A’Shonte Johnson AHS Officer Essay 4/9/13 The term captain is synonymous with the term leader. By definition‚ a leader is someone who is in an advanced position to take the initiative in order to go forth and show the way. A dance captain should be able to make intelligent and creative decisions quickly and efficiently. Dance teams are all about unity. An exceptional group glides across the floor with all of its dancers moving as one. There are no individual standouts. No weak links. But there
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Have you ever been on a dance competition team? Because I’m on one and let me tell you something‚ it is so incredibly hard because you work constantly on dances all day everyday‚ well it depends on how many classes your in and I forgot to tell you that you have to audition to be on a competition team. Every year we have to audition to be on the elite team‚ This year I was so nervous to audition‚ I kept getting the chills because I knew that I was the next person to go in the audition room. Some
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Pirouettes‚ jumps‚ leaps‚ and basic technique is what all dancers have in common. For whether one is dancing by themselves or with a team they all share the basics of dance‚ but teams will differ based on who they are dancing for. High school dance teams are more team oriented and are better for the dancer than being on a studio dance team. First off‚ the amount of time the dancers spend with each other and the bonds they make differ from studio to dance team. They styles each use also differ‚ from
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“Point your toes!” The coach said for what seemed like the millionth time. Being a dancer was hard‚ but I knew that I was going to improve physically and mentally from this. I was shy‚ weak‚ and wasn’t sure that this was the path I should take. Moving into middle school was a very big step‚ and to add to that‚ I made the dance team. This experience has shaped me into the person I am today‚ because I have learned to be a leader‚ work harder than I have ever worked before‚ respect and work with a team
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Jennifer eagan develops and idea from this epigraph in part A of a visit from the goon squad. Eagan uses time change in her story from when the characters were young and just starting music to when they become old and have troubles with their life. Bennie and other characters stuck with their lifestyle. Bennie sold his record label but stayed in the music business because that is where he is most comfortable. Eagan makes a point that people will stay to their roots and what they know best. The characters
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dominate a book and define the character that it is being used on. While the paradox itself can be quite meaningful in and of itself‚ the obfuscating lens that it creates can destroy the true nature of a character.With Lou in A Visit from the Goon Squad‚ Egan manages to capture this contradiction of being both embraced and speared‚ while still maintaining Lou’s true nature. Even though Lou’s true nature is protected‚ his mix of good and evil manages to affect the entire book. Within the novel
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Fritz‚ a German solider in occupied Greece‚ is a major character in John Chioles’s short story‚ Before the Firing Squad. We first begin to learn about him through the recollections of a young boy in the town whom he has befriended. We learn that all of the soldiers are very young. They do not know what they are doing. People in the town almost like the soldiers‚ including the young boy in this story. The solider that he befriends is not cruel or inhuman. In fact‚ he brings good food for the boy and
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“A Visit from the Goon Squad” conveys to the readers that to put an end to the cycle of wallowing in self-pity and accept that life continues moving forward and there comes a time when we all have to mature enough to face life head on. Life is an obstacle full of trials and tribulations
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In A Visit from the Goon Squad‚ the theme of shame and redemption was most obvious to me. The symbol of water seems to be used in the book symbolically to show shame‚ hitting the bottom‚ or the end in many of the stories. Water is more commonly used to symbolize rebirth as with a baptism. The book has several references to the East River (water). The East River is water that is known to be polluted and dirty. In a disturbing moment in the chapter‚ “You (Plural)”‚ Jocelyn gets overwhelmed by her
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Title: A Snitch in the Snob Squad Author: Julie Anne Peters Characters: Jenny Solano‚ Kevin Rooney‚ Lydia‚ Max‚ Prairie‚ Ashley Krupps‚ Mrs. Jonas and Ms Milner Introduction: Jenny‚ Max‚ Lydia and Prairie were friends and formed a group called the Snob Squad. A thief in Jenny’s middle school had been stealing Mrs. Jonas and Ms Milner’s money. They wanted to find out who was the culprit of the thefts. They suspected Max‚ Kevin Rooney and Ashley Krupps. Max suddenly came to school in new expensive
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