Personal Essay First Draft
When I was 8 years old I realized my brother Benny and I were twins. I realized this the first year we went to summer camp. There was not necessarily one singular moment when I discovered we were twins, it was over the three week period that this epiphany came to me. For the first few days no one could tell us apart. In our activities, meals, and sometimes in our cabins other people could not tell us apart. I came to the conclusion of twins because they run in my family; my youngest brother and sister are twins. Every year would go back our counselors would claim, “You two look even more alike this year!”
Benny and I are easily confused by distant family, camp counselors, and school staff. When at school, teachers that have had us both in class call us by the wrong name, even after correcting them. For example Mrs. Akeman our study hall teacher always gets our names switched up. At camp, counselors and campers refer to both of us individually as “Golding.” This is because of our similar facial features and appearing as though we were, “cut from the same cloth.” A cloth with blue eyes, short brown hair, a pronounced jaw, and long eyelashes. My dad occasionally jumbles our names and can not recall which son we are.
Benny and I both love steak, …show more content…
Every trip to the Atlantic Ocean of the coast of Florida, Benny and I look forward to “body-surfing” the 6-foot waves. Our mother and father always need to shout for us to come closer to shore. We do not listen, but rather we stay go farther out in the frigid ocean. We swim out until our feet meet the soft, dark sand of the sand bar. My brother and I share a love for our favorite sport: water polo. When Benny and I are in the pool playing in a game we know what the other is about to do. On one occasion I shouted, “Benny you need to-,” as I attempted to instruct him on where he needs to position
When I was 8 years old I realized my brother Benny and I were twins. I realized this the first year we went to summer camp. There was not necessarily one singular moment when I discovered we were twins, it was over the three week period that this epiphany came to me. For the first few days no one could tell us apart. In our activities, meals, and sometimes in our cabins other people could not tell us apart. I came to the conclusion of twins because they run in my family; my youngest brother and sister are twins. Every year would go back our counselors would claim, “You two look even more alike this year!”
Benny and I are easily confused by distant family, camp counselors, and school staff. When at school, teachers that have had us both in class call us by the wrong name, even after correcting them. For example Mrs. Akeman our study hall teacher always gets our names switched up. At camp, counselors and campers refer to both of us individually as “Golding.” This is because of our similar facial features and appearing as though we were, “cut from the same cloth.” A cloth with blue eyes, short brown hair, a pronounced jaw, and long eyelashes. My dad occasionally jumbles our names and can not recall which son we are.
Benny and I both love steak, …show more content…
Every trip to the Atlantic Ocean of the coast of Florida, Benny and I look forward to “body-surfing” the 6-foot waves. Our mother and father always need to shout for us to come closer to shore. We do not listen, but rather we stay go farther out in the frigid ocean. We swim out until our feet meet the soft, dark sand of the sand bar. My brother and I share a love for our favorite sport: water polo. When Benny and I are in the pool playing in a game we know what the other is about to do. On one occasion I shouted, “Benny you need to-,” as I attempted to instruct him on where he needs to position