Throughout his high school years he played all different kinds of sports. He played football, baseball, basketball and ran track. He was one of the best in all those sports. When he played for his high school basketball team he was the leading scorer, and earned the name "Prime Time." After his four years playing for his high school team, it was time to start looking for a college. Since he wanted his mother to come see him play, his first pick of colleges was Florida State. He had great careers in all the sports he played in. Before his senior year at Florida State University (FSU), the Yankees took him, so he played professional baseball while in college. While he was in college he decided he would stay away from cursing. So every time he cursed he would pay someone 5 bucks. In 1989 he was drafted by the Atlanta Falcons in the first round.…
Stan Musial spent most of his time playing baseball and working to become a better player. He studied the pitchers that were going to pitch to him. He memorized the speed each pitcher threw the ball. He would watch the ball as the pitcher threw it and knew what he had to do to hit it. Stan also learned to play the harmonica. He likes to play “Take Me Out To The Ballgame”.…
Covergirl is a cosmetics brand and it collaborated with Walt Disney’s Star Wars movie to launch a new line of makeup targeted for women who are fans of the Star Wars franchise. After reading Lisa Wade’s reflection on the comparison between the ad campaigns for Covergirls’ Star Wars edition makeup line, there are a few sociological observations I would personally like to include after seeing the advertisement.…
Rachel Renee Russell wrote her first book when she was in 6th grade as a birthday gift for her younger twin brothers and it has always been a dream of hers to write .Rachel went to Northwestern University, where one of her professors told her she was the worst writer in the world so she studied law and eventually became a very successful bankruptcy attorney.Rachel was also a lawyer for 20 years before she started writing again Rachel currently lives in northern Virginia and has two daughters, Erin Russell and Nikki Russell.Her daughters Nikki and Erin also help her write and illustrate dork diaries and in dork diaries the main character Nikki is influenced by both her daughters and herself not just…
Buried for almost 3800 years on the coast of the Orkney Islands, Skara Brae, which means hilly dunes, is one of the oldest villages ever discovered. The Orkney Islands off of the northern coast of Scotland were hit by a ragging storm and the grass was striped off to reveal the village of Skara Brae. Skara Brae was said to have lasted from 3700 at 2500 B.C. and was a small, tight-knit community.…
Stan Musial was one of the highest ranked players in the National League history. Although he started his career in the late 1930’s, only 20 years of age, he made it to the major leagues. Given one of the highest Medals of Honor, Stan truly earned it. His achievements will not be forgotten. Yet he was the 2nd ranked player in NL history, and was voted as MVP with a .331 batting average over a total of 5 times. He proved to everyone of his passionate capabilities to show of his heartwarming kindness that he deserved to be…
Skinny and athletic, Jeter was talented enough to play basketball at Kalamazoo Central High School, but he was determined to become a Major League Baseball player (specifically), the starting shortstop for the New York Yankees. He batted over .500 in his last two years of high school baseball, struck out just once as a senior. Jeter also won several national sports awards, including being named the American High School Coaches Association's. In 1992, he got "High School Player of the Year," the 1992 "Gatorade High School Athlete of the Year" and USA Today's "High School Player of the Year."…
St. Lucy’s Home for girls Raised by Wolves, Karen Russell’s collection of fantastical short stories take all that is mundane and fractures it into a fantastical world with humor, dramatic tone, or cultural/religious undertones. Russell whirls a reader into her stories with her capability to encase a reader in the story with her repetition of one’s senses. Constantly brining in the senses of a reader brought in the smells of a surrounding from the protagonist or in this case the narrator. In St. Lucy’s Home for girls Raised by Wolves, our narrator, Claudette, speaks from the mind of a half human half wolf in transition. Of the pack’s reaction to the nuns, how Sister Josephine “tasted like sweat and freckles” (226) after Claudette bit her ankle, which she “smelled easy to kill” (226); how the mousy social worker was “nervous smelling” (226), eventually Claudette herself “smelled like a purebred girl, easy to kill” (242). When the sisters were reunited with the brothers they no longer smelt as of family they knew but of “pomade and cold, sterile sweat” (241). Russell creates such realistic imagery in a non-realistic world. Not just with scents but with a sense of touch sensory. How the girls went “knuckling along” (224) the floors when they first arrived; even when speaking, their ineptitude to force their tongues to “curl around our false new names” (229) creates such realistic imagery you sense your tongue running across your own teeth.…
