for the game across the globe excels over all other sports. Over my career‚ baseball has taught me many things‚ and overall has made me a better person. As player‚ I began playing in House League with many other kids just like me who had a passion for the game. This sport gave me the opportunity to build friendships with children who had many of the same interest as me. I believe in order to have a strong friendship; it is important to have similar interest. Therefore you can share opinions and enjoy
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This gives us all an abstract and often incomplete idea of what literacy truly is. I have struggled with the idea of literacy‚ and what it means for me. I think about the struggles many people go through‚ attempting to read‚ form words‚ and create ideas with meaning‚ and I am grateful that I have unrestricted access to words and language. Originally‚ my idea of literacy was simply the ability to read write‚ and speak fluently. Now‚ as a senior in high school‚ I have acquired a different definition
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Playing music has been amazing for helping me learn. When I was in third grade I went to a Celebrate Brooklyn concert where they had an amazing drummer. The patterns and beats mesmerized me just by hitting the snare and crash cymbal. I then learned that drums were the best instrument‚ so I started playing drums and rock. I believe that drumming shows a commitment to learning because I have been playing and learning drums for 5 years‚ and even though sometimes it may be boring or difficult I struggle
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Many people look at baseball and see a slow-moving game with a bat and a ball‚ but it is so much more than that. What they do not fully comprehend is the strategic and mentally challenging aspects of the sport that make it special and complex. Baseball is a game filled with life lessons. It teaches you how to have a strong work ethic‚ be competitive‚ control the things that you can control‚ make a plan‚ and‚ most importantly‚ how to fail. As the great Ted Williams once said‚ "Baseball is the only
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part in my life. They have changed my life for the better and have shaped me into the person I am today. I do not believe I would be the leader I am or possess the skills I have if not for sports. I have learned so much from athletics about life and I have learned many key values to obtain success. Athletics have taught me the importance of determination‚ perseverance‚ citizenship‚ and leadership. One major thing athletics have taught me is that I hate to lose. This hatred of loss sparked my strong
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young age I remember losing my father from an unexplicable disease that not even the best doctor in the US were able to figure out. Even though this devastated my entire family my mom never putted her head down and played both roles at home. It was difficult to get over It‚ but I was able to refuge myself on the soccer fields and get away from the streets ‚alcohol‚ and drugs something that any other kid at age of twelve would have done in those days. Soccer has helped me to make friends everywhere
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sidelines of a sports game. This is competitive cheer. For 11 years of my life‚ I have done cheerleading. After football season is over‚ cheerleaders have the option to stay for competition season when we compete against other cheerleaders from different parts of the county‚ state‚ and later‚ from different parts of the country. When I was younger and did recreational cheer‚ I did competition season a few times. Later in life during my freshman year of high school‚ I tried competitive season again. I
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laugh at me due to the terrible golf swing which looked more like a baseball swing. That first time‚ I finished nine holes with a very high score which‚ is not the goal of golf. For the next weeks of summer‚ I practiced chipping‚ putting‚ and working on my swing. I began to develop a passion for the game watching it on television and working on every part of my game. I entered tournaments and joined the golf team. I pursued a job at the golf course collecting balls on the driving range so that I could
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never been high on my priority list. Armed with barely an eighth grade education and tremendous ambition‚ I was able to achieve professional success in the absence of a college education. My heroes have always been men who have achieved great success with out an education; Henry Ford‚ Larry Ellison‚ Bill Gates‚ and Richard Branson. With the recent downturn in the economy and I found my self seeking employment I realized that not only was I was missing many opportunities due to my lack of a degree
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Literacy is everywhere: from reading signs‚ to menus‚ to checking the time. It is important in our everyday life‚ especially to take a break from the world. Literacy is important to be creative‚ and to help use our ability to imagine what is happening in our stories while we are writing. The experience of going with a character on their journey can be life changing in some perspectives. The experience of growing up with these characters from literature was the best thing; whether it was being on
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