and she used to invite me to stay with her many times. One day I decided to go. Staying with her and her family was one of the greatest experiences in my life. Besides learning a new language‚ I made new friends and I really got into the culture of a great and beautiful country. When I arrived there‚ I got very excited. First‚ I was excited because it was my first time in a foreign country‚ and second because I was going to live something really new in my life. On the other hand‚ learning English
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St. Olaf College is where I have had my most profound and impacting experiences interacting and appreciating diversity. In my freshman year‚ I was assigned to live in a triple dorm room with two other girls‚ one was a Caucasian from California‚ and the other was an international student from Vietnam. The vast distinction between us was affirmed from the varying accents that flaunted a richness of cultures to the different paradigms formed from unique experiences. In order to build a strong relationship
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the college experience has made me a changed person. College changed me into a better person on many occasions. I have learned to be more responsible‚ when it comes down to getting work done. In college you must be responsible. I have also changed my attitude. Moving from high school to college is a big step; if you don’t change your ways for the better then you might not be successful in college. When you reach college then is the time that you become an adult. First off‚ the college life
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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 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 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 Day in College Some say that first day in college was a beautiful experience but for me it was like a complete life in itself. My first day in college was an experience worth remembering because of three reasons: I met new friends‚ saw a new environment and knew new teachers. On my first day in college‚ I met new friends and I find them worth having. At the start‚ all the new faces around me made me feel like they were looking at me as if I was an interesting creature that they have
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Personal Writing: The College Experience The biggest adaptation I have had to make in my life was moving to college. Not only was it totally different from high school in relation to the content of classes and homework‚ but it was also completely different from my home life. I was living on my own‚ with new surroundings and new people. Needless to say‚ this was something like I had never experienced before. Generally‚ college classes aren’t that much more difficult than high school courses. The
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The single most impactful experience in my life is attending Ventura Community College. Nothing has hurt me more. In high school I had taken AP and IB classes and had finished within the top ten percent of my class but I had no idea what I wanted to do. I applied to some schools that I considered to be mediocre so that I could continue swimming‚ but as the application deadlines ended and most of my friends were being accepted to places such as UCLA‚ UCSB‚ and even Harvard‚ I had realized that I
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College life is a life of freedom. I remember my first day at college. I had looked forward to this day from my school days. Life at college meant for me a new life. I was no more a young boy but a young man.When I entered my college for the first day‚ I looked around with a mixed feeling of confusion and joy. The stately building with massive pillars made a deep impression on my mind. I was puzzled as I was not used to the ‘college-ways’ of things. The students in batches were moving up and down
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