Bryce York Professor Sanford English 103 5 February 2015 My Personal Narrative Growing up in Kokomo‚ Indiana there wasn’t much to the daily life in my hometown. I’d like to believe this is me telling the story of how through hard work and perseverance I could achieve my goal in high school. A goal that many told me was unachievable and stupid to pursue. What is this goal you wonder? My goal was to play Basketball at Kokomo High School. Heck Michael Jordan got cut in high school only to become the
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My experience as a founding member of Baila as well as my current positions as a research assistant‚ and volunteer at the Baltimore Rescue Mission effectively demonstrate my personal competencies of leadership‚ reliability & dependability‚ as well as my service orientation. When I entered Hopkins‚ the demographic was very different from what I was used to. Coming from Miami I was accustomed to a very prominent Hispanic community. However only about 10% of my fellow incoming freshmen where Hispanic
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Miranda English 1‚ Per. 3 Mrs. McCue Personal Narrative “The happiest place on Earth‚” the loud speaker announced‚ as we walked into the gates of Disneyland. My best friend‚ Megan and I‚ were going to Disneyland for the very first time all by ourselves. Our moms’ were going to be hanging out at the hotel across the street‚ downtown Disney‚ etc and wanted us to check in with them by text message every hour. “Look at all these hot guys‚” Megan whispered into my ear. “You’re
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Personal Narrative The blaring ring of the alarm clock runs through my ears‚ marking the end of my pleasant six-hour sleep. I’m looking at the time and fumbling my hand next to me‚ managing to hit the snooze button and relapse back to my sleep. Repeating this several times‚ I eventually decided to get up‚ and turned off the alarm. I grabbed the towel lying on top of my chair‚ and turn around only to sneak a glance at the time. I stumble through the bathroom‚ flick the light switch brace
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Sherice Gayden September 25‚ 2012 UNIV 112- Personal Narrative Never a Place to Call Home After walking into Piccadilly’s‚ we were seated in the center booth against the wall where you had a view of the whole room. We were each given plates and access to the buffet after giving our drink orders. After we all sit down and are waiting we are approached by a lady and her two sons; she turns to my grandfather and says hello. This is not a unfamiliar happening to me‚ having random people come up
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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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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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Personal Narrative I was the second and final child born into the family before my parents got divorced when I was five. As the baby I wish I could say that I was treated that way‚ but I was not. I was the girl that reminded my father of my mother and was frequently ignored‚ while my brother was the pride and joy and could do no wrong. This being said it played a big part in my neuroticism personality trait as a young child. I was very quiet and withdrawn from my family and considered a loner. In
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David Laughery Shane Fliger College Composition February 14‚ 2013 Personal Narrative Like most‚ my Fifth grade year was supposed to be awesome; it was the last year before I was finally able to go to Ben Franklin‚ the giant School whose football and baseball fields I had played on for years‚ just waiting for the time I could show I was good enough to play for their City Championship teams. But when I look back on that year that had so much promise‚ it didn’t go as I had thought‚ and ended
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There was a loud clunk as some bright white lights flashed on and broke through the darkness under the canvas sack. I could make out a few shadows‚ but other than that the material was too thick to see through properly. Did I mention my mild claustrophobia? Either way‚ I was scared. More than scared. If it was one thing I’d leant in my profession‚ it was exposure to fear didn’t always create tolerance. Dr Crane had kindly proven that. I could hear Alexandra breathing harshly to my right‚ but the
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