“It” Factor “I heard you got another A in one of your summer classes. Good job.” “Thanks. Everything is finally looking up. Mom said I’ve earned another shot up at University Park. Dad is still being stubborn, but he’ll come around eventually. I haven’t been this happy since high school.” “Seems like it. You better make the most of it.” “I will. I have to.” “If you don’t mind me asking…where were you the past year?” “Lost.” “What do you mean?” “I wish I knew.” “You know—I went to Penn State
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may look as an individual's character being built of what they wear, or where they live, who their parents are, or even what school they go to, all these are wrong. In the story “A Conversation with My Father” by Grace Paley, the narrator is telling an instance of when she visits her eightysixyearold father and tells him a story about a drug addicted mother and her son and how no matter what, an individual can turn their life around and make the best out of any situation or tragedy. While using the time to connect
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In what ways did I improve myself this year? In my opinion I believe I improved this year more than any other years. I didn’t improve as much as I wished to, but I did improve instead of staying where I was at. I focused on my missing assignments, attendance, and tardies this year. I have improved on my missing assignments this year vs how they were last year. My missing assignments this year were not the best but they improved so much. I used to get whole pages freshman year of missing assignments
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Knee Boarding I can't believe I’m going to go knee boarding. Watching my cool cousins do it, they just make it look so hard. I need to do this, not only for fun, but for the accomplishment of doing it. This is going to be the best water activity I have ever done, ever! I start to get more and more scared and I start to chicken out.”Guys, I dont think I can do this,” I yelled over the loud engine. “Sure you can, we all did it, you should be able to do it to.” Gavin said. Gavin is my middle cousin
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in Theater and Cinema Arts 100 Daniel Jacobson What if I never saw the movie Jaws? Would I still feel the same way about sharks and the ocean? These are some of the questions I feel a lot of people can ask themselves after they have seen Jaws. What does this mean? Can the shark in Jaws represent or symbolize something more than just being a hungry shark? I remember watching Jaws as a kid, as you can imagine I was pretty scared. I think I was eleven at the time, and was living in San Diego
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bite on it or just look at its shining surface. And I chose to eat my own apple of fate. It was more than eighteen years ago since the day I was born. It was in the 19th of February. I am under the zodiac sign of pisces. According to astrology and studies, pisces persons are artistic, creative, placid and sentimental. And some said that persons who were born in the month of february has peculiar skills and personality. Is that so? So what do I have here? Peculiar in the sense of uniqueness or
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has dealt with many grown-up issues, grown into societal beliefs, and cares about others, even people who are commonly disregarded, which is unlike what society believes. In the novel, Huck starts out not accepting religious beliefs. He sees heaven as a boring place, and doesn’t listen to the Widow or Miss Watson. On pages 10 through 11 it says, “Then Miss Watson she took me in the closet and prayed,
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Angel of Death What is a Pandora’s Box? Something that contains mystery? Or something that contains death, evil, and pain? How about something that contains happiness and all things that make someone feel the feel of everything magical? What could this be? Nobody really knows the real thing. But the true origin is a gift given to a man from the gods as Pandora, she was given with the box. The couple was told to never open the box. Unfortunately curiosity got the best of her, and when she
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driveway. Growing up in a basketball home due to her dad being the Athletic Director and a basketball coach at Claflin High School, Jackie knew the game. She soon started playing basketball with her neighbors which included getting her shot blocked repeatedly. But that didn’t put a damper on Jackie’s spirits, because she soon learned how to shoot an unblockable shot. Now, you’re going to learn how Jackie came to be the star she was, her college and professional experience, and what ended her beloved
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