Curveball

Questions arise all the time about how some kids do better at standardized testing, homework assignments, or even classwork than other students. Some people think that the answer lies in a textbook buried in the deepest and darkest corners of the world, or a school library, however, this idea would be wrong. The answer lies in a psychological thought process that allows people to see that the answer is in the student’s motivation itself. Although many try to use positive reinforcement or…

In today’s world, we must know how to appropriately interact with people our age and people in general; living in a world with no sympathetic or empathic morals could be traumatizing. I may have only been on this earth eighteen years, but I believe I have come to the conclusion that I truly don’t know how to interact with people the way I should; trying to step into someone else’s shoes is uncomfortable, learning how someone feels about a certain subject is even harder when opening up about my…

Many things stand in the way of success, in this book Summer Ball Danny must clear many hurdles to get to his goal. In this book Danny is at a summer camp for Basketball, and has already been told by has coach that he should switch sports, when basketball as been his passion since forever. Danny is not a very bad kid or a troublemaker, but in these past chapters he has been doing things he should not be doing and is not making any new friends doing it. At one point in this book he even tried to…

Erdrich’s “The Years or my Birth” captivated from the first sentence. A number of emotions flicked through me by just reading the first paragraph. At the very beginning I was confused when Erdrich stated, “… and I slid out half dead” (pg.1). I assumed from that sentence and when the nurse it was too late that the fetus was dead. However, it goes on to talk about the fetus living with another family. I did not understand why the first and second page was so hard to comprehend. After that initial…

It’s a Saturday afternoon and all around America kids are running around baseball fields playing the sport they love. Although this baseball seems the same, kids are in entirely different worlds than each other. While some are playing, and might not even be keeping score, others are in life or death situations to the point that the parents are more concerned about winning than the kids playing the game. This can be the bad thing about this beautiful game, when parents push their young kids too…

be a leader and a follower, I learned how to work with others and integrate different leadership styles to get the job done. If anyone had asked me what were my plans, I would have replied with pride an Army Nurse. To my surprise, life threw a curveball. I moved out of my parent’s house when I started college, yearning for the sense of independence. I was paying rent, bills and school balances. In my junior year, my grandmother was diagnosed with lung cancer. Being the only high school…

Precision of Pitching In the game of baseball, the pitcher is one of the most vital players on the team. He must follow a precise sequence of steps to throw the pitch the way he had intended to. The best way for a pitcher to throw hard and throw strikes is to choose the proper stance and pitch, execute the pitch, and follow through into an athletic fielding position. Before the pitcher steps on the mound, he must first decide what type of stance he needs to be in. If there is a runner on base…

Suture is not a movie I would review for my website, let alone sit down and watch. However, after being given the opportunity to review the latest Blu-ray release of Suture from Arrow Video, I am glad that I gave this flick of chance. Suture, if you're not aware of the movie, is a black and white thriller about a man framed for murder and nearly killed by his half-brother. The wrongly convicted half-brother suffers amnesia is unsure of who he really is. Oh, did I forget to mention that the…

Everyone’s got a mom, right? Whether you’re adopted, or have two parents of the same gender, or in whatever situation, everyone has a mom. But does everyone have a mother? I think there’s a difference. Your mom is the woman who helped create you – biologically of course. But your mother is the person who helped shape you into being. She taught you right from wrong, showed you the kind of parent you’d want to be (or maybe the kind you didn’t want to be), and helped you when you were upset. I’m…

How Does Frayn Make This Passage Such a Powerful One? Pg 144-146 In pages 144 to 146, we see a very disturbing scene. Frayn uses specific language and techniques to make this passage a powerful one. The use of foreshadow, imagery, and symbolism are especially prominent in this passage. The actions of Keith’s father and the sudden role switch also adds to making this chapter especially powerful. Foreshadow is prominent in this paragraph. The passage starts off with the idea of smells…