knew it‚ we were losing 9-10‚ but we had the ball‚ and I was about to score a layup. But number 21‚ who we called “Bowser‚” came charging at me and sent me flying off court. Not even a warning from the referees! Coach told me to come off court to rest for a
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At school there was constant bullying‚ some mocked my scarf claiming that my bun was a bomb‚ but I would smile and ignore. I made my name sound more American and denied that I have any cultural background outside of the U.S. I was losing myself and I could feel it. I was like a Martian‚ an alien unknown to everyone. Each day I would lock myself in my room and cry till I felt nothing but numbness‚ it had become a routine. My family would try to make me feel like a princess but each
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11/8/2013 Basic Composition Final Draft 4 Losing Intimacy People yearn for relationships in order to experience intimacies and relate with others. It is in their nature to connect with other people to share emotions to try to‚ ultimately‚ avoid the feeling of being lonely. People desire relationships so they can have someone to share their interests with‚ confide their feelings with‚ and share experiences with. In earlier times‚ relationships primarily involved in-person interactions with one
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“You can’t eat that‚ it has sugar in it.” “Does that hurt?” “Is that the good or bad type of diabetes?” Listening to ignorant people talk about diabetes has to be the worst part about the disease‚ besides getting strange looks from people as you pull out your insulin and pretend its heroine. From hearing stories about someone’s great grandpa losing a foot due to diabetes and miraculously they’re an expert on the subject‚ or if one blood sugar isn’t in range‚ you’ll lose your liver. You can’t blame
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Mr. Mead’s Parent Life Image being woke up at three in the morning by a one year old baby who is throwing up and won’t stop crying all the while knowing that you have to be up at six o’clock to get ready for work. This is something Mr. Mead has to experienced numerous time after he became a father. Mr. Mead has been woken up before three hours early to take care of his kids. Mr. Mead‚ a ninth grade English 9 teacher‚ decide to talk about being a father with two daughters. When first seeing Mr
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title Losing someone you love is a horrible experience in anyone’s life‚ especially if it is a parent. Losing both of your parents in a matter of four months is one of the worst things that can possibly happen. I was born in Arizona and lived in my hometown‚ Phoenix‚ until I was three years old. My dad went to jail so my mom‚ sister‚ two brothers and I moved to Chicago because that is where my mom’s side of the family lives. We lived there for four years until my dad got out of jail. My
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plentiful to name off‚ but I do have one that I hold near to my heart. On a bright early Florida morning during sometime in the year 2001 I was woken to the noise of the large race trailer being opened and loaded with all of my riding gear and bikes by my parents. I realized I finally had made it through the anxious‚ sleepless night and was standing face to face with my first day of riding motocross. At 3 years old
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I was about the age of 10 when I finally learned my heritage. My mother and I were standing in the bank vault‚ and she was getting some papers for a trip to Canada‚ to update all of our passports. I was there with her‚ and while she was going through the things in our lock box‚ one particular‚ colorful document caught my eye. I pulled it out and held it up to her‚ asking what it was. She told me it was my birth certificate. I looked at it once again and replied that this couldn’t be my birth certificate
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experiences are unique compared to most. I was raised in a Hispanic household‚ the son of immigrant parents who came to this country both at young age in search of the American dream. I am a first generation Mexican-American and my parents have always reminded me of such. This country has blessed me with many opportunities‚ some of which I would not be able to fully appreciate were it not for my background. My parents scarified a lot throughout the years so that I could have more
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During my last year of undergraduate studies‚ at the University of Puerto Rico‚ I stepped into a Spanish literature class. I was not acquiring the knowledge I was expecting; therefore I decided to switch to another section. As a planned‚ I learned more about literature‚ but for my surprise‚ I also met my future husband. He was an Air Force ROTC’s cadet‚ and when the time came‚ he graduated from college and commissioned as an Air Force officer. Ten months after his commission‚ we got married and I had to
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