This day couldn’t have come sooner. For all of my existing life that i’ve been programed and been taught of what happiness is worth ‚in the city of Omelas. I never really understood it. Living in Omelas‚ life was good‚ and still is to this day. I would describe Omelas as the happiest place in the world. On second thought‚ for all my life i’ve lived in Omelas and has never set foot outside of this city. One of my buddies‚ Mark and i have been friends since we were about four or five. We grew up
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Although I have had many injuries growing up‚ there is one that particularly changed my life for the better. The injury occurred when I was playing eighth grade football. It was August and we were scrimmaging Westfield; a very good team that had a lot of big players. The coach called me onto the field to play fullback‚ which means that I was probably going to carry the football. As I was running onto the field my heart started to beat a little faster. I had a bad feeling about getting the ball. I
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How Football has Changed my Life What event changed your understanding of yourself‚ or that of someone you know? I was five years old when I started. It was early august and it was my first time ever playing an organized sport. I could tell I was about a few weeks late for the practices because everyone else had a football helmet and I didn’t. It was nerve wracking to see all the kids playing and me not knowing what to do. At the time I was really short (well of course I was five) but some of
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language has expanded over time‚ no one stood still in life just kept moving along with changes. Today alone we are able to communicate with our mouths‚ hands‚ and even expressions. Three short podcasts help show how the world can communicate not only with words‚ but with expressions and movements of their body. Jill Bolte Taylor had one the scariest things in life happen to her‚ a stroke. She explains her situations in‚ “A World without Words”. She is no longer able to speak or use any form of
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When the ball hit the court‚ that’s when I knew. Our season was over. I looked at my coach’s face and he had a look‚ not of dissapointment‚ but of pride. Volleyball had completely changed my life in showing me the type of person I am‚ a leader. Volleyball began as a backup sport for me. I didn’t make the soccer team my freshmen year so I tried out for the next best option. My first year I was placed on junior varsity as a hitter. I didn’t get a lot of playtime‚ but on the bench I could see the
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years‚ life was child’s play‚ but as I got order‚ I encountered many difficult situations and obstacles. If I had to say who or what made me change for the better‚ I would have to say my father and his inability to stop drinking and dealing with so many bad situations? There are two reasons why I say my father drinking affect my life and made me want to change for the better‚ and the two reason are as followed : The negative behavior made me want to do something different with my life and his
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One of the most significant‚ influential days in my life thus far occurred when I was in eighth grade. I had made the varsity cut for volleyball. This might sound shallow to most people; I got into a team‚ great‚ but what is the big deal? For me‚ it was‚ however‚ because this one thing that happened‚ that day‚ changed my life forever. Getting into a varsity team in eighth grade shaped the rest of my high school years. Being part of a team in which your age is a drastic outlier makes you particular
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I was a goofball growing up‚ but once I matured‚ I was destined to do great things. My life has been filled with ups and downs‚ but‚ somehow‚ I was able to get through them. I always did things differently from everyone else. Also‚ I had to work harder to be successful. I was always considered different compared to the other kids; I had to work really hard to achieve my goals of being on the football team in high school‚ to get a scholarship to ASU‚ and to be drafted into the NFL. When I was
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the fairgrounds. Through the journeys‚ I gain an appreciation for all the hard work and dedication that these people have put into the fair and how it is changing people’s lives. Going back to freshman year‚ like it was yesterday‚ I remember how I did not want to be a part of FFA and was forced to take an agriculture class. What I didn’t realize was how wrong I was about agriculture classes and FFA. After the second day‚ I quickly immersed myself in FFA after seeing all it offered to me. With determination
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I have always grown up in the shadow of the spotlight. Through sports‚ school‚ and social life‚ I was not the best player‚ student‚ or friend. My senior year‚ football season changed all of that in a matter of a few days. Football has been the sport that I have loved and adored my whole life‚ but unfortunately that love was tested to the max. During the summer before football season‚ I was informed that our senior quarterback would not be playing that upcoming season. This was a huge blow to the
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