Fast Break The most exciting play in basketball is the fast break. This poem outlines every detail of the fast break and does a great job using the words to create a fantastic visual for the reader. The title of the poem‚ "Fast Break‚" is actually what the whole poem is describing. The visual that is created is one of the reasons this poem is so appealing. My love for the game of basketball‚ more specifically at the collegiate level is another reason why this poem catches my attention. The
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Mitesh Patel Soc 1113.007 I was given the chance to break a social norm at multiple local grocery stores. This privilege is not acceptable or common throughout the world while performing rare unusual behavior. My interest was to skip through aisles while whistling in a variety of grocery stores. I was interested in seeing reactions and confusion on this act. Many people were shocked to witness what was happening and were curious why this action was performed. Skipping through the aisles was
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Do you remember that feeling you’d get on the last day of school? Remember how excited you’d be to finally get to do those summer things like ride bikes with your friends‚ stay up all night planning pranks‚ and chasing down the ice cream man after dinner? These are just a few of my favorite memories from those long summer days. Now picture this. It’s a beautiful July day‚ perfect to spend a few lazy hours by the pool‚ but instead you’ll be in school. Okay‚ sure you could come home and relax in the
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It’s no secret the teens break the law‚ thinking they are basically invincible. In certain situations parents should be held responsible for the action of their children and sometimes criminal sanctions will follow as well. Should they? Are there situations when they should even be held criminally liable? These questions arise in variety of situations‚ ranging from schoolyard tussles that result in scrapes or broken bones‚ to shoplifting‚ to horrific acts of mass murder. The legal answers are not
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How can someone be claimed as insane? In the case of Andrea Yates‚ she was found not guilty by reasons of insanity. Clearly Andrea Yates was insane because of what she did. Andrea Yates murdered her five children. Andrea Yates has thought about killing her children for quite a while before she really did kill her children. Her husband Rusty Yates knew about his wife trying to kill their children and caught Andrea before she did it the first time. Andrea Yates attempted to kill her kids before and
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Abortion should also be legalized because the decision women make about their pregnancies empowers their rights. This is because women do not get a lot of say in things today without a man’s approval. Women should especially be able to make decisions about their own bodies and if they want to give birth. There is a lot of gender inequality shown today‚ so taking away a woman’s right to have an abortion would be a step backwards for the issue and women everywhere. For example‚ globally‚ women are
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with my friends‚ but SUMMER is the best. The first reason why I like summer a lot is because I hang out with my friends without worrying about school. we can hang out all day long in theaters‚ playing paintball‚ or soccer. We don’t have to worry about homework or tests‚ only having fun. During summer I go to my friend’s house and they come to mine. We go to soccer fields and ask to play or we go to theaters and go to different movies without tickets. Another reason I like summer is because
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If the president came on T.V. and announced that there were no more rules‚ if it became legal to do whatever you want‚ would you break those rules? What if the general opinion was that you should follow the old rule? Would you still break those rules? Opinions can make all the difference when it comes to how well a society runs. I feel that rules don’t determine a society’s actions and lifestyle‚ opinions do. “‘—and then‚ the beast might try to come in. You remember how he crawled—’ The semicircle
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Ernie Breaks Sometimes expectations are too big to satisfy‚ even though you try your very best. It would be wrong to raise expectations to a level that cannot be met. You are scared that you might disappoint the people you have closest. Therefore you try to hide yourself and your insufficiency. This is just one of the things Cara deals with in the story‚ Ernie Breaks‚ written by Genevieve Scott. The short story is told through the eyes of Cara. Cara has just finished fourth grade‚ and her mother
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The Red Summer refers to the summer and early autumn of 1919‚ which was marked by hundreds of deaths and higher casualties across the United States‚ as a result of race riots that occurred in more than three dozen cities and one rural county. In most instances‚ whites attacked African Americans. Red summer is in summer and early autumn On July 27‚ 1919‚ an African-American teenager drowned in Lake Michigan after violating the unofficial segregation of Chicago’s beaches and being stoned by a group
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