It was the beginning of February of my senior year in high school. I had been conditioning for months leading up to tryouts for the baseball team so I was in the best shape of my life and I was confident. The past three years before that I was put on the JV team because the coaches didn’t like my “attitude”‚ so my senior year I was determined to get a starting spot on the varsity team no matter what. During tryouts the coaches would always look at me like I didn’t belong and would whisper things
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Our society is full of battles with malevolence. A world without conflicts and hostility is unnatural‚ because human beings are not able to live harmoniously and peacefully‚ we fight to survive‚ and we are simply just imperfect. Where there are people‚ there’s war. Human beings aren’t able to live harmoniously and peacefully. We are born as selfish and greedy creatures‚ leaching off each other in secret. Proud‚ inconsiderate‚ and rebellious traits barely describe our inner selves. We are always
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lies at the bottom of the ocean about 12‚500 feet down. This was such a tragedy in history. Everyone was in shock and were in so much grief that the question‚ who was responsible for the sinking of the Titanic was not asked at the time. But today researchers go back in time and ponder the thought. Who was really responsible for the sinking of the great Titanic? Some say it was Bruce Ismay the owner of the white star line ship company. He was accused of pressuring the Captain to go faster even when there
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Can terrorism ever be justified? Since the turn of the century‚ the postmodern world has seen increasing levels of political‚ cultural‚ military and socio-economic tumult‚ much of this due to a series of terrorist attacks on American soil and the resultant waging of Washington ’s “War on Terror”. Consequently‚ the nature of terrorism has come under intense media focus and is subject to immense debate‚ especially on its justification. Before engaging in such a debate one must first identify terrorism
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Oldham in Lincoln Nebraska. It was a small 2-bedroom home with a large backyard. My grandparents bought their home as a young couple with two small children. They soon added 2 more children‚ one of them being my mother. Every holiday and family gathering was held at my grandparent’s house. Everything from birthdays to Christmas the whole family gathered. My grandparents had 4 children and 13 grandchildren. Somehow‚ we all seemed to fit in this small home. There was a lot of fun to be had at their
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Reality of Happily ever After And they lived happily ever after‚ a common ending to almost every bed time story and fairytale. Each fallacy is filled with stories about prince and princesses‚ finding true love‚ and the good overcoming the evil. These high expectations fill the heads of young girls‚ leading them to believe that everyone will find true love and everything will always work out. In the real world not everyone finds their one true love‚ and not everyone lives happily ever after. Each of
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Gabriel Josipovici’s scathing tone throughout What Ever Happened to Modernism refreshes readers who find most literature hollow and the modern social landscape overly accepting. Near the end of a prolific career in both fiction and non-fiction‚ Josipovici writes from the perspective of a well-read scholar in his field; his vast knowledge provides him with endless opportunities for analysis. His masterful command of language and his interpretive genius are both a blessing and a curse‚ however. These
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In this article written by Jared Diamond entitled “Race Without Color”‚ he explains about the difference of race in humanity and how humans should not be classified that way because there are too many variations. Depending on how a person looks‚ they would be put into a certain race categories such as “African blacks‚” “whites‚” “Mongoloids‚” “aboriginal Australians”‚ and “Khoisans.” However‚ this classification of humans only affect how we view others; it does not involve our senses or who we are
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Growing without Parents Sometimes I don’t understand why people take their parents for granted. I see that not everybody appreciate what parents do in order to get what you want or what are your needs. I just don’t understand why? When I was a kid‚ I didn’t have the chance nor the opportunity of having my parents ask me what I want or what I need‚ I didn’t even have the chance of knowing parents. I did not had that feeling of being loved‚ that feeling that if something happens to me‚ there is someone
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The Best Worst Trip Ever. I’ve never been a fan of road trips very much‚ but when it involves getting a free car‚ who could say no? It all had started with me visiting my family in Las Vegas. My grandpa’s best friend loved the fact that I was going into the Navy‚ and as a graduation present‚ felt I had deserved a car. So my dad had agreed to go on the road trip from Nevada‚ to Michigan‚ with me. A two day trip he wanted to make it‚ but my dad and I have never had the greatest luck. I had felt that
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