"¿Cuál es tu apellido?" my Spanish teacher asked me. It was freshman orientation and I had just walked into her classroom‚ surrounded by a sea of unfamiliar faces. I stared blankly at my teacher‚ unsure of what she was asking. "What is your last name?" she repeats‚ this time in English. My faced flamed with embarrassment as I replied. I immediately felt out of place‚ convinced that I didn’t belong in Spanish II. Unfortunately‚ this feeling did not fade. After my first Spanish class‚ I was on the
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was coming home from school on a cold winter day‚ I just finished a great football year. I was ready to have a little break between sports.but when i got home my parents said they had great news. My football team got invited to go and play down in Orlando‚ Florida. I couldn’t believe what I was hearing‚ my coach never even told us we had to opportunity to go. I had so many question to ask my parents. When do we leave? What do we do to prepare? What team are we playing first? What are we going to
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they sentenced him to death. They dragged Stephen out of the city and stoned him. Right before he died‚ Stephen said “Lord do not hold this sin against them”‚ he then died. Stephen was very significant because he was considered to be the first martyr. My “modern day” martyr is Father Ragheed Ganni. This priest was born in Iraq in 1972 in Iraq. Father Ganni studied and Rome and
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Looking back‚ I was introduced to my first masculine activity when I turned four. At this young age‚ my Dad signed me up for Kung Fu. My Dad thought it was proper because I was a boy. On the other hand‚ my sister who is hardly younger than me‚ was never introduced to Kung Fu because she was a girl. While practicing Kung Fu in an all-boys class‚ I was encouraged to get excited about fighting. As a child‚ I loved anything that had to do with action‚ whether it be watching Power Rangers on television
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yet a hopeful felling on my HBCU campus. Like many of my fellow students standing in one of the two lines separated by the first letter of our last name‚ we would be voting for the first time for President of the United States. On the Ballot Senator Barack Obama. The loud scream that erupted at 10:00 P.M. that night after CNN projected Barack Obama to be the President-elect. The campus became a place of celebration‚ happiness‚ joy that America had chosen to elect its first black president. That what
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I failed. The first time in college I failed myself‚ I lost who I was and I didn’t really know how to get the boy I was back. It is easy to lose yourself when you’ve failed to figure out who you were in the first place. I grew up in an environment where I had to be what everyone else wanted and needed me to be so the last thing I had time to do was figure out who I needed to be‚ so when I applied for college the only thing I wanted to do was forget how hard the past seventeen years were. I majored
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In my freshman and sophomore year I lived in South Korea‚ and attended Osan American High school. For two years at Osan I played on the varsity soccer team‚ we often had to travel far for the games‚ but there is still one game that I can not dismiss from my memory. Our first away game was a very emotional road trip for our new team‚ a group of girls just getting to know each other’s strengths and weakness‚ on and off the field‚ the game was an hour away from our school on a friday and we were pumped
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The first time in my life that I ever experienced true anger and fear was in the sixth grade. A little before Thanksgiving Break‚ I was diagnosed with malignant melanoma‚ a type of skin cancer‚ in my lower back. I had a mole there that was removed earlier that year‚ and the test results on it had come back positive. I did not find out until later‚ but when my mom sat me down across from her to talk‚ I knew something was wrong. It was then that she told me what was going on‚ and I broke down in
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My First Submarine Underway I was stationed in Pearl Harbor‚ Hawaii and had recently graduated from Advanced Sonar School in Groton‚ Connecticut. In May of 2000 I embarked on my first submarine underway of my navy career. To have been there was one of the worst moments in my life. I arrived on the USS Key West full of energy and ready to finally start my job after six months of grueling sonar school. Little did I know my new division had other things in store for me. Immediately I was handed
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LITeracy Narrative The written word is what has driven our society forward. It is what pushes us forward to became great. Some of the most important events in history have happened because of books or documents. The Declaration of Independance and the Bible are two of the biggest literary pieces in history. I am only beginning my life‚ but there have still been many literary events in my life that have changed me as a person.They might seem subtle at first‚ but later in life they might affect you
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