When I started my first semester at Florida SouthWestern‚ I found myself under a crushing amount of stress and believed I would be overwhelmed within the first week. I also convinced myself that the Cornerstone Experience was a significant waste of my time. However‚ throughout the semester my opinions changed as the course introduced me to several important topics that I found myself referring back to throughout the semester: financial literacy‚ time management and wellness and stress management
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I love Buckeye Lake. It is where I live‚ where I raised my family‚ the home of my business‚ and it is the only place I want to live. Unfortunately‚ Buckeye Lake is going through a trying time. The low water level‚ construction‚ and lack of communication‚ impacts us all. My feelings during this past (lake-less) year have finally settled down to a point where I can express my thoughts on a personal level regarding the lake situation. To the residents of West and North Banks‚ I wish to express
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It was the day before the first soccer game of the season‚ I was eating a protein bar and watching some vines on youtube. It was about 8:30 pm‚ I decided to go take a good shower. When I was done I got ready for bed. Then I dreamed. It was a tie game 2-2. We were looking pretty rough‚ every player on our team looked exhausted. I was put on the right wing looking for an open opportunity at goal. We didn’t have much luck the other team kept playing the ball so well. Then I found a gap and our team
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and the Benedictine Cadets were playing the Liberty Christian Bulldogs. The team had just gotten off the bus to Liberty Christian and my heart was pumping. I was ready to play some football. Following warm-ups‚ it was game time. Of course‚ the first play was for me‚ the tailback. It was forty-four gorilla our most popular play. Immediately following the snap of the ball‚I took the ball from the quarterback with authority and confidence. I ran right‚ cut back to the left and was finally wrestled
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more than what is set down on paper”. 2. All of the memoirs in this unit are told from the first-person point of view. Why is it important that they are told in the first person? How would they be different if they were told from a different point of view? Imagine one of the memoirs you read told from a different point of view‚ and use that example to explain both the benefits of telling the story in the first person and how it would be different if told from another point of view. Answer:
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Silver Dollar City. We’ve been there many times before but this day was different from the rest. It was the first time I have ever rode a roller coaster. I am very afraid of heights which is why I’ve never rode one before this summer. Some time in the middle of the summer‚ my family and I went to Silver Dollar City. I decided that today was the day that i would finally face my fears and ride my first roller coaster. My older sister‚ older brother‚ and my dad and I rode roller coasters all day that day
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Today is the day I go on my first trail drive. My job is to work the night shifts. I guess you could say I’m a "nighthawk". My crew and I are headed to Central Kansas with about seventy head of cattle. We are traveling along the Chisolm Trail. My buddy ‚Bengi‚ said‚ "This is not gonna be a short‚easy drive." I sure hope my first drive turns out successfully. This morning was really easy for me. I woke up early and ate biscuits and gravy. Yum! It was so delicious. Our cook has really good taste
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it boosted my confidence. I did something never anticipated to do. It was the day that I had been contemplating for weeks. It was finally my first softball game as an Outlaw‚ and I was as nervous as long-tailed dog in a room full of rocking chairs. I was determined to defeat the rival team as the pitcher. I wasn’t feeling very confident in the first few innings of the game. Then‚ it hit me. Something snapped inside of me that made me so furious that we were losing. What happened next blew my
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First time moving I loved to play in the backyard of our little suburban house on 842‚ Tiablanca rd. In the front yard‚ the grass was cut neat and cleome flowers hid most the mold at the base of the house. On the porch‚ there was an old rocking chair with the paint mostly peeled off and that’s where my Mom would sit in the mornings because it had a great vantage point of the street so she could watch as my brothers waited for the bus. There were Wooden panels that lined the windows in front and they
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getting ready for a basketball game. When I was ready T.Green picked me up. T.Green was my dad homeboy. We drove to the gym‚for the game. “You ready‚”T.Green said to me.”Yeah I said. I felt bold this game. The game started and I was the point guard. In first quarter something tragic happened. I went to the basketball and ran into someone. The kid was bleeding. The kid was crying like a newborn baby. But I didn’t care. I was to focus on my tooth‚it felt weird. The ref told me to wash my mouth out‚so I went
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