instead rolling onto foam mat. I was at the VEX Robotics State Championships‚ standing next to the arena and waiting for the final round to start. My hands gripped the controller nervously as the referee approached. “And … BEGIN.” Four robots raced forward all at once‚ desperately trying to score in the goals. I leaned forward‚ my fingers gliding over the joysticks‚ hearing the roar of the crowd and screech of our motors as they were strained beyond their limits. As I put the last ball in‚ the timer
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Work to live‚ Don’t live to work By Will Brady This is my response to a QCS(Queensland Core Skills) test. When we walked into the test room we had no idea what we were supposed to write about. We were give the theme of ‘Time’‚ for which we were given a stimulus sheet and 2 hours to write whatever we could. I came up with this. These days‚ most of us spend three quarters of our lives‚ working. And what is all of this work for? To save money so that when we retire‚ and were old and crippled‚
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The title sounds easy right? Eat to live‚ don’t live to eat. Simple enough. So why do I go to the park and half of the people I see are overweight or severely obese? Why are their kids fat? Why do my coworkers have fat rolls that hang off the back of their chairs? It’s a question I have asked myself over and over again. There have been many theories as to why people are fatter today than they were 100 years ago. Now you can choose to believe the BS about good calories and bad calories or
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are here: Status check: Live-in relationships Oct 18‚ 2012‚ 12.00AM IST Nona Walia‚ TNN Tags: Test drive | taboo | pooja bhatt | Pooja Bedi | journey | Freida Pinto | dev patel | Brad Pitt | Angelina Jolie | Abhay Deol They may have started off as a bold alternative to the institution of marriage‚ but live-ins these days are mostly a test drive for couples before they tie the knot. Nona Walia finds out why. The poster-couple for live-in relationships‚ Angelina Jolie
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living in city or in country ‚ which one will you choose? .Some people think that city living has more benefits than country’s. However‚ some people agree that country living is a real life like a nice dream: hearing natural music‚ seeing sights‚and planting trees.This essay will tell you what similarities and differences between city and country living ‚ so we can get more widen views. First similarity is convince. What is convince to you ? some ones say immediately this is only in city living.Nonetheless
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What did John Winthrop mean when he spoke of his “city upon a hill”? To what extent were the Puritans successful at building this city? During a time period of religious intolerance in England many people sought acceptance of their beliefs. In the early 1600’s a group of English emigrants‚ led by John Winthrop set to further purify the Christian faith. These colonists came to be known as the Puritans and settled the Massachusetts Bay Colony‚ with the help of Winthrop as a leader. Winthrop acted
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I‚ Too All over world are people treated bad‚ treated like a thing which is not worth anything. All over the world people are getting treated differently‚ not because of their personality‚ but because of the color of their skin. This is called racism‚ which is the main subject in the poem “I‚ Too” written by Langston Hughes in 1932. In 1932 black people were not accepted. They were discriminated against by white people. They were killed for no reasons‚ separated from the white world‚ forced to
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Lives of the Saints Lives of the Saints is a story that examines the complexities and tribulations of everyday life in a small town. Throughout the novel‚ we discover that even the most trustworthy and caring individuals live secret lives behind closed doors‚ and that the surface appearance of minor communities can be very deceptive. Some people spend their entire adult-lives trying to knock down these doors and discover the truth‚ but perhaps they are overlooking the key to the lock our
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Midterm Essay Question: Discuss the benefits one may obtain form reading Mike Rose ’s book citing specific examples. How may this book be used to help shape a teacher ’s philosophy and effectiveness? The book Lives on the Boundary‚ written by Mike Rose‚ provides great insight to what the new teaching professional may anticipate in the classroom. This book may be used to inform a teacher ’s philosophy and may render the teacher more effective. Lives on the Boundary is a first person account composed
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sister went to a friend’s sofa. Liz lived in hallways‚ subways and park benches. “Reading or sleeping in a warm bed‚ going to a diner and ordering anything I want off the menu. When I was on the street‚ drugs or crime didn’t seem like options because they seemed so damn uncomfortable. I was how hard that life was going to be. I didn’t want to live like that.” (Murray‚ 2012‚ p.1) Working jobs and studying days and nights at night school‚ Liz obtained her diploma in two years instead of 4. Liz applied
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