A few days ago‚ I moved to Loonigon Street. It was named after a loony that lived here a few hundred years ago. On an autumn’s day‚ I went to a shop to buy some milk and bread‚ which will help me to know the way around my new neighborhood. As I walked on the sidewalk‚ I saw an entrance to a forest. I was curious so I stepped into the woods. “ Sarah‚ don’t go in there! It’s dangerous!” A voice shouted behind me. “It’s the forbidden forest! Nobody should ever go in there.” It was Amy‚ a girl I met
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Millions of people decide what to do every day; however‚ most are passive when they make choices. I tend not to be a passive person; rather‚ I think about what I do. If I find myself in an unbearable situation‚ I stand up and seek a change. This is what happened in ninth grade‚ my first year of high school and first year at a private school. My parents enrolled me in a private school‚ and I was passive until I was bullied. My parents didn’t like the education I was receiving in the public school
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was when I found out I was moving to Twin Falls‚ Idaho. I did not want to move because I was already settled into my life in Winnemucca‚ Nevada. I had already lived there for ten years my friends were the best and I was doing really good in school. I remember that day my parents told me we might be moving like if it was yesterday. During this time it was summertime and I was at a youth conference my sister was talking to my mom on the phone when she said we might be moving. At first no one really believed
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class when I was eight years old. On March 28th‚ 2008‚ my family and I moved to America from Japan. Despite having an English-speaking father‚ I was still unfamiliar with the language. I could not read‚ write‚ or speak fluently. At the time‚ I thought moving was the worst decision my parents had made. I had to learn a new language while being in the same grade as my age. I had no friends and I was lost. As I grew older‚ I started to appreciate this life-changing experience because it shaped a shy‚ hesitant
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She spent parts of her summers in Nigeria with family and ended up moving there for a couple of years before moving back to the United States. While I don’t remember our first meeting‚ I remember living down the street from her and I remember our
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To those back home‚ I send greetings‚ to momma‚ hoping that she gets better‚ shake papas hand for me and thank him for supporting my stand against slavery. It has been two years since this Civil War ended and it has been extremely hard to find a job. I traveled north to the factories‚ but they paid you awfully low wages‚ and I could not support myself on those wages. I then tried my hand at farming but farming it proved to be hard both physically and economically since buying land is so very expensive
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Did you know I recently moved from Tennessee to Nebraska? When I moved to Nebraska‚ everyone told me how flat Nebraska was‚ how it was full of fields. In my mind I was reminded of Tennessee with its family owned farms that could stretch for several acres. I realized that though Tennessee and Nebraska are hundreds of miles away they are very similar. Tennessee is has lots of rolling hills‚ whenever you drive through the back roads of Tennessee‚ you see beautiful trees. In the fall‚ the trees change
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I was born in the city of Monterrey in Mexico. My family decided to move to the US in 2009 due to growing concerns of money and safety. Back then‚ Monterrey was considered one of the most dangerous places to live in Mexico‚ as the two main cartels were disputing over the territory. My dad had lost his job and my mom worked part time at a pharmacy. Because public school in Mexico is very poor‚ my mom had always had me enrolled in private schools. We were in a tight situation‚ we couldn’t pay for the
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When I came from Africa in 2007‚ I was really excited. To me coming to America was like going to heaven. It was all I wanted‚ after all I could leave my violent country and finally come to the land of the free and the home of the brave. No matter how you put it the expectation for this country around the world is overwhelming. As for me coming to the United State was part of my everyday dreams. I remember my uncle my used to tell me‚ “Musa the statue of is capable of sitting down”‚ and due to the
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Throughout my life‚ I experienced many events that would make most people unable to function socially‚ emotionally‚ or academically. These events include two divorces‚ five house relocations‚ and a transfer to a new high school during senior year. I consistently failed assignments and could not stay focused during class as my . Most teenagers would have given up here as the disappointment from both their parents and teachers would have destroyed their hopes for a successful future. However‚ this
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