with 3 seconds left as I saw the coach signal for the final timeout. This was it! I could win the game by being kicked between the goal posts for 3 points. As the holder yelled hike‚ I was snapped back on a line and kicked straight through the uprights. The crowd went ecstatic. Ever since that moment I knew that my job was very special. Not only do I like being in big games‚ but I also like being in a simple game of throw and catch.Through the years I got battered and pounded every fall‚ but I wouldn’t
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I am writing to you in hopes I might persuade you to look more deeply into the importance of young and older people being homeless.I strongly believe These people did not choose to be homeless. Homeless Shelters and church owners try the best they can to provide for these people with not home old or young.The world is having Natural Disasters that cause plenty of innocent people alone and have nothing but the clothes on their backs‚ leaving them hopeless. I realize the united states are very busy
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hot‚ sunny day like most of the days in Texas. We lived outside of Wichita Falls‚ Texas about ten miles near the Wichita river. My parents have about twenty acres of land that that the Wichita river runs through‚ we always went fishing there and caught a fifteen pound flathead at the most‚ but this trip was different. We set off at about seven in the morning so we could have plenty of time to fish‚ it was about a thirty minute drive to our section of river. Once we got to the river‚ we unloaded our
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Race day‚ those words may not mean much to an ordinary bystander‚ but those words now light something inside of me that I once never knew existed. Waking up with butterflies in my stomach‚ I had my first cross country meet. After months of intense training‚ it was time to display our fitness to the competition. The meet was at our home course‚ it had rained the night before and I swear I still remember the exact smell of the morning air. A combination of grass & mud‚ almost as if they were blended
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Facts of a Registered Nurse 1. Would you like to know the facts to being a Registered Nurse.. The reason I am interested in pursuing this occupation is well one because my Step- Mom and others in my family are or have been a Registered Nurse. They say it can be tough at times with the type of patients they had and the hours they worked. Two is because I want to be able to help people who need my help. I would like to expand my horizons be able to meet new people‚ maybe go to different places
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smile at me and attempts to lift his limp arm to wave and be strong for me‚ the door closes. When the doctors closed the doors my mouth felt dry‚ my body felt weak‚ and my breathe felt cold and slowly but surely I felt as if a piece of my soul was being ripped out. I had looked at my mother as I was shedding a tear and that one tear down my soft cheek had the trail of a thousand tears behind it. The doctor was telling my parents all of these big words of how my grandfather was dying and me not understanding
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Narrative Essay Draft Compose a rough draft of an essay on the topic of returning to school. Next week‚ you will study specific techniques for narrative writing. You may read ahead if you wish. However‚ this week you are only required to practice the strategies in Chapters 3 and 4 of your text Essentials of College Writing. Based on your readings‚ choose a topic and develop a focus for your essay. Follow the “Structure of the Paper” section in Chapter 3 and the steps of the writing process in
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making their appearance known‚ and I did relatively well‚ though wasn’t totally on my game that day. The next morning‚ I decided to get some extra practice in‚ and knew the waves would still be decent form the previous day. I wasn’t the only one‚ as about a dozen other surfers were already beach side when I showed up around six in the morning. We all paddled out‚ a couple locals
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I was so excited that grandpa was finally taking me fishing. Ever since I saw the monster of a fish in his basement‚ I dreamt that one day we would catch a shark together. Friday night grandpa called me. I sat in the chair with the phone held to my face. I smile stretched from cheek to cheek when he said we were going to go fishing. That night I was hardly able to sleep. The anticipation of this momentous occasion filled my mind with dreams of the fish that I would see swimming in the crystal clear
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For months‚ my parents had been discussing sending my mom‚ little brother and I back to our native country. I was only eight years old then and I did not understand the reason or the quickness to return. On that day‚ August 23rd‚2008‚ we departed to Guatemala‚ leaving behind my father‚ alone. As I landed at the airport‚ I anticipated the feeling of seeing my older sister and other relatives for the first time. Weeks passed by‚ my brother and I wouldn’t stop asking my mother when we would come back
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