When a person thinks of the word ‘sport’ their minds go to the big three: baseball‚ basketball‚ and football. Webster’s dictionary defines a sport as “an activity involving physical exertion and skill in which an individual or team competes against another or others for entertainment.” Most activities are either a sport or they are not. It’s simple‚ but there is one that tends to confuse people‚ cheerleading. People cannot agree on whether cheerleading takes on the task of being a sport. A reason
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Probation Officer Fran Hennessey Criminal Justice Major was not my first option; in fact I never even considered criminal justice. I was an undeclared freshman who hated school and was thinking about dropping out to work in the union. The only reason I went to college was because I received basketball scholarships to many schools and I wanted to continue the sport I loved to play. Talking to my family about this they obviously did not want me to drop out and they wanted me to continue school and
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Over 54 million “unimportant and unwanted mistakes” have been stripped of the right to live. That’s 54 million less people to be loved‚ appreciated‚ cherished‚ and respected‚ even if not by the actual biological parents‚ but by an adoptive parent. Children who could have been future presidents‚ lawyers‚ physicians‚ businessmen or women‚ architects‚ moms‚ dads‚ soldiers‚ etc.. The unconstitutional law that lets women have abortions needs to be changed. An abortion‚ defined by the Merriam-Webster
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Night In the story‚ ‘Night’‚ author Elie Wiesel shares his most personal experiences during the Holocaust‚ during which he lost his family and many friends. As a young man‚ Eliezer’s faith in humanity and religion is shattered following the unparalleled evil perpetrated by the German’s against the Jews. In the year 1944‚ at the young age of fifteen‚ Eliezer and his family were taken from their home to the Auschwitz concentration camp‚ and then to Buchenwald where they endured unimaginable cruelty
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We were in a car on our way to the beach‚ because leatherback turtles were found and are expected to have eaten plastic and have it stuck around their body. Leatherback turtles are one of the biggest form of sea turtles. They can grow up to 2.4 meters long. I asked‚“does any of you know how big these are.” We were with 3 of us in the car. Even though it was more like a bus to fit the turtles in. The others in the ‘car’ are called James and Faith. I am the youngest of the three. I am 17 years old
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These are some of the characteristic phases of development of pre-historical humanity. Before civilization more than 9‚000 years ago‚ the people of a town that developed in Catalhoyuk grew crops‚ made weapons and tools‚ raised and domesticated sheep and goats‚ painted on walls of their homes‚ and hunted and gathered. They were an egalitarian society with life-span only lasting up to age 30-34. Then there was the Stone age which was divided into two separate eras‚ the Paleolithic and the Neolithic
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him . The y jumpe d him . Other s joine d in . Whe n the y withdrew ‚ ther e wer e tw o dea d bodie s nex t t o me ‚ th e fathe r an d th e son . I wa s sixteen . IN OU R WAGON ‚ ther e wa s a frien d o f m y father’s ‚ Mei r Katz . H e ha d worke d a s a gardene r i n Bun a an d fro m tim e t o tim e ha d brough t u s som e gree n vegetables . Les s undernourishe d tha n th e res
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Through the first paragraph‚ Thoreau declares that he wants to live a simple‚ yet purposeful life. The distinctions he makes in paragraph one are that he wants to live his life to the fullest with whatever it throws at him. The antithesis in paragraph one is in sentence one when he contrasts life and death to explain that he did not want to die to understand that he did not truly live. The word “dear” was meaning that life was precious‚ and “mean” was to explain how difficult or harsh it could be
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Enrique’s Journey Axes paragraphs 1 and 2 1 No this does not surprise me they come and take this risk for a better life‚ this is why they do these things. Even though they risk their lives just to have a better life for them and their children. Migrants usually arrive with nothing‚ men get robbed and beaten‚ and women get robbed and raped. The risks really are not worth it in my opinion. They might die trying to get to get a better life. The thought of risking your own life for others and yourself
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Writing A Comparison / Contrast Paragraph Comparison shows similarities between persons‚ places‚ things‚ ideas‚ or situations. Contrast points out the differences between persons‚ places‚ things‚ ideas‚ or situations. Two Basic Methods for Organizing Comparison / Contrast Paragraphs Block Method 1. If you let A and B stand for the two things (subjects) being compared‚ then you can use the block method in which you tell all about A‚ then tell all about B. Thus you discuss A in a block and B
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