Skate

A Frigid Raceway The crisp, cold wind breezed through my hair during an enjoyable outdoor activity, as I zipped around the corner. A feeling of excitement is what I experience when I Long Track speed skate. It is enjoyable for many reasons. This sport is entertaining for numerous explanations. First, it is necessary to develop skills. Getting to know my boundaries has helped me. While having fun and without discouragement, I am more familiar with of my abilities and setting reachable goals.…

but as soon as they shot the puck, I was heading the other way for a breakaway. As I was about to shoot, the opposing player hooked me, causing me to miss on the shot, but was called by the ref, resulting in a penalty shot in overtime. I started to skate towards the goalie and contemplated what I should do, as the game was on my stick literally. I decided to try to deke the goalie out of position and it worked. As I shot the puck, the goalie tried to save it, but barely missed saving it, as the…

Tim Hortons. We skated at different spots in town like in front of this restaurant but they told us to leave so we were running out of good spots to go to. as we were cruising on the side Thomas said “hey we should go to the elementary school to skate in the parking lot.” We all agreed that it was a good idea, it took us about ten minutes to reach the school. This was going to be fun the cement was as…

second year playing bantam meaning I was used to hitting and being hit so hitting the boards was not a big deal. We were winning 4-3 and I had a chance to move my way up the ice with the puck. I play on Defense meaning I am not usually the one who skates the puck up and scores. I made my way up the ice and past the first defender and I only had one more guy to beat. I made a move to get around him, but he followed me and gave me a shove. I lost control and slid towards the net. I swung my stick…

Growing up and being a child is something everyone experiences in their life and the actions that progress during this time really defines who you are and who you will become as an adult. Looking back on my childhood, so far, I decided to write my memoir of the time I broke my arm during the summer of transitioning from a middle school student to a high school student. It was finally summer and as a celebration my sister and I decided we would try something new, something we had never done…

(Skates, 2014). As Jacobs (2013) argues, this suggests that job seekers should be thinking as much about their online reputation as their interview apparel. Inappropriate or unprofessional content on social media can take a candidate, that otherwise…

Home is a very broad topic for an essay, but not as broad for me. I have lived in the same house in Cary since I was born in 1996. I have never been out of the country and the longest that I have been out of the Raleigh area is a week. Kind of dull, but living in one place my whole life really solidifies what I call home. When I move out it will be harder to call my new house home. There are significant characteristics and people that make my home special which are my family, my friends, and the…

Walking across the Brooklyn Bridge and looking at the skyline of New York City (NYC) at night time was something I had always dreamed of seeing. One of my dreams came true when I was able to take my two daughters to New York City to experience this with me. They would see the sights on television and always say how much they want to go, so I decided to make that happen for them, not just once, but twice. Each one of our trips were 10 days in length and still not enough time to absolutely see…

insight about his father and how the holocaust shaped him. Both stories are intertwined, that is, neither could have been told without the other. Jumping right into the book, we see Art, the protagonist, returning home after having his skate broken. His father, rather than consoling him, compares his friends to the holocaust as he says, “then you could see what it is,…

Gangs are a violent reality that people have to deal with in today’s cities. Definitely not a new phenomenon, but yet a huge problem that needs to be addressed. Gang violence in Los Banos continues to rapidly increase, especially among youth, influencing negatively and leading to lives of crime. In 2014 statistics show Los Banos having ten active adult gangs, two youth gangs with a total of about five hundred seventy-five active gang members with numbers rapidly increasing (Inside Prison). 40…