Shameeka Herring 10 February 2013 Personal Narrative Essay A Frightening Experience When I look at pictures of myself ‚ I realize how much I’ve grown and changed‚ not only physically‚ also mentally as a person in the last fifteen years. Less then one year after graduating high school ‚I received some frightening news‚ I was pregnant. I had dreams and so much potential‚ this would surely detour me from my goal in life of
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Personal Narrative Yet another Thanksgiving‚ and I was stuck in my uncle’s basement watching the Redskins face off the Dallas Cowboys. Michael Jordan‚ Serena Williams‚ and various other famous athletes all grinned at me from their respective Wheaties boxes‚ seemingly mocking my pain. My uncle collected them and‚ for some reason‚ had decided the bright orange boxes would be a great decorative addition to the basement wall behind the television. I remember once‚ when I was younger‚ I was searching
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“Enthusiast” loves a specific subject. “Car enthusiast” is one that is always talking about cars‚ racing cars‚ seeing cars‚ and dreaming about cars. Although‚ being a car enthusiast can lead to problems‚ especially when you and your best friend get new “whips.” Most people refer to their cars as whip. With the money I received from the insurance from
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Hector Amezcua Ekins Writing 0990 05 Mar 2013 Personal Narrative Starting from a place I remembered as a teen‚ moving from a place that was warm to a place that had all four seasons; such as winter‚ spring‚ summer and fall. The First place that I grew up was surrounded by mountains. During the winter it was full of white snow‚ something that I was never used to seeing coming from California where all one would see was sandy beaches and the waves clasping one another. As I remember being
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as the squad car got closer‚ so Shy and I moved to the back of Aunt Libb’s car in my apartment parking lot so we could be “nosey neighbors” and see what all the commotion was about. A little red car came speeding along and stopped directly in our range while at the four-way stop at the corner of my block when the passenger hopped out the car and took off running towards the right. Seconds later the squad car stops behind the car and the cops (both driver and passenger) hop out the car and begin to
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During my fourth birthday party‚ I was run over by a car. But the car was a Barbie jeep‚ driven by a five-year-old. Taylor‚ the girl who hit me‚ apologized vehemently. Her mother demanded to know why she hit me. Her response was simple- she didn’t see me over the hood of the car. That event was a precursor to the rest of my childhood. My teachers would call me cute‚ my aunts would pinch my cheeks‚ and my older sister used my shoulders as an arm rest. Everyone saw me as a height instead of a person
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Car accident injuries The most common type of personal injury suffered in car accidents is whiplash and it is estimated that as many as 250‚000 Britons are affected by it every year. Whiplash is basically the overstretching of the tissue in the neck and spine and can result in weeks‚ months or‚ in severe cases‚ years of pain and discomfort. Speed is not necessarily a contributing factor to a whiplash injury as it can be caused by a car accident at speeds of as little as 5mph. It is‚ instead‚ the
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Peter Deng Professor Fischer English 101 24 February 2013 How I Properly Wash My Car In the years that I have owned my car‚ I did not necessarily know how to properly wash it. I never realized the damage I have done to my car. Without the proper equipment‚ I have continuously damaged my car over time. Using just any equipment to clean my car will slowly cause swirls or spider webs on the surface of my car‚ which are thousands of micro scratches that have a negative impact on the overall appearance
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Engl 111X – LeFlore 28 Sept 2011 Descriptive Essay There are moments during the day when there is just too much noise. White noise hisses from the television in the corner. The high pitch buzz of rock music blares from earbuds implanted into the ears of someone nearby. Even the insistent clickity-clack of fingers across a computer keyboard seem to add to the flurry of traffic already flushed into my mind‚ via my overwhelmed ears. For me‚ there is one moment in my day that quiet is treasured
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getting their first car is their first big step to freedom. Being able to escape the confinement of your neighborhood without having to ask for a ride everywhere is the greatest feeling on earth. Nothing can touch you when you’re driving to your destination with your windows rolled down and the stereo playing your favorite song on your own set of wheels that you paid for with the money you earned the previous summer. Everybody wants the biggest truck or the fastest car out there and they want
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