Mother Tongue Mother Tongue‚ is an essay written by Amy Tan who was born in Oakland‚ California and grew up in a home where English was a second language. As Amy got older‚ she would have to translate and speak as her mother when talking to other people. She thought it was embarrassing at times because her mother’s English could come across a little hasty toward people. Amy Tan wrote this essay because she was an English major who loved English‚ but she also knew that there were differences in
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My First Driving Experience All I remembered after turning the wheel was that our car took a full circle‚ and it felt like we were going to crash into the tree in front of us I had been begging my father for a very long time to take me out in our car and teach me how to drive. After a lot of hard work and buttering‚ he finally melted and agreed to take me out for a test run. As it was my first time behind the steering wheel‚ it was essential for us to pick a smooth‚ deserted road so that I
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Malini Patel Mr. Moreau AP English Literature and Composition 5 October 2010 My Very First Driving Experience (Prompt #2) My car slows as it approaches a stoplight. I take this opportunity to allow my mind to become occupied with my surroundings: the bright fierce red of the traffic light‚ the brilliant blue sky with its distant clouds‚ and the mass of angry people due to the amount of traffic. The four corners of the intersection are filled with people who are preoccupied with their fast-paced
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My First Experience Riding a Pedicab Alone I think we all have that kind of experience where we used to ride a vehicle with friends or family but because of dire emergencies‚ we are forced to go by ourselves. My experience with this kind of event was a bit nerve-wrecking yet I also had the feeling of great success. This happened on my early freshmen year in High School. I did not really prefer riding “pedicabs” alone especially at night yet I was forced to. However‚ this experience taught me that
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My experience with English By: Victor Yakimov The first day of school is always a rush. There’s meeting new people‚ not knowing where to go‚ and saying hi to teachers who act nice at first‚ but will inevitably get fed up with your childish behavior and go crazy. Yes‚ first days are a mix of happiness and dread but the most hectic is the very first day ever. My own experience with the first was probably the worst. Being brought up in a Russian household the only language I knew
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My First Skydiving Experience "Jumping is fun! Skydiving is not just falling; it is flying—the closest we have been able to come to free‚ unencumbered‚ non-mechanical individual flight‚" says Mike Turoff in the book The Skydiver’s Handbook. I totally agree with him because skydiving provides the maximum liberty that one can ever experience. In this article‚ I’d like to describe to you my first jump in order to show you how much fun skydiving is. First of all‚ I learned about skydiving via the
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My first time experience I remember when I went scuba diving for the first time. It was the summer of 2002. My Dad‚ his two friends Mark and Bob‚ and I went on a scuba diving trip to San Carlos‚ Mexico with a group of scuba divers from June 21st-29th. It was June 22nd‚ a beautiful day. The temperature was at about 90 degrees and it was very sunny. I was on big nice scuba diving boat along with the other eight divers on the trip and captain and co-captain. The boat was headed to an island about
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My First Military Experience The date was September 23rd 2003. I was leaving my home for the first time; I had been dreading the unknown of entering basic military training for months. I knew difficult challenges would lie ahead‚ but little did I know what changes were about to become of me in my first military experience. The trainees were stuffed into the bus like sardines; I was shoved to the very back on the floor by exit sign. The smell of fear and the odor of a gym locker room filled the
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How many people have the good fortune to travel by plane? I was one of the fortunate few. My first flight in the air was the most exciting experience in my life. I was travelling from Delhi to London by air. I entered the aeroplane in the morning. It was like getting into a car or bus but the noise of the machine made us feel that it was different. Soon the plane took off and rose in the air higher and higher. The buzzing sound which had fascinated me continued. When I looked down‚ things looked
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My First Job Experience After finishing my SPM and relaxing with my friends for about three weeks‚ I was wondering what else I should do. When I hanging around with friends at shopping complex‚ I saw I vacancy for a promoter job in a telecommunication company and I am interested in it. After being interviewed‚ I am hired as promoter for P1 4G company and that is my very first job in my life. I am being told to work for 10 hours per day and six days per week. On the first day I go to work‚ I met
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