I Hate Needles :: Personal Narrative

I Hate Needles Dr. Ross comments As part of our study of American Literature, my class and I explore the continuing theme of connexion to community as revealed by the writers. I also offer my students bonus points for performing a community service and writing about their own contact to community as discovered through their act of service. This student chose to beginnerate blood and writes a surprisingly delightful description of her experience. She humorously finds her own smashing connections. I hate needles. That doesnt come as a shock to most people who know me. Im a wuss. I pay back a fairly long list of phobias, but needles rank right up there at the top. I once read somewhere that worldly concern speaking is the number one business organisation of most Americans. Coming in a not-so-close second place was death. So the way I interpret that statistic, that mustiness mean that at a funeral, most people would rather be in the casket than giving the eulogy. That s pretty shocking. So what does this have to do with my fear of needles, you may ask? Not much. I just figured that since this paper is for extra credit, I can pretty much write some(prenominal) I want and not have to worry about getting a bad grade for being creative, so I just judgment Id throw that in there for giggles and make it a little more entertaining. But it actually does tie in. Can you guess what the third-ranking fear of most Americans is? Needles. (Okay, not really. I made all that up, but I hear that 90% of all statistics are made up anyway, so I guess it is possible that I couldve read that somewhere.) So Im terrified of needles, but they say that what doesnt kill you makes you stronger, and I am for certain banking on that to be true every time I go to the Blood Center to donate blood, which is about every two months. I dont like it, but its just such a good thing to do. I used to give whenever they would come around in those buses, but I stopped doing that after my first visit to the Blood Center. I discovered that you get much more individual attention when you go to the Blood Center at about seven oclock on a Thursday night.