I pulled up my socks‚ slid in my shin guards‚ and tied my cleats extra tight; my hand was in the huddle as I looked around at our pink jerseys and proceeded to shout my team name. I was about to play my first soccer game ever on a 6v6 field with my dad at my side as my coach. Who knew that eleven years later I would still be playing and working my way up to the collegiate level. Starting in the fall of my freshman year‚ I played in an extremely competitive national league‚ where everyone was trying
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I ’m writing about my Grandma’s old home place when I was growing up. I would always spend the whole the summer with her. She has a nice old antique farm house on 10 acres of land. She would always have three huge gardens plus blackberries‚ grapevines‚ figs bushes and a persimmon tree. She always made jellies‚ jams‚ puddings‚ cakes. She was a jack of all trades. It’s a special place for me and I hold it very close to my heart. The house was green with black shutters‚ big covered
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In "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas" author Ursula K. Le Guin uses the utopian society of Omelas to symbolically highlight the ugly and unsavory state of the human condition. This story delves into this idea of ethics and morality and concocts a set of solutions that one can consider when contemplating ethics and morality. People and societies often struggle with morality while facing dilemmas with what is right or wrong. Within this‚ a moral dilemma exists as the story depicts a utopian perfect
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Castilla Date: Nov. 22‚ 2012 Subject/Section: Engl05-EE Prof.: Aimee Layag Topic: Cebu my hometown Gen. Purpose: To Inform Spec. Purpose: To inform my audience the beauty of my hometown Cebu. Central Idea: The beauty of my home town Cebu are the Whale shark watching and the sceneries that you can see from the mountain top. Cebu is located in central visayas approximately 1 hour from manila via airplane‚ Cebu is known for delicious roasted pork and famous in the works of guitars and
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“And they took us from our family‚ took us away‚ they took us away‚ snatched from our mother’s breasts‚ said this was for the best.” Good Morning/Good Afternoon. Tribalism plays a fundamental role in our society‚ from children having fun in the playground to colleagues in a professional office. While tribalism does have its unifying aspects‚ in our society acts as a barrier and provides people with more reasons to stay divided. | . It can fuel hatred‚ hegemony and xenophobia. Tribalism is vicious
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This story is built with the reader in mind. You‚ the reader‚ are involved in creating the world to some degree‚ I believe this serves two purposes. The first is to create a more vivid image of the town in the readers head‚ you can pick and choose what parts fit within your imagined view of the city and which ones do not. Details like allowing the reader to add transportation of their liking builds on the current structure of the town outlined by the author. The other reason for allowing the reader
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Title: The first time homebuyers guide to success Purpose: To educate first time homebuyers on how to properly plan and prepare for buying a home and what to expect throughout the home buying process. Thesis: Buying your first home can be an enjoyable‚ exciting and profitable experience given specific knowledge of the process and a basic understanding of the market place. I. INTRODUCTION A. Greeting: Hello‚ my name is Josh Turner and today I will be providing you with invaluable knowledge on
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The first time I got arrested It all started one warm summer night in Lynn‚ Massachusetts back in good old 1998. I had just almost passed my sophomore year in high school falling one credit shy. I was going to summer school for fifteen minutes every Friday morning and this is how my day started out. It was like any other Friday going to school to hand in some assignment and going back home to sleep for a few more hours but this day was different. My friend Sean called me up just as I got home
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Does Extended Time Away from School Affect Students’ Retention of Knowledge from the Previous School Year? Jennifer Hoversten Angela Stolecki Introduction After considering many topics of interest to both of us and our fields of study‚ we came to the conclusion of conducting our literature review on the summer learning loss experienced by students during the three-month school hiatus. We find this topic interesting due to the fact that we both spend at least a month‚ if not more‚ reviewing
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Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas” is a story written by Ursula K. Le Guin. After reading this story‚ I wanted to belong to Omelas. It was the place to live in because of its joyful streets along with the people surrounded by happiness. This city was close to what I imagine heaven to be; however‚ the happiness incorporated into the city was obtained through the suffering of one innocent child. People had the freedom to live in Omelas knowing about this fact while others would walk away to the unknown
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