2009‚ it was my first tackle football game. I was 9 years old. I have practiced tremendously hard for the first game. My family would be there and other parents would be there too. I had to do good. After weeks of practice‚ it was the day before the first game. Then‚ I wasn’t really worried about the game. But that night‚ I started to think about it. I was really excited and anxious for the game the next day. At the same time though‚ I was nervous for some reason just thinking about it. I didn’t want
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When I first started marching band during the summer going into my freshman year‚ I didn’t expect to fall in love with it. Freshmen percussionists at my high school are required to be in the front ensemble their first year and couldn’t be in the drumline until their sophomore year. Knowing this‚ I thought of the upcoming marching season as just a waste of time because I wanted to be in the drumline and I would never want to stay in the front ensemble beyond my freshmen year. Although I wasn’t expecting
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The Day I Got Adapted “There she is!” My mom said so exited. “She is so cute!” Says my dad. “She looks like a boy.” My brother Nick says. I sat there in my caregiver’s arms in my little yellow outfit. My mom came over and picked me up and hugged me and kissed me. Then My dad swooped me up and hugged me and he swung me around. My brothers lit up like a flashlight when they first saw me. Both of my brothers were so excited to get a new baby sister! **Chongqing** We stayed at the White Swan Hotel in
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and my heart was pumping. I was ready to play some football. Following warm-ups‚ it was game time. Of course‚ the first play was for me‚ the tailback. It was forty-four gorilla our most popular play. Immediately following the snap of the ball‚I took the ball from the quarterback with authority and confidence. I ran right‚ cut back to the left and was finally wrestled down after sprinting for a ten-yard gain. The fans were as rowdy as ever. We ran a few similar plays to me‚ to feed my hunger
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My first idea was to go to the store and buy some random stuff. Then go out on the streets and ask if they want to buy my things for a higher price. As I marched to the checkout with all my things‚ I saw a lot of police cars speeding by. I wonder what happened to that. As the lady at the cash register scanned my things‚ we made small talk. “Where are you from?” she asked. I had no clue what to tell her‚ so I responded with "Ohio." She then added‚ “Where’s that?” “Not from around here‚” she said.
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Although there is much I can’t recall from my early days of reading‚ there are some momentous flashbacks. When I was beginning elementary school my parents were very eager to introduce me to doing a great deal of reading‚ they wanted me to enjoy reading for a while and they succeeded. We lived within walking distance of the public library which allowed us to frequently visit the library to read and check out books. I always remembered the vast shelves of books that seemed like they never had an end
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I am a “boot” adjusting to my new life in kilo company‚ and corporal has recently returned from a nasty deployment in iraq. He says that he is my father and that he knows what’s best. he kicks sand at me while i am timed to see how fast i can pick up all the yellow cigarette butts he dumped on the floor to “fix” my attention to detail and remind me of my ignorance‚ as he yells‚ “you are going to war soon‚ and I won’t be there to babysit you!” During the deployment workups in the states‚ we spent
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My sister’s friend Cody Spiker called and said‚ "You’re having a bonfire and didn’t invite me?" Little did we know‚ our shop was on fire. It was Memorial Day 2014‚ my whole family was home for the first time in a long time. My family and I were all up at our shop welding a plow for my mom’s new lavender field. We had been working hard on it since 11:00 in the morning. Kaden‚ my older brother‚ was welding‚ and my dad was grinding metal. They worked until it was finished that evening. Later that
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next day when I walked into school‚ everyone was gossiping about the big attack on Main Street. As I walked past the group of cheerleaders. I overheard one of them say something about a big dog who looked like bigfoot. “Bigfoot” I thought to myself. Yeah right‚ get real. As soon as she said that‚ I knew it was fake. I shrugged it off and walked to my first period. I didn’t think anything of it until I found out who was attacked. Turns out it was the same person I was with last night. Now my heart
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My brother always wanted me to play football and he has always played football. When I was in 3 rd grade he told me that I’m going to start having to practice‚ so mostly every day we’d go outside and practice for a while‚ we would play catch and learn plays. it would be a fall or summer or anything‚ he would always come outside and play football. I have improved a lot and I would say that he has done a lot for me. one day I came home from practice and he was sick and he still went outside in the
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