I have had my ups and downs throughout my journey of being a leader‚ but it has taught me a lot that has made me the type of person I am today. In my last semester of 8th grade‚ I tried out for the cheer team at Kennedy High School and made varsity. Each year we had a new set of captains‚ but each year they were all very arrogant and closed-minded. From the beginning‚ my goal was to become captain one day and be different than the past captains. Being the type of captain to help and mentor each individual
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-last name- and I am running for school captain. I have spent all my primary years attending -name of school-and have enjoyed every moment of it. I would like to become the new school captain of -name of school-to ensure that this school stays as great as it is for at least one more year that I am attending this school and many years after I leave. I would therefore also try my very best to make it even better. I also think that I would make a good school captain because I am responsible‚ organized
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-Christina’s POV This was it. All I had to do was block this last kick and I would be team captain. I’ve been waiting since last year and I’m not planning on letting one kick knock me off of my chance to be captain. Taking in deep breaths of air I stood in the goal ready to pounce at any object trying to get in‚ looking straight I see the next kicker‚ Ayden. She’s one of our best players I’ll give her that‚ her foot work is great and her kicks‚ oh god her kicks are even better. I’ve never spoken
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Cheerleading Captain Essay There are many different opinions out there about cheerleaders‚ many good‚ and many bad. Some think of them as the girls standing by the football field‚ but I think of cheerleading as a symbol of all the spirit that we can share‚ and a token of appreciation toward the team that’s being cheered on. Cheerleading is such a vital part to many sections of the school. If I‚ Nina Guenther‚ am chosen to be a captain for the Burrell High School Junior Varsity squad‚ I will make
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Walt Whitman describes what he believes to be considered as a hero. He specifically names five that he believes embody what a hero means. He finds a seaman that rescued many people in a sinking ship from their watery graves. Whitman also describes how a mother being burned at the stake with her children watching her is a hero. A slave is also a hero to Whitman. A fireman stuck under rubble that eventually dies‚ and a general that dies to protect his team are also heroes. He explains that the seaman
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There have been many versions of Captain Canuck since the birth of the original comic book in 1975. Captain Canuck was created in a wholly Canadian fashion‚ from the images presented in the comic itself: “From futuristic Mounties to a maple-leaf emblazoned snowmobile‚ Comely incorporated numerous Canadian references‚” (Edwardson 190); to the matter in which it was produced – almost completely vertically integrated in a Canadian manner (minus the American distribution company). And while the idea
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Walt was a poet who was active in the early to mid 1800s. He released one of his most famous works‚ Leaves of Grass‚ in 1855. Walter (Called Walt‚ to distinguish him from his father) Whitman was born in Long Island‚ as the second child of Walter Whitman and Louisa Van Velsor Whitman. He later had a total of eight siblings‚ and due to some bad investments the family had to move around and live in a series of different homes. Walt himself says he had a generally restless and unhappy childhood.
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Walt Whitman became known as a truly American poet through experiencing and writing about the nation in its early years. Born on May 31‚ 1819 in Long Island. His draw towards writing began in his early childhood when he apprenticed for the Long Island Patriot newspaper. He became a teacher in New York then turned back to newsprint‚ creating his own company The Long-Islander‚ and in 1855‚ published his first poetry anthology Leaves of Grass. Then the Civil War occurred and Whitman‚ in New York hospitals
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interesting how easily people change when they encounter something unordinary. We can see this happen to the character Captain Nye‚ whose character in chapter 35 contrast with chapter 41. A friendly and helpful companion turns into a raging maniac when ill. One would then question: did he become a monster‚ or was he perhaps unleashing the monster that’s always been inside of him? At first‚ Captain Nye’s described to have possessed a “singular handiness about doing anything” and a “spirit of accommodation”
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the wrong decision and that is the reason he lost his life‚ I say he made the right decision because up until he died he did not give up like most people would‚ he kept fighting; he kept going and learned a lot in the process up until his death. Captain James Cook discovered the Hawaiian Islands‚ at first it was confusing he had native friends in the south pacific but they never mentioned there was islands that far north. The natives did not trust anyone; some came to the shore with makeshift weapons
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