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Trial for about two years now. I never thought that I would be so involved and dedicated in Mock Trial as in now. I’ve transfer to my current magnet school after my freshman year. As shocked as I was, I made through the Varsity team after my first tryout. Mock Trial has transformed me into a versified student and person. By being an attorney on both prosecution and defense side, I’ve learned to be more well-spoken, approachable, responsible, and a dependable leader. I had to adapt not only my…

was the first place where I experienced rejection; the second time was being rejected from medical school. After my first gym closed down, my mother began researching competitive teams for my sister and I to join. Most gymnasiums require for you to tryout before making a decision. All the of the gyms we tried out at wanted my sister because she was very talented. However, they thought that I was too slow and not quite good enough. Although Joel Shaeffers, the owner of Mid-Island Gymnastics,…

Digitalisation has overcome today 's society. Digitalisation is the everyday use of technology. People are not born addicted to anything, it’s the lifestyle lived that makes people addicted. Addiction to social media comes with being attached to technology. The current generation is attached to technology, causing teens to become addicted to social media. Social media ruins teens body image and self-esteem. Body image is how people think and feel about their body; self- esteem is how people…

Adam’s bet went to this game and he never saw it again.An attachment that was never there,is still there,covering his face each day. Nearly,one year has passed ever since Illin took a bite of his first victory out of many more to come. Basketball tryouts were scary, too scary for people like Illin. Somehow, a ruff edgy one is stuck in there every year. Tempted for a telephone,to call his or her parents, so they can get a reason to leave and/or sleep. Somehow, the ruff one is scared in there.…

named Roy Hobbs, who is very talented in Baseball. He has an incredible pitching arm and a very powerful hit when it comes to batting. Roy believed that he was on the path to fulfilling his dream considering that he had a scout who got him a private tryout with the Chicago Cubs. Unfortunately, there were many obstacles that came across his way which prevented him from achieving his dream of becoming the greatest player in the game. Roy had to face many difficulties such as getting shot, fitting…

On May 14, 2016, it was the last day of cheer tryouts at champion cheer. I was aiming for level 3 ,which meant back tucks. Back tucks have always been easy for me but, today was different. I was already having an off day or what i like to call it "a bad tumbling day", when i got up to tumble and noticed in the middle of my round-off backhand-spring that the girl next to me was tumbling crooked. Quickly i decided, to not do the tuck. Due to not reacting quick enough, I harshly landed on my arm…

plays.” We enjoyed the company of each other and the privilege to watch the football games live other than sitting at home watching it on the small television we owned. A few months later, I entered high school and I trembled in fear when I went to tryouts. I belonged to a small group of ten ninth graders trying out for football. We prayed together and wished each other good luck. As it became my turn to play on the field, I noticed multiple older girls staring at me in an intimidating way. I…

An inspiring major change happened to the world when jack Roosevelt Robinson broke the color barrier in major league baseball on April 15, 1947. Being an African American man he did not have as many rights or privileges as a Caucasian man would have had during that time. Mr. Jerry Robinson and Mrs. Mallie Robinson had five children, jack being the youngest. Jack r Robinson, is well known by the name of Jackie Robinson. His middle name is in honor of former president Theodore Roosevelt, who had…

Imagine that you are at the Olympic Games, swimming the 100-metre freestyle. It is your first time there and you are surrounded by the most prestigious swimmers in the world. Do you quit right away? No, this is what you have grown up on, what you were trained to do. In Hero by Perry Moore, it explores Metro City and it’s residents. In particular, Thom Green. In Metro City, superheroes are the talk of the town and are no longer pieces of the imagination. Thom is a sixteen-year-old boy who is…

I was very skeptical of participating in baseball and dreaded doing it, but I found out on the first day that there would be tryouts and cuts. It came to my mind that if I purposely did bad at tryouts then I wouldn’t have to participate in baseball. The next day when there were tryouts I missed balls whether it was on purpose or I was just really bad, but bad news came to me when I wasn’t cut due to the coach saying I had potential. My parents were happy…