Mike Patton

Payton’s Chance “Hold your core, point your toes and land softly like a swan.” Yelled Professor G over and over, Payton decided she would try and block off the world and just dance. Payton was a first year at the Australian Ballet Company. She had clear green eyes with warm brown and gold flecks coursing through them like blood. She had long, silky brown hair that had a slight red tinge to it. All of Payton’s life she had danced. She grew up in a family with all boys; her father and her two slightly younger twin brothers. Her mother had sadly passed away when Payton was only two years old, right after the twins were born, so Payton had to step up in place of her. Dancing was her only escape. Payton had just finished her ballet technique class when her blonde haired best friend Ellie Smith came rushing over to her whilst knocking the snobby and rude Alana Ecolopolis down on her way. Ellie started talking, but Payton zoned out. Ever since Payton had joined the company at the start of this year, Alana had been jealous of Payton and her skills. Every time Alana looked at Payton, there was fire in her eyes. Alana gave Payton and Ellie a look that would send shivers down your spine. Payton started to hastily pack up her things, eager to get out of the studio. Payton said goodbye to Ellie and started walking back to her room. As Payton was going down the grand staircase, she felt a firm shove and she began to fall. Payton screamed so loud that within five minutes, the whole student…

The Dark Raven – (Jason Helmsman) We’d been patrolling San Diego for Some time our chapter was located in downtown. I felt there was a need for us if I didn’t I wouldn’t have wasted my time. I’d been interviewed on television and spoke to youth summer camps and grade school kids. I never revealed my true identity for any of these appearances and that did peek people’s curiosity a little, maybe. But no one ever really went out of their way to find out who we were. I suppose even though I…

Students Pay the Right Price For College”. The first article, written by Forbes Magazine Contributor Mike Patton, discusses the alarmingly high and constantly increasing cost of college, as well as how it affects our country. Patton mainly used statistics in his work as evidence to support his point. The second article, written by Ron Lieber of The New York Times, focuses closely on Payback, a game developed to simulate how hard it is to manage money in college. Lieber includes numerous quotes…

Though out my time in HDFS 3080, I have caught myself putting the effective interpersonal skills we have learned to use. I am now more conscious about the way I talk to others, and how I formulate responses. I have learned that the effective interpersonal skills I have been taught actually do help me communicate more effectively. In this exercise, I was to choose a relationship partner and engage in a relationship assessment. I chose my boyfriend of 8 years, Hunter. Goal 1: Increase Your Level…

Prosecutor Mike Nifong 's actions in this case were criminal. Nifong used the public press of this case to attempt to further his career and only presented evidence that was beneficial to his agenda. This is an example of criminal mind because he went against ethical morals. Another conclusion that can be seen about criminals is that they are liars. For example, Nifong withheld the DNA tests to his advantage. Another example of criminal behavior is that they are controlling. Nifong attempted to…

First Nations for their cooperation. (Salomons, 2009) The people of the Stoney Point tribe were promised their land would be returned to them but even long after the war ended and the world moved forward, the land now known as “Camp Ipperwash” was occupied by the government. This is where the situation becomes violent and where I, as a resident of Ipperwash Beach, find myself unsettled and in disbelief. On September 4th 1995, approximately thirty members of the band, accompanied by children,…

It’s five o’clock. My left eye opens. I feel just great! I’m ready to hop out of bed and go on my daily five mile jog. I should probably eat my very favorite Cascadian Farm Granola Cereal first though, to provide some energy for my exceptionally fit body. As I get ready to throw off my covers, all the sudden I hear a repulsive gurgling sound, then I realize it is my own laughter, a result of the amusement I find in my own sarcasm. Even after a full night’s sleep, I feel groggy. Limbs aching…

How would someone act if they were blamed for the death of their wife, and then their child is swept away because they were not responsible enough to take care of them? This surreal problem happened to Charlie in the short story, “Babylon Revisited” written by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Charlie struggles with himself after loosing his wife because he feels grief and pain, madness towards his sister-in-law for not believing that he could change, and the fear that he may not be given the chance to be a…

In Kate Chopin’s, The Awakening, the novel highlights Edna’s awakening as she defies the expectations and standards that are held over most women within their Victorian society in the late 1800s. In Mike Newell’s, Mona Lisa Smile, the film introduces an engaged student as Wellesley College named Betty, who’s feels as if her purpose is to be the perfect housewife and future mother. Based on the content within the film and the novel, Chopin’s novel is highly effective. Through protagonist analysis…

Besides gear and in school treatments the players don 't receive anything for entertaining millions every night. While the league and schools are receiving billions of dollars yearly. The coaches also make an insane amount of money the yearly between duke university coach mike krzyzewski and bo ryan coach of wisconsin was a combined 12, 628,032. The ncca got an insane amount of 10.8 billion dollars from cbs and turner broadcasting for the rights to broadcast for 14 years. In an article…