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Perspective 1 (Me): Allergies drove me crazy as I waited my turn for the Star Drill at softball practice. Discreetly wiping under my nose, I shifted my weight as I watched my teammates throw the ball around the bases. The catcher threw the ball to Tess, who was standing about ten feet in front of me. I saw it coming in high compared to Tess' small frame, and got prepared for the ball coming at us. Tess jumped up to get the ball, tipped it off her glove, and next thing I knew I was on the…

Major 3 Basketball has been played by many people in the world. You’ll at least play basketball once in your lifetime. Basketball legends started off the same as everyone and that’s playing basketball for the first time. It must of came natural to them so they made it a passion and living out of basketball. Basketball is kinda a difficult sport to play if you don’t know what you 're doing. Basketball includes passing, shooting, stealing, blocking, and rebounding the ball. It all isn 't easy and…

Microeconomics Pear Essay The concepts of supply and demand and the notion of equilibrium are quite significant concepts in the study of economics. Let’s begin our understanding of these larger concepts by breaking down these smaller concepts of scarcity and value and exchange, competitive advantage, production. Scarcity, takes on the idea of limited resources in comparison to a vast amount of potential recipients who want or value the item. When discussing scarcity, the discussion of allocation…

Many elementary students and their families can say that the homework given is becoming to be over the top. Even just for elementary students, homework is starting to consume hours of their life outside of school. The larger amounts of homework causes tension between child and family, negative health effects, and differences between homework and busy work. Although some will disagree with anti-homework people, most would say that the pressure from homework is becoming a burden on students at a…

This report is about an in-flight breakup of the Sealed Composite’s SpaceShip Two during a test flight. The test flight and accident occurred on October 31, 2014 at 1007:32 Pacific daylight time over an area near Koehn Dry Lake, California. It encompasses background information of the aircraft involved, the pilots, and the type of test flight as well as the intended results. Sections of this report will also explain the actual crash to include elements and findings of the accident…

Data collected prior to placement such as Oneschool information and previous assessment items assisted in the lesson planning by allowing me to identify not only the students’ academic levels to date, but also note that all students spoke English as their first language, none of the students identified as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander and there were no students with disabilities (1.3 - 1.6 AITSL, 2011). The summative assessment for the topic, and curriculum expectations also informed…

I have been working with computer since I was in elementary school. I was so fascinated how computer work. As the years passed by, I want s have a computer job that pays every well. When kids wanted to be fireman or a police office, I wanted to be a Pc repairman. I am striving to be the one of the best in the in the IT field. And I really got deeper into computers when I went to high school. With my computer teacher, Mr. Daniele’s pushing me to strive to do better. He told me that if I really…

Pear Assignment 1 The book Cocktail Party Economics by Eveline J. Adomait and Richard G. Maranta uses real life situations and analogies to discuss big economic ideas. These ideas help us understand the prices people have to pay for goods and services. Economic terms such as scarcity, exchange, value, opportunity cost and production allow us to understand the three larger concepts which are supply, demand and equilibrium. The quote “Life is simple, work (real), get paid (money), buy stuff…

As I walked up to the plate, I wiped the beads of sweat dripping from my head while I was looking at my 3rd base coach and he gave me the sign to wait to swing till after the first strike. I felt butterflies in my stomach as I stepped into the batters box. The first pitch was a strike and then the next three pitches were balls. The kid that batted in front of me had the same count count and he got a changeup down the middle and hit the ball to right field. So as I was standing in…

“Either you run the day, or the day runs you.” Jim Rohn said this and it powerfully connects to me. The quote means, are you killing time aimlessly or exploiting it purposefully. I try to live everyday with at least one goal, a purpose, an objective. My life can best be described by a softball stolen from a field, memories of my family, and my future career. A softball is a symbol of my life. My life would be completely different if I didn’t play softball. I wouldn’t rush to practice every day…