The First Day of Basic Training Week 1 Assignment 1 Descriptive Essay Chasity Schwoeppe 01/20/2012 The First Day of Basic Training I left for basic training on July 30‚ 2008‚ and arrived in Fort Leonard Wood Missouri on July 31‚ 2008. Before we entered into our extreme training‚ we processed into the Army for a whole week at reception. On the day of actual basic training‚ we realized our great lives changed to instructions all day‚ miserable feelings‚ separation from family‚ and extreme
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The first and last Dan Savage‚ an American writer‚ once stated‚ “Ultimately life is disease‚ death and oblivion. It’s still better than high school” (Savage). This quote represents what my high school career was like; for example‚ I have been to 4 different high schools. I was in foster care‚ so I would move around a fair amount. Moving around‚ I experienced many first and last experiences in high school. Despite what Savage stated‚ not all of my first and last experiences in high school were horrible
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happens.” I learned that lesson when I went from elementary to middle school. I knew it would be different‚ but I didn’t know what it was going to be like. I have only been inside like one time before i actually started middle school anyways. I was pretty nervous. On the first day of school‚ my mom woke me up by turning on my light and said “first day of school! Wake up! I then went downstairs and quickly ate breakfast. Then I raced upstairs to my room to get dressed‚ followed by brushing my teeth
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Kids or No Kids Candance Bacco March 3‚ 2013 The title of my paper is called Kids or No Kids. Today married couples have a big decision on whether or not they want kids. I start out my paper by talking about how important this decision is and how it effects other people. Then I start to talk about all the pros of having kids. After that I point out all the cons of having children. The next part of the paper is all about the pros and cons of not having kids. As you will see there are a lot
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The first day of high school was soon approaching and I could not stop thinking about how I will be feeling when I step foot onto Arvin High School. Summer vacation seemed too short and I definitely wasn’t ready for the start of freshmen year. Shortly after I was telling myself‚ “I can’t wait to get out of here!” I knew that my decision to be here today would help me in the long run for my career‚ but I had no motivation. I remember my first days of high school were the worst. Everything that
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this term has defined my entire life over the past four years. My first taste of high school was in the spring of my 8th grade year. My band director hosted a marching band clinic for rising freshman. Fresh off of a personal victory of being awarded the Director’s award for Musical Excellence‚ I eagerly attended. After getting the taste of high school marching band‚ earning a spot on the snare line my freshman year‚ and getting my music down‚ I was ready to march my first steps on the field.
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My Article of clothing Clothing is a part of life we see that throughout culture‚ religion and just mere fashion. Clothing has a range of varieties which includes color‚ fabric/texture and style. Besides being just a covering for our body‚ clothing in addition is used to make a statement. The garments that we wear tell a story of ourselves historically and where we are going. One of my favorite articles of clothing is Military fatigue/camouflage
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I can’t do this anymore. I thought‚ trying to focus on writing down my math homework and zone out the laughter surrounding me. I know- melodramatic eighth graders‚ everyone hates ’em. But I’m different- I swear. You just don’t know the whole story. It started when I walked into this wretched class. The worst thing in the history of bad things ever happening to people happened- I tripped. I know‚ oh the horror! But that’s not just it. I tripped. On my TIED shoelaces. And fell. And people stared
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Maddie Zisk My first day in an English speaking school. I thought back‚ to everything‚ everything that had happened and where it all had started. Here‚ it had started here. Memories flooded back‚ memories of people‚ memories of places‚ memories of… of everything. With one last look around I took a deep breath and boarded the aeroplane‚ I was ready. I arrived the day before the start of the second semester. Though my things had arrived almost a week before‚ but I had been content living out of a suitcase
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L’OCCASION D’UNE VIE There I was‚ sitting in the middle of the class looked upon by every single student in the entire room. I had a feeling of total awkwardness and embarrassment‚ and my mind went totally blank. There‚ like a terrible dream I never thought would come to pass‚ as time went by like a broken hourglass. I stared‚ as if I had seen the future through my eyes‚ as the teacher stared right back at me with her look of despise. She knew deep inside that I was unaware of her dialogue‚ yet
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