first day of practice that week‚ and challenge matches were scheduled to begin. The team went through our daily shuffle of drills‚ conditioning‚ and running to prepare for what was lying ahead. While warming up with my friends‚ I felt great‚ talking about homecoming‚ boys‚ and a variety of irrelevant events. I felt ready. The odds were in my favor and nobody could stop me. Coach called us to a huddle on center court. In her hands‚ she held a list on which the matches for the day were written in a
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start to see how the impact of maternity leave provisions on mothers. The FMLA has required employers to provide employees job-protected and unpaid leave for qualified medical and family reasons. Some qualified medical and family reasons include personal or family illness‚ family military leave‚ adoption‚ pregnancy‚ or the foster care place of a child. The act started off by saying that “…it is important for the development of children and the family unit that fathers and mothers be able to participate
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I remember a few months after I settled into Shanghai‚ my mother took me to a ballet class. Back when I lived in Australia‚ I adored my dance classes‚ so when I found out I was overjoyed. As we headed to the studio‚ I had on a leotard that a parent from Australia had made for me. It was a gorgeous rose pink and its nylon fabric reflected against the light‚ with that a smooth‚ lightweight chiffon skirt wrapped around my waist‚ below‚ typical ballerina tights. I steadily walked into the class in my
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ever get bored of telling a story over and over again? It’s like listening to a song so many times that when it comes on the radio you want to change it but can’t help but leave it where it’s at and sing along. That’s what happens when people ask me about being adopted: what happened? Why did it happen? When did it happen? But being adopted doesn’t ever change no matter how many times I tell the story. I always hear how jealous other people are of my life; “I get stuff handed to me”‚ “I don’t work for
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dad screamed unstoppable into my little sister’s helpless face‚ my mind raced and raced with recent memories and devastating thoughts about what just happened right in front of my eyes. My friend’s dad wasn’t going to stop‚ at least I thought this was never going to end‚ but thankfully it did suddenly when my mom‚ almost to the point of tears from rage just about yelled‚ “Relax‚ let’s hear what happened from one of the girls.” After Ronnie stated with a steady
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Selected personal attributes and sports participation of CAS students in Silliman University in the Intramurals Table of Contents Page List of Tables……………………………………………………………………………. iii List of Figures…………………………………………………………………………… iv ABSTRACT…………………………………………………………………………….. v Chapter I INTRODUCTION……...………………………………………………. 1 Review of Related Literature……………………………………………. 2 Theoretical Framework………………………………………………….. 6 Conceptual Framework…………………………………………………... 8 Statement of the
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Does moving to a new place change everything you ever experience? Moving to a whole new descriptive place is like being pop out of your mothers belly again. Especially‚ when you move to a place where the language‚ the food‚ the people‚ school and everything else is brand new. Those type of situations‚ shape your way of living in a constructive way that will affect the rest of your lifestyle. That’s the same situation that made me have a life change into a whole new story. Almost 15 years ago‚ my
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9/25/13 A few weeks ago‚ it was before an upcoming video game called “Grand Theft Auto 5” was about to be released‚ people on the media were talking about the “Grand Theft Auto” video game series due to the fact that it is considered to be one of the most controversial video game series. Despite its popularity‚ people have been opposed to the series. When people in some types of media were talking about the new “Grand Theft Auto” game‚ which was going to be released on September 2013‚ they’ve mentioned
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looked as if Michelangelo had painted them himself. Her brown eyes were big and almond shaped with lashes so long they often tickled her eye lids. She was a rather short girl; about 5’1 with skinny gangly legs and arms‚ weighing no more than 90 pounds. She was meek and dainty‚ preferring to paint nails while talking about boys. I on the other hand acted like a boy. Growing up with the boys in the neighborhood I became a tomboy at heart. I had a short stature and short legs all equally defined
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Peculiar path In one of the coldest days of winter‚ I opened my eyes to this mysterious world in a private hospital located in the most entertaining city‚ Tehran. Since that day‚ my dreams and aspirations have been shaped in an odd manner in a conflict of values. I grew up in Iran in a traditional Persian family that was also influenced by western values. We were living in the middle of an Islamic Republic with a fundamentalist Islamic ideology that conflicted with my family values. “Our Family
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