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Journal 1: [Valjean] strained his eyes in the distance and called out . . . “Petit Gervais! . . .” His cries died away into the mist, without even awakening an echo. . . . [H]is knees suddenly bent under him as if an invisible power suddenly overwhelmed him with the weight of his bad conscience; he fell exhausted . . . and cried out, “I’m such a miserable man!” This part of the novel is an early turning point in which Jean Valjean goes from a criminal to an honest man. I wondered what made Jean…

Amir’s father states, “it might be unfair, but what happens in a single day can change the course of a whole life” (Hossieni 142). This quote simply means that one single act can affect a person forever. Amir’s father in this line references the theme that seems to be applied in most of this book. This theme, of how quickly everything can change was used pretty heavily throughout the book The Kite Runner. Amir’s father speaking about past mistakes reminds Amir of his past mistakes with Hassan.…

Hector JonJulio Miranda has always wanted to become an exotic car mechanic. Hector was born in Long Island, New York. He moved to Thomasville when he was about five. He has loved sports at a young age. He also loved cars when he got older. His main passions were sports and cars. At a young age, he played sports. He plays disk golf. Disk golf is like throwing a Frisbee into a metal chain net. He has played baseball, basketball, ping-pong, but his favorite was football. When he attended Glenn…

To most people, it may be difficult to fully understand the many obstacles that trans people face on a daily basis. They face huge disparities in almost every facet of society. Employers and landlords may gainsay people jobs and homes because they don't conform to gender norms, which is licit to do in 31 states. The 2011 National Transgender Discrimination Survey (NTDS) found trans people are approximately four times as likely to live in extreme impecuniosity compared to the general population.…

I live in a world of crazy numbers and fancy acronyms, the world of sabermetrics. Originally defined by Bill James in 1980, sabermetrics is "the search for objective knowledge about baseball", yet the term has grown into much, much more. Sabermetrics give ordinary people like me, the tools to predict the future, to forecast the worth of a human being with a couple of intricate formulas and a pinch of extrapolation. It appeared to be magic when I first learned about the masses of statistics…

“Life is not a spectator sport,if you're going to spend your life in the grandstands just watching what goes on in my opinion you’re wasting your life.(jackie robinson).” This was a quote said by Jackie Robinson. ,meaning to not sit around and life pass you by,to live in the moment. He was born 1919 january 31 in cairo Georgia. He was born with a mom and a dad a sharecroppers . there names where mallie and jerry Robinson. They said a couple of month later his father left with the neighbors wife…

war, fights for civil rights, racial tensions, radical students, and the MLK assassination were main events that took place in the 60’s that made many Americans fear the worst for our nation. In the middle of all the hate, crime, and death were 16 major league baseball teams fighting for a championship, not caring what was going on in the rest of the country. While America seemed to be falling apart, baseball was on the rise, and having what most people would say its own golden age. The 1960’s…

QP provided MY-Kayla with a CBT activity geared towards mood management. QP explained to My-Kayla that the activity will help her to understand negative emotions, help her to identify automatic thoughts that leads to negative emotions and develop ways to counter automatic thoughts and relate negative moods with cognitive and behavioral changes. QP asked My-Kayla to list some negative feelings and thoughts that leads to negative emotions. QP discussed with My-Kayla ways to counteract negative…

On September 30, 1927, Babe Ruth hits his 60th home run of the 1927 season and with it sets a record that would stand for 34 years. (Cremer pg 89) Babe Ruth was born February 7, 1844. Author's last name is Creamer. I think he is important because he currently holds the home run record in baseball history. Ruth was raised in a poor waterfront neighborhood in Baltimore “biography.com” At the age of 7, the trouble-making Ruth became too much of a handful for his busy parents. “Biography.com” At the…

1. Bibliography: Green, Shawn and McAlpine, Gordon. The Way of Baseball. New York, New York: Simon and Schuster Paperbacks, 2011. 224 pages 2. Title: The title is The Way of Baseball. It is significant because it tells you about baseball and how you can find stillness and what to do when you have found stillness. 3. Characters: Shawn Green is the protagonist who plays in the MLB some of his personality traits would be hard working, frustrated, and ambitious. Some of his physical characteristics…