beat hard in my chest. To say I was nervous would be an understatement. This was it; this was my moment to shine. I could feel the judgmental eyes watching me. They were likely thinking‚ “she’s too small‚ too fragile‚ she’s a girl!” As I listened to my coach’s talk I became more confident that I could do this. My name was called. I put on my headgear and put in my mouthpiece. This was it this was my moment. It was bright‚ the boy was skinnier than me‚ and I had never felt more scared in my entire life
Premium Wrestling Kilogram Mass
Jessica Van Ausdal Student# AC1101510 En130.1.1 English Composition 2 Assignment Number and Title: Lesson 3; Assignment 03 A Risk That Paid Off One of the biggest risks that paid off was my husband and I agreeing for him to join the Marine Corps. It required us to up and move our family from Utah to California with no friends or family around for support in times of hardship‚ which tends to come a lot with being a military family. I had to learn to take control of everything from paying
Premium 2007 singles Family English-language films
Moment (Page #) 2 Quotations (Pages #s) Literary Device Connection/Significance Winston comes to the realization that the Proles are his only hope for breaking away from Big Brother and realizing the truth. (pg. 63-66) “Proles and animals are free.” (pg. 66) Metaphor Simile After becoming tired of blindly accepting the rules set in place by Big Brother‚ Winston realizes that if he is to be free‚ he must seek salvation with the Proles‚ the poorer‚ more overlooked social class. “They
Premium Nineteen Eighty-Four
To many it is understood that the military is built off of a set of rules and ideals that must be followed. If these rules are not followed‚ they can lead to the failure of the unit and ultimately its downfall. In the hit 1986 movie Top Gun directed by Tony Scott‚ Tom Cruise would argue that “Rules are meant to be broken”. The film is based around Cruise’s character who is an up and coming Navy pilot who is faced with numerous struggles and the day to day tasks of an elite Navy fighter pilot program
Premium United States Navy
221A AHA Moment Ever wonder why it is that you do what you do for a living? Or why you ever chose to go into the career of dental hygiene in the first place. We’ll I got my answer just the other day as I was practicing my clinical hygiene skills. When I heard that I was having a patient come in that was physically and mentally challenged‚ I had no idea what was going to be presented to me as a clinician. John Doe showed up and when I went out to get him he had a care taker with him. He had to
Premium Oral hygiene Mental retardation Halitosis
4). Kate recalled the first time she went to the ponds. “ I was so small he had to carry me on his shoulders-through the woods with their luxuriant growth of poison ivy‚ along the tracks‚ past the dusty boxcars lined up to receive their loads of sugar beets‚ down the steep sandy path to the ponds themselves”(Lawson‚ 4). From riding on Matt’s shoulders to follow Matt to the ponds‚ they spent “hundreds of hours” (Lawson‚ p.5) there. Kate loves the great moments she spent in the ponds. She would always
Premium Character Fiction English-language films
me to see the war‚ so that is why I went to America. The reason I went by myself is my parents only had enough money for one ticket‚ so they choose me. When I went to America‚ I was a steerage passenger. Those passengers got off last‚ and there was over 3‚000 people on board. I waited for hours‚ then days. It took three days to get off the boat. The people who got off with me their faces were happy and sad. Those people’s faces were prices‚ Hagan. When I got off the boat‚ the people’s faces priceless
Premium Family United States English-language films
Sveda Mr. Dickey English 1551 20 February 2013 Gun Control Issues Gun Control is one of the most controversial issues in the world today. Although gun control has always been a sensitive topic‚ the recent uprisings in gun related crimes have made it a nearly impossible issue for citizens to agree on. Over the past decade‚ crimes involving the use of firearms have been very erratic. Only recently have the crimes become more severe and consistent. Guns instill fear in people everywhere because of how
Premium Firearm Gun politics in the United States
Gun Control In America guns have been a part of the country’s society since its birth. Throughout history the citizens of the US have used firearms to protect the nation‚ protect their families‚ to hunt for food and to engage in sporting activities. The issue of Guns and gun control takes on a proportion of extreme magnitude. Weighing the rights and liberties of the individual against the welfare and safety of the public has always been a precarious balancing act. In the United States‚ gun control
Free Firearm
In the story The Gun Without a Bang by Robert Sheckly‚ a man named Dixon is testing a new super pistol. I think that the theme of this story is that it isn’t the power of a weapon to the effect of visual pain it has on others. On page thirty five‚ Dixon is going on about how great of a weapon it is. His only complaints were that the gun was heavy and unbalanced. He said one of the greatest features was that it didn’t need to be reloaded. The gun was so great in his eyes that he said it was the
Premium Gun Handgun Cannon