The Fear I Will Overcome I have this fear. It causes my knees to shake. I break out in a cold sweat. My heart starts to beat at 100 miles per hour and I get light headed. I am crying inside but try to act strong around people who think that I am the toughest one there. The thoughts of certain death run through my mind as I imagine my own funeral. My stomach feels strange. My palms are clammy. I am terrified of heights. Of course‚ it is not really a fear of being in a high place. It is the view of
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I had finished school and was walking home when my friends came out of the bushes. It was bob‚billy‚bobby‚and potato face. I asked them why they were hiding in the bushes and say told me not to ask again. So I didn’t ask again about it. We walked to the mall‚ the bowling alley‚ Mcdonalds‚ and too my friends house. We played games and we toilet paper my friends neighbor house. I than left home to make my model tank. I was about half way done all i needed to do was paint it. I got home and nobody
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As I rolled over to shut off the blaring sound that came from my IPod‚ I realized what day it was and fell off the bed in a moment of pure excitement. I was getting my braces on today‚ and I couldn’t wait until they were on. I lay on the floor‚ thinking about how “amazingly awesome” this would be‚ and I was snapped out of my thoughts as I heard my mom. “GET OUT OF BED RIGHT NOW OR YOU WILL BE LATE AGAIN!” she yelled. And I yelled right back “OK OK IM COMING!” Normally I would’ve argued for a few
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My determination is an attribute that distinguishes me from everyone else. I believe my parents and my cultural upbringing helped me develop this attribute. My father was born in Ghana‚ and my mother was born in New York to Ghanaian parents. Ghanaian parents are very strict. If you’re familiar with the book “Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother”‚ Ghanaian parents are actually mentioned in the book. Ghanaian parents raising their children in the United States strongly encourage their children to look for
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Adrian Martinez Essay Assignment #1 Section 12 09/07/10 Making The Team One of my challenges was in my Sophomore year when I didn’t make the varsity team because I was not in good condition. The other challenge happen in my junior year when I got injured a week before the championship game and I had to recover before the game. When I was a sophomore I tried out for the varsity soccer team at my school but I did not make it‚ because I was not at that level. Some of the reason I did not make it
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When I took my first success profiler in the beginning of my freshman year‚ I was okay with my score and looked at it as a starting point‚ expecting natural progression. As any eighth grader would be‚ I was more than ecstatic. .Now I have experienced all the wonderful perks of being a freshman‚ and have a very different point of view than I did when I was fresh out of middle school. Ninth grade had an incredible impact on my mindset‚ and it was difficult to say the least. An enormous workload‚ early
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window of my room. i hear gospel music coming from the kitchen so I walked in that direction. When I got into the kitchen my mom started fussing at me because I did not clean up the day before. So‚ after I got done cleaning I soon started to smell barbecue outside. I started helping with the barbecue and around the house as well. After that‚ I went outside to play with my dog Max but ended up jumping on m trampoline. I started flipping like the instructions tell me not to‚ bouncing on my back then
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I planned a quiet ride with just my horse‚ dog and I. It was expected it to be a normal ride until things went south. The plan was an evening ride with no other person just me and some animals. It was still light but the sun was setting so I should not have gone but did anyway. I went riding down country roads not expecting people to be there‚ but I was wrong. The ride was to escape family‚ I was really excited‚ but things did not end well I had planned to go on a short ride just the dog and I before
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When it comes to spending time outdoors‚ my family prevails over all others. My dad sees every opportunity for a camping‚ hiking‚ canoeing‚ anything-outdoors trip and seizes it. Ever since I was old enough to walk‚ we have been traveling to visit national parks and hiking trails. I always enjoy camping with my family‚ but sometimes these trips don’t go as intended. This time‚ we decided to travel to Sipsey‚ Alabama. Briefer than our usual trips‚ we were only going to park‚ hike to a campsite
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write down my confession. Not the story I told the my lawyer‚ the judge‚ the jury or even my own family. It’s nothing like the embellished slander written in the headlines. No‚ I need to confess the truth. The real story of why I’m serving life. How could I tell anyone the truth? They’d put me in the nuthouse. I’ve heard those places are worse than prison. Yet‚ I have to write this down. I need to get this off my chest. Maybe the warden will publish this when I die. Let them piggyback off my sorrow
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