Personal Recount Essay Examples

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A Personal Recount on Writting, a Carrer Path (1116 words, 4 pages)

I am getting a little bit old to be saying the old when I get older, I want to be (insert career here), but I still have a tendency to say that sometimes. I want to be an author. I have a passion for writing, I really do. It may ... Read More

A Personal Recount on the Summer before Freshman Year (924 words, 3 pages)

The Moment My Life Started In the boiling, sticky, hectic summer before my freshman year my life became significantly better due to a single encounter that meant nothing more than a new friendship at the time. All I could think about was the sound of cars driving past and how ... Read More

A Personal Recount on the Risks in the Life (467 words, 2 pages)

The Big RiskWhen people think of big risks they have taken in their lives most people would say sky diving, bungie jumping or maybe even riding an elephant, but everybodys interpretation of a big risk is different. A big risk in someones life could be huge or it could be ... Read More

A Personal Recount on the Freshmen Year in High School (651 words, 2 pages)

When I was going into my freshman year in high school, I made the decision to try out for the volleyball team. I had never played before, but I figured this was a good chance to get involved with a new activity and to make some new friends. I ended ... Read More

A Personal Recount on the New Style of the Bedroom (522 words, 2 pages)

Breaking the Egg Spell The dust still lingered as a film on the new floors. The entire firstfloor was redone in Brazilian Cherry, including my walk-in closet sizedbedroom. Getting rid of the stained evergreen carpet, my Parisian stylebedroom felt almost complete. The fact of not having my clothes take upthe ... Read More

A Personal Recount about Travelling the World (1738 words, 6 pages)

After Christmas break in 2006, was when I heard the news. It was life changing news that I never thought would ever happen in my life, news we were moving, and not just moving to another state, but that we were moving to a different continent, halfway across the world. ... Read More

A Personal Recount on Volunteering in Living Skills to Assist AIDS Victims and Survivors (604 words, 2 pages)

Hope for AIDS As an issue that is closely connected to me, I had always wanted to volunteer to assist AIDS victims and survivors. Before I had even enrolled in Living Skills, a friend had contacted me about an opportunity to participate in an upcoming Relay for Life event being ... Read More

A Personal Recount of Being a Minnesota Twins Fan (971 words, 3 pages)

And the Twins lose another tough one as they fall to the Detroit Tigers by a score of six to five. Dick Bremers melancholic voice signalled the conclusion of another Twins game and added yet another loss to the already disconcerting start to their 2016 season. Around my home, however, ... Read More

A Personal Recount of an Experience of Going to a Christian Chrurch (1039 words, 3 pages)

Experience EssayThe nature of the building I visited is a Christian church. It was my first time ever being in a religious place other than a Mosque. I have Christian friends who visit it on weekly basis but I never got the chance to experience the feeling of being inside ... Read More

A Personal Recount of the Experiences at the International Nature Clubs Youth Camp in Canada (1101 words, 3 pages)

I started as a nature club member more by chance than design when Ijoined high school. I discovered that it was mandatory for all students tobe a member of a club or society. With no particular interest in any clubor society, I enlisted as a member of the nature club. ... Read More

A Personal Recount on My Escape on the Underground Railroad (463 words, 2 pages)

I am a slave that escaped on the Underground Railroad. I lived on aplantation in Georgia about twenty miles south of South Carolina. My nameis John but I do not have my own last name, I went by my owner's name. Ican't say my owners name because I fear that ... Read More

A Personal Recount on the Question of Existence (559 words, 2 pages)

I have been through long and hard thought about why I exist in this world. Through my high school days, I remember sitting in class and pondering my existence. I would think of how time works, and how a certain course of events in the universe came down to the ... Read More

A Personal Recount of Experiences of the Atomic Bombing in Japan in the Book, Hiroshima, by John Hershey (886 words, 2 pages)

Hiroshima In the book, Hiroshima, by John Hershey, the author writes about thepersonal experiences of six survivors of the atomic bomb. Right before thebomb is dropped, the six survivors, Miss Sasaki, Dr. Fujii, Mrs. Nakamura,Father Kleinsorge, Dr. Sasaki, Mr. Tanimoto, were going on with theirpersonal lives. When the bomb was ... Read More

A Personal Recount on Bonding with My Soccer Team Members (542 words, 2 pages)

The WolverinesWhen I played traveling soccer for the Watertown Soccer Club (WSC) my teams name was the Wolverines. Throughout the time I was on the team memories developed that I still have to this day. I bonded with many teammates with one of them ultimately becoming my best friend. In ... Read More

A Personal Recount of the Death of the Grandfather (782 words, 5 pages)

There is that moment in everyones life when one realizes that life is fragile that someone you know or even love can be gone in the blink of an eye. Many would call this coming of age, but I would consider it simply an entirely necessary happening in any young ... Read More

