What goes around‚ comes around. Who here believes in that phrase? I believe that acts of kindness‚ no matter how big or small‚ cause ripple effects that are perpetually everlasting. A while back‚ I stopped by at the Starbucks drive-by to order my morning crack‚ 4 shots over ice. As I was pulling up to pay‚ the barista said that the woman who just drove away paid for my drink already. The look I had on my face was probably priceless‚ because she said it was my lucky day and the passengers
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This material may be prOb0~ !x copyright law. (Title 17‚ US Code) JAMAICA KINCAID JAMAICA KINCAID 365 On Seeing England for the First Time of the most sinister sides of imperialism is the way it pfomotes the ruling nation S culture and rejects the colony ‘s. The effect of this on an impressionable young person is vividly a2xribed in Jamaica Kincaid’s sensitive and angry autobiographical essay about growing up in Antigua with the dark shadow of England continually looming over her
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When I was twelve years old I experienced something on the football field that I thought would never happen. When we played charlotte here at Perry County. The way this guy looked he a mustache and was sophomore in high school playing jr pro football. Before we took the field my dad told us “good luck” and “go over some plays”. Then we took the field and when we was warming up. He asked for the captions and me‚ Trayton‚ and walker went up there then we won the coin toss so we chose to receive the
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The Time I Got My Dog It was late one summer night‚ long past my bedtime. The moon was so bright it lit up the yard. Somewhere down the river a freighter honked. I got up and looked out the window. It was so foggy I couldn’t see. I laid in my bed‚ wondering if anyone was up. So I crept down the stairs‚ and I saw a light. I heard voices. Then I saw my mom and dad. They were on the computer. I saw pictures of English Mastiffs on the screen. My heart leaped. “Were getting a dog?” I asked
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Learning To Swim For the First Time Swimming is one of my favorite sports. Swimming is one of the best pastimes that people have Learning how to swim is indeed very exciting. People said to be much easier when teaching a young child under the age of five. Swimming is exciting‚ good experience and good for health. First of all‚ swimming is exciting for several reasons. Swimming is exciting because it is completely different from any other sports out there. Swimming is also exciting because of
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As a freshman and sophomore‚ I was a part of the track and field team at my school‚ Emerald High. I competed in many events‚ ranging from the 100m dash to the 4x800m relay. I have had many great achievements‚ like making it to the State Qualifier as a freshman‚ and competing at the South Carolina state championships in the 4x800m‚ placing fifth‚ as only a sophomore. However‚ along with the wins came great losses. A prominent part of my losses was a sprinter from my neighboring town’s track team.
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To any American teen‚ getting their first car is their first big step to freedom. Being able to escape the confinement of your neighborhood without having to ask for a ride everywhere is the greatest feeling on earth. Nothing can touch you when you’re driving to your destination with your windows rolled down and the stereo playing your favorite song on your own set of wheels that you paid for with the money you earned the previous summer. Everybody wants the biggest truck or the fastest car out
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My First Rescue When I was young‚ there wasn’t really much say in the fact that most of my childhood years would be already planned out. How I would be swimming from age 6‚ just as my brother before me‚ my mom before him‚ and my grandfather‚ being a competitive swim coach. What else was set up for me‚ was my life on the beach patrol. Since my dad has sat more lifeguard towers then sand granules on the beach and my mom for five years‚ it was just about set in stone for my first job. Everyone
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challenging thing I’ve ever done in my life thus far was taking Spanish in my first two years of high school. Throughout my whole scholastic career‚ I never really had to try. I came to class‚ did the work‚ and then aced the tests. This history of nonexistent challenge was interrupted by my enrollment into foreign language. For some reason the ideas taught within the class never really resonated with me and for the first time ever I was no longer an “A student.” This took a huge hit to my pride but it made
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An important issue for high schools is their start time. Should they start later or earlier? High schools should start the day later because it allows students to get more sleep‚ it can improve academic performance in school‚ and it helps students not fall asleep in class. If schools start later then students would have more time for sleep and they would be able to get up easier in the morning. This would make is easier for parents to get their kid up in the morning and it would make it easier for
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