I never really was in a team before or was even taught by anybody. I was just a girl who liked basketball and taught myself how to play‚ with the help of YouTube of course. I played basketball since I was a child. I remember shooting granny style because I was too short and weak to shoot it normally. The ball would be full size and the ball would be bigger than my head. My parents were the sexist type and thought basketball was a boy sport‚ so they never let me sign up for city league or some sort
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Fergusson of Craigdarroch‚ a handsome and well-to-do country laird‚ who was also a neighbour. [...] Annie‚ or Anna as she is styled in the register‚ and as she invariably signed herself‚ seems really to have been a bit of a flirt‚ and is credited with jilting more than her poetical admirer. But we anticipate. About ten years ago‚ when a discussion arose in the public prints in respect of the song and its personal application and locality‚ the following letter‚ written by Miss Stuart-Monteith‚ a great-grand-daughter
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Kassidy Perin Memoirs of a Geisha Chapter Summaries Chapters 1-4 The book starts with Chiyo as the main character. Chiyo lives with her sister Satsu‚ her father‚ and her dying mother. They all live in a little town named Yoroido. Chiyo is unlike her whole family in which she is a gorgeous girl. Her eyes are a beautiful blue-gray. Chiyo is said to have more water in her. Mr. Tanaka takes both of the girls to his house to meet his family. On the way to his house‚ he takes the girls to a fortuneteller
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Pets for the Elderly Most people in the English language have heard the saying “an apple a day keeps the doctor away.” While that very well may‚ or may not‚ be true—what about pets? Wouldn’t it be better if that Granny Smith were a Husky puppy? If that Delicious Red were a fluffy‚ gray kitten who purrs in your lap? Don’t misunderstand me‚ I’m not condoning eating the family pet‚ but instead supporting the idea that owning an animal can help your‚ and your family’s health. In 1999‚ people who
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A; Mount Pleasant Do you remember how it is to be a child? Sometimes it is difficult but it is oftentimes easy and extremely secure. Being a child includes having a different view at the world than from parents or another adult’s point of view. A child is not able to understand everything and is not supposed to do it‚ this I why parents lie for their children. To protect them from the difficult world and from people and situations that is not necessary for a child to observe. In the text Mount
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December 7th‚ 1941‚ which is what Franklin D. Roosevelt called “a day which will live in infamy” is the day in which Pearl Harbor was bombed and the United States got involved in World War II. This also caused tremendous fear and distrust towards Japanese ancestors‚ even if they were American citizens‚ and led to Executive Order 9066 by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on February 19‚ 1942‚ authorizing the Secretary of War to prescribe certain areas as military zones‚ resulting in the deportation
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Satire analysis: Hannah Milner Primrose Red Brown Jerry Du May 5‚ 2013 Organizer Making connections What does the story remind me of? ▪ “not listening to parents’ advice” o “don’t talk to strangers” ▪ Vanity/self-conceit and the consequences o Not listening to advice on account of looks or impressions ▪ Chinese proverb [roughly translated]: “saying the grapes are sour when you can’t even taste them.” Connects to Hannah Milner because she concludes that
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The Role of Superstition in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Superstition is a recurring theme in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Superstition is defined in Merriam Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary‚ 10th Edition as “a belief or practice resulting from ignorance‚ fear of the unknown‚ trust in magic or chance.” Mark Twain effectively uses superstition to both foreshadow events and to contrast the personalities of the characters in the book. The “more sivilized” characters of the book do
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Born in Ghana and died in Jamaica‚ she was also known as queen Nanny or even granny Nanny‚ was known both by the maroons and by the British as well for being a great leader and she was extremely well known for her fighting skills and also for her strategic skills. She was exceptionally known for her guerrilla warfare techniques which
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role play princesses and their princess toys are their best friends. Princess is a symbol of femininity; princesses are beautiful‚ elegant and have the centre of attention. Who doesn’t want to be a princess?! When I was little‚ I was raised by my granny who accepted and applied the oriental parenting‚ which is a more outcome-concerned way of parenting with less praises but mainly discouraging comments. She believed all princesses were spoiled. She told me I was not a princess and only princesses
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