Services YMCA Essay Contest 2005 "Why I Like to Read" I have traveled the world Egypt‚ Great Britain‚ Italy‚ the Holy Land‚ India‚ France‚ Germany‚ and a host of other wonderful places. I have visited the Great Pyramids‚ the Valley of the Kings‚ the Roman Coliseum‚ the palace of Versailles‚ the marvel of Stonehenge‚ the bloody battlefields of Gettysburg‚ and experienced the splendor of the Taj Mahal. I did not travel by plane‚ boat‚ rail or car nor was I alone on these journeys. Alexander
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It was after school on a Monday afternoon. As I neared the gate‚ bag in hand‚ she‚ Sunny Rose bounded towards me wagging her tail wildly. She turned her great big blob of her head towards me and began jumping and playing around me as she welcomed me home. I sat down and said‚ Hi there big fella‚ had a good day.” She immediately lifted her paw and slapped it down hard on my out stretched hand. Her hand shake was warm and inviting. She opened her mouth and an alarming quantity of slippery pink tongue
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one of the most lovable creatures in the planet. When you show your love to them‚ they’ll love you back without any hesitation. It’s one of the animals that could love you back without questioning your existence or your use to them (unlike those cat jerks that will love you just because of Whiskas Chicken Dinner In Gravy that costs more than your food). One of the main reasons that I have a dog in our house is because they love me to the bones. They can feel if I’m sad or frustrated. And when they
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Along the way I have experienced‚ saw‚ learned from so many things. It’s given me a lot of time to think of what I want to do in the near future‚ and it all started when I was a little girl‚ I come from a family of nine people the first two are my dad and my mom‚ Antonio and Rosemarie‚ then there are my six sister‚ then there’s my fift sister is marnelli. Her and me real close; we do a lot of things together I guess because were close in age so we can talk about similar stuff and like similar things
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we panted through the trees‚ who towered above us‚ menacingly. I was in love with them‚ with the fog of my breath. I was in love with the fall. Nevertheless‚ I was detached from it. It was as if I was looking upon the scene from another point of view. I can still see him‚ the way I did then‚ just as clearly as I could see the night. I can still see the gravity of his countenance. That part of me‚ that memory‚ will never grow old. I remember how we trudged. Words were not exchanged‚ not yet. Silence
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Written by: schuyler james A special thank you for reading this boring story.a second thank you goes out to my good friend edgar sandoval for his help with this boring story. The year is 2001.march 23. Me and my two brothers AJ and Zack have been waiting for this day for three months. AJ has been very quiet today. Im mean sure he is normally quiet‚ but i think he is just nervous because today we are going sky diving. Zach keeps saying things like “ today you are gonna learn to fly”. Or “ don’t
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My education will. . . My education will help me to do many things in my life. Before I go‚ and just like everyonhe else will‚ and list all of the obvious bull crap answers I will simply state that I am a realist in my outlook on life. I do‚ however‚ plan to go to college and further my education‚ but I realize that a large portion of what I learn will end up being‚ for the most part‚ useless. A majority of success in life comes from personal experiences and life lessons you learn‚ not‚ from sitting
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Many people love to converse on the subject of religion and how their religion became what it is today. Buddha‚ Confucious‚ and Plato were all three very well aspired men who believed in similar but at the same time‚ different practices. All three lived around the same time period‚ with a few years separating Buddha and Confucious from Plato. Buddha encouraged spirituality and to enjoy the world as it is. Confucious pushed for humanism and that whatever a person does to another‚ may it be good or
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My love for the game is beyond what it should be. The way I feel when I hit that perfect release. The way I feel when I hit that clutch shot. The way I feel when I get that defensive stop. These moments are what make basketball addictive. Basketball changes dramatically from high school to college. The speed/skill level of basketball in high school and college is very different. In high school basketball is slower. In high school‚ I would go right by defenders. I didn’t think it was easy‚ but I
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In the overwhelming summer heat of 1978‚ Michele Amitrano is nine-years old and he lives in the tiny hamlet Acqua Traverse‚ an unidentified region in southern Italy‚ composed of a clutch of houses encircled by vast expanses of wheat-fields. "Two houses on one side‚ two on the other and a road‚ rough and full of holes‚ in the middle." While the grown-ups take refuge indoors behind drawn blinds because there is no source of fresh water in Acqua Traverse‚ Michele Amitrano is trudging about through
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