Since we lived in New York, every single summer my family and I would fly out to Arizona for two weeks to escape the awful humidity that occurred on Long Island. ... When we got back to the hotel, my grandmother sat us all down and explained that she had pancreatic cancer. ... I remember running into her room on the first day of sixth grade telling her how much fun it was and how many new friend I made. ... My sister, my cousin Vinny and I all sat in the depressing living room in silence, which was a first. ... People watched with sorry eyes as the five of us sat on the steps and looked down...

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• Grade Level: High School

My bed was one of the original feather beds that sat on top of open springs. ... The bed was full size, and it sat up against the west wall under windows since the room was so small. ... She lived just down the road, and we sat together on the bus every morning on the way to school. ... By the time I was sixteen, Tina was the new love of my life and my time with Patricia seemed a million years ago. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

As I sat down on my front porch I heard an intoxicating sound coming from the house next door. ... I was so busy enjoying the new sound that I heard I did not notice a group of girls around my age waving at me trying to get my attention. ... I walked across the street and sat on the steps. ... We sat there staring at each other with big smiles on our faces. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

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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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

When we got to the table, a man tattooed a number on our fore arms, this was to be our new name. ... When we got into the mess hall, we found a table in the corner, and sat to eat. ... I sat there on our bed, holding him in my arms, watching him live the last moments of his life. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

I had given her everything, even bought her a new house but all I received in return was betrayal. ... When we had sat back down I soon found out that her name was Alexandra C and she was in her early twenties. ... The black car that Alexandra sat in finally drove up. ...

• Word Count: 2004
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• Grade Level: High School

1 Everyone passes strangers throughout life. Each stranger has a life completely different than the people we pass each day. But every now and again we are similar in thought. Although we know not what each thinks, our thoughts converge in similar fashions. Whether it be something in the sky...

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I smile whenever I meet someone new or pass someone in the store because a smile can change someone's whole day. ... Even though I may not have understood, she sat beside me and dumbed those terms down for me. ...

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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. ...

• Word Count: 1967
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• Grade Level: High School