thing I told my mom in Polish before walking into my classroom on my first day of school. I was terrified‚ and I told my mom that morning that I was scared and I didn’t want to go to school. Growing up in America and having English being my second language was extremely difficult for me as a child. I remember crying everyday before school because I dreaded the embarrassment of not knowing English and the humiliation put on me by my peers. First grade was the hardest year for me throughout my academic
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Takeda sat on his ornate rocking chair‚ on the porch of his coastal home. This day marked the point thirteen years from his first and last battle. He remembered the cries of anguish‚ he remembered watching his friends that he had known for all of his life fall in battle‚ some even being decapitated. Decapitation was the highest form of humiliation for a samurai. Takeda rocked in his rocking chair‚ memories of the times he was a samurai flowed into his mind. Takeda had been taken from his parents
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Aldo Campbell Narrative Essay January 24‚ 2012 Trip to Haiti As long as I can remember‚ I had always wanted to fly on an airplane. As I got older I dreamed of traveling to another country. I had a desire to see new places and learn new things. I wanted to experience a new culture‚ the food‚ the language‚ and another way of life. The church I had been attending had a pastor who would coordinate mission trips to Haiti every year. I approached the pastor and inquired how I could get involved
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The Game of Baseball For as long as I can remember there has always been one thing in my head that I can’t get rid of. As hard as I try to get this object out of my head I always end up falling back to it. This object that defines me is a baseball. Baseball has been part of my life for 15 years now and has helped me become the person that I am today. By starting so young it has made me appreciate this sport much more than I ever thought I would. I have gotten the chance to play past high school and
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EXT. PAGE’S DRIVEWAY - DAY PAGE‚ is a father. He is in his early 40s. He places a gift bag next to his daughters new car. He grabs a bow out of the bag and carefully places it on the hood of the car. Morris drives fast past Page’s house. He honks his horn. Page looks up at Morris who drives past him. He waves. PAGE Hi Morris. He focuses his attention back on making sure the bow looks perfect on his daughters car. INT. CESSNA 172 - DAY Morris puts his earmuffs on. He flips the control buttons
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An unforgettable memory which I forgot about!! (a narrative type of story) DING DONG rang the bell. My dad came back from work tired but excited; I guess he had something in his mind. My dad told us that he was going for a business trip to Dubai but had only three tickets!! I was extremely disappointed because I knew since I was the elder brother; I had to let Max and mom go with dad. Inevitably my dad told me that I had to stay back. I started arguing with dad but I knew I had no chance because
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My right index finger hesitantly lingered above C‚ awaiting the decisive soft click as I pressed down onto the key. Never had my movements felt so deliberately precise. Slowly easing onto the familiar white smoothness of A‚ my left finger found its place just a bit down the keyboard. I knew that each and every stroke of my hands of my performance matters today. And yet‚ I smiled‚ letting my hands dance all over‚ presenting a symphony of sound as the ideas inside my head came to life. The music to
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When I was five‚ I met a man that would change my life forever. The first time I saw him‚ he was laying tile at our house which at the time was under construction. I watched as he very eloquently laid mortar and tile in a way that I had never seen before. Soon he sat down with my dad and I and asked us if we would like to come down to his cabin with him and go fishing. I jumped at the opportunity and in two weeks we were driving from Austin to Corpus Christi. I did not know it then‚ but this man
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65 and hit 10 home runs. Ring Ring “ hello” Ryan’s mom said. “Hello this is the university of Notre Dame.” Wait are you serious Notre Dame.” “Yes ma’am we heard about your kid Ryan Johnson and we were interested in him playing baseball for us.” “Oh my god this is crazy. Do you want to come see him.” “Yeah how about a week” Notre Dame said. “Perfect” said mother. Ryan ended with 3 out of 4 years of college
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i like to play outside with my friends all the time just like this perfect summer day.Me and my friends Calvin‚Jacob‚and Dana are planning to rides bikes.So i put on my shoes and zoom at the door and as i’m leaving to meet with them my mom yells from the upstairs. Don’t forget to come back early so we can go clothes shopping i yelled back saying ok mom.Don’t forget to tie your shoes she cried out she some how knew my shoes were not tied.I disregarded it and got on my bike and pedaled forward.Because
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