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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“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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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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I was raised in a setting where every factor should have led to a highly religious person being produced. I was taught my prayers while praying nightly with my parents. I went to Catholic schools‚ and I was entrenched in religious classes. My family goes to church every Sunday‚ and I sing in the choir. My time in school‚ with family‚ and free time were all spent revolving around religion. There was no particular reason‚ person‚ or place that drove me away from religion. At every step of my religious
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“ZZZZZZ” We chuckled as we heard Ava’s little sister snoring in the back of the car on the way to Holiday World. We sat impatiently in the backseat as we listened to Drake through the airpods. We could see the roller coasters slowly coming into view. As the car came to a slow stop‚ we excitedly jumped out of the car. We skipped through the parking lot as Ava’s dad yelled at us to slow down. We lowered our speed just a little bit so everyone else could catch up. We waited in line for what seemed like
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Mr. Wyse‚ the twins‚ and their father had just sat down. Except for a few bumps‚ the girls and their dad seemed fine‚ but Mr. Wyse was concerned that they all might be in shock from the accident. While he was running around finding blankets to warm them and preparing hot drinks‚ no one even heard the tapping on one of the coffee shop windows. Just as Mr. Wyse took a sip from his own drink‚ he jumped up‚ saying‚ “My goodness! There is a boy outside in this storm! Mr. Wyse immediately ran outdoors
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broke up‚ but I imagine the fact that he was always with me and never with her didn’t help. And a few weeks after they broke up‚ he was at my house‚ and we were lying on my living room carpet chatting about school‚ and he kissed me. I had no idea it was coming; he had caught me mid-sentence talking about how boring I found my health class. But he had done it‚ he had kissed me‚ and I kissed him back. And I was the happiest I had ever been in my life at that moment. After our kiss‚ he immediately asked
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there was a girl who decided one day to run away from her parents’ house. She snuck out her window and started running. She was walking near the highway when a car pulled over on the side of the highway to give her a ride. She was a bit skeptical about accepting this ride from a random guy‚ but in the end she accepted the ride. The guy in the car tried to take her to an abandoned house in the middle of nowhere‚ and she was really scared. When the driver pulled over to put gas from a canister‚ she
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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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“criss-cross-applesauce” as our teacher would say. As typical first days go‚ our teacher told us to go around the circle and say our names and something we liked to do. I never really liked introductions like this. They always make me nervous. While I was thinking about what to say‚ I suddenly heard a loud smack and felt a stinging pain in my arm. The boy sitting next to me hit me. Immediately‚ his hand shot up. “ Ms. Pristera‚ she hit me.” I was astonished.
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