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How To Write A Personal Narrative Essay

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Ever since I was young, I loved to read and the places that books and my imagination could carry me. I also adored traveling to new places and exploring both the historical and natural sites my family would take my brother and I to. But I dreamed of traveling around the world, to new places, cultures and people, as my parents often told us of when they had spent a year in England and lived on a canal boat. I strived for any chance to go abroad so when my grandparents decided to take a trip back to Lithuania, I asked to go along. Unfortunately, my grandfather had a heart attack and the trip was cancelled while he recovered. Later, one of my closest cousins took a post-graduate trip abroad through the Rotary Youth Exchange Program, deferring her …show more content…

I was fascinated by her experience and wanted the same, to experience the world, but also find myself and gain insight towards what I wanted to do with my life. I applied to the Rotary program over the summer before my senior year and went to one of my local Rotary group's meetings where I explained what I wanted to do and hoped for during the trip and afterwards in college. They decided to sponsor me and I was then set up for interviews in Harrisburg in November. After the morning of interviews, I received a call that I had been accepted and would participate in the Compatibility Weekend that took place that day into the next. We discussed the difficulties and rewards of the program, how to respect, learn, work together and be open minded, and what to do in tough situations. We also chose our top three countries after research and counseling from previous Rotary students and leaders in the Rotary Council. After the weekend, I received another phone call that I was accepted into the Rotary Program and would be sent abroad. The next step is in January, when I learn what country I'll be going

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