In basketball‚ always dribble with your head up. No‚ this is not something I learned from one of my coaches or any of my teammates. This is one of the many lessons I learned from a young African refugee. It began on a snowy day‚ peering through my frost bitten window at the basketball hoop across the street. Amongst the falling snow there was someone I had never seen before with a basketball in his hand and a smile wider than I thought the blistering cold would allow. At first‚ I was hesitant to
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become rich doing this‚ but it’s what I love‚” she said. She refers to a woman who essentially changed my life‚ Corinna Sowers-Adler. A mentor‚ a teacher‚ a director‚ and a friend who I’ve only come to know for a little less than a year now. This refers to the wonderful world I hope to be immersed in for the rest of my life‚ theatre. Corinna and I were conversing on our way to Starbucks with the rest of my new theatre family‚ Gaslamp Academy of Performing Arts‚ a program I had just enrolled in for
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Speaking on a personal level in terms of music‚ I believe that people and music have an extraordinary‚ dependent bond. Therefore‚ neither can truly exist beyond the conventional confines of life without the other. Based on my personal belief‚ music has significantly affected my life in a positive and powerful way. Among the numerous songs I have listened to‚ the following three songs have had the most significant impact on my life: “Calm The Storm” by Graffiti6‚ “Kyoto” by Yung Lean and “Deja Vu”
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Melissa Sandoval English 52 / 6-750pm 2/18/2014 How technology has changed Technology today‚ has allowed us to connect with people with ease‚ and has made many tasks so much easier. From desktops to IPhones‚ the world we live in today allows us to communicate with anybody with wireless access with just a couple clicks of a mouse. As civilization has evolved so has technology‚ from letters to phone calls to email‚ basic communication methods have consistently progressed into the complex system
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spend all of my life even until today. Being born and raised in a suburb like Plano I did not learn a lot of skills that my mother had learned while she grew up. My mother grew up in a small town north of Plano called Whitewright‚ Texas. She was raised riding horses with her friends‚ exploring the vast amount of land‚ and spending time with everyone that she knew. My mother and I were raised completely differently and I was always curious about her childhood. The rest of my family stayed
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I was thrilled when Opa presented me with a college fund on my thirteenth birthday. It had two hundred dollars deposited in it and was‚ by one hundred and seventy five dollars‚ the most generous present that day. It was later in the week when my mother revealed to me that only after my eighteenth birthday could I put my hands on my grandfathers’ gift and was to be used exclusively for the payment of my college studies‚ something unappealing to a thirteen year old. I was disillusioned that moment
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Television & VCR/DVD’s have changed dramatically over the years How has television changed over the last 60 years? This question can be answered in a variety of different ways ranging from the technological changes and advances it has gone through to the question of whether it has any type of effects on the way people perceive it‚ or if society is manipulated by what they see on television. This report will hopefully uncover and discover television how it was then until how it is now. Television broadcasting
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of behaviors that I have not tried because the thought of accomplishing them has never crossed my mind. One of these behaviors happen to be rock climbing. I am not a very athletic person but this is something that I have never done before. Thinking about how this could’ve changed my life‚ if I was ever interested‚ is such a deep thought and shows how just a certain behavior can be a huge or small influence in someone’s life. Rock climbing is a very athletic sport that requires a lot of upper body strength
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Music is one of the most important and powerful things in my life. My life without melodies and harmonies would be totally empty. Listening to and playing different tunes helps me to de-stress‚ relax and it can also help to motivate me in trying times. I love listening to music while on my way to school‚ as I feel it helps me to prepare for the day that waits. I think it is like the memoirs to my life as it has been there throughout everything with me. When I was younger‚ I didn’t have the great
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Music in my life Ladies and gentlemen! Today‚ I would like to talk to you about music and how it influences your life and everyone’s life in the world. But first‚ let’s state the meaning of "Music" and where it comes from. Although it’s believed that music era started in the beginning of 18 century‚ it’s more likely that the music originated thousands years ago from naturally occurring rhythms and sounds which does make sense because that’s how the first tribal melodies were made up. As for
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