My freshman year at Spelman wasn’t one for the books‚ it wasn’t the definition of #goals‚ it wasn’t full of memories‚ in fact it was probably one of the hardest years of my life. For as long as I can remember‚ I was always a well-known member of my school’s student body. I was the girl teachers requested‚ I made everything I ever tried out for‚ and in every leadership position in almost every club. I can confidently say high school was great and I thought college would be even better. It was December
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Everyone loses someone or something they love at some point in their life. I rummaged through my grandpa’s rundown garage and became sad. All I could remember was the raspy sound of his laugh when we talked. He smoked‚ not a pack a day‚ but he had been doing it for so long that it hurt him. I continued to sort out the antiques and garbage for my dad‚ so he could decide what and what not to keep. I found a poster in the garage. He had two posters in his garage that he would always look at because
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high expectations from my family‚ friends‚ and the people I work with. They believe that from what I do‚ what I know‚ and who I am know that I can go somewhere and become someone. I come from a family where college is a rare chance only certain family members have gone to college. My family know I have what it takes to go to college and they are making sure I go by asking me where I want to go‚ what I want to do‚ and how I am going to get there. I am one of few kids in my entire family to have
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Descriptive Narrative Essay I remember that warm day in May three years ago when my Dad and I went to an auction to buy myself a new car. We were surrounded by people as we stood in the middle of a muddy yard. I was holding a white card with a number on it‚ waiting for the Mustang I wanted to place a bid on. The auctioneer was a short old man with white wiry hair‚ two fingers missing on his left hand and the rough voice of a chain smoker. His name was named Mickey. Mickey began to auction
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Life as a minority isn’t easy because at the start I am already one step behind. Growing up my family didn’t have a lot of money. My parents decided that they wanted to give me the best education possible to them so they put me in a private school the majority of my life. During this time I learned to appreciate my education and to work as hard as I can. I often have many questions on my mind and I always want to find the answer. I am a great thinker because when problems arrive‚ I always think of
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graduated and I have also changed my mind a time or two. I think I have finally found what I want to be in life and I want to become an OBGYN. I feel that by becoming a medical assistant I will get my foot in the door. By getting my foot in the door I will be on my way to success I am very excited to learn the different aspects of the medical field and how they all work together. Why Do I want to be medical assistant? I want to be medical assistant because my mom has been working as a CNA for the
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English 101 Narrative Essay Realizing True Beauty From the time I started kindergarten until now‚ I have encountered many peers. Always having the personality of a social and outgoing person I met and mingled with many types of clichés in high school. At Spanaway Lake High during my sophomore year‚ there were many stereotypical clichés‚ the jocks‚ rockers‚ preps‚ and what I would refer to as‚”the outsiders.” In my eyes I mingled and functioned well within each group except for the “outsiders
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Freshman Composition I‚ Summer 2012 Instructor Name: Sampada Chavan Assignment #2 Personal Narrative (20% of total grade) Description of Assignment For this project you will write a narrative essay about a significant moment of your life using the literary strategies of plot‚ character‚ and setting. This should be a moment when you learned something important about yourself or someone else‚ or about life. You will develop your story through the use of contraries‚ creating tension that moves
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I am a person that is weird and creates her own world I can say so passionate that what makes me unique. I grew up in a country that wasn’t noticed that much and was much going on there but even so I tried my best focusing on my studies that I can be here at the moment getting ready for college . As I grow up‚ I used to enjoy writing and creating things than doing anything else. Since I was little‚ I enjoy playing with Legos and collect puzzles and figuring it out‚ until now‚ I still collect puzzles
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Life is full of risks. And not all risks are predictable. The first and the biggest crisis in my life happened a few days after the fifteenth birthday. I was diagnosed with a kind of cancer and took a year off from middle school to have chemotherapy after surgery. Fortunately‚ I was on the mend after hospitalizing for the first three months‚ so I received the outpatient treatment after that. Now it was time to go back to school. However‚ I had a lot of different thoughts running through my mind.
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