forget that day. It was in February that my father told me my older sister might not be coming home. I was home alone and had been since the very end of January. My dad called me from the Children’s Hospital in Denver‚ Colorado. It started out with what seemed to be a normal conversation. “Hi‚ Dad! How’s Bridgette doing?” “She’s still goin.’ Just had another seizure. We got some news today.” “Oh‚ yeah? What is it?” “Well‚ if your sister has surgery‚ there’s a chance she won’t make it.” I was eleven
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towards my new classroom with all new people‚ heart beating‚ beads of sweat on your head‚ hands shaking. That was me on my first day at Mt. Lebanon Elementary. I had moved schools many times before‚ but this one in particular was extremely nerve-racking because I knew that I would be with the majority of these people for the rest of my school career. As I walked into the classroom I‚ almost immediately‚ thought I could tell who the mean and nice people were. The first popular (or what I had considered
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reading; more surprisingly‚ it could also (as I had several occasions to observe) do something almost no composition reader ever does: inspire interesting writing. The Next American Essay already seems to belong in that small company of anthologies that become landmarks or points of departure‚ like Ron Silliman’s In the American Tree or Jerome Rothenberg’s Technicians of the Sacred. In neat postmodern fashion‚ it has now been followed by its precursor. The Lost Origins of the Essay excavates the literary
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The day I will never forget Everyone has something that reminds them of something or someone. For some the smell breadfruit reminds them of the meals their mom made in every fashion since it was the only thing she could afford. For others‚ it’s a father playing with a child‚ an event they either experienced or long to experience. Then there are some who remembers a love one through a special song. For me it’s a little bit of all. When I smell hot barber green marinating with the sound of rain
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"Holtan‚ Drill Sergeant" I half stuttered. The other man flew into an angry rage and started to scream at me "Soldier‚ he is not a Drill sergeant‚ look at him now soldier! What rank is he now that you looked? "He is an officer" I said trying not to cry‚ my lower lip trembling slightly. "Holtan now start pushing and don ’t stop til I come back‚ because im the command sergeant major of this base." Screamed Command sergeant major Martinez. After high school I decided to go and serve my country in the United
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It was a great day to break my arm. The accident happened right after I made the best choice of my life to jump off a tree into the water. Instead of caring about what could happen to myself‚ I thought it was the best decision. When I was about 8 years old‚ my family and I went up north to our cabin up in Antigo‚ Wisconsin. It was a nice sunny day‚ and that morning I remember waking up and going out for breakfast. When we came back from breakfast‚ we took our speed boat out onto the lake and went
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From the day I first saw my son to now When I first saw my baby he was all wrapped up in a stiff white blanket with footprints from all colors of the rainbow. His eyes were closed because his cheeks were so puffed up that they kept him from being able to open them up. His face resembled a red puffy marshmallow. His head was so long and narrow it almost reminded me of a little alien head. He had a full head of curly golden sandy brown hair. His nose was small as could be. It was like a little button
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My First Plane Ride The 21-hour voyage all begins when you step aboard the Boeing 747. For me this was my first plane ride. My parents and I were departing from LAX and our destination was Myanmar or Burma. I was probably 6 years of age waiting to see my relatives in Burma for the first time. Before we took off I was so excited‚ but when the plane started to take off my excitement turned converted to fear. Fortunately‚ about 2 minutes later the plane lost its slope and the roar of its engines
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something that I had to live with for the rest of my life. I can still barely believe it‚ mostly because I don’t want too‚ but I will do my best to recall this day‚ the worst day of my life. “Are you ready to go?” I asked Jim as I jumped out of his computer chair. We were going to take my new Carola for a spin. “I don’t know‚ Mrs. Smith is really piling on the homework‚” said Jim‚ looking at his very full backpack. “Jim‚ it’s the Queen’s Birthday. She didn’t give us the day off school‚ just
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The Best Days In Your Life The quote school days are the best in your life is a very personal question to the person. For it involves them looking back at their life and remembering their experiences in the school and out. Lots of kids say that they hate school‚ and say they never want to go. But without schools we wont learn the skills we need for jobs in later life. This would make jobs unsafe for we would not have the knowledge and technical know how. In some countries it is not essential for
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