8th‚ 2013 “One of the Greatest NFL Rivalries” Nothing says football to me like‚ the smell of my mom’s famous hot wings frying or dressing up in purple and gold to cheer on my beloved Minnesota Vikings. I have learned through my years of cheering for the team‚ that being a Vikings fan means putting up with those “Cheese-heads” from the state next door. I believe the Vikings vs. Packers rivalry is one of the greatest in the NFL. I’ve found this to be true not only through my family traditions‚ but
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and sleep. For four years‚ my weekends consisted of pom-poms‚ stuck up football players‚ and team rivalries. Before I was able to cheer on my classmates‚ I went through a grueling tryout. My mother and father had three children together‚ with all being girls. Unfortunately‚ I do not posses memories of my mother and father together in the same house. I do not posses the memories of my mother cooking a meal for her whole family‚ or a Christmas that was spent with both of my parents. It is so cynical
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Journal 1: “Sister Flowers” The essay I choose to write about was Maya Angelou’s “Sister Flowers”. I believe that the purpose of this essay was to describe an important part of this person’s life that helped them to become a better writer/poet/reader and also describe what I think to be this persons mentor. This essay talks about how Mrs. Bertha Flowers decides to take Marguerite Henderson home with her to give her good books to read and to read her an excerpt form a book. I think it is a very well
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My mother‚ “Regina Hopkins‚” has been a positive influence in my life. She has raised 6 kids all by herself as well as earned a Bachelor’s degree in nursing from a City College in Gainesville‚ Florida. My mother has been through pretty much everything a person can go through outside of war and was still able to be there and provide for all 6 of her kids. In high school‚ my mother wanted to play football and couldn’t because she was a girl and back-in-the-day women were not allowed to play football
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Henry Miller Professor Musgrave English 1302-8012 29 January 2012 The Perks of America’s Greatest Pastime Baseball is known as America’s greatest pastime‚ but that does not mean that the sport is dying out. The sport of baseball teaches us much more than just the rules of a game; the game teaches lessons of life. If it weren’t for baseball‚ I wouldn’t be nearly as prepared for adversity as I am today. Life lessons have been deeply embedded in this sport for decades‚ and fortunately‚ I have
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the “greatest generation” so great? The fact that they killed nearly half their generation in war is what most view as the defining achievement of this generation. Not to say that they didn’t do great things but they should not be recognized as the greatest generation. Every generation will have differences but they also have similarities‚ the most common trait between the “greatest generation” and the “millennial generation” is hard work and motivation. The “greatest generation”
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to action for calculating and weighing the effect of any line of conduct on the general happiness." (Mill 23) A brief overview of Mill’s Utilitarianism concept is best described as the "Greatest Happiness Principle" (Mill 7) that states: you must always act to achieve "the greatest happiness for the greatest amount of people." (Mill 17) For Mill‚ happiness is defined as "pleasure and the absence of pain." (Mill 7) Therefore the objectors of this philosophy feel they cannot follow Utilitarianism
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Many people believe that being called a perfectionist is a compliment and something to aim for. But from my own experience of living with a family of perfectionists‚ I can tell you right now that it’s not as glorious as it seems. A study published in the Psychological Bulletin shows that since 1989 there has been a 59% increase in the number of perfectionists which is why it’s important to talk about this issue. Perfection is something we all desire but it’s also something we can never have. Joseph
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patriotic American because I admire the ideas that motivated the founders to put their lives‚ fortunes‚ and sacred honor on the line. Like the founders many others have dedicated their life to fighting for this country. A sacrifice I think is one of the greatest act of patriotism. Patriotism‚ in America‚ also has its own holidays. Memorial Day‚ one of many patriotic holidays‚ is to honor those who died serving our country. It’s celebrated on the last day of May. It was first instituted to remember soldiers
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The Greatest Sorrow: Loss of Family A dynamic character changes over the course of the story. The change undertaken by such a character is usually very influential on the final resolution. Most often the event that creates this change is very serious in nature‚ such as loss in one’s family. Lyman Baker mentioned in his article that the curiosity towards a “change in identity” have been very intense in this century. In Wangerin’s book‚ The Book of Sorrows‚ death surrounds almost all of the characters
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