚ I had to travel alone because my parents didn’t get a leave from their office. I was flying from my hometown of Kathmandu to Pokhara. Although‚ that was a domestic flight I was so excited while travelling to my maternal uncle’s house. The plane was shaking abnormally at the time of take off. I was so scared‚ for a while I thought
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As I stepped into the kitchen on a Saturday morning‚ my mom asks me a question any parent would normally ask‚ ”What are you doing tonight?” Now normally I would hang out with my friends and what not but tonight was my stay at home night. So I simply replied “Nothing mom‚ why?” Usually her answer is that she just needs to know these sort of things‚ being a mother and all‚ but this time it was different; the answer didn’t come out so quickly like always. She sat and stared for a second like she was
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always been very strong-minded and independent on my own‚ my weakness was the boy I fell in love with. For I was a girl‚ track athlete at that‚ who received multiple offers to schools around the nation. My dreams were to go to Florida State University and run collegiate track at that school; but oh how my plans were changed when I arrived at HBU for an official track recruiting visit. As I laid eyes upon the school‚ already having thoughts of no return‚ my weary eyes swept across campus and fell upon
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nightmare. He was my source of strength back then‚ unfortunately he was my weakness now. I gave him my love but he broke my heart too many times its felt like I’ve been acting like an idiot for so long and surprisingly everything seemed to be beautiful‚ see how bird-brain I am when it comes to that jerk. When I was in high school my life is almost perfect I’ve got my parents trust‚ great true friends‚ I’m one of the top in school and by that time my first priority was my boyfriend who was
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I found the process of writing the reading responses quite tedious; especially when it came to my first reading response. My first reading response was focused on the article‚ “What Every American Should Know”; inquiring whether the use of Hirsch’s list to determine if one is culturally literate is well-thought-out. I found coming up with witty counterarguments tiring and difficult‚ the end result being I had to create an outline (which I barley do)‚ to aid me in the development of this ‘blog post’
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