... at my score report- an 800. I rubbed my eyes and shook my head to see if I was dreaming. The score still read 800. I hold score, shaking, and motionless. I had known SAT score was going to be challenge exam, but the result still shocked me. Throughout my school career education. I felt I was always felt intelligent and determined, but when I took the ... as if I had not developed my potential and skill to do college work. My father was inspiration when I was struggling. During the school year I had no time to study the SAT. Time consuming activities such as a job, homework, and communit...

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... answer, I thought. He answered on the third ring and I burst into tears as I explained what just happened. He said he would turn around and be right there in five minutes. I sat in silence, afraid of what was lurking outside. I had visions of the deer getting up and charging at me in a fury of anger. I did not know exactly where the creature ... was or if it was still alive. I thought maybe it was hurt and that I should get out to see, but I was scared to open my door. I sat quietly until my brother arrived. When I heard his big blue pickup truck coming towards me, I opened my door and ...

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... did the usual, stand up, and sit down, boring stuff. Afterwards, everyone in the class got together and signed yearbooks and talked about the future. I sat with my friends Ryan and Marcus to eat. We discussed what we were planning to do, knowing little about what the future would hold for us. Later that ... night my friend threw a party. Greeting us with welcome arms, after the welcome he gave me a Red Stripe and showed me to the living room. I sat there having a good time waiting for my friends to show up. Stumbling through the door with his usual good cheer, Ryan said, "The party may ...

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... told me to relax, slow down, and sit at the table. In doing so, she gave me a nice ice-cold glass of water, and seeing me distressed, sat down next to me and non-chalantly asked me what was on my mind. Taking full advantage of her undivided attention, I told her as slow and as detailed as ... possible at the time being. As soon as I had finished my frantic attempt to slur everything out, she didn't laugh but instead sat there with that look in her eyes that she didn't believe a word of what I had just told her. The first thing she said in response was "Where did ... my mother. A subtle...

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... what tomorrow would bring. It was early in the school year when my friends and I were sitting around talking about our wild weekend. We sat there, so oblivious, not knowing what happened earlier that morning. My friend Jenn came inside the classroom on her cell phone. She hung up with her ... mother and sat down. We knew something was wrong, by the tone of her voice, as if someone had died and she was just receiving the news. When ... city 30 minutes away from me. Shortly after, the administrators came on the loudspeaker and asked that everyone assemble inside the auditorium. My entire...

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... become flaky and dry. This no longer seemed to be the same man that had taught me and helped guide me through life. My grandmother, too shocked to cry, faithfully sat next to his side. She was there for him when he needed her most, never releasing his hand, as his deep breaths became heavier and more labored. I recall watching my ... to his death, on an unusually warm November day, he was healthy enough to play golf and now he could not even perform the most basic of human functions. As I sat, watching over my grandfather, my thoughts began to wander. I began to reflect on the situation...

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... with a menacing silence which snapped when the scrawnier of the two stood over me and delivered several stinging slaps across my face. The larger one sat down at the console and popped open a secret door: there stood a very important looking safe. The next couple of hours I was interrogated ... won over the respect, admiration, and even friendship of the tall burglar, my new watchdog, whom I named B.G. (Big Guy). B.G. closed the door and sat with me in the long, mirrored dressing room. Somehow, alone with him, it seemed safe to be vulnerable. With a deluge of tears streaming down my ......

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... brief moment seemed like a decade, I thought that it would never pass. Never the less, I did not seem to mind holding my breath. Every so often, as I sat on the bleachers I would lift my weak, and almost frozen head to take a look around. Then, just as I started to cover my head with the hood of my ... snow, and other irritating winter elements were surrounding the crowd, she seemed as if nothing in the world were bothering her, especially the frost biting wind. As I sat there and watched her for a moment, I wondered how she was staying so warm and toasty, while the rest of us were abou...

