This quote relates to one of many ways I feel about running. By being a runner, I have come very far as a person. I would not be the person I am if I didn’t have such a love for this demanding sport. To me, being a runner is more than just an extracurricular for fun and because of this I have been taught many valuable life lessons. Throughout my life I have done many sports, but I have never found anything I was good at. I decided to try cross country, and after the first practice, I knew this…
Living in the 21th century, things have definitely changed since the millennials and the technology era comes in place. Easy access to information, communication, entertainment, and even ‘easy ways’ to get rich are so all over the place. Our era has become an era where everything needs to either be fast or easy. Let’s just say Starbucks. Back in the days, we used to brew and make our own coffee, but not anymore. Now, everyone goes to Starbucks in the morning to get their morning coffee.…
I have finished reading No Easy Way Out by Dayna Lorentz. I have read pages 440-505 this week. The prompt I have chosen this week is: “How characters react to changes that are happening.” The characters react to changes that are happening by acting in panic, thinking carefully, and making fatal decisions. A reason how the characters react to the changes that are happening is how the characters act in panic. Near the end of the book, a man is discovered in a vault of money at the end of the True…
Theories of Relativity tells the story of 16-year old Dylan Wallace whose reckless mother kicked him out in order to please her latest boyfriend, Dan. He is struggling to survive on the streets without taking the easy way out with drugs. Dylan settles outside two office towers and begs for money from passersby. This is where he meets Glen, a young employee at one of the office buildings. Another homeless teen named Jenna, works on the street across from him, in front of a church. She is an…
Conclusion The hypothesis for the best angle to shoot a paintball to achieve the farthest distance possible was rejected.The data from the experiment that supports this conclusion is, the distance of the paintball that was shot from a 35 degree angle traveled, on average, 126.56 meters. This distance is 2.84 meters greater than the average distance of the paintball shot at 30 degrees. The average distance of the paintballs shot at 35 degrees was also, 15.31 meters larger than the average…
Although, Beowulf was labeled a heroic figure and also owed Hrothgar a favor for saving his father’s life. So he decided to travel to Denmark with 14 of his strongest men in order to help Hrothgar and return the favor. The first night of Beowulf’s stay, he had his men sleep in the Herot, and Grendel came back in pursuit of killing them. One of the warriors named Hondshew died during the attack. Also, Grendel bewitched all of the weapons that the men had in order to defeat him, so they had no…
Everyone’s an idiot. Spend some time at it, will you. Maybe you can figure it out.” Thing is, I’ve had it figured for some time. I found the first message a few moon cycles past. I smuggled it home. Over the many years I’ve only been able to tuck away one thing from him- a book. From Before. By his law, a forbidden…
For a large number of people, their experience with lab reports and scientific documents will be limited to a lab or two they are required to take in college for a general education credit. Skills learned in these classes will most likely be quickly forgotten and never used again. However, for those that work in a scientific field, writing lab reports is a fundamental skill that will be used time and time again. Lab reports can be used to express many different types of data and prove a variety…
the disciples were exaggerating which is hyperbole, to explain Jesus’ fame that was spreading. Bible readers can greatly benefit from knowing how and when the writers of the Bible used hyperbole. Everybody knows that amazing literature always uses figures of speech such as hyperbole to deliver its…
aspects of them in depth. This would differ from my original essay, which focused on the analysis of one specific scene and and relied on the use of footnotes to explain. Ngozi Ukazu’s webcomic, Check, Please!, follows Eric “Bitty” Bittle, a former figure skater turned hockey player navigating his way through college…