When I was little‚ being compared to my older brother Michael was one of the greatest compliments I could get: “You’re becoming quite the artist‚” my mother would say. “Just like Michael.” Michael was smart‚ athletic‚ funny‚ and artistic. Of course being compared to someone like that would fill me with pride. Now‚ I consider it an insult. When somebody compares me to Michael‚ they use it to hurt me: “You’re so lazy‚ just like Michael.” Or even more hurtful “you’re just like Michael”. So what brought
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With Life‚ Have Joy “I’m at the hospital … the doctor thinks Jo might have had a stroke.” In the middle of July of 2003 my grandmother‚ Josephine‚ suffered from a stroke causing the loss of movement on her left side. No one really knows what caused her to have a stroke‚ but it’s narrowed down to two events. During that summer my grandmother and I were visiting a nursing home. She is an ordained minister and was going to deliver a message to the residents. On the way in she tripped over
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Natural Disaster What is natural disaster? A natural disaster is a sudden event that causes widespread destruction‚ lots of collateral damage or loss of life‚ brought about by forces other than the acts of human beings. General cause of natural disaster 1. Significant physical damage or destruction‚ loss of life‚ or drastic change to the environment. 2. Extensively defined as any tragic event stemming from events such as earthquakes‚ floods‚ catastrophic accidents‚ fires‚ or explosions
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On August 15‚ 2007‚ my older brother‚ Lucas‚ suggested we go to the corncrib. I agreed and we walked across the farm to flip the lock and open the large white doors. I followed him inside‚ and hence there being no windows on the lower level‚ it took my eyes awhile to adjust to the darkness. I heard Luke’s voice somewhere to my left‚ and glanced over my shoulder to vaguely see him climbing up a ladder. Having never been inside the corncrib before‚ I blindly followed him. My eyes stung as they adjusted
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My Happy Place Life can be a very scary subject especially when you are just a teenager in high school‚ are in all AP classes‚ up to your neck in homework‚ have extracurricular activities‚ and try to manage a social life. Although life does throw people and places at you that can help you relieve this stress and be in ultimate bliss. For me that place is my Grandma Lesvia’s house back in my home town of Eagle Pass. When I was little‚ my parents were always fighting every other day‚ so I would
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• Narrative tasks may require you to write a story or part of a story; they may also ask you to write a true account. The purpose of your writing is to entertain the reader through the situation you have imagined and also to explore that situation and the characters involved in it • Remember how much time you have in the exam. Don’t try to write too complicated a story. Examiners want quality not quantity. • Don’t fill your writing with direct speech; it causes problems with punctuation and it’s
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As I looked down from the helicopter I could see a sea of chaos. I jump out and land on my pedals. I slightly rolled my tarsal but I wasn’t gonna let that stop me. As I got closer to the scene my nasal could not take the smell of Pyrodex propellant‚ and blood. I search the desert wasteland with my orbitals to see if anyone was in need of immediate attention. Then I spotted a wounded soldier‚ with the weight of medical supplies wrapped around my coxal. I ran towards him in short breaths. But when
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DON’T JUDGE A BOOK BY ITS COVER. The saying ‘don’t judge a book by its cover’ goes a very long way; I learnt my lesson the hard way. I happened to be a very judgmental teenager and I lost many friends that way. Even before speaking with or having any contact with an individual‚ I judged them based on what I saw on the outside. My friends‚ the ones who stuck with me‚ always told me that one of those days‚ I would be taught a valuable lesson; and boy they were correct. I remember the day as
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The Wildest Experience of My Life Carl S. Fricke English Composition 1 So my last weekend before being deployed has finally arrived. I wanted to do something exciting‚ extreme - something I never would have imagined doing before – something that would take a lot of heart to do. Maybe even could be called a little crazy as others told me. Skydiving was something I had never done and certainly had never thought of doing until now. After doing some research online‚ I found a place only an
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Samantha Martin Mrs. Nunnery ENG 111-980W 23 Sept. 2011 My First Swimming Lesson Learning new things can sometimes be scary. Swimming‚ for me‚ was one of those new things. I knew swimming was going to be important in my life. The hard part was learning how to swim. I thought it would be god exercise‚ and a good social experience‚ I could spend time with my friends by the pool. My parents were not patient enough with me‚ seeing I did not really like the water. So they put me into a swimming
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