Biography : Francisco Sionil Jose Name : Francisco Sionil Jose Birth date : December 3‚ 1924 Parents : Antonio Jose (Aglipayan minister) and Sofia Sionil Spouse : Maria Teresa Jovellanos Field in Literature : Fictionist Educational Background Elementary : Rosales Elementary School Secondary : Far Eastern University High School College : University of Santo Tomas (liberal arts) : Manila College of Pharmacy and Dentistry (pre-medicine) Work Experience - editor-in-chief of the university
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perfect day struck me in a matter of seconds. My team and I were playing a scrimmage; I had just got the ball and had never felt so in control of anything as much as I did that moment. It felt as if I was running on clouds with the world at my feet. I’m dribbling the ball as I’m looking up to find someone to pass it to. The moment I find my teammate open‚ I take a step to pass the ball. As if I couldn’t take a step before‚ or a little after‚ I heard a crack. The scorching pain I felt was so unbearable
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An Unforgettable Experience On Wednesday afternoon‚ towards the end of October 2012‚ some of my friends and I were so busy preparing ourselves for a departure to a village located very far from the bustle of the city. We started by packing our personal items and then tried to check the all luggages and boxes that had been put on the truck to ensure that everything we needed had been already brought. Yeah‚ it was a hot day. The sun shined so bright and made our skin was like burnt. Our sweat flowed
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Coming into college I was a bit nervous for the courses that I would be taking‚ I didn’t know if I was ready as far as my level of education to take on so many credit hours. I’ve heard so many stories on how in high school you think that you are a good writer but once you get into college that’s a different story. Honestly‚ that made me really nervous‚ because in high school I was one of the best writers on our 2008-2009 Yearbook and Newspaper; so I prayed that would carry over into college as well
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Hopes‚ Dreams‚ and Reality Graduation by Maya Angelou is an essay about discrimination. The beginning of this essay reminded me of my own high school graduation. How scared but excited I was to be taking the next step up in my life. I felt like the story paralleled my experiences at the beginning‚ but at the end I had a totally different outlook on this piece of writing. As I got further into the essay‚ I felt that there was nothing about Angelou’s life that I had ever experienced or could relate
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MY GRADUATION CEREMONY Graduation ceremony is important for every student. They all prepare for this important day before several months. Graduation means that a period of your life ends so it makes me so excited. My graduation ceremony was one of the most important days in my life and I am certainly sure that I will never forget that day because my high school education would end and my life would change after that event. For that day‚ I started to prepare two months ago. Firstly‚ I had to decide
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front of me is a blur. My lungs were aching for a breath of fresh air. Just then‚ I stood rooted to the ground after I found out that my mother was not by my side. I squinted for my mother’s figure in the sea of people but it was futile. At that moment‚ I felt like an abandoned adolescent as I battled the feeling of helplessness. I am terrified. Extremely terrified. I forcefully shut my eyes and open them again‚ hoping all is just a bad dream‚ but it was not. Wild thoughts ran through my mind as
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Chengye Yin Engl 115 In the story “Graduation”‚ a young black girl feels anticipated and honored with her graduation day. However‚ on her graduation day‚ she feels frustrated and shadowy because Mr. Donleavy‚ a white man‚ delivers a speech to the graduating class of 1940. At first‚ Angelou is quite excited because she is proud of her academic achievements; besides that‚ she is also about to make a speech in front of many students. In addition‚ her mother also gives her a fancy dress with an abundance
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becomes more shallow‚ and all of my senses seem to suddenly become heightened to somewhat extraordinary levels. These are but a few symptoms of an adrenaline rush. Anyone of us can experience this during moments that scare or excite us. What if all of this was experienced during a life impacting moment? The only thing going through your mind‚ "Damn. I messed up this time." Where can you hide to when hiding would be morally and legally wrong? Only thing you can do is face the music and pray everything
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Some times the incidents that occur in our lives leave traces of their mere existence in our minds and as time passes by; although they are buried deep in our minds of infinite memories sometimes only a similar trace of that memory brings back that once buried memory on the surface of our minds. The incident starts off when I was leaving for my home. It was one of those days when nothing in the world could have gone wrong and I and my friend‚ Rameez‚ unaware of the unknown that lied before us
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