I was in the spotlight everywhere I went. People would always say "hi or whats up" to me. I would say that I was very well known and respected. This was all due to me playing the one sport that I loved‚ football. I loved this sport‚ it was a very physical sport with bone crushing hits and speedsters that will blow past you in a second. This was the sport for me. But on one fateful day‚ I went from basking in the sun‚ to the darkness of nights in one play due to my greed. It was a warm‚ but
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“Dr. StrangeLove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb” was directed by Stanley Kubrick in 1964. Irreverence and satire are used many times in this film. Serious events are often portrayed lightly or made humorous. An example of this is the scene where Mandrake finds the codes to recall the planes‚ but doesn’t have the right amount of change make the call on the payphone. The whole world depends on whether or not he makes the call‚ but all the audience does is shake their heads and
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My love for soccer started when I was 3 years old. My father started me into it and he played his whole life all the way through high school and is even still playing to today. For as long as I can remember I was always the smallest player on the team. I never had the best skill. I never scored any goals. But I always had fun playing with friends. My father coached me for every team i was on until I played with a different coach‚ and that changed my whole life and the way I played. With my dad coaching
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What I Have Learned In this class I have learned so many different things about Microsoft Excel‚ Word‚ and PowerPoint. Each program that we covered has its uses in a professional setting. They also have many personal uses as well. Microsoft Excel we were taught how to use excel to create budgets‚ and also how to take that budget and make it into a graph. This is really beneficial for me in my personal life‚ because I have never used a budget. Now I can’t monitor what I am spending and
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much more than that. I began swimming two years ago. I thought it would be fun and great exercise‚ little did I know that I would soon be addicted to it and never turn away. I was definitely not a natural‚ I slowly worked my way up the list‚ and I am now on an exclusive community team that is the defending state champions. I’ve been through everything you can imagine- injuries‚ losses‚ wins‚ friendships‚ enemies‚ sickness- yet I would never trade the lessons I learned from that for the world.
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I have always known my brother was different. From the day he was born he was hooked up on beeping machines and glow fingers‚ he wasn’t on them for very long but enough to make me always remember the way they sounded. I knew he had a scar on his chest‚ I knew he looked different from me. I always just wanted to know why. I would never know why until middle school. Middle school was when I started noticing the kids that where different. I noticed the kids that screamed down the hall‚ the ones who
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one skill that I learned is a very common one‚ driving. At some point in our lives we have learned to develop this skill. It’s one of the most involved things to do‚ yet the simplest to do without thinking about. Of course you’re thinking‚ driving‚ no problem I could do it in my sleep. But have you ever thought about‚ how do I know how to drive? I know I haven’t. But now as I think about it‚ I have been developing this skill since I was young. It’s a little thing called learning. How do we learn? Well
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situations‚ how come he doesn’t focus solely on extravagant or amazing situations that would be easy for him to write about? What is the purpose of his choice of writing? 2. The Great Zucchini gives the reader a glimpse into the life of Eric Knaus; a professional children’s entertainer who’s knack for mesmerizing kids provides a stark contrast from his disheveled personal life. Where does Eric’s dysfunction stem from? What compelled him to choose his vocation? 3. In the book’s first essay "How I learned
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I don’t remember specifics on how I learned to read‚ but I do remember learning how to read at an early age. My mother was an elementary school teacher and spent a lot of time working with me on my letters and sounds. I remember doing a lot of flashcards with my mom on the different letters and phonemes. I also remember my mom reading to me a lot‚ especially at night. I would sit in her lap and follow along as she read. As I became a better reader my mom would stop at different words and let me read
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of the football team. Some are smiling and conversing with friends while others are absorbed in their own thoughts and often run over short students‚ like myself. But‚ one item specifically screams football player‚ the jug of water. These football players have to drink a large quantity of water on and off the field to stay hydrated and feeling healthy. While living in a state as hot as Arizona‚ not only do the football players have to drink a lot of water‚ but everyone else as well. The day I didn’t
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