Past Paper-Posting 1

It was the beginning of my senior year and I was already upset with the world because I was stuck with the hardest senior English teacher, Mrs. Hamrick.  I knew what I had ahead of me for the next year and had no enthusiasm about it.  A month or two into the school year, she assigned a compare and contrast two page paper.  My reaction was what it would have been to any type of paper she assigned, annoyed.  I was annoyed because we had to write a paper within 4 days when no other classes had such an assignment. What else should I have expected, right?  During that time of my life I was way into playing Modern Warfare 2 on Xbox 360.  Therefore I chose to write my C + C essay on Xbox 360 versus Playstation 3.  Being the procrastinator that I am, I didn't start writing my essay till the night before it was due.  It wasn't because i was dreading it, I just always put things off like that until the last minute.  Doing so forces myself to stay focused on the task at hand an not wonder off as much.  The night kept getting later and later and eventually it was early morning already and I was still on my laptop, either attempting to write the paper or wondering off into cyber world. It was a good thing I had my music to keep myself awake or I would have been out a long time ago. 2 a.m. just approached when I decided to call it quits at about a good two pages.  Not necessarily the best two pages I've ever written, but good enough for this me at that point. The feeling of being done felt great and the agony was finally over, except I couldn't do anything but pass out on my bed in relief.

First assignment

• working throughout high school - Working at a couple different places gave me a sense of independence.  Working and going to school did two things for myself.  It allowed me to earn my own money and therefore be able to spend it on whatever i wanted. Juggling both also made me aware of time management and not to waste my own time.  This is significant because it forced me to grow out of my immaturity somewhat and become an adult.  There were people that I met while working that I would not have been introduced to if I hadn't decided to work.  The money that I made was, for the most part, saved to use later on in life.  Now that I am a freshman in college i have a job on campus.  I would probably not have been self-reliant enough to pursue getting a job if i hadn't had one previous to now.  My earnings from years before  are now allowing me to buy my books, supplies, and everyday items, which my parents wouldn't have been able to afford.  One of the jobs that I had was in SC.  This let me go somewhere that I had never been to before.  I experienced alot for the first time because of it, such as; going to an ocean, leaving my parents longer than a couple days, and again being more independent.  My sophomore year, my friend and I created our own business of lawn mowing.  My friends dad knew quite a bit of high up people in our community, therefore we were quite successful. Meeting of new people and earning a lot of money were the benefits of that job.  
• friends and family
• death of uncle
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