I have spent my youth in a place without pollution and breathtaking views‚ surrounded by the sea. Grand Manan Island is where I have been for the whole 17 years of my life. I have hiked the coast‚ alongside 300 foot cliffs‚ and climbed the lighthouses. I have swum in the same sea from which I have eaten my food from‚ the Bay of Fundy. There is no place I’d rather be‚ than surrounded by the sea. The main road‚ Route 776‚ is approximately 28 kilometres. There is a back road‚ along with hundreds of
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Losing a game is not half bad but‚ losing an entire season is disastrous. It takes a toll on one’s confidence and makes one lose their interest and ability in that certain sport. And that is exactly what happened to me during my eighth grade basketball season. Although I wasn’t too good at basketball to begin with‚ I did have high hopes for our team. I believed my team and I could win conference that year‚ my last year at Glenside Middle School. We were a distinct group of kids from different cultures
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I was raised‚ since eight years of age in Canton‚ a northern community in Georgia. My upbringing was in a suburban setting‚ relatively quiet and with a lot of friendships developed right from my neighborhood. Except for vacations to Florida‚ most of my friends never left Canton and went to the same elementary‚ middle and high school. Our parents drove us to school‚ enrolled me in Lacrosse‚ baseball and football. I grew with‚ what I consider‚ a very normal American childhood. During the summer
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Bam! Crash! Boom! I remember hearing those sounds on September 11‚ 2001 when I was aboard United Flight 93. That day has impacted the rest of my life and the way I live now. I can recall those events like it was yesterday. I woke up tired on a beautiful‚ sunny‚ Tuesday morning. It was the day I had to fly to San Francisco for my job on a cruise ship. I had been in between cruises‚ so I had taken the chance to come see my parents in Newark‚ New Jersey. Later I realized that it could have cost me
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Every athlete always dreams of having that big moment. Hearing the crowd chant your school name as you make memories you will never forget. The moment where they reach one of the highest points in their career‚ but know it’s not the peak. They spend countless hours in the gym hoping that someday their moment will come. Thoughts run through their head‚ “Will I be ready when my chance comes?” As the Sutton girl’s basketball team traveled to Fairbury in late January‚ we had no idea that our chance
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Fish on! Fish on! We were fishing on Eagle Lake Canada and we were headed to our lucky spot by Bird Turd island it is out in the BIG lake. We are fishing on a windy day‚ we hit a huge 4 foot wave head on and our Crestliner boat capsized. I quickly grabbed my backpack‚ in my backpack I had a marine radio‚ a survival kit‚ sunscreen‚ and some extra food. We swam to closest island call Bird Turd island. I looked back‚ all of my belonging were sinking to the bottom of the lake. We were shipwrecked! I was
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“ Rose clean this house and go to the market”‚ the crazed woman yelled. Only 14 rose is treated like a slave by her own mother‚ even worse she was terrified to go to the market. Although the market does not seem like a terrible place to visit‚ Rose would also have to visit her cousin on the way. Roy was much older and bigger than rose‚ he is almost 18. One week ago it started‚ Roy approached Rose on her way to the market. He confronted her of having a secret admirer‚ it was against her mother’s rules
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Surrounded by a massive ray of brightness‚ complete silence‚ I was just as shocked as my mother and father standing on the lush and thick grass. All I could see was my teammate‚ Zayna with her short‚ black‚ thick hair and the other team’s goalie. I was standing on the field right in front of the goal. Even at the age of 8 years old‚ one soccer goal would be a great accomplishment for me and would help me move forward in life. I was so excited when I joined my first soccer team‚ the Hornets‚ because
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I have spent days in the Hawaiian Islands educating Hawaiians about Christianity and it is no vacation. I have grown taller from when you have last seen me‚ but I do look very different. My hair is now a light brown from the exposure of the scorching sun‚ my body has become frail and scrawny from the lack of food and nutrients on my journey‚ and my attitude towards events has changed and I am more aware and sensitive to my peers aboard the ship. I have suffered sea sickness and have witnessed many
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There’s no other place in the world where I feel the most at home than being at Long Beach Island. There you can smell the fresh‚ salty air of the ocean as the warm breeze brushes across your face. It is a place where the sand‚ sometimes chilled by the water or boiling hot up in the sand dunes‚ fiddles its way through your toes one by one sending chills down your spine with every step. Off in the distance you can hear the chiming of bells as the ice cream men call children of all ages to cool themselves
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