My first football season By: Dylan Jackson Today was the day to pick up my football equipment. I could not hold in my excitement‚ it was a Saturday and my first practice was on a Tuesday. I was outside chucking the ball in the air and catching it when my mom came out. “It’s time to go‚” she said “OK” I exclaimed as I dropped the football and sprinted to the van. When my mom and I arrived I tried on my gear and left to sign up‚ the guy at the signup place signed me up he gave me a football and a
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directly into projectiles. Food would go down‚ and then come back up later. This issue required surgery to fix; if I hadn’t have received surgery‚ I wouldn’t be writing this paper now. The operation was a success; the first of many of my near-death experiences. After I recovered from my condition‚ I became the stereotypical toddler as I grew up: virtually unlimited energy‚ and the ability to create messes wherever I ventured. My curiosity also peaked during this time‚ as I began venturing into places
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no more. Everyday was getting started with more energy than I ever had before. I was able to improve in the sports and my focus more on school work. Getting diagnosed saved me from a life on discomfort and depression. It helped me to become the best person that I can be‚ without anything holding me back. I am stronger now than I ever was‚ and I know that as life goes on I will be ready to take on anything that comes my
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This exercise was actually really difficult. I have learned a lot by participating in this activity. I have done activities in my past work experience and put myself in other people’s shoes‚ to see what it was like having disabilities. One time‚ I participated in an activity in which‚ I ate pureed food and thickened liquids. This helped me to see how a person with swallowing difficulties felt. This exercise assisted me to see how the food tasted and the texture felt. Another time‚ I used Hoyer
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decided my team into two groups. We separately counted the votes‚ then we exchanged and counted again the same. Finally we came for the the same results. What we did ensured the election went smoothly and no mistakes happened. one unforgettable experience. In the summer holiday of 2012‚ my mum and me went for a travel and sight seeing in Yunnan Province‚ China‚ where is located in Southwest of China‚ and famous for its beautiful sceneries，jewels and precious stones. The local tour guide took us
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It was a nice‚ sunny day. Windows down and the stereo up. Going down the highway at about 75 in the middle of the day! All was well until she looked into her rearview mirror; the blue lights were high on her trail. She pulled over‚ the officers came to her window‚ is there a problem sir? Ma’am you were speeding he says. Oh I didn’t realize I was the woman said. The officer asked her for her license and she replied‚ I would give it to you but I don’t have it. Why don’t you have it‚ he asked? Well
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July 4th‚ 2000. The anniversary of our nation’s beginning and my first day with my new family. I was only three months old when I came to America so I was not totally sure what had happened. All I knew was that I flew on a plane for too long and was happy to be off. Flying all the way from South Korea was a long flight but I was finally home. The first time I found out I was adopted was around third or fourth grade. I obviously knew something was different because my skin color was not the same as
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After years of therapy‚ I can share without the horrid flashbacks‚ my experiences at a post-Vatican II catholic elementary school run by nuns. Years would pass before realizing how deep this torment buried itself into the depths of my psyche. In my school faculty members unmarried to Christ fell into one of two categories. On the one hand‚ you had the group comprised of widows or unmarried women who not only cast no shadow in the mirror of focused self-reflection but left no visible marks of their
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I don’t let on a whole lot about some of the things that happen in my home life because it never seemed appropriate or necessary in anyway‚ I never even really told my friends about it. My problems at home consisted of one family member who suffers from bipolar disorder. If that wasn’t enough of a strain‚ another problem was the fact that another person who is very close to me had a problem with addiction. I have had to deal with this kind of stuff since a young age and even if you get used to it
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One day me and my friend John and my uncle Snowman we went to go hunting in the woods and we drove around the place for a good spot to hunt. As we were driving around for a spot we saw found an abandoned place me and my uncle and friend were thinking about it so we decided to go in the place. As we went into the abandoned place we walked far into the place. We had an app on my uncles phone that how far we are from the truck and it said 30.7 miles away. Me and my uncle were surprised how far we were
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