Beat It

I. You tell yourself that you must run faster, c'mon sprint! The other girl is going to beat you by 2 seconds! But oh no, your legs feel like Jell-O. It's not your body that controls how fast or far you run, it's your mind. Constantly in motion, all inside your head. My biggest opponent is myself. I always strive to beat my PR from the previous meet. If I don’t, it means that I didn’t win. Because I didn’t beat myself. However, achieving a new PR – each and every time - is the most rewarding…

different it was back then compared to how it was in the early 2000’s. Being young, I never imagined exactly how different it could’ve been until I got the game Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80’s. Every day, I’d wake up, make my bed, then play it until I beat a song on hard. Some songs it would…

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air is a television show starring the actor and rapper Will Smith. Three Elements about the show that I liked was how Will Smith went from living in the ghetto with very little and having to transition to living in a mansion and being rich. I also likes how Will Smith adds music into the show in every episode. Another thing was I liked how he always made you laugh on any show. Will Smith started off living in the ghetto in West Philadelphia…

the best of the best when it comes to staffing. However, this was the reality that faced the workers at Verizon in 2016; “ Thirty-nine thousand Verizon strikers returned to work June 1 with their heads held high, after a 45-day strike in which they beat back company demands for concessions on job security and flexibility, won 1,300 additional union jobs, and achieved a first contract at seven Verizon Wireless stores.” (DiMaggio, 2016) Under these circumstances, as a hired consultant the…

Blues and Hip Hop are two styles that have vastly different cultures and are not always mentioned in the same breath. Blues songs are famous for their 12 bar format with sorrowful lyrical content, while hip hop songs have a free flowing form lyrical subject matter can range from street life to political issues. Although many consider these genres to be completely different, there are commonalities between the two genres that can bring them together. From the heavy, powerful drums to the…

To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, is based in a small town called Maycomb Alabama during the Depression. Atticus, the town lawyer, decides to take on this case dealing with a kind and humble black man, Tom Robinson, accused of raping a young girl names Mayella Ewell. Was justice served when Tom Robinson was found guilty of rape? Mayella, of the famous Ewell family known as the city’s “trash” claimed Tom raped her. Even though he was innocent he was still found guilty of the rape because of…

during fantasy football I had a great team my players rarely got hurt and none of them got suspended. On the other hand almost all of my opponents had to deal with that. My opponents all agreed that I had the best draft overall, and I would still get beat by all of them. First is the draft of a lifetime, I got the second pick and I picked Le'veon Bell. I also got many other good players such as: Drew Brees, Panthers Defense, Derek Carr, and Amari Cooper. I also got the best kicker and he…

placement. “Can you feel the beat when you march?” Is what I was often asked in Marching Band camp. To be honest it wasn’t that I could not feel the beat it was just that I did not know what to look for the beat. Music is one thing I would to describe my life but I would also describe it as my worst nightmare. I use to it for granted that I could do some much with music but then I realized what music really meant. To me music is the way it makes you feel .It’s when that catchy beat can take…

Every aspect of a pop rock song is intriguing, even so, that it envelopes the listener 's mind and body, making them dance to the beat and sing along with the lyrics. Pop rock music is an integration of modern music with elements from other genres such as the use of electric guitars and drums. It usually involves the use of drums, guitar, piano, vocals and a synthesizer. Pop rock is one of the best genres of music to listen to in the 20th generation because of the powerfully distinct elements it…

Cotton wool was used to make counting the heart beats simpler by restricting the movement of Daphnia magna. The heart rate was measured after five minutes of letting Daphnia magna sit on the chambers to acclimate to the new environment as a comparison value for the treatments. The concentrations that…