Ung had felt a wild amount of emotions that had to do with the war in Cambodia. Distraught. Disbelieving. Disoriented. Confused‚ on how everything changed and ultimately a rebellion took over her life. In “First They Killed My Father”‚ Ung had her childhood stripped away from her‚ forcing her to work‚ adjust to wartime‚ and the consequences that come from war. During the war‚ Ung had to experience hunger and let this affect her daily intake of food. This was something Ung was not familiar with
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My First Rescue When I was young‚ there wasn’t really much say in the fact that most of my childhood years would be already planned out. How I would be swimming from age 6‚ just as my brother before me‚ my mom before him‚ and my grandfather‚ being a competitive swim coach. What else was set up for me‚ was my life on the beach patrol. Since my dad has sat more lifeguard towers then sand granules on the beach and my mom for five years‚ it was just about set in stone for my first job. Everyone
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Megan Kaufmann As the arctic cold rain drops sprinkled diagonally with my loose‚ flowing auburn hair‚ I splashed across the street to the bus stop. Although it was showery and very damp‚ I was happy about my upcoming day‚ the clouds were fluffy and dark grey‚ and there was a wonderful scent in the air‚ which perfumed of the spring morning. Just as I strode across the street‚ the mustard tinted bus‚ filled with immature‚ junior high students pulled up beside me. I wasn’t thrilled to be riding the
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double space between the information and the title My Christmas Day Of 2010 As I woke up with the sun’s rays in my eyes‚ I hit my phone alarm clock‚ which since it was ringing at 10 a.m. As I walked (the way you wrote this makes it a fragmented sentence. If you add a subject and change the verb it is not fragmented) down the beige hallway‚ into the ocean theme bathroom. I turned on the bathroom light‚ and turned then the water on to wash my face. When you have the same action in the same sentence
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My First Camping Trip We reached Buffalo Cave after about half an hour on the bus along a quiet country road. The camping ground was a clearing about 200 metres along the cave. So it was quiet except for the sound of nature all around us. Once in a while the faint rumble of a vehicle passing by on the distant road can be heard. There were about sixty of us‚ all Kesatria Team from our campus. We were divided into ten groups which comprises six people in a group. I was in the
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JaLesa Byes As the end of my eighth grade year was rapidly approaching and becoming a high school freshman was coming to reality I had a lot of anxiety and curiosity that I wanted to know about high school. On January 25‚ 2012 I was getting out of school and I got the devastating news that my grandma at age 57‚ suddenly passed away. I couldn’t believe it‚ I was in shock just as well as my other family members were. The moment she passed away I knew that since such a beautiful person that had
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"My shoes! These were my favorite pair‚" he groans. Then as if realizing where the puke just came from he looks at me. "Shit‚ this means you have a concussion or something‚ right?" The whole time I am just trying to hide my mortification; I just puked all over my sister’s idol. On what apparently is his favorite pair of shoes. "Um‚ we should go find Karla‚ can you walk?" he asks. I have no idea who Karla is. I’m hoping‚ Karla is the manager who spoke with me earlier and not one of the nurses
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Thanksgiving Thanksgiving Day is a national holiday celebrated in Canada and the United States as a day of giving thanks for the blessing of the harvest and of the preceding year. It is celebrated on the second Monday of October in Canada and on the fourth Thursday of November in the United States. Several other places around the world observe similar celebrations. Thanksgiving has its historical roots in religious and cultural traditions and has long been celebrated in a secular manner as well
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What was your first experience in high school ? What thoughts were running through your head at the time? My head felt like it was going to pop off my body. Foremost‚ I grew up with parents who moved from the Dominican Republic and never had a college education. The time and dedication they take to do their jobs is incredible. There are times where I don’t get to see my father for weeks being he’s too focused on his job. On one occasion my father had to work for almost 48 hours straight due to a
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INDENT It was my first race of the season on the no-cut cross country team and when I crossed the finish line‚ I nearly collapsed. By the next race‚ I knew that I wanted to improve. After the second race‚ I looked at my time and as usual‚ I came in last place. Having the least athletic experience on the team‚ it did not surprise me. However‚ what came as a shock to me was that it would be a personal win. INDENT The starting gun fired and it felt as if everything was in slow motion. The clatter of
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