My favorite extracurricular activity is the debate team‚ which I first joined as a high school freshman. I moved to a new school that year and was a shy‚ withdrawn young girl who wasn’t quite sure where I would fit in. My guidance counselor‚ Ms. Evans‚ suggested that the debate team might bring me out of my shell and help me to make friends. She had no idea what a monster she was creating. My first few days on the debate team didn’t look promising. I was still painfully shy‚ and was constantly told
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with my friends as if we were a god. The idea of how we had to portray the role of a god or goddess was very fun. I enjoyed playing Calypso very much. At first‚ I was nervous because I did not think I was going to enjoy LARPing because it seemed like a lot of work. During my conversation with the fellow gods‚ I do not think we talked as much as we should. The first group that went was full of energy.The spirit amongst those gods made it seem very easy for them to continue a conversation. In my association
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Fierce Girl Playing Hopscotch by Alice Fulton You sway like a crane to the tunes of tossed stones. I am what you made to live in from what you had: hair matted as kelp‚ bad schools. Oh‚ you will never know me. I wave and you go on playing in the clouds boys clap from erasers. I am the pebble you tossed on the chalked space and war- danced toward‚ one-leg two-leg‚ arms treading air. In this‚ your future‚ waves rechristen the sea after its tiny jeweled lives that hiss “Us Us”
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Thinking As A Hobby "How does one think ?"‚ is a question pondered by many. William Golding has basically broken down thinking into three basic grades of thinking. I believe that Golding ’s purpose of this story is to make the reader secretly put their self into one of the styles of thinking. Golding elaborates on each individual grade of thinking to help the reader class them self into a particular grade. A grade-three thinker is the most common of the grades‚ "Man is a gregarious animal‚ and enjoys
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Hobby is defined as an activity done regularly in one’s leisure time for pleasure. [1] It may be an outdoor or an indoor activity. The benefits of having hobbies and the reasons for having reading as my hobby will be discussed. Hobbies help us to refocus on work. Taking some time to pursue hobbies helps us refocus on work with more energy and enthusiasm. Problems that seem unsolvable and situations that seem hopeless at work suddenly seem manageable after we have stepped away from the situation
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that his or her child would be born “perfect”. Designer babies are morally and ethically wrong‚ it is playing God‚ it is dangerous‚ and people would take it to far. “Playing God” is referred to people that act like God. They are narcissistic and feel like they are superior over others. They put themselves in a position that was only meant for God. In Psalm 139: 13-16 it says “For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast
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Thank you for the recent promotion to the managerial position within this company. My job now is to oversee 50 factory workers. After the first day on the job I discovered that the workers were working past their 8-hour shift. I would like to have a meeting with you regarding this current situation. I recently spoke with the factory supervisor to express my concern‚ because I know this company does not have the funds to pay every worker for overtime. He explained to me that we are “inviting” workers
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Playing the piano is one of my favorite things to do in my spare time. I love to sit down and learn a new arrangement‚ or try to figure out how to play a song I’ve heard without any music. The piano can be such an enjoyable instrument‚ and can be used greatly in the ministry. Though it takes time‚ the sky is the limit when it comes to progressing in your proficiency of the piano; you can always learn more and become more accomplished. One of my favorite piano teachers used to say‚ "Playing the
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age. Golf is one of the most competitive college sports. The college coaches look for athletes who have potential and strong fundamental. To get in college playing golf‚ you also need to focus on you academics. If you want to have coaches to come to one of your tournaments‚ first you need to prove that you are serious about your future playing golf. For a
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April 4‚ 2014 PLAYING VIDEO GAMES & ITS PERKS Please Use Responsibly Technology is all around us in the year 2014‚ electronic media is part of everyday life from infancy to adulthood‚ is this a good or a bad thing‚ it is all a matter of getting the facts straight then putting it into perspective. Media tools available for productivity and entertainment purposes are common culprits of publicly known negative outcomes of video game enthusiasts as well as obesity in recent headlines concerning the
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