My First Liar It was 22nd of December‚ 2001‚ my 10th birthday. As usual on every birthday when i was 10‚ my parents bought for me a super fancy bike. That was the best gift i’d ever had‚ but i was not suitable to receive it. At that times‚ a Math competition was held at my high-school‚ everyone in class had to join this event ‚and the reward from my parents is the Martin bike . As a arrogant kid‚ I was very confident about myself‚ and I assumed that I’ll win that competition. I didn’t prepare
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Growing up in the United States‚ my mother’s side of the family would annually host a day to pray for our deceased relatives. They suffered a distressing escape from the Vietnam War in order to integrate back into normal society. Despite some of my relatives say we had the fortune of a red envelope‚ numerous family members told me that the Communists caused us to suffer. At five years old‚ I believed everything they said; especially things from my parents because I was naïve. After all these years
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you like to share any comments about music‚ singers‚ public‚ etc? If it was your first visit - did your expectations change after watching the performance? Did you become more aware of the music? The first concert I ever attended was a very good experience for me and made a significant impact on my life. I was in elementary at the time. I must have been around ten or eleven. My sister‚ Sandra‚ had followed my father’s advice and joined the school band. I think the event was the annual school
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"Daughters of the Dust‚" is an independent film that features the debut of Julie Dash‚ an African-American woman filmmaker. This film focuses on the psychic and spiritual conflicts among the women of the Peazant family‚ with a reference to the past harsh judgment of slavery and minority hardship. In making this movie‚ Julie wants to show the power of African cultural and spiritual strength of the women who have spent generations being its protectors. For me‚ this film overall was confusing‚ to which
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Jorge Velez Diaz Professor Hargraves ENGL-1005 18 September 2014 My First Cruise Like it was yesterday I remember my first vacation on a cruise. My Dad and I went on a three- day long cruise to The Bahamas. I had never been on a cruise‚ so it was a new experience for me. We needed to be in Tampa for our departure‚ so we drove the two hours from Orlando‚ Florida to Fort Lauderdale‚ Florida. My Dad and I used this time to talk‚ make plans for the trip and think about our upcoming adventures on the
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Joseph Nicolosi Instructor: Mallen English Composition 9/24/2014 First essay Little Drummer Kid Back when I was a child I never asked for much. I never had much of an interest in toys and spent most of my time alone. Even at the age of 8 I was a deep thinker‚ always questioning why things happen the way they do. I was constantly observing the world around me as if I was on the outside. I learned to appreciate silence at such a young age and didn’t speak much. I only spoke when I was spoken to
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I was an imagrate from Hawaii that came in waves. My father was the first generation my mother was the second generation born in Hawaii‚ they were japanese. My father looked through a series of pictures to pick out his wife and she picked my mother but then they divorced before it was one. I was lead to believe that my mother had died during birth. I was raised by my father but was fostered in and out of foster homes during the week but stay with him on weekends. Father worked in the pineapple plantation
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Narrative/descriptive essay My most unforgettable flight experience I have been exposed to traveling ever since I learned how to speak‚ whether by boat‚ bus‚ or plane. Living in Kuwait‚ a country in the Middle East‚ my whole family and I did our best to visit our family and friends back home in the Philippines. I learned the basics of traveling from my father and through observation. As a child I had always been excited before boarding a
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Growing up‚ I have always wanted a puppy. I begged my parents for them to take me to a pet store and buy me a puppy but I could never convince them. I have even written long letters requesting for a pet and a huge essay on why I needed one. It was torture; how my friends always talked about funny and interesting stories they have had with their pets‚ while I have never even had a pet of my own. However after years of begging‚ my parents finally gave in. They allowed me to take care of one of their
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In Linda Pastan’s To a Daughter Leaving Home‚ the speaker’s detailed recollection of teaching a daughter to ride a bicycle illustrates the emotions of a parent as a child matures and eventually leaves home‚ utilizing the experience as a metaphorical depiction of the daughter’s growth into adulthood. As the parent initially “lop[es] along beside [the child]‚” the speaker highlights the necessity of restraint in a parent to protect the daughter and watch closely her actions to ensure that she stays
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