A Personal Recount on the Experiences of Jeremiah, an Enslaved African American (990 words, 4 pages)

In this world many people know about African slavery and the story of what we, Africans, went through, but they do not know how much we suffered trying to get our freedom. My name is Jeremiah and I am an enslaved African American, and I am writing this so everyone ... Read More

A Personal Recount About Flipping a New Car (957 words, 3 pages)

I Flipped My New CarDuring high school I decided that I wanted to go straight into the workforce since I couldnt afford to go to college. In high school I didnt play any sports, I didnt belong to any clubs or organizations, and I didnt waste my time with the ... Read More

A Personal Recount of the Mary Griggs Burke Collection I visited at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (424 words, 4 pages)

When I visited the Mary Griggs Burke Collection section at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the section was well-exhibited in sequence of Japanese history. I could enjoy seeing many artworks from Kofun period to Edo period. Especially, in Edo period section, I saw around five pieces of female portrait, and ... Read More

A Personal Recount on Taking an English 1301 Program (555 words, 2 pages)

Direct, clear, and conciseI have been a student at Lee College for 1 semester, and over the course of my stay I have grown and learned more than I thought possible. I had taken numerous English courses and thought I knew exactly what I was headed for-was I ever wrong. ... Read More

A Personal Recount on the Terrorist Attacks on September 11th, 2001 (813 words, 3 pages)

The September 11th, 2001, terrorist attacks, widely referred to as 911, were a striking and devastating event. The attacks took America by surprise nobody saw it coming. The American people were disabled for months after the attacks happened. A few of the after effects are the effect the attacks had ... Read More

A Personal Recount of the Car Accident (979 words, 2 pages)

A Car AccidentDisappointment, disbelief and fear filled my mind as I lie on my side, sandwiched between the cold, soft dirt and the hot, slick metal of the car. The weight of the car pressed down on the lower half of my body with monster force. It did not hurt, ... Read More

A Personal Recount of the El Serene Bike Trail (641 words, 2 pages)

I look down the terrain beneath me turns into a blur as I gain speed. My legs are burning. My lungs gasp with every breath. To keep a steady pace, I concentrate on pumping the pedals rhythmically with my pounding heartbeat.In my community, El Serene, there are numerous mountain bike ... Read More

A Personal Recount of Gaming (704 words, 2 pages)

Fully immersed in a world developed for exploration, the choice to leave an environment catered to ones sense of amusement is anything but enticing. Many of todays youth are forced to cut back on time spent in these surreal universes due to the calling of everyday life. Between homework, a ... Read More

A Personal Recount of American Involvement in the War on Terror (1664 words, 8 pages)

Why are we still at war?Pick up any newspaper or point your web browser to any major or minor news publication and questions like these will be all over them. A lot of Americans feel that the War on Terror and our presence in Iraq has lasted too long. Are ... Read More

A Personal Recount of Volunteering on the Special Olympics (604 words, 3 pages)

Volunteer ReflectionThe Special Olympics is an amazing non-profit organization that helps people with intellectual disabilities and has been doing so for the past 46 years. Its astounding how a once small time community organization has turned into a worldwide organization with over 4.4 million athletes. In Utah, there are four ... Read More

A Personal Recount of Volunteerin at the Utah Wildlife Rehabilitation Center (962 words, 2 pages)

I thoroughly enjoy volunteering at the Utah Wildlife Rehabilitation Center in Ogden (minus the long drive) because Im not only able to help these animals throughout their painful rehabilitation process, but the professionals up there are willing to teach you about the rehabilitation process and each species they work with ... Read More

A Personal Recount of Cell Phone Usage (1616 words, 5 pages)

My Personal Cell Phone UsageIt is impossible today to go anywhere without seeing someone using their cellphone in some way. According to the Pew Research Internet Project it is estimated that about 90 of American adults over the age of 18 have a cellphone, 80 of teens (age 13-18) have ... Read More

A Personal Recount of the Relationship with a Grandfather (882 words, 3 pages)

GrandpaI know that there are many people who do not get to enjoy the experience of growing up with their grandparents close by. Thankfully, I was not one of those children. Although the main reason for their deep involvement in raising us was not ideal, my grandparents still love my ... Read More

A Personal Recount of Life in America (832 words, 3 pages)

Coming to AmericaThe year was 1948, and my grandmothers aunt and uncle came for a visit from Chicago to Germany to see their family. They had no children and had come to ask my grandmother if she would be interested in coming to Chicago to possibly live there w ith ... Read More

A Personal Recount of the Uniqueness and Importance of Life (818 words, 3 pages)

Fries with a Side of DeathWe never know the night before whether we will wake up the next day, nor when we get into the car whether we will make it home. And sometimes, we do not. Once life is taken away it does not matter how much you cry ... Read More