...On the first day, agent J and agent K brought me along to drop off evident to the district attorney at the federal building in flint. We took an unmarked vehicle used for surveillance and the whole expedition lased around an hour. At the building I had to check all my belongings before entering while the agents entered without interruption as only federal agents may bring weapons into federal buildings, without exception. We went upstairs and I met 2 different Jessica’s which are secretaries for different US district attorneys. They took the evidence and conversed with the agents for a while. We left the building, reentered the vehicle and it was decided that they needed some more informants. We drove to parts of flint known for drug association and quickly found one guy. Next we drove to a different neighborhood and found another guy. After that we went to streets known for prostitution, saw at least two and talked to one which provided information right then. After three new informants, we went back. At the time I didn’t know what to think about dropping off evidence. The attorney wasn’t there and I didn’t have much information regarding the case, only asking questions about what the purpose of the drop was. Going to get new informants was exciting. The agents seem to know where in the area to go and notice ever person there is when looking for people. We drove by a bunch of people then suddenly turned around while the mood tensed. Both agents repositioned themselves in the...
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... At the age of nineteen, my mother married her high school sweetheart, all while being pregnant and each of them were only producing 8 dollars an hour. For the first five years of their marriage, they lived in four different rental homes in Kinsley, Kansas and had another child, all while living paycheck to paycheck and trying to keep up with the Jones'. Two years after they had their second child, in 1997, they made a rush decision to move to Scott City, Kansas for the sake of my Grandpa's multiple heart attacks. So, with no jobs, no house, no money, my mother, father, and two brothers loaded everything up to relocate into my aunt and uncle's unfinished basement, only to put more strain on their money finances and family relationships. Three months later, my family up and departed from my aunt and uncle's house to move, once again, into a rental home across town. Even though my parents were living above their means, all they wanted to do was take care of their children. In 1999, without being able to afford another child, my mother gave birth to me, and that is when my parents realized they were "robbing Peter to pay Paul." At this point in time, both of my parents, together, were only making around 17,000 dollars a year, working at the Scott City Golf Course and managing an in-home daycare, with three children of their own, ages 8,4 and ,1. After living in the rental house for around three total years, compelling my father to make a substantial decision to purchase...
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... I was raised in a sheltered environment still even until this day. (Due to allergies) When I was a child my parents divorced and I thought it was natural that my parents lived in two different places. A couple years went by and my father fought to get me back, because my mother didn’t really take care of me very well. I ended up in the hospital so many times because she failed to take care of me and pushed me on to my father and my father’s mother. He won me back and I lived with him and his side of the family in one house in the Glind. We moved out eventually to a neighborhood behind Judson ISD. My aunt and her kids lived with my grandmother and grandfather who moved to the neighborhood. My father and I moved to an apartment. When my father won me back he didn't really know what to do himself because he never thought that he would win me back, but my grandmother helped him. I went to St.Monica's when I was a kid until eighth grade, because my father couldn’t afford it anymore. Then I went to Bradley Middle School. During my time in St.Monica’s, I was in the fourth grade and my grandfather passed away in his sleep at a nursing home; It broke my heart deeply. I loved him a lot. As I have grown up my family tells me, “Always know who and what you’re dealing with”. With that in mind they also told me “God, Family, School, then the extracurriculars. Your education is more important than your friendships with your friends and our activities. You don’t go to school to make friends...
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...home to a variety of different workout programs I have purchased. While in my AND program I really stopped caring for myself. I did not work out, I ate a lot, and a lot of unhealthy food and found that not only did I gain a lot of weight, I also did not feel well and I was tired a lot. I believe that by working out and trying to eat healthy, I feel better and have more energy and can focus better. I hope to continue with my workout routine while in this program. I also enjoy cooking, reading, and just enjoying time with my family. My daughter attends a private Christian School and I am very excited about sharing the assigned readings with her. I believe that this can only bring us closer together and hopefully it will set a good example for her to continue on with her studies when the time comes. ...
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...I take a seat in the warmly lit room consisting of only a lamp, piano, and a chair; I place my fingers on the keys and listen to the music cover up the sound of loud, active conversation. My extended family sits in the kitchen and on the deck at my grandma’s house for one of the many gatherings. I got up to take a step away from the crazy family just long enough to play some piano and recollect my thoughts. The family all sits around, Endsley dip on their laps, telling the best stories they can think of. All of my cousins are amazing; working, getting good grades, and becoming all star athletes in their sports. I succeed just as much, only in band and school rather than baseball and basketball. My cousin hitting the game winning walk off single...
