“EEEEERRRRRRR!” “Let’s go to the locker room and talk‚” Coach Germann said. I stood up and walked down the stairs to the court. The team and I went to the locker room like we always do at the end of the third quarter of the girl’s varsity game. Our opponent? The number one team in the state of Kansas‚ the Hanover Wildcats. With only two seniors‚ our team had a record that you don’t exactly brag about. We were missing a few players because of grades or being out of town. Being a freshman
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The Places You’ll Go I think Dr.Seuss said it best when he said “The more you read‚ the more things you will know‚ the more that you learn‚ the more places you’ll go.” My introduction to literature started as many other childrens’ did. My day would begin with an enthusiastic high pitched red muppet‚ otherwise known as Elmo‚ teaching me the ABC’s and end shortly after sunset with my mother reading me fairy tales about princesses and talking animals. By nightfall‚ the princess always ended up with
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class staring at the green walls that surrounded me. I was feeling closed in while waiting to see if I passed the FCAT was scary‚ and I was feeling nervous. "All of this for a diploma?" I thought. And all I hear is my teacher rambling about "you need your diploma to go to college!" "I didn’t really grasp the importance of it at first." "I was pacing around‚ It felt like I was sweating blood. The wait was killing me! Knowing that I didn’t do too good on the test
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obstacles along the way‚ but at the end they gain what they want and they meet their goals. One of my goals is to be able to have the privilege to go to college and be successful in a career of my choice. Nobody in my family has gone to college and I would like to be the first one attending a college or a university. My parents have always encouraged me to go to college and choose the career or job I like and not be like them where they don’t have a choice and they have to work in whatever job even if
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NARRATIVE ESSAY ABOUT A DANGEROUS SITUATION I’m going to talk about a time when I was in a dangerous situation. When I was ten years old two guys mugged me‚ they threatened me with a gun and I was so scared I remember thinking they were going to hurt me or even kill me. My father had a restaurant and he needed smaller bills to give change he could not leave the restaurant‚ so he sent me to buy some groceries. On my way to the groceries store two guys told me to come closer I refused and walked
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My uncle announces that the display about to begin. There is about 25 artillery shells in a big crate with lots of wires that are connected to a remote that accesses them. As soon as he starts with the first artillery shell the wires all began to spark. Instead of each one going at a timed rate they
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In my case‚ it all occurred on Tuesday‚ June 9th‚ 2009‚ it was suppose to be one of the happiest days of my life‚ but in fact‚ it turned out to be the sourest experiences I had to go through. Going back through the memories‚ I began the day as usual‚ waking up in the morning‚ having breakfast‚ and getting ready to go to school with all my friends to collect the results of the Benhaddouch 2 baccalaureate. I remember hearing the door bell‚ my friend Simon has just arrived to pick
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Response 1 In the narrative told by Specialist Haywood T. Kirkland‚ one understands that after experiencing traumatic events‚ relationships with society and others can be permanently affected. To begin‚ Kirkland goes into detail about certain experiences as a civilian up until the day he was drafted‚ experiences he claims that “freaked him out‚” however‚ didn ’t scare him yet (92). He only experiences signs of emotional distress when he’s put into situations where he has little control or inescapably—no
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NATIONAL MISSION FOR A GREEN INDIA Under the National Action Plan on Climate Change PRESENTATION TO THE PRIME MINISTER’S COUNCIL ON CLIMATE CHANGE February 22nd ‚ 2011 Forest Cover Map of India Very Dense Forest Dense Forest Open Forest Scrub Non Forest Water Bodies District Boundaries 2 Process: A Transparent and Inclusive Approach • Draft document put on website for comments on 23rd May 2010 • The draft made available in 11 languages • 7 Regional Consultations over a month
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Dahl 1 To Go Green or Not to Go Green? Very few people know the real definition of organic food‚ and most just call it “natural”. However‚ farmer J.I. Rodale describes it as: A system whereby a fertile soil is maintained by applying nature’s own law of replenishing it- that is‚ the addition and preservation of humus‚ the use of organic matter instead of chemical fertilizers and of course the making of a compost pile.(Schultz 35) In short‚ the difference between organic and non-organic
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