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lawyer, and a professional softball player. Interior designers design houses, public building, and locations. An interior designer’s job is to make a functional, flowing, and presentable environment. To become an interior designer there are many limitations as far as: money,…

I am currently a baseball player for Lower Columbia College where I am also pursuing a general education AA with the expectation of transferring to a four-year college or university in fall of 2016. I signed with the Red Devils in 2014 while still in high school, receiving a scholarship to play for them during my college freshman and sophomore years. Although I originally planned on majoring in education to teach math and science at the middle and high school levels, my interests have shifted to…

Ready Player One had swept the world by surprise and has all the gamers and non-gamers hooked with his unique writing style. The book was only released four years ago and has remained popular ever since. Ernest Cline, the author of “Ready Player One” has incorporated many unique aspects that separates a good book from a great book. The time and effort that he had put into creating the book was astonishing, since this was the only book that integrated many old references. Such as, “Star Trek”,…

Also, Golf magazine in 1988 celebrated American golf's centennial by naming Nicklaus the "Player of the Century." Additionally, Jack Nicklaus was named PGA's Player of the Year five times (Baughman, 1998). But the only time success comes before work is in the dictionary. He had to persist and overcome many challenges to reach his fame. First, golf was not a popular sport when…

beginning of my junior year of McNeil High School I qualified to be on varsity and was put into the varsity soccer class for one month. I trained with the returning varsity players and learned from our varsity coach. However, at the term of that month I had received a statement that I did not have the capability to become a varsity player and would be moved down to junior varsity. This remains as one of the toughest setbacks that I have faced in my life. Due to this failure, I joined a…

After six National Basketball Association (NBA) Championships, eleven NBA Most Valuable Player (MVP) awards and playing an astonishing fifteen seasons, Michael Jorden continues to be an inspiration for, not just me, but for so many young people. His combination of motivation, determination, athleticism, and definition to the game of basketball is the reason why he was voted as the Athlete of the Century. As with others, I am a huge fan of Michael Jordan; I bought his high top “jump man”,…

“Ex-Basketball Player” and “Anthem for Doomed Youth” are two very different poems; in setting, the way they are written, and how they portray heroism. The poem “Ex-Basketball Player” is written third person and focuses on a man who was once great at basketball, but is stuck in his fame of high school. “Anthem for Doomed Youth” is written in third person talking about WWI, how gruesome the war was and how the soldiers do not receive the honourable death they deserve. “Ex-Basketball Player” is…

at my highest ability so the team can play at their greatest potential. I need to push myself in order to play the best, which is why I set my goal: to push myself and become the best I can. For my goal, I want to become an all-conference baseball player for pitching. There are multiple reasons why I selected this goal. First, I love baseball. I wanted to pick a goal I had passion for. I want to play at a high level in baseball so I set a goal to push myself and hold myself accountable.…

Leonard’s public recognition remains out of line with his real ability. When the Spurs first considered bringing in Leonard, the objective was simply to add a bigger perimeter player. Now on his fifth season with the ballclub, Kahwi has silently turned into a MVP caliber player. He has become an important and an instrumental player for the team, a very potent and reliable scorer offensively and an absolute monster in the defensive end. He is playing consistently since the start of the season.…

Samantha Pratt Hollywood History P. Andriscin 9 January 2018 42 In the movie 42, Jackie Robinson was a legendary baseball player who played during the 1940’s. He was the first African American to play in the Major League Baseball. As the first African American, Jackie Robinson faced a lot of racism and segregatetion from the other Major League Baseball players, coaches, teams and fans. When he began playing, it was the times when different races could not interact with one another and had…