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...On July 1 in 2013, I was on leave in Ohio visiting my daughter and my family. My daughter had been playing volleyball for three months, and her team had made it to the championship. Excited, she wanted me to go watch her team’s final game, so of course I said, “I wouldn’t miss it for the world.” Sitting in the bleachers waiting for the game to start I noticed Alycia, who happened to be the mother of my daughter’s good friend. I have known Alycia for eleven years, but seeing her this time I decided to take a chance. I did not quite have the courage to ask her out, so I had to think of something to get this woman to say yes to a date. Before the game started, we were taking pictures of the kids with our phones. I noticed my phone had taken a better picture, so I asked for her number to text her the picture. The idea to get her number worked, but it was kind of a creep move but never the less it worked. As my daughter’s game progressed, Alycia and I caught up on some old times about how big the kids had gotten over the years. Once the game ended, I was packing my daughter into the car said bye to Alycia and we drove away to celebrate the win. After I dropped my daughter off to her mother I could not wait anymore I texted Alycia. I did not text her “hello” or “how are you” I texted “will you marry me”. At first I did not think she would respond, but to my surprise, she replied, “I do not think your daughter’s mom would like that.” I laughed inside, so I followed the text with a dinner...
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...The embarrassment I feel writing this letter again is was shames me the most about this entire situation. My arrogance was the reason the cause of first dismissal, fear is what led me to this second dismissal. The confidence I had in myself was not longer there and for the first time I began to have anxiety attacks before almost every exam. The fear I have, is all in my head and it has been something I’ve been working on with Dr. Goza for the past year. I have stopped lying to myself about what I want to do with my life, the lies that I would say to myself and other kept placing me in a hole that I cannot seem to get out of. This past semester was one of the most confusing times I’ve had in my life. During the semester I faced something that I have never came across with in my life, the sensation of being lost and not knowing what to do. When I realized that realized that I did not know what it wanted to do with my life, I looked for help. I went to ask my professors and my counselor and, the told method I have the potential of being a good student but that I am lacking the drive thats going get me through it. Being told that I could be great was overshadowed by being told that I was missing the fire inside of me. I realize that I don't have the drive or the want to become an engineer. I kept coming up with a blank canvas when I began to plan a future with this degree. During this winter break, I spent some time talking to an old friend thats currently in the Marines. I told...
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...Hundreds of emotions filled me the night of our substate game. The year before, my junior season, my teammates and I conquered our goal of being class 4A volleyball state champions. There was a lot of pressure on us. We had lost a lot of players going into our 2016 season. Everyone doubted us. Everyone wanted us to lose. Although, we didn’t let that slow down our hunger to try and achieve our goal for the second year in a row. We survived all the negative energy that was thrown our way, until the night of October 31, 2016. That night, around 5:30, we reached our destination of North Fayette Valley High School. I went into the locker room to put my gear on for what I hoped and prayed wouldn’t be my last time. We jammed out and got pumped up for the biggest game of the year. Energy and excitement filled the room. Girls ran, danced, and jumped around like they had the energy of a newborn puppy. We took the court for warm ups. Everyone said we had an “easy ride to state,” but I wasn’t letting that get to my head. I tried my hardest to stay focused and get ready to play my game. Unfortunately, my nerves must have gotten to me, because I had an awful warm up. This only made me more anxious for the game to begin. My coach pulled me off to the side to try to ease my nerves and told me a few secrets about the opposing team, Osage. He was fired up. The only way he knew how to coach me was to shout. I couldn’t tell if my face was covered in his spit or my sweat. I dried my face off with...
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...advance more complex purposes to his writing. Atul Gawande commonly uses narratives and informative data/research to expound on his greater persuasive purpose. Two of Gawande’s works that present a good example of his skillful use of the narrative and informative modes are “Letting Go” and “Hellhole”. Both “Letting Go” and “Hellhole”, by Atul Gawande, are complete works of literature that consist of minor topics that build up to a major hidden meaning. By using the minor topics of discussion, Gawande seems to relate and point to the more major meaning of the essay which is not as tangible as the minor topics. In “Letting Go”, Atul Gawande brings discussion to the end of life and the difficulties doctors, families, friends, and sick individuals have understanding and grasping certain death. Gawande starts of the essay...
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...Descriptive vs. Narrative Essays Camille Hall English 121 Instructor James Welch March 17, 2013 Descriptive vs. Narrative Essays Descriptive essays are much more detailed and expressive than narrative essays and are more apt to hold the reader’s attention by ejecting more emotion. The narrative essay uses detail to advance the story, while the descriptive uses to detail to describe an unfamiliar subject. The ability to describe something convincingly is always important to both the writer and their audience. Both descriptive and narrative essays use detail but for different purposes. In this essay I will compare and contrast two essays; “I Want A Wife” and “Caged Bird” in order to give insight into each type of essay. The aim of a narrative essay is to describe a course of events from a subjective point, is usually told in chronological order, and is usually written in first person. Narrative essays are used to tell a story in a way so that the reader learns a lesson or gains insight, much of this is done through lots of detail about the subject that is being written about. The best narrative essays are those inducing images in the reader’s minds about what's happening by using concrete, specific verbs and nouns rather than a lot of adverbs and adjectives. To write a narrative essay you will need to tell a story (usually about something that has happened to you) or it could be fiction. The purpose is for your reader to learn a lesson or gain insight of...
