“Vroom‚ Vroom‚ Vroom!” All I could hear was the sound of the car engine. I had been awakened at 5:30 a.m. thinking I was standing on the center of a highway‚ but really it was the fully loaded car. Today was the day I’ve been waiting for all year long. I felt nervous and scared‚ but at the same time I was jumping up and down higher than a frog could jump. I was only eight years old the summer of going into fourth grade. I had no idea what to expect. I didn’t know if I was going to like it‚ love it
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chance for my thirteen years old birthday present. When I was in Hong Kong‚ my grades in school were not as high as was expected of me. Also‚ my attitude towards reading and studying was not as serious and sincere. My parents began to be concerned about my future and looked for an alternate way for me to be successful in school. My mom found different solutions for me; such as tutoring‚ watching English language dramas‚ reading novels and doing exercise books. I followed my mom’s plan and schedules
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High School Wind Ensemble “From the beginning‚” the conductor whispered‚ while bringing his arms up in a stance which made him look like he was ready to fight a raging battle against ferocious warriors. I could feel my palms sweating as I touched the cold metal of my saxophone‚ bring it up to my mouth into ready position. I quickly glanced around me at the other ambitious players‚ each one of them barely sitting on the edge of the black band chairs‚ nearly bursting at the seams with excitement
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what the world was about. I couldn’t have been more wrong. My life changed forever on a random‚ seemingly normal afternoon. My secure sense of how things were‚ and how I expected things to continue‚ was shattered. All it took was one moment; in one instant‚ everything changed. Dr. Judith Rich refers to this as a “Sputnik moment.’ She defines a sputnik moment as‚ “events that jar our sense of reality.” These moments can be large or small‚ and they change the way one feels about reality. My sputnik
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EDWARD CALHOUN COLLEGE WRITINGIII PROFESSOR KLINGBEIL November 5‚ 2010 Essay #5 Second Draft MY FUNNIEST MOMENT IN MY LIFE I would like to tell you about one of the funniest moments in my life. I was around fourteen or fifteen at the time. I had a friend by the name of Antione who was my best friend. We did everything together‚ from going to school dances to weekend parties at other friend houses. None of that compares to what my friend Antione did to me one cloudy morning.
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life I learned that life is not easy and that there are bumps in the road that may throw you off track‚ just like Tess did. My family moved from Michigan back to Ohio in 2004. At first‚ things went smoothly and we were figuring things out. But after about 8 months‚ I wasn’t so naïve. I was walking to school with my older brother‚ who was in 7th grade at the time‚ and I was in 2nd grade. He was fruastrated because my parents had a fight. Being the curious 8 year old I was‚ I asked him‚ “Why were they
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schools choir) didn’t exactly allow me to relax and have fun. I was worried about the Nationals competition. It got to one point where Mr. Frederick got agitated with the seniors because he claimed we weren’t “doing our jobs as seniors.” What he meant by that was‚ people missing rehearsals or coming in late‚ or even missing performances. The underclassmen even tried to take the leadership position from us. We were so focused about ourselves and getting into college. That we weren’t being considerate of
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first day of practice that week‚ and challenge matches were scheduled to begin. The team went through our daily shuffle of drills‚ conditioning‚ and running to prepare for what was lying ahead. While warming up with my friends‚ I felt great‚ talking about homecoming‚ boys‚ and a variety of irrelevant events. I felt ready. The odds were in my favor and nobody could stop me. Coach called us to a huddle on center court. In her hands‚ she held a list on which the matches for the day were written in a
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Their last breathe I take a seat on the cold stone bench of the arena. The rumble of the crowd fades into my head; the thick July air makes it hard to breathe. It is not my fight but my nerves acts as if it is‚ shaking in anticipation and fear. The competitors take their places on opposing ends of the field. I’m too far away to see their faces behind their masks but I can feel the adrenaline flow through my body and know that it doesn’t compare to what they must be feeling; knowing that this could
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My brother and I continued to sprint through the dark‚ damp streets. Puddles splashed under our feet making eerie echoes. We passed closed shops and empty parking lots. It seemed like I wouldn’t even have nightmares as creepy as what I was walking through. It was darker than usual. A unearthly feeling was in the air. No one was around‚ which was normal because it was almost midnight‚ but it felt different. “Maybe I’m just in a bad mood‚” I whispered to myself. School had proved to be a tragedy yet
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