of the most significant‚ influential days in my life thus far occurred when I was in eighth grade. I had made the varsity cut for volleyball. This might sound shallow to most people; I got into a team‚ great‚ but what is the big deal? For me‚ it was‚ however‚ because this one thing that happened‚ that day‚ changed my life forever. Getting into a varsity team in eighth grade shaped the rest of my high school years. Being part of a team in which your age is a drastic outlier makes you particular to
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People say if you love something‚ then set it free. If it was truly yours‚ it will always find its way back to you. I never imagined I would lose something that I truly cared about but in this case‚ I did. Volleyball was my passion but I came to the realization that it could not be my life. Back in 2010‚ my mother decided I should try every sport and see what my options were. I tried everything you could think of: basketball‚ dance‚ softball‚ soccer‚ you name it and I played it. However‚ volleyball
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Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha is a fictional novel that is written by Roddy Doyle. Doyle is one of the best novelists that have written this book. It won the Booker Prize‚ which is Britain’s highest award‚ in 1993. This book is full of hilarious slang‚ colloquialisms‚ vulgarisms and cursing that is so vibrant and charged that it is almost musical. This book tells of an Irish boy named Patrick‚ who lives in Barrytown‚ Ireland. He and his friends always hang out together‚ but they always find trouble
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needed. Since then I’ve been diagnosed with endometriosis and the threat of infertility has been all too real and overly mentioned by my doctors. From the time I was very young on I made a plan of how my future needed to go I thought about it‚ strived for it‚ and longed for it every minute of the day. It consisted of all of the elements that represented
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As a freshman on varsity soccer‚ I set my expectations high for myself. That’s why I was so disappointed with my soccer abilities when I was benched several games. So‚ I made myself work over the winter and summer to have some playing time on varsity. Every Sunday‚ my parents would go wash clothes at the laundromat and I would cross the street to my local YMCA and practice outside by myself. No matter what the weather was I’d be out there. I would set up tires in front of the goal and shoot through
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Jenkins E‚ Kerr D‚ Sherwin RS‚ Cavan DA. The effect of evening alcohol consumption on next morning glucose control in type 1 diabetes. Diabetes Care 2001; 24: 1888–1893. 6 Koivisto VA‚ Tulokas S‚ Toivonen M‚ Haapa E‚ Pelkonen R. Alcohol with a meal has no adverse effects on postprandial glucose homeostasis in diabetic patients. Diabetes Care 1993; 16: 1612–1614. 7 National Health and Medical Research Council. Australian Alcohol Guidelines: Health Risks and Benefits. DS9. Available from: http://www7
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The Invention of “Locavorism”: An analysis of the local food movement There are growing concerns with the world’s current food system. Many argue the products we consume are mal nutritious‚ unsafe‚ and ethically irresponsible‚ along with having an astronomical impact on the environment. The newly formed fad of locavorism claims to have a solution to the world’s problems. A locavore is an individual who believes in eating only food grown and produced locally or within a certain distance of their
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Explore how and why the English Language has changed. The English Language has changed over a long period of time due to a number of different factors which have had different effects on how the Language has progressed. Language is seen to have progressed through different stages‚ from Old English (beginning in the 3rd century and including the invasions of the Anglo-Saxons‚ which led to the creation of Englisc) through to Middle English (which may have begun in the 11th century with the rule
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2006 English - 2006 (Main) (Compulsory) 1. Write an essay in about 300 words on any one of the following: (100) (a) Social Impact of Black Money (b) Women Combat Forces (c) Internet as Virtual Library (d) Fashion Boom in India (e) Are we Aggressive and Rude People? 2. Read the passage carefully and write your answers to the following questions in clear‚ correct and concise language (5 x 15 = 75) There is no reason to believe that there are fundamental differences between the East and the
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Fady Abboud Prof. Gidley English026 28 August 2014 Teacher Life is unexpected experience‚ so full of surprises that nobody knows what will happen the very next moment‚ especially when you meet a person who has the ability to change your life in complete way. Most of us have met a teacher during our lifetime in school that made a difference and touched our lives in some way to make it better and to open our eyes for success. I remember when the first day of high school started. I was
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