Perosonal Recount Essay Examples

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A Personal Recount About Going to Church (434 words, 1 pages)

Our church had a growing phase over the years. There were beginning to be so many people that we overflowed the building we were in. The pastor of the church decided that we should have two different services on Sunday mornings until our new building was going to be built. ... Read More

A Personal Recount on Participating in a Bow Hunting Season (701 words, 1 pages)

It was a cold crisp fall afternoon, it was also late bow hunting season and I was up at our hunting shack with my father and two of his closest friends. We had just made the final preparations to hike to are respective stands, after wishing each other good luck ... Read More

A Personal Recount on Going on an Off-Road Field Trip (1710 words, 3 pages)

It was a normal Friday in March except for the fact that I got my license. So my friends and I thought about what we were going to do now that I have my license. Well, we cruised around town thinking we were hot stuff and that we were better ... Read More

A Personal Recount on Going on a Senior Trip (983 words, 2 pages)

Some people are lucky enough to have already experienced an event in their lives that completely overshot any expectations. When my friends first started talking about going on a senior trip, I never could have dreamed about how much fun it would be. Some people may think of a senior ... Read More

A Personal Recount on the Journey to Literacy (1722 words, 3 pages)

I became literate through many different means. There are three aspects of literacy spoken language, reading, and written language. My journey to becoming literate started from birth. My grandmother was a school teacher so I had an "advantage" over the average baby.Adults around me would talk to me frequently. My ... Read More

A Personal Recount on Childhood Days (591 words, 1 pages)

To give you a broader picture of who I am, I want to tell you about some things I have been privileged enough to do that many only dream about. My Dad has instructed me in flying a single engine airplane as we have flown our family of six round-trip ... Read More

A Personal Recount of Getting Hearing Plugs (613 words, 1 pages)

Going into this experiment, I was a little worried about trying to function with hearing plugs inserted in my ears. I am a Live Sound Major as well as a musician and I have been trained to hear things acutely. I have yet to encounter someone that is deaf or ... Read More

A Personal Recount on Adapting to College Life (584 words, 1 pages)

It was August 1998, a few days before I started college. I was waiting with anticipation not knowing what to expect the big college life was going to bring. Each day that would get closer would feel like I was in a vice that was getting tighter and tighter, until ... Read More

A Personal Recount on Visiting a Place With a Special Meaning (1174 words, 2 pages)

Many places have a special meaning to me. Each place is special in its own way for different reasons. The place that is most special to me is Grandpas Tator Patch. When I was a little girl, my grandpa had many gardens. The potato garden was by far my favorite. ... Read More

A Personal Recount About Influential People in Life (554 words, 1 pages)

I chose my mom because she has truly been one of the most influential persons on my life. I owe almost everything to her for why I am the person that I am today. She taught me manners, how to treat people and most importantly taught us boys about God. ... Read More

A Personal Recount About Climbing a Hill (546 words, 1 pages)

802 a.m. Saturday. It's still dark, as usual, on these cold, winter days. Everybody else is still sleeping and enjoying the comforting heat of their beds. I crack open the locked window by my bed, an act some deemed downright idiotic. I strip off my pajamas, throw on my robe, ... Read More

An Autobiographical Recount of the Atomic Bomb Survivor (2235 words, 3 pages)

My name is Tomataki Amuro. Fortunately, I'm one of the few survivors after the most terrible weapon, the Atomic Bomb, had dropped on the city of Hiroshima. It was a horrible piece of memory. I wish I have not been born at that time. It was a nightmare for the ... Read More

A Personal Recount About Overcoming Life’s Obstacles (307 words, 1 pages)

Outside of my grandmothers house, there are these daffodils, fluttering and dancing with the breeze. Every spring break morning, sparkling waves of daffodils accompanies me with bliss and admiration. The milky way of daffodils changes throughout the year however, it always blossoms at this time of the year. They portrayed ... Read More

A Personal Recount On a Six-Month Trip Sailing the Pacific (2333 words, 3 pages)

Congratulations folks! You are the winners of a breathtaking six-month trip sailing the pacific. In the usual course of events, most people would dive in on the chance to sail the Pacific for free. However, as we are all aware, free doesnt always mean free as I was soon to ... Read More

A Personal Recount About the New Year’s Eve of 1989 (1071 words, 2 pages)

Its New Years Eve 1989 and the dawn of another boring decade is upon us. At least that was my opinion as I sat in my car driving to my friend Rons party. It was going to be the best party of the night. Everyone who was anyone in the ... Read More

