ged my life dramatically; playing basketball is my favorite thing to do and brings joy to my life and family. I have never been good at the whole school thing. I am not an amazing A+ student, and didn’t have the greatest relationship with my family until something great happened. When things aren’t going right I always have basketball to motivate me In high school I was not the best student. I didn’t take it seriously, but that all stopped when I made the varsity basketball team. I didn’t want
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be a five-star basketball player, but she defies all stereotypes and expectations. “You can accomplish anything with a good positive source of inspiration,” she said. “My biggest motivation has to be my baby brother, Jude, because I want to be someone he can look up to and a positive influence on him, he drives me to be the best person I can be because he’s so important to me.” In her short life, thus far, she has accomplished very much and has excelled in many things like basketball and golf, winning
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ever find yourself being distracted and not being committed to your homework when you get home or wait until the last minute to get started on your work? I will be focusing on procrastination, organization, faith and attempting to improve on my skills in basketball. These four elements will help me to get a lot more free time and to be less stressful. Being less stressful will end in a much happier calm and relaxed person and not someone who always feels rushed to get things done. I will be able to
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want to share my experience about basketball in Australia. Basketball sport in Australia and around the world is growing up as it is a sport that requires a lot of skills and training consisting of speed strength, endurance, athleticism and cleverness. So it is a big sport with an amazing Showtime with an increasing worldwide number of viewers and participants. It is an old sport in Australia, “1905 - First recorded game in Australia was played at YMCA facilities in Melbourne “Basketball Victoria website
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What is your dream job? My dream job is to be a high school special education teacher because I have experience in this field already and love my job. I like working with special education students because they are so genuine and are extremely willing to learn. With so much experience already, I feel like I have know what I am getting myself into with the work such as IEP that it will just come natural. Waking up every morning as an aide in the class makes me believe when I run the class it will
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The poem “American Hero”, a poem written by Essex Hemphill, is about a black basketball player that is loved o the court but viewed as nothing but bad outside the court. Hemphill uses imagery in this poem. “It’s a shimmering club light / and I’m dancing, slick in my sweat.” (5-6) this is a metaphor about the basketball, saying that it was a disco ball. “Everyone hollering / is a friend tonight.” (16-17) these two lines gives the reader a sense that these people aren’t actually his friends but saying
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using only a few words, most would probably use something relating to “Sports Fanatic”. My favorite organized sport to play is baseball, my favorite to watch is football, and my favorite to participate in with friends is basketball. There is always some type of professional or college sport going on at all times throughout the year. I love to keep up on all of my favorite teams ranging from baseball, basketball, and football. I keep up on these sports both at the collegiate and professional levels
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quickly made a name for himself playing basketball. Ashland is also were Calvin meet the love of his life and his future wife Josephine. Calvin’s senior year at Ashland he got Josephine pregnant and his life changed forever as he was now the father of a beautiful daughter. After graduation Calvin had to make a decision to either go to school to continue his basketball career or get a job to support his family, so Calvin chose to support his family over his basketball career. Calvin started driving big
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it great. This is my story of how I get my mom and I out of this poor life and get treated with pleasant things. I'm just an average kid trying to enjoy life. My mom and I don't have any plans for us in the future. All I know is that I want make something of my future. It was hard growing up fatherless while my mom was working to provide for her only child. It was me and my mom against the world because we went through past due bills and barely had enough to buy food. My name is Omari and
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Thats what I love is that we both aren't the complete same people we are both different human beings. I’d hate to be a twin and be the exact same because you aren't your own person. Some qualities that Greg and I share are that we both are random people, I would say
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