An event that would only be the start to the beginning of my new life. ... My father or what I thought was my father finally arrived to the school at 4:07 pm in a new car, which im not sure how he could afford due to the fact that he was currently unemployed. ... I sat frozen in my seat hoping I was just napping and this was a dream because it was no way this could be real. ... I still sat frozen in my seat unsure of what my next move should be. The creature sat and stared at me waiting on me to make a move. ...

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It seems as though the children of new are more angry, more agitated, and never seem to just smile at the simple things. ... My mom was home, my dad went to work and when it was dinnertime we all sat at the table and discussed how our days went. ... We sat down with our marbles for hours and tried to knock our opponent's marbles out of the circle to win theirs. ...

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Shortly after that, my parents finally arrived, I saw a weird face of my father, not a worried face but like someone that just received a big surprise news, I was eager to know, my mother sat on the bed, my father did the same, I didn't want to take a seat. My father gave a huge smile and said, "Lucas, you will have a brother" and he gave a happy laugh, like making joke of us, because we thought that it could possibly be a disease but actually it would be my brother coming, the brother that I always wanted is finally coming to give me company, even with the large age difference, it would ...

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In the end of summer 1992, I got into the small enclosed room of a new and unknown world that my mother called school. ... When other kids saw me already hard at work with my drawing that appeared to look like a vortex, they came and sat down with me. ...

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When I sat in my father's blue 2003 Ford Taurus at the age of fifteen, little did I know my life was to change forever. "Alright children, your mom and I have to speak with you about something important," exclaimed my father. My elder sister and I knew what was going to come next. I whispered under...

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In the new Millennium today, because the divorce rate is at it's peak, thousands of dollars are being funded for such things as child support, counseling, and many people emotionally unhappy, which is all too common. ... When dinner was finally ready, we all sat down as usual. ... We just sat there listening to Rick Dee's play the top 40 on the radio. ...

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I sat down next to the fire gazing into its endless orange glow, as I pondered why mother insisted on putting huge curlers in her hair even camping. ... Once I had let out enough line I set the rod in Dad's homemade holder, and I sat back to wait for an attack on the lure. ... As the tears rolled over her swollen cheeks, she told me heaven has a new angle, and he will be beside me always. ...

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I sat there in the midst of my father's shadow, I watched him as he spoke to an unknown man about the papers he held out. ... In fact, this wasn't just a divorce, a split up, a break up, or whatever you may call it, this was a way to our new lives. This was a new beginning for us, for me. ...

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Every year my family members usually come home together to have new year dinner. ... Normally, after my father's statement, everybody started eating, talking and giving to each other all the best wishes for new year. I sat at the corner of the table and looked at every single family face. ...

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The reason she did not remove them, however, was that it was one of the rare moments that my sisters and I did not fight but gathered together and sat around instead with smiles on our face. ... As time has passed by and circumstances have changed, my family members are spread all over the world now like the bottom part of a seashell: myself in New York, my older sister in Boston, my mom and younger sister in Seoul, South Korea, and my dad at Dadaepo. ...

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The reason she did not remove them, however, was that it was one of the rare moments that my sisters and I did not fight but gathered together and sat around instead with smiles on our face. ... As time has passed by and circumstances have changed, my family members are spread all over the world now like the bottom part of a seashell: myself in New York, my older sister in Boston, my mom and younger sister in Seoul, South Korea, and my dad at Dadaepo. ...

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The reason she did not remove them, however, was that it was one of the rare moments that my sisters and I did not fight but gathered together and sat around instead with smiles on our face. ... As time has passed by and circumstances have changed, my family members are spread all over the world now like the bottom part of a seashell: myself in New York, my older sister in Boston, my mom and younger sister in Seoul, South Korea, and my dad at Dadaepo. ...

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Human beings develop over the periods during their life. A momentous period in which a person has a huge turning-point change from a kid to an adult is called puberty. Many psychology researchers showed that puberty is one of the most important periods in human ages because the changes in this perio...

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I was one of those boys who were born with a golden spoon in his mouth. When I was 3 years old, my dad had cars he put on the road for public transportation, though he was riding a Vespa motorcycle. He eventually acquired a lot of cars which were at the disposal of my younger ones and me. We had our...

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"Who is adopted in the class?" I looked from side to side around the room and saw two kids with their hands raised, but mine wasn't. My teacher scanned the room and replied, "Go home and ask your parents and we will talk about it tomorrow." Hesitantly, I leaned to the side and whispered to my classm...

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Throughout his whole life James never really used his money, and so it just sat rotting away. ... Nothing was important unless it revolved around her new love. ... The mother became a new sinful person that lived in an unrealistic world. ...

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The walls also include some old and even new pictures, mirrors, and some great quotes in nice picture frames. ... I love going to church and seeing new and even old faces. ... When we all clean up huge piles of wrapping paper and put all of our new clothes and toys away, we all get ready for grandma's house! I always put on one of my new outfits then immediately call my aunt and cousin to exchange information on what we received that great christmas morning. ... I always sat there in my room, playing with my Barbies, but always wanted someone to play with. ...

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In the film, Dead Poet's Society, Neil Perry would have never committed suicide if his dominating father would have sat down and chatted about what Neil wanted and what they could do to compromise. ... Todd continues to come out of his fear and shyness when, at the end of the movie, he disobeys his new English teacher after John Keating is fired. ...

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