A Personal Recount About Going to Chinatown for Groceries (435 words, 1 pages)

When I was fourteen years old, my family visited Chinatown every Sunday to do the week's grocery shopping. I despised these trips. The embarrassment of my mom yelling at the top of her lungs for me across the crowd in the busy streets was unbearable. In answering to her, I ... Read More

A Personal Recount on Growing Up in Rogers Court and Hamar Drive (1209 words, 2 pages)

The two neighborhoods that I grew up in are Rogers Court and Hamar Drive I lived on Rogers Court from the time I was born until I was 11 years old. My family and I then moved to Hamar Drive. The two neighborhoods were both in Pleasant Hill, but they ... Read More

A Personal Recount About Being Stranded (1578 words, 2 pages)

Walking, there appears to be no end in sight, stranded on a country road for all eternity. It is almost dark so far, away from all that is familiar. The trees are groaning against the wind's fury when did the wind start blowing? Have I been walking for so long ... Read More

A Personal Recount on Being Embarrassed by a Bad Teacher (514 words, 1 pages)

Afer complenting my first two years of college in a tiny junior college in Kentucky, I enrolled in Illinois State University, confident that I would well, because I haad sone well in the past. The size of the place was a bit daunting. The first challenge was finding a parking ... Read More

A Personal Recount on Finding a Dead Body (2362 words, 8 pages)

Finding a dead body on the edge of the lake first thing in the morning wasn't myActually, it wasn't how I started my day. First, I had rolled out of bed, then I had aglass of orange juice, and followed that with donning my jogging suit, the thickest pair ofsocks ... Read More

A Personal Recount on a Long Lost Trip (1387 words, 3 pages)

Written on the wings of a long lost trip.. April 19, 1999 A gross and sickening introspective look into the mind of a truly demented person.. You better believe.. C'mon mothers, set your children free. Let them run with us, in the forests and the streams. Let them dwell amongst ... Read More

A Personal Recount on Going to a Football Game (551 words, 3 pages)

October is normally a very chilly time, but tonight wasdifferent it was actually quite pleasant with a great, cool, calmbreeze. You could hear the crickets chirping in the meadowacross from the football field. Everybody was out enjoying thebeautiful weather for fall. It was a great night for a football game. ... Read More

A Personal Recount About Making a Family Dinner (734 words, 3 pages)

I was very nervous because my tiny townhouse was full of hungry people, people withvery different personalities, backgrounds and families who were now brought together as onefamily, my family. They were all counting on me to present them with a feast that was just asappealing to the eye as it ... Read More

A Personal Recount About a Summer Home (793 words, 1 pages)

When it Rains Many fond memories come to mind when I think of my summer home. One particular occasion that comes to mind was late in June of 95. The first summer storm I had seen since I arrived back home came roaring in. I had been going through some ... Read More

a Personal Recount on Visiting the Fall Seasonal for the Department of Mental Health in Louisville, Kentucky (610 words, 1 pages)

We Are All One People It was a beautiful fall day and all was well with the world. I should say it was all well in my world. I soon would find that all was not well with the world as a whole. I work with a large mental health ... Read More

A Personal Recount on Losing a Loved One (740 words, 2 pages)

In the last few days, I've had to tell a lot of people that my mother passed away, but every single time I've said it, it sounded like I was talking through a cup. The low muffled sound of my voice could only say a few brief words of sorrow. ... Read More

A Personal Recount on Losing a Family Member in a Car Accident (578 words, 1 pages)

I had a cousin who passed away two weeks ago in a car accident. My cousin Amr was kind, generous and everyone loved him. After the funeral, in the next morning of his death, I entered his room and examined it every little bit reminded me about his character. Amr's ... Read More

A Personal Recount on Growing Up with a Mexican Heritage (1253 words, 2 pages)

I am a part of the growing population of people of mixed descent, and am both privileged and punished by relating to my Mexican heritage but not resembling the stereotypical Hispanic. Most people aren't aware, even in these times, that you can be Hispanic whether you are as white as ... Read More

A Personal Recount About the Life of a Hacker (3272 words, 4 pages)

Diary of a Hacker What I am about to write about happened in October of 2000, right after I had turned 15. Yes, I had a computer. Yes, I was a hacker. Yes, this is my story. This story is all true. The events in the story are as real ... Read More

A Personal Recount About Doing Community Service (300 words, 1 pages)

When I went to the Delano District Skilled Nursing Facility, I can say that it made me realize how much fun the elderly people can have with people who have no relation to them. I remember going to the DDSNF last February for Valentines Day with other members from my ... Read More