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... , "What's all the noise about?" I explained to her about the building on television being on fire. My son exclaimed again, "Fire mommy! Fire!" So, we sat there and began to watch history unfold. As we sat watching the television intensely, the news channel began showing replays of an airplane running into one of the World Trade Center's buildings. My wife responded, "Oh ... I watched those horrific scenes. Tears started to fill my eyes as my wife cried and said sorrowfully, "What about all the children whose parents won't be coming home?" We then sat there and watched our own son as he f...

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... reflected off of them had almost blinded me. I squinted my eyes and peered into a restaurant that was close to being empty. One person sat on a stool. There were employees there, quite contented in manner. I walked in and now there were dollars leading up to the stool where the person's buttocks ... sat firmly. From the first coin to the last dollar totaled in at thirty one dollars and fifty seven cents. After I"d picked up the last dollar, ... before. She kissed me and I kissed her back. Sparks were flying and blood was pumping. My heart was beating faster and faster, bulging out of my ...

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George sat bent upright in an old white hospital bed, staring out of his window. Above him, the lights were blank, only sunlight provided for his vision. Through the window he could ... on her face. I made my eyes break away and greet the others. They shook my hands and we pressed our bodies together. During the remainder of the night, we all sat and told stories as I handed out gifts I had accumulated over the months out at sea. My most precious gift, I handed to the girl my eyes met with at first. It ... yeah," Bill asked also smiling, "and what does he do?" "Oh, I don't know, something w...

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The palms of my hands began to sweat rapidly as I sat in seventh period waiting anxiously for the bell to ring. Tryouts for basketball had yet to begin and already I was feeling like a nervous wreck. Perhaps I wouldn't have felt this way ... , the coaches greeted me with a warm welcome. After everyone was present, we all ran five laps around the gym to warm up. Once we were finished with that, the coaches sat us down and informed us about the skills and drills that we were going to be performing throughout the whole week of tryouts. Once they were done lecturing, we started ... ten free thro...

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... was not remorse. I did go so far as to regret the loss of the animal, and to look around for another cat with which to replace it. One night, as I sat, in a half-drunken daze, I noticed a small black head among the immense amount of bottles and glasses which made up the majority of the furniture in the place I was in. I approached ... . The more I hated this cat, however, the more its love for me seemed to increase. It followed me around with a determination that is difficult for the reader to understand. Wherever I sat, it would crouch beneath my chair or spring upon my knees. If a rose...

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... shoulder into the cockpit, maybe out of curiosity as to what all the flashing buttons did, or maybe to continually remind myself that the pilots knew what they were doing. I sat down and slid over to the window seat, leaving my unlucky brother stuck in the middle. I buckled the cold silver seat belt around my waste and ... sat back to watch interesting people pass by my seat. I met their stares with stares of my own. What did I care? I was never going to see these people again. Everyone shuffled ... ...

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... with the fear of what they were thinking and saying about me. Were they thinking and saying positive or negative things about me? I quickly grabbed an audition form, a script, and sat tucked away in the small corner of the room. Small dents and creases decorated the new script cover where I clutched the script tightly. I twisted and turned in the small seat ... the comforts of the theatre and into a spacious, unfamiliar new room. Sharp corners and odd angles gave the room an unique shape. In a small corner of the room, a CD player sat upon a small table. We were then instructed to turn ...

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... at my tear-stained cheeks and then drying up like drought-infested rivers. There was an immense pain that amplified from my knees when I hit the ground with a rueful sob. I sat there, hands cupping my face, holding back the tears. I was lonely and desperate, as I built a reflection of myself with the tears that I had shed. The wind let out a giant blow ... , his gentle hands held my face, stroking it softly. I bit my lip disbelievingly, but when his lips caressed my own, I realized that he was really there. I don't know how long I sat there staring at the reflection of my own sorrow, and...

