on Long Island‚ near the now married Daisy‚ and begins the process of recapturing her favors. I have read this book in my junior year of high school. It was I truly memorable book because it was taught by an enthusiastic and descriptive teacher. It’s what isn’t written and the hidden‚ subtle meanings between the lines and my potent reaction that makes this book one of my favorite classics of American Literature. Also Fitzgerald’s elegant‚ almost dance-like‚ symbolic and deep prose; yes‚ many might
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The history of basketball On December 21 of 1891‚ James Naismith published 13 rules for a new game using five base ideas. Originally‚ there was no set rule on the number of players. After experimenting with teams up to 50 players‚ early games were played by nine players on each side. The reason was that 18 students showed up for Naismith’s class on that day. He asked his class to play a match in the Armory Street court‚ 9 versus 9 using a soccer ball and two fruit baskets. Naismith was the inventor
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Choosing a favorite teacher is fairly difficult when one puts into account all the types of teachers they have known‚ all of them are important. Teachers are the second most important people in our lives‚ right after our parents. Teachers are persuasive and have the power to build a child up from an immature student to become a responsible adult; or they can completely and utterly crush a students hopes and dreams. As an identical twin my mother has always pulled a few strings to have my sister and
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My favorite entrepreneur: Ms. Oprah Winfrey Oprah Winfrey was born into poverty by a teenage single mother in 1954 in Kosciusko‚ Mississippi. For the earliest years of her life she was raised by her maternal grandmother‚ and under her kind-hearted discipline was taught to read by the age of two and speak exceptionally by the age of three. When Winfrey was six years old‚ she was sent to live with her mother in Wisconsin. She was submerged into inner-city Milwaukee‚ and faced the hardships of growing
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Favorite Location My favorite location is the cemetery in my father’s home town in Puerto Rico. I like this location because it brings me back to my childhood memories. The ocean is on the other side of the cemetery. I enjoy the combination of both. As I arrive and begin to walk up the path I enjoy the smell of the ocean. I stop‚ close my eyes‚ take a deep breath‚ and I take it all in. The beautiful palm trees‚ the smell of the salt ocean and the sound of the blue ocean waves. I love the sound
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Favorite Teacher Hi! My name is Ameha Tsegai. My favorite teacher is Mrs.Magnusen. She is my favorite teacher because she has done a lot for me. She always makes teaching fun and easy. The students in her class learn faster because the way she teaches. I learn fast too because I am also in her class. She is a special teacher‚ and she is very nice and kind. She is a good teacher because she always makes sure everybody learned the lesson. If one student does not understand the lesson‚ she carefully
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I have to confess that talking about race is not my favorite thing. At least‚ talking about what I think when the subject race comes up. I don’t know how to define my own race‚ honestly. I am not white‚ and I am not black. But wait‚ is race only about white and black people as we hear every day on the news? I believe that many people get the subject “race” mistaken like I do. Maybe because what they have always known as race‚ or maybe because they don’t think the race issues affect them. To talk
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My Favorite room in my house is my bedroom. A four by four secluded chamber my room is one of four bedrooms located in the very far corner of my house. One must stroll through a long winding spiral hallway to reach the entrance of my room. He or she will automatically be greeted by a sleeping seven foot eggshell door. The door communicates via a cylindrical brass knob. To say hello one must turn the knob counter-clock wise. The door’s cooperation depends solely on his mood. If one annoys the
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Playing my Favorite Song One of my favourite songs is ‘Never Say Never’ by Justin Bieber and Jaden Smith. I know that you might be thinking that the main reason that I like this song is because it is sang by Justin Bieber‚ and if you are thinking that‚ you are wrong. I reckon that he is really famous‚ but I’m not in love with him just like all the other bunch of girls all around the world. The main reason that I like this song is because it brings back memories of my childhood. When I listen to
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considered to be a favorite sport to many people. And‚ people prefer it more than any other sport. Compared to basketball and football‚ soccer is an interesting sport in the way it is played‚ its popularity‚ and the exorbitant amount of money paid to players. The way that soccer is played is so different than basketball and football. The whole idea of these games is scoring on the other team. Soccer is played with 11 players on each team and each team wears a special sport dress (T- shirts‚ shorts
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