It was my first day of college and I was both nervous and excited. Nervous because I’m older‚ have a husband and children at home. I don’t want to fail and disappoint them. I felt excited for the same reasons‚ my family. I can earn my degree and get a better paying job than my current EMS job. I would be able to spend more time at home and help my husband provide for our family. As I prepare for my first day‚ I look at my textbooks‚ my notebooks‚ all my pencils and pens and have my laptop out. Everything
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EDU0100 Coleman Time:120 minutes Directions: Write a descriptive narrative about a surprising event happened in your life January 11‚2013 the most terrifying and longest day of my life. With me being over due I was beyond ready to have my son. After two weeks of practically begging my doctor‚ he agreed to induce me. My baby was measuring big and my doctor was concerned that with my small frame‚ I would have a hard time delivering naturally. We discussed my options‚ and he
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illustrates for us in his piece titled “My first Conk” how his first conking went. For those unfamiliar with the term conking is a procedure in which black males concoct a gel‚ using mainly household ingredients‚ then apply it to the hair in order to straighten it. The incorporation of lye in the gel is what causes the bearer to feel as though the scalp burns. Malcom was at first a devoted conker but through the years has come to regret his old habit. At first he explains how good the conk made him
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English 111 March 16‚ 2009 As my boyfriend and I walked along the crowded pier: we inhaled the smell of freshly cooked crabs‚ shrimp‚ and lobster that came from the little blue restaurant that sits right on the pier. I could tell that the pier was an old bridge by the cracked cement and the old yellow road markings. The silver rail that surrounded pier was also aged and rusted. After walking about a mile we meticulously lined our poles on the rusted railing. My pole was blue and silver with bells
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Fiat Group’s first-time adoption of IFRS Course: Corporate valuation Authors: Hanlin Wang David Řeha Jin Zhang Joy Nguyen On Wednesday‚ February 24‚ 2010 the SEC reiterated its support for International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS)‚ this was conditional upon the accomplishment of a number of milestones. The SEC staff had developed a comprehensive work plan that would help to keep the process moving forward. Including Fiat‚more and more huge cooperations are adopting IFRS
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yet a hopeful felling on my HBCU campus. Like many of my fellow students standing in one of the two lines separated by the first letter of our last name‚ we would be voting for the first time for President of the United States. On the Ballot Senator Barack Obama. The loud scream that erupted at 10:00 P.M. that night after CNN projected Barack Obama to be the President-elect. The campus became a place of celebration‚ happiness‚ joy that America had chosen to elect its first black president. That what
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My first trip to Disney World My first trip to Disney World was really great. Disney World is in Orlando‚ Florida which is over 900 miles away from Columbia. We drove 15 hours to get there but we broke the trip up into two days. Although my grandfather and grandmother were tired when we got there‚ my sister Jazzy and my cousin Mychael were ready to go to Disneyworld. My grandfather took us straight to the resort and checked us in. Our suite was really nice. It was big with a big TV in the
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this mostly with extreme violence. The book “First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers”‚ written by Luong Ung‚ is the author’s story of growing up during this time period. She was five years old when the Khmer Rouge came into power. As stated in the author’s note‚ “From 1975 to 1979‚ through execution‚ starvation‚ disease‚
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English 093 My First Car I finally saved up enough money to buy myself a car‚ so I set out to track it down. My journey started out on a spring day‚ when the trees started to grow leaves shading the sun over my house. First‚ I drove to the store to get a newspaper‚ for I had already spotted a potential lead a few weeks back. As I searched through the classified section‚ I had my fingers crossed. I immediately spotted it. Because I had saved a pile of cash through the winter‚ I could
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I am unable to reach my goals or cannot live up to my expectations. They are the worst experiences of my life. When I was thirteen years old‚ I was an avid swimmer. I had swum competitively for almost ten years. I worked hard day in and day
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