155-word version: As soon as I begin, I might as well announce that "I have unassailable stage fright," because my voice shivers and my parlance quickens as if being chased by a mad dog. Unaware of such anxiousness, my teacher encourages me to continue as I practiced... 167-word version..

289-word version: Unless serious about a dietary agenda—even then rather compulsory than voluntary—I have yet to come across anyone who, regardless of cultural pedigree, dislikes a pizza. Everyone is just content to devour it on site—with, of course, the prior little fun of alway..

544-word version: The children replied in unfamiliar dissonance when I told them to repeat the ABCs my friends and I had just articulated. Teaching English to Vietnamese children was difficult at best. But we were encouraged that they had at least responded. So my friends and I carried on... 567-..

Please tell us how you have spent the last two summers (or vacations between school years), including any jobs you have held: (2500 character limit) 1516-character version: My last two summer vacations have both been spent away from home. In the summer of year 2006, I participated in 프로그램명,..

...The show introduced places people could go to for vacations. The director decided on scuba diving for our excursion and my family learned the sport in the Philippines. The scenario was to document my family scuba diving, and me explaining the experience...

465-word version: ...As a child, I preferred watching TV or playing computer games to hiking. So I always complained about hiking, but it eventually grew on me as my father’s friends, unbeknown to them that it was rather a therapy for me, encouraged me with their compliments that I was more..