English 111 March 16‚ 2009 As my boyfriend and I walked along the crowded pier: we inhaled the smell of freshly cooked crabs‚ shrimp‚ and lobster that came from the little blue restaurant that sits right on the pier. I could tell that the pier was an old bridge by the cracked cement and the old yellow road markings. The silver rail that surrounded pier was also aged and rusted. After walking about a mile we meticulously lined our poles on the rusted railing. My pole was blue and silver with bells
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I have had plenty of adversity in my life‚ but I never knew it. I only realized this aspect of my life when a family member said it. Epilepsy is something that my family and I have dealt with for about twelve years; since I was about six years old. We never gave up on pushing seizures out of the picture. We have driven three hours to Cincinnati‚ Ohio for the years in which I have known about epilepsy. I have taken countless types of medicines for the issue‚ and recently got the VNS implant. As
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If I have had a bad day or issues are on my mind‚ the one place I go is the golf course alone. It was a scorching hot day and my mom dropped me off. I told her to come back in an hour and a half. I grabbed my golf bag and threw them on my back like a bag of bricks and begin to carry it over to the range. As I walked by the first tee box the workers were packing up for the day and heading home. I could hear lock on the door click and I knew I would be one of the few people out this late. In the sky
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Between 4th and 5th grade I joined a basketball team. I was in tryouts but I didn’t think I did so well. I ended up making the team though. Practices after practices‚ my first game took place. My friend John played basketball too; but we weren’t on the same team. It turns out we play each other for the first game. John said “do you want to ride to the courts with me?” I said “yea‚ what time do you want to meet me?” John asked “what time do you have to show up to the courts?” I replied “my coach
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Prompt: Recount an incident or time when you experienced failure‚ how did it affect you‚ and what lessons did you learn? Imagine six months without a door‚ phone‚ TV and computer. It is not fun at all but now that I look back it is a funny story to tell. To start from the beginning I have always strived to be the best daughter‚ student and athlete to make my parents proud. Until I reached the age of 15 when I became a sophomore and got a little off track and started to go downhill. Not only did
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ollar Bone It was a very pleasant evening and I was at soccer practice at the South Barrington turf soccer fields. I loved to play soccer and I took it really seriously. Everything I do I go all out. There was no such thing as a second gear for me‚ I would always go 110 percent. When I was on the field‚ I could be looked at as a violent person and I would constantly get carded for rough play. During some of our matches I struck so much fear in my opponents they were afraid to guard me. Our
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Going into Sophomore year‚ starting my Urban class with Mr. Berkson‚ I was worried. Although I had heard he was a great teacher‚ something about being in a different class then I had planned worried me. Going into Sophomore year‚ I had planned to join Eastern Religions‚ but after going through some serious consideration‚ I decided to switch into Urban. To this day‚ my decision has not let me down. I enjoyed Mr. Berksons class all year‚ for many reasons. These reasons include his great humor‚ his
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Shaping of Self-Concept Flanagan 1 How Early Childhood Experiences with Parents Shape Self-Concept CCOU 304 Liberty University Vickie M. Flanagan 4/3/12 Running Head: The Shaping of Self-Concept Flanagan 2 Thesis: Early childhood experiences with parents play a major role in the shaping of an individual’s self-concept- the set of attitudes‚ opinions
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Since I had started school and writing composition‚ I have had experiences that either was good or bad. But at the end these experience helped me through my next and future years of school and college. One of the incidents that most marked my writing experience was in sophomore year. The prompt was doing a resume for college‚ and I actually did or tried my best‚ but then again the result wasn’t so good. The resume was almost completely marked by red writings‚ of my grammar. All though the professor
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arrived. I have been waiting for that day to come‚ first day of January used to be the most exciting day for me because it was my birthday‚ an important day that I will celebrate with the one and only person who I loved the most‚ Ben. He was my childhood friend‚ my neighbor‚ my brother‚ my best friend‚ my love and most importantly he is the only person who will remember and celebrate my birthday‚ give me presents and wish me a happy birthday. He means the whole world to me. But now‚ everything has
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