It was June 22 and it was a perfect day for a baseball game. My team the Diamondbacks‚ needed one win to get into the playoffs‚ and that clinching game was today. When I woke up the sun was coming up and I went to go wake up my dad so he could take me to the game. When I woke him up he looked like zombie who has not slept in weeks. “Noah‚ why are you up so early?” he said‚ “I just want to make sure we are not late for the game.” I replied. “Noah it’s 7:30am and your game is not until 3:30!” I
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Linda bell in her article titled ‘Song Without Words’ talked about the differences between the American and Japanese culture regarding family and society. This article helped me look at my culture in a more constructive way‚ and from an educational perspective. I learned from this article that my culture is the type that also emphasizes community and the idea that a person is always a part of something usually bigger. I am from the Yoruba speaking tribe from Southwestern Nigeria‚ and we do share
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In this article‚ solving the “children’s border crisis” by Linda Kelly‚ the author discusses the reasons on why children are trying to come across the border. Many children are coming to the border to try and get away from the dangers that are happening around where they live. Children have left their homes due to violence in their homes‚ gangs and drugs. Other kids left from being sexually abused and being mistreated in the U.S. holding center. The only thing that is letting certain kids stay is
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The Case Against College On June twelfth of 2001‚ Linda Lee wrote an article for the Family Circle stating a case against college. Lee attempted using pathos‚ ethos‚ and logos to persuade her readers that college is not a necessity in a child’s future. However‚ numerous of these appeals can easily be contradicted by somebody as simple minded as a high schooler. Lee complained about college costs‚ and how much of it was being spent on a “pleasure ride” (par. 6). Upon observing any college site‚
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In the Introduction of Linda Zagzebski’s essay titled Exemplarist Virtue Theory‚ she describes exemplarism as a “radical kind of virtue theory that is foundational in structure but which is grounded in exemplars or moral goodness” (41). In addition to this‚ she proposes that the concepts of the good‚ right to act and virtue are “defined by reference to such exemplars which are directly identified through the emotion of admiration. Finally‚ in the introduction she explains that what makes a good person
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Baseball: Then and Now "The game of baseball has now become beyond question the leading feature of the outdoor sports of the United States...It is a game which is peculiarly suited to the American temperament and disposition:... in short‚ the pastime suits the people‚ and the people suit the pastime"(Charles Peverelly‚ 1866). Although baseball is still America’s favorite pastime‚ the way it is played has changed greatly since it’s founding in the 1800’s. Baseball was originally created so there
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2015 I went to an art presentation at “Artists’ Showplace” on Coit Rd. The presentation featured many splendid works of art made by some of Dallas’s finest‚ but the one which will be discussed in this paper is a painting called “Autumn Light” by Linda Clary. Her painting had no shortage of detail‚ and was vibrant with shades of green and yellow. Clary’s painting was able to evoke a pleasant response from the audience through her use of light shimmering down a single tree‚ contrasting colors‚ patterns
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Kainoa Higa English 12 Ms. Grimble 10 April 2014 How Is Baseball Americans Favorite Past-Time Imagine you going up to the plate and hitting a base hit to score the winning run in the last inning. I will be talking to you about baseball‚ Americans favorite pastime. When I first played the game of baseball‚ I thought that baseball was so boring but when I got older‚ it got very interesting. The connection I can make is that baseball is America’s past time and has deep traditional values in many
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Baseball has always been Americas sport since the 18th century. Baseball is similar to cricket because they are both bat and ball sports. Between baseball and cricket baseball is better than cricket when it comes to fields‚ equipment and rules. A baseball is better than a cricket because of its field‚ shape and size. According to an article from diffen.com‚"the shape of a baseball field is a diamond. There are 60 feet 6 inches between the pitchers mound and home plate. The length of baseball
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“Baseball. It’s just a game-as simple as a ball and a bat. Yet as complex as the American spirit it symbolizes. It’s a sport‚ business-and sometimes even religion.” Ernie Harwell’s quote from his 1955 poem‚ “The Game for All America” displays how baseball is a part of America’s roots. The game of baseball is as complex and changing as America itself. In the 1920s many things were evolving and Babe Ruth progressed baseball and society with his popularity‚ greatness‚ and love for the game that firmly
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