Strikeout

Sitting in the nurse’s station, I impatiently wait for my mother to finish her morning rounds at the nursing home. It is summertime, and I am eager to be dropped off at my Vacation Bible School church camp. A resident parked in her wheelchair down the hallway begins yelling, “Help me! I’m dying! Help!” over and over again. Worried, I begin frantically looking for a nurse to come help. One suddenly appears at the patient’s side, and asks what the problem was. Their response: they had a hangnail…

The widely accepted “The Hero’s Journey” theory is devised and arranged into stages by Joseph Campbell in 1947; Further, it was interpreted and adapted by Christopher Vogler, which can be illustrated through “Lord of The Rings” and “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone”. This is simple but powerful theory which eclipses these films and continues to captivate the audiences. Overtime, for both these films we see how the hero’s characters develop. They become more selfless and understand the…

The game of baseball is a great game and is open to anyone that wants to play it. There is many way that baseball can be played. Baseball can be played but be called different things like wiffle ball, and stick ball. Also, baseball is a great sport because you stay active while you play. In addition baseball was made along time ago and the they use two different types of bats. There is lots of physics that goes into baseball and many pitches people can throw. The game of baseball started a long…

Micheal Lewis’ Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair game is a story about Billy Beane. General manager of the Oakland Athletics (A’s) who used statistical analysis to win the baseball league. Beane was once a great baseball player during high school. Judging from his potential and skill, many baseball scouts wanted him in the team. However, he struggled in the minor league and never made it to the major league. Due to his unsuccessful career as a player, he retired as he was no longer…

In order to deliver a successful speech, there are countless qualities that must be present to reach the emotion and logic of the crowd. Through the use of rhetorical strategies and by having ethics, a speaker or an author can connect with their audience; getting them involved with their writing. In May of 2011, a man by the name of Denzel Washington used multiple rhetorical strategies to deliver a graduation speech at the University of Pennsylvania. While revealing all of the difficult times…

harder. My softball coach had a bad attitude all the time. She made going to practice miserable, and made being apart of the team a terrible thing. She never gave us confidence that we would win. She would remind us of the sprints we would have for strikeouts and outs given during an inning before every game. We had lost the game before we even started. Half of the team was just waiting for the season to end so we would be done. After being on EK’s JV team, I grew to hate the sport that I had…

Three Strike Policy The three strike policy was started to reduce repeat offenders of serious crime and it was passed in 1993. The policy was thought to have a great impact on society and reduce the crime rate. The crime rate was on the raise with offenders and the crimes that was being committed was violent and very serious. With the crime rate increasing, more offenders became felonies, something had to be done to try to reduce the crime rate. The policy is directed towards felony crimes…

Comment Powered by « Reflection We are shaped by our environment and experiences. I have been fortunate to have grown up in Long Beach where diversity is its middle name. My parents came here from Mexico and created a home in the U.S. They worked hard and tried to give us the best they could to their abilities. They wanted us to get good grades in school and eventually go to college. My mom was somewhat involved in my school and I know that she wanted to be more involved but because she…

11. My coach was my best friend's dad and I had a lot of others friends on the team. In our first game we were facing the Angles. I was the starting pitcher for our team and I was batting third. In the first half inning I pitched great with three strikeouts. In the second half of that inning I was up to bat. I used a grey and orange Easton Typhoon bat that was 29 inches and 18 ounces. I was really ready to bomb a home run. My first swing was a big miss. Then I realized I needed to keep my head…

I woke to the sound of my alarm clock going off, “Beep, Beep, Beep, Beep.” It was 7:00 in the morning; the usual time I get up to go to school, but like usual I slam on the snooze button and sleep for another five minutes. After hitting the snooze button three times I finally got up. Today is the day, our first doubleheader of the season is against Rockford. The coach is starting me at left field and it is my first game ever starting in high school game. I’m a Sophomore at Atwood High School; my…