My first football season By: Dylan Jackson Today was the day to pick up my football equipment. I could not hold in my excitement‚ it was a Saturday and my first practice was on a Tuesday. I was outside chucking the ball in the air and catching it when my mom came out. “It’s time to go‚” she said “OK” I exclaimed as I dropped the football and sprinted to the van. When my mom and I arrived I tried on my gear and left to sign up‚ the guy at the signup place signed me up he gave me a football and a
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I fell in love with running at a very young age in my life. From the substantial amount of races I had on playgrounds all the way to the never-ending races I had behind bleachers during my brother’s baseball games‚ running gave me clarity‚ serenity‚ and exhilaration. Unfortunately‚ during my seventh grade year‚ this came to a sudden halt. I found out I was diagnosed with Sever’s disease which is basically inflammation of the growth plate along with microfractures in the growth plate as well. Since
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I hear my mom’s car coming into the garage.She comes up the stairs‚tells my sister (Angelique) and I that she needs to talk to us in a minute.I feel nervous thinking that I’m in trouble ‚ but no she comes in the room and says we’re moving!What!She says she and my other sister are moving to Sacramento‚and I am moving somewhere else with Angelique.We are going to be out of the house by Jan 3‚2017 and we have to start packing.I started to cry because my mom may not be my real mom‚but she’s been here
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I was lucky enough to attend an extremely privileged private prep high school on the main line‚ and coming to Temple University was definitely a culture shock for me. It is not so much the urban environment‚ as it is the diverse student body that I am exposed to every day in my classes. Temple has given me the opportunity to take classes like Kids in Crisis that serve to shed light on difficult topics like racism‚ discrimination‚ and privilege that I was never exposed to at my high school‚ and
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I used to live in Mexico‚ I lived there for about 12 years‚ I was racing in a Hispanic culture my whole life. My dad was constantly visiting us going back and forth from his job in the US and Mexico where my mom‚ sister‚ brother and myself used to live. Once we were older my parents decided to move to the US and leave everything in Mexico. I was leaving my friends‚ culture‚ traditions‚ and the place where I grew. Moving wasn’t easy‚ especially because my dad knew just enough English to communicate
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Growing up can be challenging even with the ideal surroundings. Your teen years are even more puzzling because you seem to be stuck in between being a child and an adult. Throw in not having a father or mother around and life gets difficult. The year 2001 was a difficult year for my family and the nation. My life growing up wasn’t picture perfect‚ but in one very long month I learned that kindness from those around will help you endure and survive. Moreover‚ I still remember the day my mom had
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Ready to fight like a starving mountain chicken underneath those Friday night lights‚ we stared down the opponent. With sweat in my eyes‚ I yelled‚“ Ya gotta want it.” We all knew if we couldn’t beat Decora‚ all hopes of being district champions would be gone. “Just a normal game‚” I told myself‚ as we took that excruciating long bus ride down to our final game of the season. As of then we were five and two; nevertheless‚ still looking for that final win against a team we’ve never had to play. Rumor
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The achievement gap is the difference in academic performance between groups of students. Groups of students like socioeconomic status‚ race and ethnicity‚ and gender. You can see the achievement gap in grade levels‚ standardized-testing‚ and course selection. The achievement gap is used to show the different performance gaps between different groups with African-American and Hispanic students‚ being at the lower part of the scale‚ compared to non-Hispanic white peers. There is a similar academic
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people to rescue people who have become lost in the wilderness‚ or who have been buried by avalanches. Finally‚ dogs show their intelligence by reacting to the emotions of their owners. They understand many shifts in emotion that their owners may experience‚ and often respond appropriately. It is easy to see why dogs are acknowledged as intelligent pets. Furthermore‚ dogs are wonderful pets for people because there are all different kinds of dogs‚ and as people all need different things from a pet
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The Pros And Cons Of Fitting In In the real world today‚ people from every background have faced the reality of social life and where they believe they would thrive the most. Although we think we are always right in any given situation‚ it never really turns out that way and encounters with fitting in and the decisions made to be included in a certain social group acknowledge the fact that sometimes we are wrong. A quote by Rick Warren states‚ “Those who follow the crowd usually get lost in it
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