Sample Narrative Essay Granny As I glanced past the lit Christmas tree in the window‚ I could see endless rain pouring down and splashing into the large puddles that now filled the road outside my grandparents’ home. I shivered slightly and turned back to watch my grandmother sharpening her pencils with a razor blade and unpacking her watercolor paints and paintbrushes from their special travel box. She was wearing a loose lambswool cardigan that covered the top of her long‚ gently patterned skirt
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The earliest experiences I had with mental disorders came from within my own family‚ my aunt always felt troubled. When we would go to the grocery store she would often believe that others were talking about her‚ even when all evidence was to the contrary. I would ask my mother about this and she explained that she suffered from paranoid schizophrenia at the time I had only the most rudimentary understanding of what this disease does. My aunt suffered every day until her dying day‚ whether it was
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Personal experiences With Irony Life is full of irony. Everywhere you look there are situations that contrast what is expected. Evidently‚ many of my interests turned out to be ironic twists. I love concerts‚ experiencing live music with friends is one of the best things in life. Seeing my favorite band play right before my eyes is a site like no other‚ well if I could see it. Concerts are great –for tall people. But for the “vertically challenged” it gets a little difficult. I either see heads before
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Writing about my personal experience in the military‚ reminded me about all those Noncommissioned officers who lead me throughout my career and my life. It also recapped the obstacles I faced to make it to where I am today. Minus one plus nine is a symbolic way to describe my story of how I came into the Army as an Enlisted with a pay grade of E minus 1 instead of E-1 and reach the Enlisted pay grade of E-9. My personal experience began on February 14‚ 1992‚ when I immigrated to the United States
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The single most impactful experience in my life is attending Ventura Community College. Nothing has hurt me more. In high school I had taken AP and IB classes and had finished within the top ten percent of my class but I had no idea what I wanted to do. I applied to some schools that I considered to be mediocre so that I could continue swimming‚ but as the application deadlines ended and most of my friends were being accepted to places such as UCLA‚ UCSB‚ and even Harvard‚ I had realized that I
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time working with the organization‚I did not know what to expect. Having volunteered with children organizations in the past‚ mainly tutoring and food pantry type work‚ I chose to volunteer with Habitat for Humanity for a new experience. This was a true Service Learning Experience that has given me new insight into Volunteering and Public Service Work as well as into myself. A six hour shift‚ I worked various jobs around the store. Before I began the work‚ I underwent a 30 minute training session with
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staff there‚ I made friends with some freshmen that were also working with me. They started calling me silly names like “broth boy” because at some point I got in charge of sorting canned broths. Some things that I learned from this service experience was that I should never go into anything with expectations. When I decided to go that afternoon‚ I was really bummed because I don’t really like service hours and I didn’t want to go on a long and boring service event. However‚ the positive personalities
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Experience is the source of knowledge whether they’re bad or good. It gives us confidence‚ courage‚ and strength. It is how life teaches us to love and forgive each other. In fact‚ experience is the worst teacher because it gives us the test before presenting the lesson. My most difficult experience in life was in high school‚ or in fact high school it self was a difficult experience for me. When I look back to the past I think that people and learning environment was one of the reasons that made
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outdoor environment once again. From the previous year‚ I had already made up my mind to sign up again this year‚ and the remainder of my high school years. My first year serving as a mentor‚ as a freshman‚ was an exceptional experience where I emerged more fond of the experience and fulfillment that I felt‚ rather than the over 100 hours of community service that I received. I was excited to return for another year‚ however‚ there was a massive roadblock that strongly made me reconsider. As the week
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Tutoring Field Experience The little girl that I tutored was named Helen. She is a Hispanic student in first grade. She is very quiet and I had a hard time getting information from her. But what she did tell me was that she lives with her mother and father and she said she had siblings but I couldn’t get a clear answer from her as to how many. From what she said‚ I think she has several brothers. She said that her father doesn’t stay with them all the time‚ so I don’t know if her parents are divorced
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