Roses Tournament

One of the most memorable things I have are my all red Derrick Rose Adidas basketball shoes. These shoes mean a lot, for they represent a whole season of basketball. A whole season of my last year playing aau basketball with girls I grew up with. The shoes remind me of all the games and practices that we had together. Every free throw, every jump shot, every layup, every three-pointer I ever took in my last season. All the memories I made with my team. Remembering all the crazy things we did at…

equipment that we believe is “lucky,” but sometimes it’s about more than luck. Nothing can compare to the wind that flowed through your hair as the boat darted across the water heading to your favorite spot. The smoky air was dense, as concentrated fog rose from the lake which made it hard to distinguish what was up ahead of you. The fog also brought a light dampness that soaked your clothes leaving your skin and your clothing soggy. However, it was a cool spring morning…

season continued, we continued to get better. Fast forward a bit to prelims night of grand nationals where we had to compete against 90 bands from across the nation who wanted a shot at a national title and an invitation to march in the 2014 Tournament of Roses parade in California. We had a late performance time on Friday and wouldn’t know the results until Saturday morning. Once we found out we made it to semi-finals we practiced more, then that afternoon we had our performance. If we were…

California California has lots of beaches and fun boardwalks to walk down. It is a great place to vacation or live. It is a tourist destination making it very packed full of people in most cities. According to Don DeLillo “California deserves whatever it gets. Californians invented the concept of lifestyle. This alone warrants their doom.” This quote pretty much sums up California. Some even consider California a lifestyle, because of the adventure you’ll find, and the dreams you deem impossible…

Lindo Jong is kinder and gentler than Waverly, she focuses more on a person’s successes than their flaws. When Waverly was a young child, she learned how to play chess. After winning many tournaments her mother began to brag and take the accomplishments of her daughter as her own (Tan 89-101). When Waverly was six, she and her mother bonded through the learning and teaching of the art of invisible strength, “a strategy for winning arguments…

statied that Elin Nordegren broke the back window of Tiger’s SUV with a golf club to get him out of the locked car. He later withdrew from his charity golf tournament and will not be playing in any other tournaments for the rest of 2009. At the beginning of December of 2009 apologised to his family and fans. After his apology more women rose with evidence to prove what happened. A few days after his first apology he apologized again to his fans. “Several days later, he lost his endorsement deal…

mental state, not the fact that they own a gun (“Suicide and Firearms”). There is simply not a cause and effect relationship between suicide and gun ownership. Consider the murder rate in this country; between the years of 1993-1997, when gun ownership rose to nearly 20 million, the rate of homicides committed in those same years with firearms dropped 27%. Studies show that most criminals come by their guns illegally, often by theft or underground purchases. For example, Connecticut has one of…

Author Elie Wiesel once said, “Let us not forget, after all, that there is always a moment when the moral choice is made. Often because of one story or one book or one person, we are able to make a different choice, a choice for humanity, for life.” Ethics is a philosophical ideal, and it seeks to understand and justify those moral standards that are appropriate to the occupations that one chooses to advance in. Larry Fitzgerald Jr. is an NFL receiver for the Arizona Cardinals and established…

QUITTING It is a hot summer evening. Cars are flying by. The trees are swaying back and forward an side to side. I hear everybody blabbering about baseball. Then I see him 10 yards away. I come to a stop and quickly take a breath. A deep chill ran down my spine 6 months earlier. A few days after joining the team I was happy. I made the team and things were looking up- “Ethan get your stuff together”. My Mom yelled across the room. I was startled. "for what” I yelled back “baseball”. I…

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