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- 4641: Personal Writing: The Evaluation of My Coaches
- ... high school took practices seriously. I basically had two different types of coaches when it came to practice. There was the drill sergeant type, which had the team line up in the same place every day to do our calisthenics before each practice. The team captain stood facing the rest of the team and lead us in various stretches and other warm-ups. The coach was very strict. No horse play ... coaching method during practice. This makes practice more fun. The coach is serious about making our team better, but he realizes that people are not perfect. During calisthenics he would talk to us about our day at school and tell us dirty jokes, and just try to be our friend. While we were practicing he pointed out our mistakes, but when we did something good he praised us. This made practice ... played bad some coaches would come in and yell at us. Others would say, "You guys know what you did wrong and I don't feel like talking to ya'll right now." The next day at practice we would go over the things we did wrong in the previous game. The team did not like to lose. I believe that it is good for a basketball player to experience ...
- 4642: A Christmas Memory: Truman Capote
- ... out of the window. The next morning Sook and Buddy go to town to purchase the necessary ingredients for the cakes. Whiskey, the most expensive and hardest to obtain ingredient was needed to complete the day's shopping. Since whiskey sale was forbidden by law, they had to travel to Mr. Haha Jones for it. Mr. Haha owned a "sinful" bar near the river. When Sook receives a bottle of whiskey ... follows her and tries to comfort her. He reminds her of tomorrow's plans, finding a Christmas Tree and Holly. Sook promises to find the best tree and the best holly for them. The next day they walk around the forest in search of a tree on Christmas Eve afternoon. They picked a tree that was twice as tall as Buddy and very strong. Buddy and Sook wheeled the large tree ... badly to buy Buddy a bike for Christmas, but couldn't afford one for him. She told him that she made him a kite, and he confesses that he made one for her, also. When day breaks, they hurry downstairs to make noise, and awaken the other relatives. Buddy was disappointed in the gifts he received from his relatives. Sook points out to him that the wind is blowing and ...
- 4643: Personal Writing: Significant Experience That Has Special Meaning
- ... top priority in the O'Steen castle (if asking the rest of her family, they probably would have chosen "high mantinance" as a far more appropriate term). Then, after seventeen and a half years, the day finally came for Princess Lauren to leave home in order to further her education. As she was preparing for this day, she began to realize that her life, as she had always known it, would be drastically changing. And I don't mean a simple adjustment. I mean a humongous change. Who would do her laundry ... she would soon be taking on the most challanging task of her life so far. Princess Lauren was very hesitant, and scared, but at the same time, she was also very motivated, and excited. The day of Princess Lauren's departure for college is now quickly approaching. She's learning that the hardest days of her life are soon to come, as she enters, what her parents had always called, " ...
- 4644: Personal Writing: Life in Junior High
- Personal Writing: Life in Junior High Life in Junior High was easy. The day began with a sparkle, as the spot of meeting friends, and attending class with fun-filled activities, come to mind. School was not boring, it was fun because the teachers who cared made it fun ... No longer did I see my friends, I was like a little duck lost in a big pond. There were different faces, different looks, and a different feel. I can truthfully say that the first day of school was one of the worst days of my life. I had never been so far away from my friends. That year, nevertheless, still saw me pass with a 3.5 grade point average ... as hard as everyone else, but it just didn't fit me. My so called hommies would steal cars while I just stood there, eventually getting into trouble with them. My parents would worry all day while I partied all night. We would all go to the police station and that forced our parents to bail us out. Not only did they have to cut time off work, I could ...
- 4645: Personal Writing: Getting My Driver's License
- ... caused quite a few minor arguments. Recently, about three months ago, it became harder and harder to live without being able to drive myself places. I had realized that it was closer and closer every day and not much else stood in the way. The only sizable obstacle was going through, and passing driver's education. Once I was comfortable with the class and behind the wheel of the car, I ... I was very eager to get my license and start driving on my own. It took the instructor about three weeks to finally have the completion slips signed and ready for us to take. The day after they were ready, I got my completion slip and left to get my driver's license and a new computer (I was actually more eager to get the computer that day). We go to the mall and all I had to do was take an eye exam!! I was very surprised, I figured I would at least have to take a written test over the ...
