Ballerina

I saw the ball going low and outside at about 91 mph. I shuffled over, but not quickly enough as the ball caught me right where I did not have padding. I felt the bone dance out of place like a ballerina. I laid there, rolling in agony. After a few seconds the bone shifted back into place and I was yelling in pain. The coaches went running out to help me. Before the inning, I got all my catcher’s gear on and got ready to catch the fastest fastball in the league. JoJo Joseph threw harder…

I pulled up my pretty pink tights, slipped into my ballet slippers and straightened my favorite black leotard. I fastened my hair up in the tightest bun I could handle, and layered on the most elaborate stage make up. It suddenly hit me that this was the last time I would be doing this ritual. For I was primping and prepping for my last performance as a member of the dance company. I had devoted my entire childhood to dance and finally the curtain was about to close. I was ending something that…

Kurt Vonnegut wrote this story to show that he was against government control . Vonnegut wrote a story called “Harrison Bergeron”, the idea of equality were mistaken in the story because everything was mistaken, nobody can be the same or equal. People should be able to express their opinions and feelings, everyone have their own mind. Harrison is shot by Handicapper general at the Ballet because he take his handicaps off and he was not supposed to. If everyone would be the same, life would be…

that appeared in her bedroom just about every night. She had a great imagination and embellished that thing to the point Pete actually started to believe her. Kate would tell the family how strange and mysterious it was. How it was dressed like a ballerina, and she even went into detail about what kind of hair and eyes her little friend had. She made that thing sound as if it was her own personal fairy—like a guardian angel. As far as Pete was concerned, that was way too much detail for somebody…

Do you have what it takes? What it takes to step up against an opposing crowd of people? Thousands of people? It takes real strength to question what has always been. It takes bravery to speak up about the changes you want to happen. It takes a logical mindset and good morality to realize the wrongs in our own dystopia. As we go in further, we see the characters from Fahrenheit 451, Montag and Clarisse and in “Harrison Bergeron” Harrison, all share one characteristic that could never be taken…

are straightforward where as a tattoo showing a rough time period in that person's life are harder to decipher. A tattoo showing the person’s passion is usually the object of their passion. An example would be a woman who loves dancing could get a ballerina slipper tattooed on their body. Males tell their life story similarly to females, children’s footprints represent them and loved ones are shown by getting a portrait or an item representing them. The major difference between males and females…

was born prematurely with under developed lungs and suffered from cerebral palsy. He recounts the many times the family and others prayed for her healing. The family faced times when the kids at school made fun of Raissa because she wanted to be a ballerina. Doug Murren and his wife sat down with Raissa to explain the ways of the world in regards to her issues. They showed her it is more important to believe what Jesus thinks of her than listening to the kids in school. The author realized he…

concepts are the most valuable factors a dancer must present in order to perform to their best ability. Teachings that not only develop a dancer into a skilled entertainer, but also help form a well taught human being. As a child, I was never a prima ballerina and my love for dance didn't begin at an early age. It took me a long time to figure out what I was passionate about and what I was capable of. Finally when I reached junior high school I thought I found my calling. Starting dance as a…

I was born when my parents were seventeen. My brother was born three and half years later, and I remember exactly the day after my mom went into labour. My thoughts, as a little girl, were that mom was no longer just mine and that I was no longer the baby of the family. As a result, I developed a deep jealousy for my brother. I used to pinch him and throw toys at him every time my mom turned her head away. As we grew older, we were very physical with each other, and the family named us cat and…

revitalization programs are being introduced to bring language as well. There are many well-known Native Americans, post-boarding school era, that were and are successful. Jim Thorpe, famous native athlete and Olympian; Maria TallChief, first native prima ballerina; Wilma Man-Killer, first native woman elected chief of the Cherokee nation; Sherman Alexie, famous native author; Larry Echohawk, first native Attorney General of Idaho; Kevin Gover, first native Assistant Secretary to the Bureau of…