chilling with my female friends out on the football field until some boys approached us. They gave us a harangue about how they could easily demolish us in a game of tug-of-war‚ of course we were in disagreement so they challenged. And with us being girl and them annoying‚ we accepted. With intentions on actually winning‚ the girls team somehow came
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right as I was out of the water. I was skiing‚ the biggest smile went across my face as I looked up to see my grandpa pumping his fist with joy and my grandma had a big smile on her face also. At that point I wasn’t even thinking about skiing I was just thinking about how proud I was and how awesome I felt. From that moment on‚ every time I do something that takes a little courage I think back to that time when I first got up on skis. That helps get me into that “I can do it” mindset and I keep
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were not flagged with a penalty‚ then that was just part of the game. Usually‚ it was just a wake up call to let the other player know just whom he was playing and to watch out because we were here to win. I should have been prepared for what was about to happen. We would have done the same‚ if we were in their position. With just a little over nine minutes’ left to play in the third quarter. Carbon had the ball on their own 36-yard line‚ 3rd down and 8 yards to go for the first down. I was lined
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that made me passionate about the game of softball. I am very grateful and thankful that he was in my life as a coach; He taught me different techniques to make me a better hitter and a overall softball player. I was very upset when it was the last year playing for my coach. All the girls went off to different high schools and the last time we met we all were sad but we enjoyed all of the years we spent together. Coach worked very hard for us and I will never forget about all that he did. He will
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matter. In about a month or so‚ I had to move to New York. I was torn apart‚ I worked so hard to build a good‚ genuine life just to hear that I had to start over. As I grew older‚ It became harder to make friends. Drama started to approach my life and I started to get more miserable day by day. It was me‚ me against enemies‚ me against friends. Somehow they both seemed to become one. Over the years‚ I learned to be flexible you have to adapt to your surroundings. You have to forget about your past
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PART I ESSAY Origin of Essay History of essay as a literature form has begun in 1580 when Michel de Montaigne has published the book “Les Essais”. In French term “essais” means “try” or “experience”. It was a book written because of boredom; it did not have a distinct structure or plan‚ and consisted of individual chapters‚ formally unrelated to each other. Montaigne suggested his literary tests in form of initial essay‚ highlighting their subjective‚ relative‚ and inconclusive sides. In fact
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After retaking the LASSI I have noticed a considerable amount of improvement as well as regression. In the beginning of the year‚ I vowed to myself that I would become a better student. I wanted to maximize all of my abilities in order to be successful. So‚ after I took my first LASSI and had my talk with Mac‚ I began to implement new strategies meant to help me accomplish my goal. First I had to deal with my anxiety. In past years I suffered with a lot of anxiety while learning math. I used to love
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a kid named Tyrone Lamar. He really likes to play airsoft‚ even though he gets really angry when he gets shot. Tyrone is in 8th grade. He really likes chicken nuggets and french fries from McDonald’s. Tyrone and his friends were talking one day about going to the local airsoft field in the woods. “Sure! It is perfect weather for airsoft today‚” Tyrone said. “Let’s go right after school‚” his friend Jack said. Sure enough‚ as soon as Tyrone got out of school‚ he went home‚ changed into his airsoft
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Since its beginning over a century ago‚ basketball has evolved from a simple form of exercise with only a few rules to a highly competitive and complex national sport. Basketball was invented by James Naismith at a YMCA in Springfield‚ Massachusetts‚ in 1891 (Fox 11-13). It began as an activity for the “‘ball-game’ void” months of winter (Hanson 65)‚ and Naismith had five standards for the game. He wanted a ball that could be handled by a player’s hands; no one was to run with the ball‚ and anyone
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from happening again. As they say‚ “those who forget history are doomed to repeat it‚” .On the other hand‚ is raising awareness really helping? Sure it is‚ people are now more aware of their surroundings and are able to sense when something bad is about to happen‚ but that does not mean it will not happen
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