When I saw the light Immediately‚ when I turned sixteen I woke up in the morning and saw a pair of shinny silver keys sitting on my desk. I jumped up with excitement and rushed out the door wearing only my boxers‚ with the keys dangling in my hand. There it was: my brand new GMC Envoy‚ dark hunter green with a wax that could blind you. I stared at the car with excitement and admiration; it was the most beautiful thing I have ever seen‚ and it was mine. I took it for a test drive around the block
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“Don’t Blink” Four hundred and eighty three people‚ stuck together like glue for the past four years. We all felt as if the day would never come‚ like seeing it cloud up but never getting any rain‚ like getting snow on the ground and no snow day. What some people complained about and dreaded going to was something I had grown to enjoy and tend to miss now. After spending four short years in the same routine‚ going to the same place‚ seeing my same close friends every day I really learned to
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Wonders of Failure Gerlyn Villadore Batoy Many people experience setback erroneously presume that successful people do everything right every time. Some of them also think that failure is a portentous indication of starting something that is not supposed to be. Failure is like an unwanted stuff; being avoided but inevitable‚ expected but discouraging and identified but misinterpreted. It is assumed as a hoarding that has a bold four-letter word‚ “STOP!” A student does excellently in studies
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When the term ‘self-harm’ is mentioned‚ of what do you think? Depressing thoughts; suicidal victims? You don’t think of me‚ do you? Six months ago I would never have dreamed I would have so many scars on my formerly undamaged skin. Now things are different. Now when I look in the mirror I see the evils twisting themselves around my arms. I’ve marred myself trying to bleed them out. They clouded my brain and tainted my bloodstream. There seemed only one way to get them out. It would work and I would
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My solo is about always having one reason to keep going to never give up no matter the circumstances . This piece means a lot to me not only because am a senior ‚but because it shows how hard i word though color guard that even when thing we difficult and emotionally draining i stayed‚ i work thought and made it to my senior year. It is not only about working through color guard‚ but also a lot else when i started color guard i was going through a difficult time at home my parents we on the verge
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Super Swimmer "Hey Buddy‚ you ready to swim?" He hid behind his mom’s leg and held on tight. His name was Dylan Cross and his mother signed up for 16 private swim lessons. I wondered why he was so scared of the pool. This little tan boy had nothing but fear in his eyes. So I pulled his mother to the side and asked her if Dylan had ever had swim lessons here at Philadelphia Sports Clubs before. She said "No he hasn’t‚ he has only been in the pool once when he was five and he nearly drowned to death
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Highly Favored "Pardon me? Would you be able to please rehash that?" The first words out of my mouth when my specialist had let me know I required a cornea transplant. His words were like Charlie Brown’s instructor. Right then and there‚ what I was hearing was "wa." My heart dashed at 1000 beats a moment. "Goodness‚ my God‚ Oh my God‚ Oh my God!" were the words originating from my mouth. In spite of the fact that I have been advised of my eye decease three times preceding this appointment‚ this
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The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian Lesson Plan Unit Jaclyn Ippolito English Methods Professor Cella 5/12/08 “There is another world‚ but it is in this one.” – W.B. Yeats The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie Individual Unit Plan Grade/Course: 8th grade ELA class Unit Length: 5 Weeks Educational/Classroom Culture: Small suburban school in Upstate New York Approximately 25 kids per class Mixed ability levels Single‚ 50 minute periods Novel
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Dear Diary‚ Ever since the fight for the throne between my two brothers‚ Eteocles and Polynices ‚ nothing has been right. They fought for the throne‚ but the outcome came to be that they killed each other and the throne was left to my uncle‚ King Creon. My uncle is a selfish man who only cares about himself and when he became king of Thebes he got to do whatever he wanted to. My uncle ‚King Creon‚ decided to have a burial for only one of my brothers ‚Eteocles and did not want to bury my other
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Dear Diary‚ As I write this‚ I have two things on my mind. One‚ I am a murderer. Two‚ the war changes you‚ and not for the better. As I look back at my journey to go home to my family and a special woman of my life‚ this is one of the moments that stands out the most and I feel the need to share it with you. Earlier‚ I had been hosed down and dressed in black and grey prison clothing‚ before being shackled and thrown into a German staff car. I was starved‚ only being fed some bread an
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