- 4646: Underground to Canada : Mammy Sally's Version
- ... this lady called Nina who also worded in the kitchen said "I found a passage way out o' here." Mammy Sally looked shocker. "But if we get caught Massa Simms gonna whip us until our day are done workin'. "Said Mammy Sally. But, Nina was Strong and Fearless and said "I don't care I'm sick of the way those people treat us I goin' to Canada. Mammy Sally stood ... A Couple of hours passed and Mammy Sally getting ready to set the table for dinner when in came Nina and she said "So have you thought it yet" " no" said Mammy Sally. The next day Nina woke up early she put on here rags and took some food from the kitchen and woke up Mammy Sally and Mammy Sally said "if we get caught "I know I know" interrupted Nina ... fresh air of freedom." "yes soon we will be back there and we wont be working in the kitchen we'll be getten whipped." It was getting and Mammy Sally and Nina were walking all day and they were very tired, so they decided to stop and rest. After they rested they ate and began walking again. It was down when they came to a cabin and the knocked on ...
- 4647: The Renaissance Man
- ... with our surroundings affect us in many aspects of our life. One prominent individual has had an everlasting affect on my life. He came to me when I was seventeen months old. Ever since that day he has been with me, subtly guiding me through all the stages y my side throughout my life. I see his success as a motive to achieve my own ambitions. James Derderian, my father, adopted ... Everett, Massachusetts in nineteen twenty-eight. They lived several years in this suburb of Boston, until they were able to move to Haverhill to start a chicken farm. My father's journey began the first day of school when he was sent home because he could not ask to go to the bathroom in English. As he slowly learned the new culture he began to become more and more aware of ... life as a model for my growth and development. His courage and hunger encourages me to tackle many obstacles. His care and guidance help me surmount any problems that I encounter. I hope that one day I can say that I have done what my father did. I say this knowing that I never had such an obstacle as coming to a totally foreign country as a young boy, but ...
- 4648: Personal Writing: The Guitar
- ... Cross Roads, and Bell Bottom Blues. When ever I have nothing to do, or am bored, It's so easy to just pick up my guitar and play. I seem to learn something knew every day, and am always getting better. I love to teach people to play the guitar, because I feel everyone should know how too. It's one of the greatest instruments, in my opinion. Playing the guitar ... sounds when a professional band plays it. I am glad I went to the Rolling Stones concert and am glad I grew up listening to Eric Clapton, because my parents were constantly playing his c.d.'s. Other wise I may not have started playing the guitar, and would not be as good at it, as I am today. Whether I am in my college dorm room, in Colorado, or anywhere ...
- 4649: History of the Internet
- ... to protect themselves from a major nuclear missile attack. The need that developed was to be able to communicate to those facilities from the battlefield and access those computers that were so necessary in modern day warfare. If one of the communication lines went down due to an attack they still wanted to be able to communicate. They also wanted to be able to ascertain whether or not any information had ... social impact on the users of this new technology. The first event was in 1972 at a Washington convention. Roberts who at this time was the director of ARPA (soon to be changed to DARPA - D for defense) staged a media event at the Conference of Computer Communication . He realized that the ARPANET was under utilized and would not survive unless it got some type of global attention. Over one thousand ...
- 4650: The Microsoft House
- ... The evolution of WebTV Network service with on-demand programming, personalized viewing, Web-enhanced content and powerful communications built in. · The next generation of gaming, offering online competition with voice interaction, immersive audio, unmatched 3-D graphics and the option of parental control. Gates has also stated that Microsoft plans to invest $3.7 billion dollars in research and development, and a big part of that effort will be to make ... there are food items missing! · A house that makes coffee and vacuums the floor all by itself. Because everything is digital it is all very compact. The vacuum is about the size of a modern day dinner plate and so is the lawn mower! When you think that the floor needs a vacuuming you just tell the house Hey Taj (the house is nicknamed the Taj Mahal or just Taj), vacuum ...
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