Before the Game

team name was the wizards. We played all over the city, sometimes we would play out of town but mostly in St. Louis. Our season was coming to an end, but not before playoffs. Like college basketball in march madness if you lose a game, you are eliminated. We were a great team so we advanced through the first few rounds pretty easily. But our last three games were all difficult. Our first difficult game was against one of our rivals. We usually could beat them without a fight, but not this game. They made us really work hard for the win. we had to treat every possession like it was our last. We were switching on defense like crazy, diving for loose balls, and sprinting on every fast break. It overall made us work as a team. In the end we went on a scoring run which led us to victory. The score was 45-55. That game showed us that really working, as a teamwork is better than individual talent. After that game, we practiced hard because we were so excited for the next game, and we did not want to lose of course. At the end our practice we sent a voicemail message to the coach saying that we would beat them. We knew we had to play at a really high level. However, we were ready. Before the game started, our opponent’s…

Volleyball games are a time with excitement and intensity for all ages. From digging, and sets to serving and kills, this sport has mastered the art of entertainment for all. Volleyball is one of my favorite sports. Though I don’t get to play it all year round, the memories of the events will forever stay. During these events many things do occur, like friendship, trust, and believing in yourself that you can do more. This has encouraged me to portray opportunities and do more actives.…

Examining the effects of DLC on the video-game industry from the approach of Kant’s Categorical Imperative yields a slightly different conclusion. Kant’s Categorical Imperative states that one should act only on rules that they would be willing to see everyone follow, treat every human as an end and not a means to the end, and consider every rational being as a maker of universal law. Based on this approach, the effects of DLC are mixed. The more traditional approach to DLC, where it is…

Sociological Analysis of The Nightmare Before Christmas The Nightmare Before Christmas, a stop-action animation movie written by Tim Burton and directed by Henry Selick, is a classic Halloween movie. With Halloween quickly approaching, a sociological analysis of this film seemed particularly appropriate. This film demonstrates many sociological phenomena in our society, but the one that was most prominent was Role Theory. This film shows how society prescribes us roles, and how filling these…

The Nightmare Before Christmas argument essay The Nightmare Before Christmas, By Tim Burton. It took 10 years to make and may take you a little longer to decide. Some people think the movie is more about Halloween, and some people think The Nightmare Before Christmas is a Christmas movie. I believe that The Nightmare Before Christmas movie is more of a Halloween movie. The first piece of evidence is because, the setting in the movie is mainly in Halloween Town. And some of the songs…

A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest J. Gaines takes place in the 1940’s, a time period of segregation. This was a time when blacks were often at fault for a crime they did not commit, such as what transpired in this book. A man named Jefferson was convicted of a crime he did not commit and was insulted during court. Now his family, friends, and even Jefferson himself were trying to prove the white community wrong about their beliefs that a black man is unequal and lacks dignity for both Jefferson…

People cant decide if Nightmare Before Christmas is a Halloween or Christmas movie.Some think its Halloween others think it Christmas.I think that it is a Halloween movie because the character are more Halloween then Christmas. First reason I think its a Halloween movie.It has a lot of halloween characters in the movie Nightmare Before Christmas.Its more Halloween then Christmas because its all halloween in it even in the parts of Christmas the toys attack the kids and are scary.The reindeer…

“Luster” Joe woke up from his nap, feeling well rested, which was a relief because he had been plagued with nightmares the night before. He dreamt about dark shapes and felt so afraid in his bed. However, he couldn’t go to his mom because he was seven years old now, and that practically made him an adult; and everyone knew that adults don’t go crying to their mommies if they have nightmares. He shuddered at the memory of his nightmares and shoved the thoughts away. He skipped down the hall,…

things didn't go as planned. Although I didn't succeeded I took a lesson from it in the end. “Play ball” the umpire called out as we jogged on to the field. Like every game before I headed for third base. The game begins and I can tell for the start the game wasn't going to go well. “Ball ball ball” an outfielder calls as a ball flies over her head. Another player has a ball roll between her legs. Our pitcher hadn't been pitching the best of games at this point in her life and…

So here I was with our basketball team; It was the second round of the playoffs and our team had a tough matchup against Antioch, they are just as good if not better than us. And the game had just started; myself, “the captain”, Josh, Murry, Blake, Andrew, “the starters” “we were going to win this game” is what we all said throughout the whole day before the game. And our team, Hermitage, we were not the best basketball team in the league by any means. In fact, we had the second worst record…