a job that no soldier wanted to do but the Japanese Americans did, just to prove how loyal they are.…
Going through a vast amount middle school groups and high school groups has helped me discover my current identity; what I admire, how I identify myself , and how I act. A funny, positive, random, and one lively human being. It started off with me trying to fit in groups into middle school that required inferior like grades, being disrespectful, and smoking weed. High school is when I met people that completely transmuted my life; friends that understood me. Liz Armstrong, a graduate from the University of Missouri, writer and editor, in her article “An Argument for Being a Poser”, addresses the meaning of being a poser and how it can actually be a great asset , as it can help find your true identity. Consequently, being a poser during middle…
Now is the time for all good fathers to come to the aid of the family, for the greatest and most damaging conspiracy facing humanity today is the well-conspired one against fatherhood. Very few people understand it, as well as the deadly consequences this conspiracy already has on society. The fallacy of the so-called absent father continues to persist, because his impact is belittled culturally, judicially and legislatively-a direct insult to our Heavenly Father, and society is a generation or two away from becoming truly fatherless. The researcher will break down the role of the father, explain the conspiracy from the concept of academic heresy, evaluate the conspiracy within the judicial legal system, present an oral argument on the spiritual aspect of why this conspiracy even exists, as well as a counter narrative. This eye-opening report will alert you to the war against the core constitution of our society.…
This book has opened my eyes about a number of certain things in my life. Throughout this journey from giving realistic scenarios to leading and giving steps to do in such a position, this was an overall great book. It taught me how to spot out all the “scorners” and “Mockers” throughout life. A scorner or a mocker is someone who is unwise and puts people down all the time. Most of the times they will have a terrible attitude about everyone and every little thing that comes their way. If you have one of these people on your hands, don't jump to conclusions right away, be slow to judge. Sometimes an individual will behave horribly or will express their feelings as such due to their actions, not because of something that happened to them.The…
Karen Armstrong, along with Harris and Bultmann, talks in regards to a problem with religious moderate in religion. But Armstrong has a completely different reason on why it is a problem. Unlike Harris and Bultmann Armstrong in her work “A Short History of Myth” states that she believes that the problem with religious moderate is that they do strip religion of its myth in pursuit of reason and science. She states that “Mythical thinking and practice had helped people to face the prospect of extinction and nothingness, and to come through it with a degree of acceptances.” Armstrong goes on to say that myth offers us a comfort that science and reason cannot. She does this with the examples of the First World War and Auschwitz. Armstrong explains…
What is a Lady Knight? She is strong, patient, smart, kind, spirited, and humble, yet she knows that she has just as much potential to succeed as anyone. She is helpful, genuine, considerate, respectful, motivated, and dedicated to whatever she pursues. She knows when and how to get her point across, but she does so with grace. She is a true lady. As a Lady Knight, I have learned to adapt all these qualities to ameliorate myself, on and off the court. I have learned that volleyball, like any sport, requires everything you have. You have to play with heart; you have to play with a purpose. Being a Lady Knight has taught me strength. Strength of character, strength of body, of mind, of will. There are times in life where your willpower is tested, and how you handle the challenges really…
Alan Sklar is in charge of Human Relations in Shi Books. Born in Boston, he has a degree in English Literature from UCLA. Alan worked as a therapist and later in life was involved in the jewelry business. With a magical touch and a deep understanding of the human soul, Alan will work with you to bring up the best in your life experience and translate it into a unforgettable literary…