Derek Zdanowski Significant Experience "Fight on‚ push till you have nothing left‚ never give up even when you are an inch away from defeat." These are the words of my hockey coach before our championship game‚ which would make or break our season. This was the first year our team has ever made it to the final game‚ and we were prepared to give it our all out on the ice. For this would be our teams last game together before we all went our separate ways in high school. We gathered in the locker
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What Dreams May Come is a movie about life‚ loss‚ death‚ afterlife and rebirth. The film explores the emotions evoked by a variety of characters when they are faced with coping with tragedy and death. It also delves into the manifestations of heaven and the variety of forms heaven takes in the minds of different people. The main character‚ Dr. Christian Nielsen‚ and his wife Annie Collins are forced to cope with the tragic deaths of their two children Marie and Ian. The children’s deaths almost
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Summers in Cape May As I sat in my elementary classroom that first day of school after summer break‚ the teacher asked us to raise our hands if we went away during the summer. I quickly raised my hand and smiled feeling gitty. When it was my turn to say where I went that summer‚ I blurted out in a proud voice‚ “I went to Cape May” At that point the teacher would look at my puzzled and said‚ ‘Oh… you mean Cape Cod.” And before I could disagree she was on to the next student. ”Cape May‚ New Jersey‚ the
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Instructor Smith English 10-4 8 February 2013 The Centaur “The Centaur” by May Swenson portrays an imaginative‚ care free young girl as she becomes one with what she thinks is the centaur‚ she is “the horse and the rider” (38) ‚ but eventually her mother brings to an end her wild ride. Through structure‚ diction‚ figurative language‚ and imagery‚ Swenson describes a special time for the ten year old girl. The structure in the poem illustrates the freedom of youth and playfulness. The poem
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Katie Hafner’s New York Times article “Texting May Be Taking a Toll” explains how teenagers today are making the unhealthy decision of spending too much time texting on their phones. Hafner begins the article by informing readers how the majority of teenagers are constantly on their phones with climbing rates‚ therefore disengaging them from today’s society. According to the article‚ “American teenagers sent and received an average of 2‚272 text messages per month in the fourth quarter of 2008‚
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Francisco Goya’s The Third of May 1808 (c.1814) is a responsive painting that was intended to honor those who suffered from the occupation of Napoleons army during the Peninsula War in Spain. This large 8in x 9in oil on canvas painting is used to represent the art of Goya‚ and depict the valor of Spanish revolutionary war. The influences on this piece‚ as well as its characteristics and influence on later work will be examined. The painting reflects the turmoil during the time period‚ and contains
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Tessa P. English-Term Paper Louisa May Alcott-Term Paper “Writers write from and about their own experiences.” Many authors use experiences from their life as a guide to their writing. It’s a way to express their feelings and emotions‚ and it’s something in which they can be passionate. Writers and authors think on a different level than anyone else. They are constantly thinking of different ideas for novels‚ poems or stories. The best writing comes from those who use their own lives
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In the Star Tribune article May 31st there was an interesting story written by Suzanne Ziegler. She introduced us to Lee‚ a south Minneapolis homeowner who’s lawn was a challenge. He got frustrated with the condition of his lawn. He tried fertilizer‚ other chemicals‚ and even hired a professional landscaper in hopes it would improve his lawn. Nothing seemed to work. Out of frustration he became interested in using turf and finally installed it for his lawn. There are challenges of grass vs turf
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Karen Kaplan Research: Criminal Behavior May Be Hard-Wired Are some people born criminals? Increasing evidence shows from neuroscience suggests that many aspects of antisocial behavior can be traced to dysfunctional brains. For instance‚ brain scans of prisoners suggest the circuitry involved in fear conditioning has gone awry in criminal minds. Deformities of certain parts of the brain that may contribute to antisocial and psychopathic behavior have also been linked to a greater risk of arrests
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Mercy to the criminal may be cruelty to the people "Mercy to the criminal may be cruelty to the people." -- Arab proverb Depending on the offense‚ this quote bears a lot of truth. Should murderers be given a lesser sentence because they were deprived as children? Maybe they were molested and abused and no one of value gave them the right direction. Then there are molesters. Nine out of ten times a molester was at one point molested. There are very few cases where the murderer was
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