Breathe. Step. Look. Repeat. Don’t quit‚ I remind myself. You can do this‚ I remind myself. Just finish it‚ I remind myself‚ as I run my first high school 5k. I was nearing the final‚ lit up and glowing soccer stadium. Tall bleachers filled with people surrounded and hovered over the field like a vulture over it’s dead prey. Prior to this race‚ I had only ran one high school race‚ a 3k. Even though I had trained all summer long‚ my hamstring problems that had started a while ago‚ we’re just
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THE FIRST CAPTIVITY NARRATIVE: ALVAR NUÑEZ CABEZA DE VACA’S 1542 LA RELACION Ramón Sánchez University of Washington‚ Bothell In this paper‚ I will discuss the development of one type of Western captivity narrative‚ a Spanish one that in the context of expanding Western conquest brought (1) the need for the European conqueror to defend himself from the accusation of cultural betrayal and (2) the need to redeem a failed conqueror. For this I focus on Alvar Nuñez Cabeza de Vaca’s 1542 La Relacion
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THE FIRST TIME I GO TO CAM RANH CITY In this time last year‚ I had an adventurous trip to Cam Ranh. Some friends and I do not travel in groups. Every one just had a backpack‚ a train ticket and then we started exploring in new land. This trip gives me a lot of experience with vehicles‚ accommodation and places to visit ... Train from HCMC to Nha Trang losing more than 400km. If you want to go to Cam Ranh you must to catch a taxi for 45km. Cam Ranh gradually appeared in front of me but we realized
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school’s stage I was hosting a school event. I was asked to give a short speech about children’s first experience in a palace away from their mothers love. I wrote the speech with my own words and emotions‚ I felt that I left an impact on the audience when I saw their tears of joy and sadness. Since that day I realized the significant power of writing. Using my pen‚ I turned my thoughts into letters‚ words‚ sentences. I was not a professional writer since I was a 12-year old. As a child I wrote stories
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the war changed. One of the most famous planes during World War II was the Ju-87 Stuka dive bomber derived from the word Sturzkampfflugzeug which means dive bomber. The Stuka dive bomber was designed by Henry Pohlmann and was first flown by the German Luftwaffe on September 17‚ 1935. The dive bomber was not used in battle until the year 1937 during the Spanish Civil War. The plane was designed to be able to dive on a target‚ drop bombs close to the surface‚ and retreat quickly‚ a tactic brought on
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New York Times and USA Today Best selling author. She loves B Horror‚ rock n roll music‚ and love stories. She lives‚ reads‚ and writes in her home located in Queensland‚ Australia. She has written the "Stage Dive" series‚ the "Flesh" series‚ "Colonist’s Wife" series‚ and the "Heart’s A Mess" series. "Lick" is the first book in the "Stage Dive" series. This series features different lead characters in each book‚ but with some of the same cast of characters from the fictional band Stage Dive. Evelyn
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A Time I Was Gritty When i think of third grade I think about how little‚ naive‚ and weak I was. When I think of bullying I think of all the children who were like me‚ did not have a voice. To this day I still hate thinking‚ hearing‚ and talking about third grade. To this day I hate thinking‚ hearing‚ and talking about bullying. I get greatly emotional when I hear people talk about how great their third grade experience was for them and hearing people talk about their bullied stories. I get extremely
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When I was in fifth grade‚ I had my very first fight. It wasn’t exactly my choice‚ and I would have prefered to escape this particular fight‚ but that wasn’t an option. I was dealing with multiple bullies for a few years‚ but I’d say fifth grade was the worst of them all. The fight happened just after my P.E. class. We were all in the locker rooms‚ (me in the boy’s locker room obviously) and we had just finished changing. Another of the boys by the name of Bryce‚ was the one who gave me the most
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My First Day of High School The beeping of my alarm clock sounded like a countdown. The first day of high school was only two hours away. I was excited‚ but a lot more nervous. I got out of bed‚ got ready‚ and then was on my way to the bus stop. All I could think of are the stories I heard about high school being so horrible with all the strict teachers‚ the really hard tests‚ and of course being a freshman doesn’t help either. The bus ride to the school was only ten minutes‚ but it seemed a lot
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Narrative Paragraph MY FIRST TIME ON AN AIRPLANE I was very excited to fly on an airplane. I asked people who had traveled on an airplane before lots of questions about traveling. I had never traveled on an airplane before‚ so I was a little nervous. Everyone I knew who had flown on an airplane told me that they liked it‚ I would like it too‚ it wasn’t scary‚ so I would be fine. That was a little comforting to hear. I was all packed and ready. I traveled from
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