Creative Nonfiction is arguably the unit I struggled with the most this year‚ and in general. Writing about myself has always been hard for me‚ and when given the chance I always seemed to go too far. I came into the school year fresh-faced‚ however‚ and ready to take chances. As the first unit of the school year‚ it feels right that it open my portfolio‚ since this is basically a polished and reviewed summary of my year in writing. I also love to lead strong‚ and I am confident my nonfiction pieces
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Ross on Facebook which inevitably led me to Zack. I remember really liking him so I messaged him only to find out he had a girlfriend at the time. To my surprise‚ he talked to me anyways and after a few weeks they broke up because she didn’t like him having friends besides her. Now the person that I thought was the greatest guy ever was single and I made it my mission to date him. As a naive fourteen year old‚ I didn’t see how
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Moving I was quieter than usual as my family piled into the car. We were going to go see our new house. The house I didn’t really know how I felt about yet. My parents had always talked about moving into a bigger house when I was younger‚ but I never thought it would actually happened. I couldn’t think of any reason why we needed to move. I liked our current house just fine--with all the fruit trees and the small backyard‚ and the room that me‚ my older sister‚ and my brother shared. Plus--moving
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A gorgeous example of denial is the story about a little girl who was notified that a little brother was on the way. My reflexive essay is about my brothers. Growing up without little siblings is great. There are no worries about sharing or fighting. I loved being an only child. Then my first little brother came along. Justin. At first I hated having a little brother. I hated that no one paid attention to me anymore. Then I guess I got over it. Matthew came along shortly afterwards‚ and it just wasn’t
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Social work is a profession for those with a strong desire to help improve people’s lives. Social workers help people function the best way they can in their environment‚ deal with their relationships‚ and solve personal and family problems. Social workers often see clients who face a life-threatening disease or a social problem. These problems may include inadequate housing‚ unemployment‚ serious illness‚ disability‚ or substance abuse. Social workers also assist families that have serious domestic
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Kids Having Kids While many teens that engage in pre-marital sex never become pregnant‚ some are not as fortunate. Did you know in the next 24 hours‚ approximately 3‚310 girls will become pregnant. Every year over one million teenage girls become pregnant in the United States. Of these pregnancies only 13 percent are intended. As a result‚ about a third of these teens abort their pregnancies‚ another 14 percent lose their pregnancies to miscarriage‚ and the remaining 52 percent teens bear
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I was nervous nonetheless; Palms sweaty‚ heart racing‚ and tear-filled eyes was how I met them. As soon as the sun set the band started playing and the people poured in. The whole neighborhood invited themselves and soon enough I was having trouble distinguishing between who was and wasn’t my family. Warmth filled the air with all the stories being told‚ all the long awaited laughs caressed our ears‚ and the love that poured out of everyone was enough to last a lifetime. My uncles if
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There has been many cases in which I have helped an outsider feel welcome. One time in particular is when I played tag with this little boy at church since he was new and no one else played with him. Originally‚ I was outside eating candy and talking to my friends at church. I noticed that this little boy was standing all alone watching all the other little kids play without him. I thought that maybe he was upset so I went over to him and asked if he wanted the rest of my gummy worms. He seemed nervous
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they’re going on a date and have a babysitter coming to watch over me. I didn’t really like that I had to be home with a babysitter because I am already 12‚ but I didn’t complain because I knew they don’t want to have to cancel all because I’m having a fit. About 30 minutes after they leave I see the babysitter pick up the phone and start crying. I ask her what’s wrong and she says that my parents have been in a car accident and are at the hospital. Tears fill up my eyes and we both rush to the car
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open. The breeze from inside let out a familiar stench of ham sandwich. Last year‚ I was in this gym preparing to receive my confirmation. I was moved by the experience‚ so I said yes when I was asked to return as a teen leader. I did not know much about leadership‚ only that I wanted to give to others what I had received. I was led to a table of ten terribly troubled teens. At first glance I noticed that they came from different schools‚ ethnic backgrounds‚ and socioeconomic statuses. The teen leader
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