In Felisa Roger’s article How I Learned to Love Football‚ Roger discussed how her dislike for sports changed all together with when she had a reason to care about it more. She provided a great background when explaining why she changed her mind about disliking sports‚ and used a great variety of detail while explaining it. She talked about how as she was growing up she had a strong dislike of all sports. She talked about how she was never good at playing any sports in gym class and always hated
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I suppose if one were to look at the etymology of the word “team”‚ one would arrive at its proto-Germanic derivation‚ Taumaz‚ which signifies the act of pulling or to draw together. These are words that illustrate cohesion. A team consists of a collection of individuals put together to form or seek out a common purpose as a whole. Thomas Edison was once asked why he needed twenty-one assistants; he simply responded “If I could solve all the problems myself‚ I would...”‚ a response that elicits
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Why We Love Football It’s the most fun‚ most competitive‚ team-oriented sport in the earth. We would do anything to win a game. Ladies love us guys want to be us. Everybody loves the game‚ people are always playing it‚ it is the soul of the universe. When you put on the pads‚ lace up the spikes‚ and buckle your helmet you walk onto the field and nothing else matters. You will forget if you failed a test‚ fought with a friend‚ or lost some money…. Because for the next few hours your day will
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To my love Emmett Today was the day I was going to tell my best friend since 1st grade how I felt about him as more than a friend. Maybe it was time that I expressed my feelings towards him‚ and stop being a so called whimp. I moved from Mississippi when I was 10 year old and leaving Emmett was even harder. We were both raised in Chicago and we had always been together‚ even our families were close. This summer Emmett will be visiting soon for his two week vacation with his relatives‚ and had called
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A memoir from Lac Su‚ "I love Yous Are for white People" " I love Yous Are for White People" is a memoir about Lac’s journey and his family immigrated to America from Vietnam‚ after the Vietnam’s War. Lac’s family had to deal with cultural shock‚ language barrier‚ and difficulty finding jobs. As a Vietnamese immigration myself‚ I feel like Lac’s experiences live through me because there were a lot of similarities in his memoir compared to my past experiences with my parents. Lac’s family and
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Running Head: P.S. I LOVE YOU 1 An Analysis of P.S. I Love You Tammy McDaniel ENG 225 Jonathan Beller August 15‚ 2011 P.S. I LOVE YOU 2 An Analysis of P.S. I Love You The 2007 film‚ P.S. I Love You‚ is a film about learning to let go and move on with your life after the death of a spouse. The Film stars Hilary Swank‚ Million Dollar Baby and Gerard Butler‚ 300. It also stars Lisa Kudrow as Denise‚ Gina Gershon as Sharon‚ James
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One of the aphorisms in this novel that I love and applies to me is‚ “If you really want it‚ then you’ll make your dreams happen.” It relates to me because I’m trying to be a foreign exchange student next year. It’s been a goal I’ve had for awhile‚ and so many people try to tell me I can’t do it. I’ve set my mind to doing it‚ and I think everyone should think this way and try to achieve their goals. People should aim high in life and never stop until they reach the top. Anything is possible if you
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I didn’t always like going to school in the morning; in fact‚ I used to hate going to school. I always found it boring‚ useless‚ and a waste of time. I always asked my self‚ “when will I ever need to do/use this outside of this classroom?” The process of getting up early‚ getting ready and then sitting at school for seven hours a day Monday through Friday didn’t appeal to me one bit. Little by little‚ I had unknowingly programmed myself into thinking that it was such a burden to go‚ that I eventually
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How Do I Love Thee Elizabeth Barrett Browning asks‚ “How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.” (439). There are innumerable ways you are able to love to another individual. Each line of the poem answers her original question‚ and then goes on to prove (with evidence) that her love is indeed real. Browning describes and expresses her distinct feelings very literally about the one she loves in this poem. She explains love by listing and describing many of the ways that she knows how to love and compares
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Dear. Mr. Lac Su I would like to start off by saying Thank You very much Mr. Lac Su‚ Reading your book brought to surface many of the occurrences in my life that I have found myself hiding from. You told my story seen through your eyes but from a different environment‚ I honestly thought I was alone in this world until I read your book. From moving from your home land‚ to being bullied and picked on for your accent‚ losing a friend through tragedy and having to meet new friends in a
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