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...We write: Essays Research Papers Coursework Thesis Dissertations Term Papers UK Essays # Count of pages: Number of words: Choose your academic level: Term: Discount Code (optional): Discount: 0% Price: $0 Official PayPal Seal website security Types of Essays A big problem that most students and new essay writers run into is “How to write an essay.” usually roughly all essays follow a common structure of writing which comprises of an introduction, the body, and the conclusion. Once the writers are lucid about the technique of writing an essay and how to write an essay outline, the next step that they face up to is how to move toward a particular research paper topic. And what type of writing works best? Students often complain about a certain type of essay they have been assigned with. It seems to them that writing within essay type boundaries doesn’t allow them to think out the box, limits their potential. But writing a paper without any directions could be even more confusing than the class assignment you got. Do not think about the limitations as of the prison walls, but as of the walls in your room where you feel free to paint murals or change nothing whatsoever, simply being in control of it, being yourself. Tweet Quick Navigation through the Types of Essays Page Basic Types: Narrative, Descriptive and Persuasive How Can We Help Personal Essays Argumentation Essays Information Essays Analysis Essays ...
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...The Narrative Essay The narrative essay is simply a complete account of an incident or incidents contained in one cohesive essay. The narrative essay is useful when writing an incident report, such as an automobile accident or a criminal action. By far, one of the best uses of the narrative is when introducing the thesis for a longer work, i.e. a research paper. Your audience for this essay is your fellow classmates and the teacher. Assignment Write a narrative essay, the purpose of which is the serve as evidence for the position you have taken on an issue. The issue in the sample essay is how the writer lost his teeth. The essay must be a minimum of 380 words and no more than 400 words. You will superscript the number of the comma rule that justifies it over each comma. When you turn in your final draft, you must turn in a minimum 100-word, process paragraph expressing what you learned as a result of this assignment. Learning Objectives • To format documents correctly in accordance with MLA; • To understand the structure of a narrative paragraph; • To understand your own unique voice (syntax and tone); • To eliminate sentence fragments, run-ons, and comma splices; • To eliminate point of view errors; • To eliminate verb tense errors; • To eliminate punctuation errors – commas; • To have fun. The Narrative Structure A narrative is a story, and like a story has a definite underlying structure. The parts of a narrative are the situation, conflict...
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...Compare-Contrast Essay The thought of doing an essay for most people can at be quite intimidating because of the need to be technically proficient, following the mandatory expectations outlined and some might find them boring because they feel like it is too restrictive in nature. That is merely just a common misconception though, there are several different styles of essays and the two that are going to be discussed are descriptive and narrative essays. The narrative essay's main purpose is to tell a story using characters and a plot, where perhaps a problem is given, and the events that unfold eventually explain a solution to the problem or issue presented. In contrast the descriptive essay can be very powerful in the fact it is written using the five senses (visual, audible, taste, tactile sensations and smells) this allows the author to bring a scene or object to life in the mind of the reader. While narrative essays are almost like a movie that is played out in the judgment of the reader, the descriptive essay paints a vivid photograph or place the reader can experience and this is why descriptive essays are the superior of the two styles. One of the best qualities that narrative essays are able to offer over descriptive essays is they are structured to appeal to the simplest of mankind's urge to share a good story. There are various forms in which we can find a narrative writing example such as a poem, play, novel and the obvious essay. There are times...
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...Narrative Has a point Moral or lesson to be learned Chronological series of events. IE: timeline Descriptive Sensory 1. Introduction 2. Narrative a. Purpose i. A narrative essay tells a story. It can be fact or fiction, however it does tell a story. Generally speaking the story has a meaning of sort. Narratives are interesting and creative ways to teach a moral to others. In the Narrative I want a Wife, Brady tells a story when her friend, a man, came to her house and made a comment that he wanted another wife. Thinking about what her friend had said, she decided that she would like the same. (Brady, 1971) b. Plot in a chronological series of events ii. The moral of a narrative is what would drive the plot. The plot of a narrative should be in a distinct chronological order. This makes the narrative easy to understand and easy to follow. The chronological order of narratives are mostly in a timeline effect. 1st this happened, then this happened, then something else happened. Or I said this to Bob. Bob replied with this. I did this after Bob’s response. Whether it be in chronological, spatial or built oin dramatic order, the structure of narratives are always easy, and clear to follow. iii. c. Creative tension iv. A good Narrative also contains creative tension. Creative tension will allow the write to build up the reader in suspense. Sometimes, the creative tension actually compels the reader in...
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...skepticism with which he believes audiences should treat all ‘true’ war stories. His most effective strategy for doing so is the interweaving of a potentially fictitious narrative within a formal essay, further developing “How to Tell a True War Story’s” message of disillusionment with the attributes characteristically attributed to war and the dubious nature of war stories by creating a sense of suspicion and general distrust between the reader and the speaker. As O’Brien interweaves narrative within his essay, such stories are...
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