Noah Dent steps up to the plate‚ waiting for a pitch that could possibly decide the game. He concentrates solely on the ball and watches the pitcher wind up and launch the pitch‚ knowing that the game was on him. He swings and makes contact‚ a grounder for a routine out was the outcome‚ giving Excelsior Charter of Victorville the victory over the Santa Clarita Christian Cardinals in the CIF-Southern Section Division VII championship game. There are no replay buttons in life‚ but at that moment in
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VIOLENCE IN PLAYGROUNDS AND HOW TO CURB THE MENACE Violence is on the rise in playgrounds and there are always young children who stand defenseless in the face of their peers‚ who may happen to be bigger than them and as such take the advantage to pick on the little ones. A report by the Federal School Authorities in Cairo have showed there has been a 70% increase in bullying report cases in 2005 playground‚ compared to the 15% recorded in 2002.this vividly shows a tremendous increase
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Kaylee Taylor Mukherjee English 1113 March 27‚ 2013 Bullying has been around for centuries and is found in all human cultures across the world. Bullying is a natural behavior; it is part of the human condition. No matter where you go there will always be groups or individuals that single out other groups or individuals. Bullying is used as a form of showing dominance or social status. Bullying consists of spreading rumors‚ attacking someone
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With films like Black Prison-White Playground‚ there is a shift from being represented by outsiders to having Aboriginals represent themselves. The fact that the filmmaker is an Aboriginal means that Black Prison-White Playground has a significant level of credibility and authenticity‚ as it is a film about Aboriginals‚ by an Aboriginal. Thus‚ if it is a film about indigenous people‚ having an indigenous filmmaker would make the film more real than any other external representations of the indigenous
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2 mothers in A HDB Playground -Arthur Yap ‘2 Mothers in A HDB Playground’ by Arthur Yap captures the Singaporean ethos while giving it a very global feel that satirizes the uniquely human vices namely‚ boastfulness and pomposity. The signs of affluence and climbing the social ladder is a modern phenomenon and plagues the century with an aftermath of restlessness and dissatisfaction. The controversial tone of the poem serves to dramatize a day to day setting while ridiculing the mad haste to
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6. Devil’s Playground As soon as they reached the hilltop and the view opened before them‚ she gasped in awe‚ eyes wide in surprise. "Oh‚ Chakotay‚ it’s perfection!" Natural hot springs‚ dozens of them in different shapes and sizes‚ sprinkled along the gentle slopes descending towards the glittering ocean. Shore leaves planet-side were usually nice‚ but this‚ this was her personal paradise brought into existence. "Our gracious hosts recommended a few sights and this one sounded like a place you
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When you’re a kid you would never think of almost dying at sesame place‚ but that’s exactly what happened to me. As my family and I entered the park‚ my eyes grew with amazement as I looked around me. There were zooming roller coasters‚ families laughing‚ toddlers running around with a sugar high from all the cotton candy they ate‚ and especially the terrifying‚ enormous‚ gray and blue water slide‚ I looked at the slide with fear and excitement in my eyes. I knew right then and there that I was
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We slowly inched our way up to the edge of the cliff. Peering over the ridge‚ we gasped at the far drop to the water. We quickly scrambled back a few steps‚ until we were a safe distance away from the edge. “Are you girls ready to jump?” he asked. We simultaneously turned and looked at each other. I saw the fear and doubt in her eyes‚ but I also saw the determination masked behind those emotions‚ as I am sure she also saw in my eyes. We locked hands‚ our hearts pounding in our chests a mile a minute
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Rumspringa‚ defined as “running around” is a time when the Amish youth at the age of 16 decide whether to remain in or leave their community and faith. During this time teens area allowed to enter and lead a life in the “English” world and participate in partying‚ drinking‚ illegal drugs and pre-marital sex. During rumpsringa teens are exposed to a myriad of things that they normally would not have been able to in their regular Amish life. This stage of their life highly affects the cultural identity
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Should there be a lifeguard at the pool? I think that there should always be a lifeguard at a pool‚if there was not one at a pool what would happen?I think that because you could drown very quickly by falling in or losing oxygen. You might ask‚” Well how could you lose oxygen while swimming?” You could be swimming and water could fill your lungs and you would lose oxygen. You could also fall into the pool if someone accidentally bumps into you and you might not be able to save yourself.This is
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