My last season of middle school basketball‚ I felt like I was never strong enough‚ never fast enough‚ and never good enough. I thought about giving it all up until I came to high school and started playing for Becky Padgett. She effected not only how I played‚ but my attitude and character as well. What I would give to be able to play just one more game for her as my coach. I have played basketball since I was about five years old and I was never that kid that sat on the bench the whole season until
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I was born and raised in Salem Oregon. My family comes from a long line of Episcopal’s‚ however‚ my dad forsook the church in 1995 due to political reasons. As such‚ I was never raised in the Episcopal Church‚ but my parents sent me to Salem Academy Christian School‚ a non-denominational school. There I learned about Christianity through Bible class and weekly chapels. By the time I reached high school‚ I wanted to start attending a local church‚ specifically a Baptist church‚ which is why I began
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EN110-07 10 September 2014 My turning point in life Sometimes‚ the things that we can’t change end up changing ourselves; either for the better or for the worse. However‚ within my situation I changed for the better. It was one day after school‚ during my 7th grade year. I received a call from my mom while she was on her way to pick me up. She calmly says “Keena‚ I have news for you.” While on the phone‚ I beg her to tell me; but she refuses and demands me to wait. My anxiousness kept me impatient
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MY IDEAL GOVERNMENT After reading both the Lao-tzu and Machiavelli‚ I believe that a good government should be concerned about the people more than themselves. Governments are built from the people to serve the people and to help make the world a better and safer place. Laws need to be put into place to help keep and control what happens and punish whom does not abide by those laws. Machiavelli and Lao-tzu both had good points on how a government should be run‚ but Machiavelli was too strict in
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different. My relationship with reading has also changed as I grow older. My reading journey began in kindergarten. The school I attended for kindergarten passed out books to each student to take out and read with their parent. I would read one sentence of the book aloud and then my mom would read the next sentence. I would be sent home a new book each week and my mom and I would read them before going to bed. These books made me like reading because I didn’t have to read a whole book since my mom and
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I would like my house to be a small‚ double-storeyed detached bungalow‚ modest by modern by modern standards but a place which will complement my desire for harmonious living. What I have in mind is a building in a gated community on at least ten thousand square feet of land overlooking a slope where I can enjoy the cool breeze‚ the fresh air and the beauty of a mature garden. My garden will be a riot of colourful blooms- ixoras‚ cannas‚ daisies and the flighty birds of paradise irrespective of
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Reflective Essay Jazmine Caballero Walden University Dr. Paul Trautman EDUC 6731: Assessment for Student Learning June 28‚ 2015 Reflective Essay I can give faith that my assumptions about assessment have been changed throughout this course. Dr. Davies stated‚ “When students are involved in the classroom assessment process‚ they are more engaged and motivated‚ and they learn more” (Reeves‚ 2007‚ p.31). Therefore‚ when creating are lesson plans we should establish appropriate learning goals
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Those “Born on Third Base‚” Wealth Comes Easy l. Introduction A. Attention Arnold Schwarzenegger is the perfect example of what we all strive for in the current America‚ The American dream that we all believe to be buried in the ground beneath us “My fellow American’s‚ this is an amazing moment for me. To think that once‚ a scrawny boy from Australia could grow up to be governor of California and stand in Madison square garden on behalf of the president of the united states. That is an immigrants
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What makes my future President? A dictator who ruled for twenty (20) years‚ a democratic leader who gives changes ‚ a leader who promises to bring us in the right path and twelve more. These are the presidents who try to develop a simple country way back then to a more complicated and struggling country today. It’s true that there are change that been successfully done to improve our life but it is not a lie that it is also became the reason why these conflict in modern country happened. There’s
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As schools become increasing diverse‚ cultural competence is essential. Thus‚ school counselors must have awareness‚ knowledge‚ and skills to help the needs of the Asian student population seek higher education. As a minority‚ I believe that multicultural counseling can greatly impact the lives of students. During my high school years‚ I felt unaccepted and not understood by my assigned high school counselor because she wasn’t cultural competence. Because my assigned high school counselor couldn’t
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