Just Average The pressure was on. After months of practice‚ the state basketball finals had finally came. It would take place in his hometown‚ Houston‚ Texas. Jack Jo was ready. Jack was a thirteen year old eighth-grader‚ he was a full time basketballer. No one messed with Jack‚ ever. But that day at practice‚ his whole life changed. “Hey‚ J-Jo‚ Pass the ball!” Alex‚ Jack’s best friend‚ shouted. Everyone called Jack‚ “J-Jo”. In basketball‚ he was known for being a one-man team‚ but he was a
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The dark rings under Issac’s eyes showed his fatigue as a man in with a checklist checked the damages that were done the previous night. It was strange to say the least‚ a door being knocked down and split in two‚ a window being blown out along with most of the wall‚ and it seemed like someone that ran a lawnmower in the garden. And that wasn’t even going into how the perfect design walls now had cracks. The older man sighed‚ as a group of men continued to examine the damages that were done. Though
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but rather looked above Shiloh and into a far away place. Shiloh had never seen her act this way before and wasn’t sure what to do or say to her. "So‚ what exactly’s been eatin’ you up about these dreams? They seem just fine to me." "Well‚ other than their wings‚ they seemed to look like your average‚ every-day animals: cats‚ dogs‚ and so on. They were a bit sad and didn’t talk much‚ but even then I couldn’t understand what they were sayin’. And then there was the place they took me to. It was
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“On the tips of their toes‚ they hurried across scorching sand. Elizabeth watched her pick a yellow fruit as she gathered one for herself‚ “Let’s set under the shade of that tree over there.” Hungry Tiffany cracked open her fruit‚ began eating without saying another word. “You did well.” A smile bursts forth from a mouth full of fruit‚ “How long do you think we’ll be on this island?” “No way to tell‚ hopefully not long.” A short rest‚ stomachs satisfied they continue. They stroll close to the edge
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Justice‚ the One and Only “Gong Zheng Lian Ming”‚ the four words which mean honesty and uprightness‚ are hung up high on a horizontal wooden board across the doorframe of the courtroom. An official‚ with a serious look‚ sits sedately behind a table covered by red cloth at the far end of the room. A suspect is forcefully dragged into the center of the room. Shaking with fear‚ he is asked to kneel down in front of the official. “Bang!” The official strikes the table and here the interrogation begins
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Pulp Fiction was originally magazines with tales about bigger than life characters solving crimes or rescuing a damsel in distress. The stories were written on “pulp” which was the cheapest paper available in the 1930’s and 40’s. The low price and exotic new stories drew in readers like moths to a flame. The stories were filled with violence‚ risqué scenes with women‚ and drug use all too off the wall to be published by the major outlets of the time. But some authors like H. P. Lovecraft and Ray
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Marigolds In the short story Marigolds‚ the theme that was most evident to me was that only when you really need something is when you realize its importance. The setting in which the story Marigolds takes place is a very small‚ poor‚ neighborhood. As told by the narrator it was‚ “When I think of the home town of my youth‚ all that I seem to remember is dust—the brown‚ crumbly dust of late summer—arid‚ sterile dust that gets into the eyes and makes them water‚ gets into the throat and between the
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wealth4.Write a story ending with: “...we were glad as it was finally over”.5.Smiles | | | PERAK | ReportThe causes of the problem and suggestions to overcome disciplinary cases in your school | 1.An ideal holiday2.Social networking brings more harm than good. Discuss3.Benefits of saving when you are young4.Write a story that begins with: “I woke up and could not remember what had happened”5.Choices | With close reference to the novel that you have read‚ write on one character that shows determination
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What remained was a line of around fifty or so. George sighed as he walked to the first one. “What’s your name son?” He asked a boy who couldn’t be much older than 18. “Martin‚ sir.” George turned to the crowd on the other side‚ “Does anyone know Martin?” A few seconds passed. There was no response. “I do‚” a voice finally called out. “I was a friend of his father before he passed last year.” George patted
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“Strangers are just friends waiting to happen.” -Anonymous When I first started Hardaway‚ I thought that I would have classes with everybody I knew in eighth grade. Things somehow did not go that way. I ended up not knowing anyone in my classes. I felt alone and by myself. I was too shy to speak to anyone and scared I was going to be judged if I said the wrong thing. In my first class‚ I was embarrassed because I was the only one late‚ and I sat in the wrong chair. I did not understand what the
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