“Dude‚ Goose! Look at this guy!” Alex yelled from across the dugout. I look out to the mound‚ and I see a kid just starting to throw a pitch. I waited until I heard the ball hit the catcher’s mitt before I judged him. “Dang Luke‚ he is slow‚” said Mark. “I know I know‚ but be humble because you could still strikeout‚” I replied. The inning begun with Ben getting on base. That meant that Ethan was up next and I was on deck. I was on the on-deck circle watching the pitcher. I knew with his
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Sometimes‚ I experience days where I want to move away from everything I am and everything I know. I dream of the day I can start over in a new city‚ town‚ or country. I have lived in the same house since I was one years old. Over the course of my life‚ I have accumulated a large circle of acquaintances from church‚ work‚ and school. It never surprises me when I see someone I know in Target. I dwell in a small world‚ and I want to get out. I want to get out and what else is out there in the world
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Sara Gisch Personal Narrative Final Draft My Advisor from Above As I was growing up‚ my grandpa would always give me the best advice. He was the first person I’d go to when I was faced with a problem‚ and he would regularly say‚ “That’s life. It’s in God’s hands now.” His motto would always put me at ease‚ but what do I do when life presents its most horrifying challenge? During the summer of 2010‚ my mother‚ grandfather‚ and I were planning my confirmation which was set to take place the following year
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numerous obstacles in my life‚ but none were as difficult as learning my second language‚ English. When I moved to the United States in 2009‚ I knew no English. Thus‚ my dad enrolled me into a bilingual school‚ hoping that I would learn English quickly with the help of Chinese-speaking teachers. Instead‚ all of my classmates spoke in Chinese and so I learned English much more slowly. By the time I entered high school‚ my relatively poorer English skills prevented me from doing homework efficiently
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occasions where I’ve felt my body respond to an emotionally charged situation‚ but most recently‚ I would have to say is going back to school. I am a 34 year old‚ single mother of two. I didn’t graduate from a typical high school due to issues at home but did wind up obtaining my H.S. Diploma from an adult high school. My family does not play much of a role in mine or my children’s lives. My ex was abusive towards me for ten years before I finally had enough and left‚ taking my kids to a domestic violence
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of a nursing home. I hear the sounds of wheel chairs and walkers scraping against the hard wood surface. As I walk to station one‚ I stop by the break room to store my food. The room is full of people charting the prior shift. Walking out of the room‚ I continue to station one. Finding the cork board with the neon green paper‚ I see what hall I am working. There is only my name and one other on spring hall. I know it is going to be a rough night; but at the end‚ I will remember my goal‚ which is
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Working from Home: It’s in the Details The benefits include lower costs and greater productivity‚ but figuring out how to communicate with off-site employees is crucial Traffic surrounding Microsoft headquarters in Redmond‚ Wash.‚ has become so congested that Washington State Governor Chris Gregoire nearly missed a 9 a.m. speech at the company’s main campus one recent morning. Roads leading to the software maker simply weren’t designed to handle the 35‚000 commuters who report for work there
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Living With My Parents vs. Living Independently I always thought that moving out of my parents’ house would be an exciting new start to life. Apparently nobody thought to explain to me how stressful and cost-consuming life really is outside the comfort of mommy and daddy’s embrace. Living with my parents and living independently differ exponentially‚ but living with my parents isn’t nearly as dreadful as I thought it to be as a teenager. The first upsetting difference between living alone rather
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Myths and Reality are very far apart when it comes actually being placed or living in a nursing home. After working at a couple of private owned nursing facilities and two state funded nursing facilities I was able to see first hand the difference in the two. This also allowed me to eradicate these so called questions or myths. According to a reprint from the American Health Care Association; "Many myths‚ or misconceptions‚ persist about nursing facility life. In the past decade‚ nursing facilities
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pick-up my mom drove. My mom‚ my sisters and I were on our way home to Colorado from visiting our grandparents in Idaho. The roads were iced over with sheer thin black ice causing my mom to drive very carefully. Mom seemed to know something bad was going to happen as she calmly asked me and my sisters if our seat belts were buckled. She said it was just in case something were to happen. As we made our way through the canyon‚ meanwhile we were becoming more comfortable with our situation. My mom suddenly
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