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... but warm. I jumped in anyway. It felt like hundreds of needles stabbing me everywhere. The pain was too intense. I had to get out. I decided just to sit there and watch. I sat there with my arms wrapped around my legs just taking in all the beauty that surrounded me. I wiggled my toes in the thin South Carolina sand that had been warmed ... at the counter. There was an assortment of foods: golden brown biscuits, sweet maple bacon, pulp filled orange juice. After the amazing breakfast, I through my dishes in the sink and I sat and rested. I knew that soon we would be leaving that magical...

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... , otherwise known as my world is molding each individual sector. They are all being sculpted accordingly as to each step I take, whichever direction it may be in. Many a time, I have sat back and pondered my surroundings. I have explored the decisions I have made as to whether they have been judicious, or pernicious to my well being. Nevertheless, there was a distinct moment, some ... the pedestal before an immense assemblage. Several relatives, various friends, acquaintances, and even a group of people I had not been familiar with all stood before me. Each individual in the audience sat...

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... . That first night of my sleeping problems is my definition of a bad dream, but the night of my first panic attack is my definition of a nightmare. I woke with a jolt and sat up. Something wasn't right. My ears were ringing. It sounded as if a thousand high pitched whistles were being blown simultaneously. Then I heard a distant pounding. It sounded as if someone was ... , the spinning slowly came to a stop. Soon after, the ringing and pounding stopped as well. My breathing slowed down until all that's left of whatever had just happened was shaking. I sat up again, turn on the light, and ...

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... the steel getting tighter against my wrist with every click. Next thing I knew I was in the back of the police car sitting in the most uncomfortable seat I had ever sat in. After Josh sat next to me we started laughing telling old stories. I finally felt relief after nine years. As the cop turned the car around, I remembered my last day of school ... ...

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... the dull lifeless people, I finally reached the ride and got on the ride at the very front because this is the best place to sit to see the breathtaking view. I sat down in the seat and with a loud clanking sound, pulled the safety bar down around me. The safety bar embraced and gave me a feeling of security like a loved one giving ... mom yell "get up out of bed" outside my bedroom door and banged loudly on my door. It had been all a dream. I pushed my sweat covered sheets off me and sat up in bed now feeling that I was finally safe at home in my own room. The dreams that we have while...

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... some things about it need to be refined, because for a person like me it simply fosters reverse discrimination. I worked extremely hard in high school to get a high GPA and a good SAT score, while my parents too worked hard to be able to afford to place me in a good school district growing up. When applying to college, I realized that people with lower ... GPA's and SAT scores got into schools that I got rejected from simply because of their race or ethnicity. I understand that some of these people must have had more hardships growing up and need ... ...

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... asked me to come home, as if nothing had happened. My boyfriend, eventually, convinced to me go home. Once we got back, all four of us, including my mom's boyfriend, sat down to talk. In that life changing discussion, I poured my heart out to my mom and everyone listening. While my mom looked at me with an ice-cold stare, while ... entire life had just said that to me. It broke my heart into millions of pieces, which some are still missing. The truth was then revealed. All three of us sat there looking at a beautiful, intelligent woman, whose only joy in her life was me, knowing that th...

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... my attention. I placed my coke on the counter and accompanied her to a dance on the dance floor with everyone else. We danced, laughed and had a good time. When we had sat back down I soon found out that her name was Alexandra C and she was in her early twenties. She was a girl that was always happy, perky at times and was always ... has to do what a grooms has to do in order to look his best, even if it means to lose a couple pounds from the heat. The black car that Alexandra sat in finally drove up. I could see her sitting in the back seat with her white dress. My heart started to bea...

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South Korea It was three in the afternoon and I had just arrived at my best friend Frank's house. I went through the back gate as I was previously instructed to do and sat on the bench in his backyard. With the sun in my eyes and the sweat dripping down my unprotected forehead, I quickly lit my cigarette and inhaled a combination of life and ... he said, "Man I hate cutting this shit every weekend!" "At least you have grass to cut, I have to look at rocks when I"m in my backyard." I said in a humorous tone. Frank sat back down and said, "I guess I do take things for granted a little bit. It ...

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