breath‚ repositioned my hands‚ and continued. CREAK! This cannot be happening. Again? Seriously? SNAP! This was the day I ripped my fifth roll of film. The four previous times it happened‚ I exited the darkroom‚ plastered on a smile‚ and continued on. On this day‚ however‚ when the bell rang‚ I scurried into the nurse’s office‚ pretending to be ill. Sulking home and locking myself in my bathroom‚ the bottled up emotions poured out in tears of frustration and embarrassment. Being my eighth mess-up in
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While I have learned a few things about writing from this class‚ like narrative line and that commas need to go before connector words in order to connect independent clauses‚ I do not feel any better about writing. As I put these words into my word processor‚ I feel sick and have put this off for too long. My writing process has not become any less stressful. I have‚ however‚ modified how I go about writing. The biggest changes to my writing have been the mad man and revision process. Since I am your
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live forever if you were not happy and felt alone? My grandmother was born on June 1st‚ 1920 in Detroit‚ Illinois. Being one of seven kids‚ she strived to be independent and immersed herself in music. Relationship Description I have obviously known my grandma my whole life‚ but I have an extra special connection with her because I am her namesake. My grandma has lived with my parents for over 26 years; therefore I saw her everyday throughout my childhood. However‚ since moving away to college I
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Kaylin Knops Ms. McCleaf Written Communication I—11977 14 September 2013 1st draft 1000 words She Has Courage My mother‚ Christine‚ epitomizes the heroic quality of courage in that she grew up without a mother of her own‚ and now she is a single mother and she struggles on a constant basis to conquer depression. One day my mom came home from school and all her stuff was on the front lawn. Her mom kicked her out and didn’t want to raise her anymore. She was only 8-years-old. She moved
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I’ve always prided myself on my ability to adapt. Being optimistic and working with the cards I’ve been dealt‚ has always been my strong point. When life throws something at you knowing how to adapt to it is your best option and it affects the way you look at life. I remember the exact day I first realized something was wrong. I was on the train with friends on our way to a soccer game and my shoulder started to ache. I thought it was just from carrying my heavy bag‚ or some dance related injury
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I come from a low-income‚ single parent‚ immigrant household. My life hasn’t been the easiest‚ but the challenges I faced growing up that most shaped who I am today weren’t from any external factors. They were within me. I am in a constant struggle of identity: humans‚ particularly insecure‚ neurotic‚ coming-of-age women like myself‚ are in a constant search for identification‚ an anchor that we hold on to validate our existence and legitimize any worries we have that we aren’t normal. It was difficult
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write down my confession. Not the story I told the my lawyer‚ the judge‚ the jury or even my own family. It’s nothing like the embellished slander written in the headlines. No‚ I need to confess the truth. The real story of why I’m serving life. How could I tell anyone the truth? They’d put me in the nuthouse. I’ve heard those places are worse than prison. Yet‚ I have to write this down. I need to get this off my chest. Maybe the warden will publish this when I die. Let them piggyback off my sorrow
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4 years ago me and my sisters lived in this abbond house on Gordon ct and we went to greenfield middle school‚ we were all 12 it an even longer story of how we meet‚ but that’s a whole different story but me and by two best friend things were about to go down down down for us it started on February 15 2012 when we came home from school and a note was on the door it said hi I am the owner of this house and I need you to get out!!!!! i’m sorry to do his to you it’s not personal I ill let you come
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At first I just wanted a cookie. In elementary I would get a cookie from my parents if I did well in school. So during that time I would try my hardest to do well in school just so I could receive the prize. But by the time I got to junior high I discovered that I did not want to do well in school for the cookie. I just loved to learn about new things. Even though there are many financial obstacles that stood in my way of learning‚ I still plan on succeeding in life and helping out others who are
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was the most significant day in my life‚ and I thought that for many years‚ but I was wrong. Being adopted is not weird‚ it is just confusing; and one word can control your thoughts for years. Why? My adoptive life was normal. I have loving parents‚ a dog‚ and we argue‚ just like any other normal family. That didn’t mean I did not think about my birth parents. I even envied them. I look back today and ponder why I did and all I can think of is that‚ they were my parents‚ why wouldn’t I? I originally
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