We all walk inside and sit at the table and wait for him to make us some food. My dad walks out of the kitchen hands us plates and we sit down and watch “Night of the living dead.” I get sucked into the show and push everything else out of my head. About when the show is half over my mom gets a call from my step dad Gary. “Where are you?” I hear Gary ask threw the phone. My mom chokes up and hangs up. My mom grabs me‚ and we leave after saying our
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My body slams into the ground. I get up wipe the dust off my back‚ pop my board into my hand‚ and sprint up the stair set for one more go. Growing up I fit the skateboarder stereotype‚ I was a skater boy who didn’t care about his future. Little did anyone know‚ skating was the one thing that kept me going. I spent most of my days skating after school until dark only to come home to my parents screaming at me to throw my board in the trash. Coming from Bangladesh‚ my parents always wanted me to
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court. The other team did the same. It was time to play. We played 5 v 5‚ and I was in. Coach Jones said‚ “ JC‚ defend number 21.” Number 21 looked like he was 6 foot. He was huge. Before we knew it‚ we were losing 9-10‚ but we had the ball‚ and I was about to score a layup. But number 21‚ who we called “Bowser‚” came charging at me and sent me flying off court. Not even a warning from the referees! Coach told me to come off court to rest for a
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So many times I’ve considered the concept. So many times I’ve deliberated if this was worth doing. After all‚ I only need glasses to drive . . . A few years ago‚ I asked my eye doctor whether I needed to wear my glasses all the time. And I remember my doctor’s response quite clearly: “Well‚ do you want to see all the time?” Suffice it to say I didn’t find his response amusing—more like merely facing reality. When I was in tenth-grade chemistry class at YUHS/Central in Manhattan (I am dating myself
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“Middle School” “First Day of Middle School: 30 pencils‚ 64 crayons‚ 20 pens‚ 12 rulers‚ and 10 notebooks. Middle of April: 1 pencil you found on the ground in science class.” This is true for many people‚ actually it’s kinda true for me. Middle School has been tough‚ I will admit‚ but I truly believe that high school will be a lot tougher. But middle school will always be unforgettable. Our middle school is a bit different then all of the other school districts. It has grades 5‚ 6‚ 7‚ and 8. Most
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to thinking that it was blood. I immediately began crying because I knew I had split my head open. Everyone in the living room heard my cry and ran right to the staircase including my cousins. No one had any clue how I got injured. Without thinking about how it happened my mom started cleaning the blood running down my forehead and said "we need to get him the the hospital right now". My dad got his car turned on and everyone in the house decided to come along with us to the hospital. After checking
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homophobic comment‚ my brother accidently bumps into me‚ my music isn’t loud enough to block out the sounds of the water‚ the bus driver slams on the brakes‚ I hit my head‚ someone turns on the radio. Then I’m home. When I get inside my dad makes a comment about how much I’m eating I know he is joking but the water rises along with every awful intrusive thought I’ve ever had. I rush to my room‚ I can’t breath‚ I’m crying‚ with ever thought the water rises further above my head making it harder and harder to
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moved to America for about thirteen years‚ and I did not think that I am going to study art because my family‚ a Vietnamese tradition family‚ did not want me to practice in art. In their mind‚ art is something that is unreal job. They said that artists do not make good salary‚ and their works become expensive only when the artist passed away. They believe that only doctor‚ nurse‚ and lawyer are real job. Therefore‚ when I told them that I am going to practice art‚ nobody in my family supports me‚ and
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Ah recess‚ the 30 minute time period where embarrassment didn’t exist. The embarrassing part really didn’t happen until I had to go back to class after recess. It was sorta embarrassing as well during recess‚ but not as much. While all the other kids were out in the field‚ Jennifer and I were sitting on the blacktop with our friend Adora. Adora had a keychain sized penguin toy where it’s beak would open and close. Jennifer asked Adora if she could borrow her toy and of course Adora said yes. Jennifer
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I hide‚ but not in the shadows‚ I hide behind a mask. This is me about to divulge my story‚ so please read on reader. I believe that finding true freedom a person’s mask will fall off. I always told myself as a kid to keep the mask on or else I might get hurt. I do not really know where this type of thinking came from. The mask only came off when I was in the safety of my own room. For years‚ I stay behind my fake face waiting and watching the world in silence until the day I could take the mask
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