A flying flag catches your eye; a group of dancers are spinning and tossing six foot flags‚ wooden rifles‚ and metal sabers in a sport called colorguard. I am part of the colorguard‚ as I have been for my entire middle school and high school life. With the qualities this activity teaches me and with the opportunities this activity gives me‚ colorguard became the most important activity to represent who I am and what my future can be. Colorguard is a sport that requires leadership‚ diligence‚
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“Come on Haley are you going to go paintballing with us or not? “ my mother invited with slight anger in her voice. “Yes I will go with you but it’s on you if I get hurt.” I jokingly respond. I made the choice to go paintballing because I’ve always wanted the experience to go and to prove to my mother that it’s dangerous. We drive down a narrow gravel road to a big grassy field with a small shack near the parking lot. I take a nice deep breath through my nose and smell the country fresh crisp air
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Kid in the U.S. spend hours upon hours on school work‚ hours more on homework and yet more on music lessons. Terribly boring. Right? Actually kids here do plenty of thing that are awesome. We like to play with friends‚ family and also just play by themselves. We enjoy doing things such as electronics‚ sports‚ and‚ of course‚ movies. Who says us kids don’t know how to have fun. I like to play with friends a lot. We like to play sports such as baseball‚ basketball and soccer. My favorite is baseball
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1 We loaded up the trunk of the 450 SL Mercedes; it was large enough to hold all of our diving gear‚ and to my surprise‚ the three of us were more than comfortable in the champagne convertible. I certainly was. Mark‚ my older brother‚ was in the front seat‚ even so‚ the better view of Giselle was all mine and – damn‚ if she did not look hot driving that car. Only Southern California could offer the fantasies that came to life for us on a regular basis. We had backstage passes to rock concerts
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Type of Building If I were a building‚ I would be a Skyscraper. The reason is that skyscrapers are tall‚ strong‚ and unique. I am tall‚ strong and unique. I am not only strong physically‚ but also emotionally‚ which means that when im having a bad day‚ I don’t cry about it‚ I suck it up and go on with my day. So‚ if I were to be a building‚ I would be one of the amazing skyscrapers. Song “Skyscraper‚” a song by Demi Lovato‚ is so empowering and it helps young people to stand up to bullies. I love
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Your educational‚ research‚ and/or employment experience as it relates to your continued training in research. I have completed General Chemistry‚ Organic Chemistry I and General Physics I‚ along with their respective laboratory sections‚ as well as an Environmental Chemistry course. I will have completed Organic Chemistry II and General Physics II by the end of this current semester. I am working as a stockroom assistant in the Ohio Wesleyan Chemistry Department. It is my responsibility to prepare
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Unlikely Friendships Recently‚ I have taken into account certain relationships in my life and how much they affect and mean to me. One relationship in particular has greatly affected me. My parent’s two black Labrador Retrievers‚ Mookie‚ who is thirteen and Mya‚ who is eleven‚ (91 and 77 in human years) whose time on this earth is limited. While they are both not my pets‚ I cherish them both. As I’ve grown‚ I’ve been wondering about how life will be when they are not around. They came
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Becoming Airborne Lub-dub‚ inhale. Lub-dub‚ exhale. My heart was pounding as if I had been running on a treadmill for a straight hour. Sometimes it pounded through my brain‚ other times out my throat. My stomach was clenched and buried somewhere near my ankles. It was hard to breathe. It was hard to breathe because my biggest fear was standing right in front of me. And the stupid thing is‚ my fear stood still. “One ride on the Wild One‚ Monica. Just one ride and you’ll get the funnel cake you
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I casually walked down the stairs‚ and I saw something on the table. Confused at what it was‚ I walked closer. It was a shiny‚ small‚ white slip of paper. When I got closer‚ I realized it was a ticket to the Bulls game. My head exploded like a balloon. My face lit up like a light bulb because of how happy I was. I never went to a Bulls game before and I was really excited. I liked the Bulls a lot and I had a lot of Bulls clothing except I never really watched any of the games and I didn’t know many
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A lot of people I wouldn’t say that they’re racially insensitive they just don’t know better. I think that’s one of the things that I’m really thankful that I come from New York and that I grew up with all of these strange cultures around me. I think that helps me understand people better. Yeah. Paxton: You talked a bit about how you were located really close to the projects. Now did you have friends in the projects? David: Yeah. Oh yeah. Oh man. Josiah Daniels. My good friend Josiah Daniels
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