at my grandparents house‚ when I learned to ride my first bike. All summer I feel off my bike more times than I could count. Practicing everyday nonstop finally gave confidence to do it. This was exciting time for me‚ for my six year old self. I felt just as excited as a sixteen-year-old on their first day on the road. School that day was super anxious‚ not thinking about anything else but riding in the wind. I could imagine myself speeding through the neighborhood‚ humid‚ dry wind in my hair
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My First Game A specific event that greatly changed the course of my life is the day that I attended my first sporting event. Shocking‚ right? On this day‚ I discovered‚ for the first time‚ that I had a large interest in watching live sports. The day of the game was the thirteenth of March‚ in 2011. The location was Ricoh Coliseum‚ on Toronto’s Exhibition Grounds. The teams were the Toronto Marlies and the Texas Stars. My parents had decided to take me to a hockey game. They let me choose
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“Tell Mother …I Died For My Country” (JWB). JWB born May 10‚ 1838‚ near Bel Air‚ Maryland. He had 9 other siblings and he was the second youngest of the bunch. His father was known to be an actor‚ but grew a big reputation as a heavy drinker. JWB grew up on a farm with his siblings which were worked by the family’s slaves. When JWB was young he attended a boarding school called Milton Boarding School.If you asked others about JWB they would say he was very handsome. Those who knew him only thought
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Two years ago‚ on a cold Saturday morning‚ I prepared for my first ever track tryout. I took a shower‚ put on my clothes‚ and got into the car. On my way to practice‚ I felt strong physically‚ but I also had an undefined‚ jittery feeling about how the day was going to go. At 7:25am‚ I arrived at practice and was quickly spotted by the coach. He called me over and said‚ "You’re a big‚ fast guy‚ and I want you to be a sprinter." I knew I was fast‚ but I thought that being 6’1 and 225 pounds‚ I would
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My First Tractor It was a warm summer evening my Dad and I were looking though the Farm Paper for my first tractor. We found one that looked good and the price wasn’t that bad‚ it was a International 856.It cost $ 6‚325 that wasn’t to bad for a used tractor. The next day it was raining and my Dad called the people to ask when we could come see it. So that Friday evening we drove there to see the tractor it was in Russiaville‚ IN it took about an hour and 45 minutes to get there. We arrived there
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Man He Killed" In "The Man He Killed‚" Thomas Hardy demonstrates a sense of disgust for war‚ by comparing two men‚ who could have grown up together‚ and are now fighting against each other for someone else’s cause. The speaker‚ a young man who has served his country and killed an opposing soldier‚ relates to the man he has killed. This is a closed form style poem with dark undertones of the senselessness of war. In the first stanza‚ the young man describes meeting the man he’s killed in an
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headed to my first class which just so happened to be my favorite subject‚ English. The hallways were very wide but when filled with students I felt like I had to shove my way through just to get to my locker. The lockers were a mixture between Gray and purple. The school colors were supposed to be purple and silver but there was no way that these lockers could be considered. I took a look at the little piece of paper that the lady in the office had given me and tried out the combination on my locker
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English 100 16 October 2014 My First Job Ever since I have been legally old enough to have a job‚ it has been in my interest. My best friend worked at a restaurant‚ The Clock‚ so when the time came around‚ I jumped straight to applying for a job. After a while I went back to check on my application‚ and the hiring manager informed me that he wanted to have a sit down interview with me the next day. The moment I heard those words my hopes shot straight up. Out of all my excitement‚ the thoughts I
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smell the popcorn‚ nachos‚ pretzels‚ and mostly what I smell is sweat mixed with a dingy dirt. I’m thinking in my mind‚ “We all have to give it our all to win the game.” So I put on my dirt crusted‚ sweat smelling glove on and hustle out to the red brick chipped field. I’m playing short stop‚ the most difficult position to play‚ and was told not to let any hits go past me. The first hit off the aluminum composite bat was sent straight up the middle in a line shot that the other team thought was
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occasionally my family. The first day of middle school is one I’ll remember for a long time. All my friends from elementary school were all going to a different middle school then I was so on the first day I knew absolutely no one. Because we moved so late in the summer I was considered a late transfer student‚ so on the first day of school they still hadn’t made my schedule yet. I was stuck in the office fighting back tears for all of my first 3 periods waiting for them to finally finish my schedule
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