Two months after I get my driver’s license‚ I get my very first speeding ticket. What a great way to start out driving‚ right? Well my parents didn’t think so. So‚ I’m driving home from school on this I guess you could call it a “hilly” road where the bumps are fun to ride over when speeding. It was all fun and games until I spot the cop parked at the end of the street just watching me. There was no use in slowing down. I knew he’d already clocked me at 50 in a 25. There wasn’t anyone on the road
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I was born in Iraq in a domestic violent environment. In my second grade in elementary‚ I and my sister moved to 7 different foster child housing. I had to move to 7 different elementary schools in one year. I was being sexually molested several times by these foster families and emotionally and physically as well. My parents finally were able to get back together and keep us somehow stable till the middle school. My father was kidnapped after 2003 war in Iraq and we had to sell all we have to pay
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In 1985‚ The Iran and Iraq war is feuding overseas and America had an embargo against selling arms to Iran. Our President was Ronald Reagan and the National Security Adviser was Robert McFarlane. “Iran made a secret request to buy weapons from the United States‚ McFarlane sought Reagan ’s approval” McFarlane told Reagan “that the sale of arms would not only improve U.S. relations with Iran‚ but might in turn lead to improved relations with Lebanon‚ increasing U.S. influence in the troubled Middle
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school band. While that may not seem very important‚ I was very dedicated in it‚ and played very well. By then I had been playing the instrument for about 2-3 years‚ and was also in the beginning band at Clement
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My Hockey Adventures As winter approached‚ my parents constantly bothered me about choosing a winter sport. Because I was only in the sixth grade‚ my options for sports within the middle school were basketball‚ dance‚ or cheerleading. Luckily‚ I thought outside of the box and suggested hockey to my parents‚ even though my school did not have a team. A couple of my friends who played for the Mandan Hockey Club had helped me convince my parents to let me give it a try. The next week I was already
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to the dugout‚ and my teammates high-fiving each other‚ our coach‚ said we needed to score 2 more runs to win the game‚ 10 minutes later‚ we were celebrating‚ that we won the last game of the season. All the coaches‚ lecturing us on our season‚ about our ‘ups and downs’ all had a happy expression. At the end of the huddle‚ we all rushed to the table with our grumbling stomach‚ and our dirty hands‚ taking fried rice‚ somen salad‚ chili‚ rice‚ and hot dogs from tinfoil trays. We sat down and gorged
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playing. After were all exhausted we decide to go inside and play video games. After I dominate them in video games it is time for them to go home. Looking back over the years I learned that Thanksgiving isn’t about all the food you can eat‚ or a football game‚ or the parade. Thanksgiving is about family and getting together to spend time with your loved ones. I think the pilgrims created Thanksgiving to spend time together. I learned that not to many people can have what my family has and I am thankful
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bellowed into bed deciphering that quote. I started google searching some of the words and finally figured it out. As multiple seasons of my football career went on‚ I lived on that quote on and off the field. Every single season I learned a new trait about myself. I survived off of that quote. It made me who I am as a person and as a football player. Football has turned me into the man I am
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knew it I stood on the top of the hill and he told me to go down first. As embarrassing to say I never went down with a clean slide. I tripped and fell off balance as many times a clumsy 9 year old can. The kids in my group already started talking about me behind my back‚ ridiculing me with their cruel comments. I saw a private place where I thought no one would find me and laid down with my arms over my knees and cried my heart
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christen me as Angelica and in our home‚ they nicknamed me as Ana. Yet in school‚ I preferred to be called Andrin. I am the type of person who was shy‚ quiet and not-so-energetic. But deep inside‚ I have many thoughts in my mind‚ many topics to talk about and many things to do. It was just that I am not
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