I'm not really good at playing basketball, but I was in the lead. The scores are called off by the score keeper, and are said to be twenty to nineteen. After hearing this, my brother started to become furious because basketball was his one most favorite sport, and I know what it feels like to get " beaten " at your favorite sport that you think you're good at. It's now approximately an hour and thirty minutes we've been playing. As every minute went by, the game started to become more intense
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total throughout the service. I surprised myself by realizing how much of the language I was able to understand. One thing I noticed during my conversations is that the person I was talking to didn’t mind that I was slow or had to pause/think sometimes. This made my experience more comfortable. However, it was a little internally frustrating when I wasn’t able to conjure up the sentences/signs I wanted to say. I would get puzzled when I wasn’t able to think of how to say what I wanted to sign. This
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would be very boring. But from beginning to end I found myself intrigued and enjoyed the entire presentation. They took such simple instruments and combined them creating very unique and beautiful sounds. I learned that it was a unique style of music that had been compiled and created using techniques of many different nations and cultures. I could hear a lot of African techniques in the music they were playing. I enjoyed hearing the differences between feminine And masculine sounds.
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in with that. For instance, the brainstorming is usually done in a group or with someone else and by hearing other ideas, it helps me to think of other things or possibly veer in a different direction than I originally thought. I can also brainstorm alone, but I notice even when I’m alone, I still say the ideas out loud. I can also list the ideas, which leans toward my visual style. I do think that choosing an
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retain the information. Now that I am in a graduate program, I know that if I use color highlights to outline my reading material, it will help me to retain the information much better. While comparing myself to others, I have noticed that some people remember things they see, some remember from hearing, and then there are those who remember things from experience. The various types of learning activities that match my learning style is to provide a visual aid activity for students which would include
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economic circumstances help molds one’s philosophy. Using myself, as an example, I will explain how each of these areas has played some part in the molding of my personal philosophical views. The formation of my views began when I was a young child at around six or seven years old. I didn’t realize at the time of course. Only through growing up and looking back can one realize such things. According to the Performance Aid, I find myself falling into two categories of philosophy: Social and Post-Colonial
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The Strength to Stand: A Basis of Faith and Equality Being raised, as many are, in a traditional, American, conservative Christian environment and being gay are not what I would call the easy life. Having internal struggles with what was flowing naturally, yet being bombarded with rhetoric from the pulpit, the pew, family and friends makes it difficult to hear a clear voice from inside. Sometimes you just have to stop, and let it all go and listen to one still small voice that will make it all
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uniforms really make schools better? I say NO! Only because I, myself, went to a school that had to wear uniforms. While there are advantages of school uniforms, there are also some disadvantages. Depending on the requirements, school uniforms can be expensive to buy for parents. There are also arguments that wearing uniforms hides the child’s personality and therefore they cannot express themselves in their own way. The staff thinks it would be best for their students to wear uniforms and that the
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However i feel he really only scratched the surface it what can be done when we choose to actively think and be aware of those around us. Nonetheless “This is Water” taught a powerful principle that struck home to me. I was surprised while watching the video to recall different experiences i can think back to in which i was caught only thinking about myself and not taking the challenge to “learn to think” as David Foster says. This lesson is something that applies here at the
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problems as well as lung problems. When I was watching this documentary video I realized that this event was extremely horrible. It made me feel sad, confused, amazed and in a way angry. While I thought about me being there I just couldn't picture myself there it would've been too hard for me to handle. All the people running towards different directions and the enormous clouds of dust and smoke covering the streets and people was just horrible. Thinking that human beings can be so heartless and mean
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