My Cutthroat Experience

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While I was in New Orleans with my service learning group, we were given an hour or so of free time every evening once all of our work was completed. Somehow, everyone would end up congregating in the courtyard to play basketball or foursquare, but it quickly became the spot for huge games of Uno. Roughly twenty kids would squish together into a tight circle and prepare themselves for the most cutthroat card game ever created. Everyone, even teachers, became enthralled with sabotaging each other and trying to secure a victory. One teacher in particular who was known for being very polite would lay down Draw Four cards with sadistic delight, much to the chagrin of her victims. Hearing her trash talking left me doubled over with laughter until

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