Tyler Deeter Mr. Alexander English11‚ Period 2 8 May 2014 Basketball History James Naismith does the name mean anything? Well it should‚ because of Naismith we have the game basketball. Naismith was born in Almont‚ Ontario‚ and was educated at McGill University and Presbyterian College in Montreal. Naismith was the physical education teacher at McGill University from 1887 to 1890 and at Springfield College in Springfield‚ Massachusetts 1890 to 1895 (Bellis). It wasn’t until 1890 that Naismith
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Rough draft OMM The in the novel Of Mice and Men John Steinbeck demonstrates the idea that everyone has an American dream. The story portrays many characters that have dreams that they are always chasing for. George and Lennie‚ Crooks‚ and Curly’s wife all have a dream of something that Steinbeck describes as impossible to achieve. Thought the character of Curly’s wife‚ Steinbeck illustrates how she was never able to obtain her dream
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Rough Draft Andy Truong 11/11/14 Honors ENG 111 Students everywhere may feel pressured into doing well in their course classes in order to receive a higher grade. It may not seem that way in high school but to a college student‚ grades mean everything. Grades are used as motivation for the student to strive for success and in order to be a success‚ they have to work hard for it. But how much can that student take in order to reach the grade that they want? For a college student‚ grades are a vital
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Comparison Essay Rough Draft When I was young I had no interest in playing sports or going outside just to run around and waste my energy and get all sweaty and stinky. Instead I enjoyed staying indoors and embarking on interstellar missions through the cosmos. Of course I do not mean that I literally did this but I did play video games‚ allowing me to do things that no normal person could hope to do in their lifetime. Now there still are limitations to this and by no means should you not go outside
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Rough Draft: Jeffrey Immelt Jeffrey Immelt‚ a genius with the mind of a warrior. During his rise‚ Jeffrey was named CEO when the US was hit hard by the US financial crisis of 2008-09‚ and 9/11 terrorist attacks. Jeffrey is a man in which he decided to make a stand and started looking for ways to grow his company. He decided to remodel the internal systems in the company‚ and decided to look mostly on long-term economic trends in the US. Today‚ Jeffrey’s strategy has change General Electric‚ into
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Essay 2 Rough Draft As Archduke Franz Ferdinand heirs his throne along with his wife Sophie during the summer of June 28‚ they were shockingly assassinated by a Serbian native Gravilo Princip. This occurrence led to which we all know as World War 1. This incident struck worldwide as to where many countries took notice as established to declare war. The first country to do so was Austria-Hungary declaring on Serbia in July 28. Different countries declared war amongst each other which continued
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Short Story Rough Draft “Today is January 17‚ 1452.”‚ announced the king. “Our three kingdoms and my staff are here for one reason…” Princes Maddie was seated in her throne and her mind was wondering. “ … for my daughter’s marriage.” The king continued. Beautiful princes Maddie was only paying attention to Cedric‚ a place slave. Maddie and Cedric were silently mouthed words to each other. When Cedric mouthed a joke‚ Maddie accidentally let out a laugh. “Maddie!” Yelled her father. “Pay
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Rough Draft I believe I have grown in communicating ideas because before I would get shy and nervous when I used to go in front of the class to present a project or assignment. I also used to strider a lot. Now when I present in front of the class I’m kind of shy‚nervous but not as much as before. In my experience with the biology project I had to present to pre-k. It was kind of hard because we had to explain everything so that the little kids would understand what we were presenting to them. When
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Rough Draft Thousands upon thousands of lives have been taken due to the huge demand for drugs crossing from Mexico into the United States. The murder rate is extremely high‚ and has caused so much chaos between both countries because of this. Drug dealers in the United States contact drug dealers in Mexico‚ and vice versa‚ to cross the drugs between borders illegally. A high percentage of the time‚ either of the drug dealers from both sides will have a scape goat swim the border while carrying
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Personal Responsibility Rough Draft Michele Lewis Meredith Villa University of Phoenix June 4‚ 2012 Is personal responsibility a bygone characteristic of our mothers and fathers? Sometimes‚ it can feel like this is the case. When an individual has problems plaguing them in their lives‚ many blame luck‚ circumstances‚ or someone else. Many times‚ these issues have been caused by the individual themselves. We can only hope that‚ as time goes on‚ we as a society can realize personal responsibility
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