experience and I had friends that were willing to help me. What I did not know was that learning to skate would also make me a more confident person. New situations always make me a bit nervous‚ and my first skating lesson was not the exception. However‚ it was time to prove that I could do it. Two of my best friends and I went to the Rideau Canal. I have never been there just because I did not like winter. I stood timidly by the side of the ice rink‚ waiting for some kind of magical help that would
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matter‚ and those who matter don’t mind.” I was unaware that my opinion of myself was more meaningful than my peer’s opinion. I had a rough time figuring out who I was and who I wanted to be in my first few years of high school. The first chance I got to poke the popular bubble was taken‚ giving me one shot to embed myself into an exotic‚ unknown social group. What I didn’t know was that this social group made me feel like an outsider. My ticket from “outsider nation” was becoming best friends with
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Taka Narrative Essay If you really want to hear about it‚ the first thing you’ll probably want to know is where I was born‚ and what my boring childhood was like‚ and how my parents were always treating my little brothers better‚ but I don’t feel like going into it‚ if you want to know the truth. I’m not going to tell you my whole goddam autobiography or anything like that‚ but I guess I’ll just tell you about this madman stuff that happened to me around last week. First off‚ I had just finished
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Matt. My sister is fast asleep in her bed. My mom is looking over her mother‚ sleeping by her side. My dad is watching another show on The History Channel. The phone rings. My heart stops. Who could be calling at this time of night? What is wrong? Are Grandpap and Meemaw okay? Should I get the phone? Do I want to know? Moments later my father answers the phone. I wonder who called. I need to find out. I hesitantly go up the creaking staircase trying to reassure myself that my worst nightmare
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Comp 2000: Advanced College Writing 23 June 2011 The United States of America and the Arms Industry: How the United States of America takes part in the arms industry in different ways‚ both nationally and internationally. With the national debt above $14 trillion‚ how much of that is actually spent on our nation’s defense and war efforts? According to national debt clock the United States is using approximately 699 1/2 billion dollars (United States National Debt Clock) to militarily defend
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it but the problem was that the way the rules work are different. In India all the cars are right hand driving and in America all the cars are left handed‚ so the lane system was a bit confusing for me. But this one November day I had left to give my driving test and was really excited about it and was hoping it to be a cakewalk but turned out to be that I was really nervous because this was the first time I was driving in America. “Turn on the engine” said the instructor and I slowly got out of
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As I was calmly sauntering around my house I heard a crash. Then I rushed throughh my living room‚ to see what it was. I slowly opened the door and come to find out it was a spaceship that crashed in my front yard. Not believing my eyes thinking this all was a dream I just closed the front door and whispered" This is just a dream" I opened the door again and realized this wasn’t a dream‚ it really was a spaceship in my front yard. From that moment I knew it was going to be a confusing day.
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the entire summer with my aunt and uncle. There was never once a summer that I didn’t come and every summer I came I would always wish that I could stay and didn’t have to go back home to NJ. So finally when I finished high school my wish came true and I got to move to Florida. When I moved to Florida I was moving on my own with my two dogs. I had a two door sports car and I remembered it was crammed all over the place with my stuff. The day it was finally time for me to go my mother was so sad and
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your thoughts into words? My answer to this question would be‚ always. This continues to be one of my biggest struggles in writing. However‚ since years have passed‚ I have learned a great amount of knowledge on the writing process by taking classes that revolve around writing. Also‚ I have come to understand that writing is just like any other sport; it requires practice and persistence. In turn‚ this has made the process of writing slightly easier for me. Ultimately‚ my past experiences with writing
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Easter Sunday has always been a very important holiday. My whole family always gets together to celebrate it. We always go to the Ranch‚ and have lots of activities‚ and many kinds of delicious food. In the spring of 2010 I was expecting my first baby. It was a great feeling‚ but it turned out that his due date was on Holy Friday ‚ just two days before Easter Sunday. I had been feeling great during my hole pregnancy‚ so when I had my 39th week visit to the Doctor‚ and he asked me if I wanted
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