Narrative Draft 1 Hot Michigan summers‚ no school‚ pool in the backyard‚ basketball court in the house‚ all these things meant company. Every summer for the as long as I can remember all of my family‚ friends‚ and strangers basically stayed at our home as if it was a hotel. My family has always been the sharing type‚ and everyone sees our home as the vacation house. My cousins are usually the ones over and we all hang out and do everything together over the summers
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In keeping track of all situations where I have experienced cognitive dissonance I have come to the realization that I use it quite often. Whenever there was a decision to make whether it was on the spot or there was time to think‚ I found myself utilizing rationalizations‚ in order to reduce the stress I was experiencing or to make myself believe the decision I made was the right one. If I made a decision without conviction I made myself believe it was the right choice by creating reasons to validate
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An Unexpected Event Even though it happened two years ago‚ it marked our lives forever and the image is implanted as if it was yesterday. My friends‚ Mailina‚ Yhenny and I‚ just wanted to give a surprise get together party for one of our friends Letty returning from New York. It has been almost a year since we have seen her and figured we could surprise her with a little party. However‚ we were all in the dark that day. It was not the right time‚ right place‚ neither the right day for us to make
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One day me and my friend John and my uncle Snowman we went to go hunting in the woods and we drove around the place for a good spot to hunt. As we were driving around for a spot we saw found an abandoned place me and my uncle and friend were thinking about it so we decided to go in the place. As we went into the abandoned place we walked far into the place. We had an app on my uncles phone that how far we are from the truck and it said 30.7 miles away. Me and my uncle were surprised how far we were
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The Wu’s family first immigrated to the United States in 1974 and chose New York City as the port of entry. My grandpa is a stern and strict guy who at first sight may give off the impression as a nonchalant guy‚ yet under that stern look is his passion for entrepreneurship. Our family was penniless‚ and we had to live in someone else basement in New York‚ which was about 300 square feet with my grandparents‚ my dad‚ and his four siblings. If you ever moved your entire family to another country‚
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I come from a family of immigrants who came here for a better living standard unfortunately‚ while growing up I witnessed money problems in the household. They had to work long hours and I struggled to focus on my own potential. My parents couldn’t spend much time with me and my siblings dealing with our own problems especially in school. As a result‚ I had a lack of confidence because I wasn’t at the same level as the rest of other kids and struggled doing well in school. I hate to say I didn’t
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I felt this sense of fear‚ but I knew it was just nervousness. It caused my whole body to tremble. I creeped onto the field and pass by the fifty girls and all of the coaches. Just me walking by everyone gave me this ginormous knot in my stomach‚ it made me feel like I was going to pass out right on the field. I was breathing heavy‚ like I just ran a marathon. I was beyond nervous just to be the new girl on the field. I was scared of what the girls thought of me‚ and how the coaches thought I would
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I have caught up with Nicole a month since the last appointment. During that time Nicole has been quite well‚ although in the last week or two has noted increased nasal congestion with post-nasal drip and subsequently there has been some throat clearing and cough. She is not aware of any lower respiratory tract symptoms and systemically feels well. A recent CT chest scan demonstrates significant improvement in the multi-focal areas of consolidation‚ but there does remain some changes. Nicole
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I come from the backwoods. A small town where chaos use to reign. A place haunted by a ’No blacks past dark’ past. A place that most people call a ‘godforsaken hellhole’ or where the KKK started. That’s the place I call home. Waking up every morning to the revving of diesel trucks and fourwheelers. Staying up late hours of the night sippin’ sweet tea on the front porch waiting to hear the hogs to get us some bacon for the morning. A town where everyone knows everyone is an understatement. If you
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Before enlisting in the Marines in 1917‚ he was in a Methodist college in Kansas. From that we see he comes from a religious background. After reading that it made me think that his family is a stricter family and probably "close" in the way that the parents have high expectations for their kids and want them to look good and acceptable to God. Once the war ended his friends had already came back and he came home years later. The hustle and bustle and greetings of the troop’s home was over by the
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