yet a hopeful felling on my HBCU campus. Like many of my fellow students standing in one of the two lines separated by the first letter of our last name‚ we would be voting for the first time for President of the United States. On the Ballot Senator Barack Obama. The loud scream that erupted at 10:00 P.M. that night after CNN projected Barack Obama to be the President-elect. The campus became a place of celebration‚ happiness‚ joy that America had chosen to elect its first black president. That what
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The subtle ringtone slowly pulled me out of my dream and dragged me into reality. “Hello” I answered softly‚ not wanting to wake my wife up. “Someone broke into Shawn’s house but Shawn woke up and was on his way down stairs when he saw the intruder coming up the stairs so Shawn tackled him and they fought until the intruder pulled a gun and shot him… He didn’t make it man” Cavan sobbingly described. “What about Linda and the kids‚ are they okay” I asked hoping for the best but preparing for the
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B. 3rd block 9-11-13 My First Trip to Savannah‚ Georgia Looking up at the sky-high towering buildings I couldn’t believe my eyes. It was almost like I went into a time machine and went all the way back to the 1800’s with all these old fashioned buildings surrounding me. Then and there I knew I was going to like my stay in Savannah‚ Georgia. I had arrived in Savannah‚ Georgia with my Girl Scout troop we had been collecting money for months and the first place we planned to go to was
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was created by James Naismith in 1861. He also designed the first football helmet. The first basketball game was played in 1891 at what is now Springfield College. My favorite position to play in the game is defense. I love to play defense because it’s so fun to block the other team’s shots and also I like stealing the ball from them and then scoring a layup. I also like to play offense because it’s so exciting when I score points for my team. I like juking people‚ which means getting past them‚
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My First Deer I woke up on a fall morning at about five in the morning. My dad woke me up and said‚ “We’re going hunting. Be ready by five twenty.” I rolled out of bed not wanting to go and got my hunting clothes on. I was quickly eating cereal as my dad constantly would nag me to eat faster. Finally‚ we were ready to go and drove up into the mountains. This took about a half hour. “It’s freezing out here‚” I said as I shivered. The sun had just barely came up and we immediately started looking
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English 093 My First Car I finally saved up enough money to buy myself a car‚ so I set out to track it down. My journey started out on a spring day‚ when the trees started to grow leaves shading the sun over my house. First‚ I drove to the store to get a newspaper‚ for I had already spotted a potential lead a few weeks back. As I searched through the classified section‚ I had my fingers crossed. I immediately spotted it. Because I had saved a pile of cash through the winter‚ I could
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to ask you something important. Ok so you know how my birthday was last Sunday. Last year you let me get my first tattoo and it turned out cute and you barely know it’s there unless I show you. The year before I got my first tattoo I was tuning 15 and you let me get my nose pierced and i would still have it had it not been basketball season. I feel like you should let me get my next tattoo because for one that was my main things I wanted for my birthday and i’m going to pay for it. All you have to
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illustrates for us in his piece titled “My first Conk” how his first conking went. For those unfamiliar with the term conking is a procedure in which black males concoct a gel‚ using mainly household ingredients‚ then apply it to the hair in order to straighten it. The incorporation of lye in the gel is what causes the bearer to feel as though the scalp burns. Malcom was at first a devoted conker but through the years has come to regret his old habit. At first he explains how good the conk made him
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Shaneqwa L. Morton Mrs. Debra Ashley English 032 October 18‚ 2011 My First Day at High School Did you have an exciting day on your first day of high school or was it the worst? My first day was exciting and bad. I was so glad to be out of middle school and on to the next level. My best friend and I always talked about when we get to high school we were gone do this and that. We just couldn’t wait. We even rode to school together to make sure we wouldn’t get lost. Plus we were always together
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One of the most memorable firsts that I’ve had happened on May 1‚ 2008. It was the first day of my new life‚ the life that I was going to spend buried in books‚ cramming to meet deadlines and running to class‚ late as ever. As I boarded the bus that fateful day‚ I thought of how this would work out. I wondered how all of my high school friends were doing. They were still having fun‚ sipping the last drips of fun from summer’s cup. I longed for the times we spent together just this past summer
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