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Year round schools are better to in my opinion. You have your free time and still work throughout the year. Schools continue to operate 180 days per year. They stretch out the 180 days over the entire year and take shorter breaks between each term. Year round school can be a problem for some people. Not for students but for teachers also. They could have a baby at home and it could be difficult to find a babysitter for 2 weeks every 6 weeks. Kids tend to forget a lot during the summer…

Although a war is fought between nations,it is really fought by individuals who stand to lose everything in the process.The things the nations lose is nothing compared to what each and every soldier loses. Even after the war is over and the soldiers go home to their families,the war isn't over for them.The actual war is over,but the war in their own head has just began.Many soldiers can't adapt to their lives after the war.Sometimes they aren't ever the same.Some soldiers get mental…

My efforts to finish Bloomsday My finest accomplishment was completed when I was nine. This achievement was done with the help of my family's athletic ability and capability to run. They indoctrinated me to believe in running. That's why I'm a runner today. My family convinced me to do Bloomsday. At first I did not want to but they are good convincers Bloomsday is a 12k race that makes Spokane famous. People come from around the world to race in it. So I was very jubilant when I was told I was…

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Swimming is fun for both parents and children. However, there are things that you will have to do in order to keep your kids safe while swimming. Below is a list of safety tips for parents: Supervise Your Children At All Times Children who are between the ages of one and four are at the greatest risk of drowning. That is why it is important to supervise children at all times while your child is in the water. Children who are under the age of five should be within arm's reach of an adult at all…

was nothing to do because all the main sports were played outside. When it got cold outside, a new sport was in the making to keep students and athletes in shape. Basketball was invented behind the idea of maintaining health during the winter for the YMCA college; it then blew up and spread like wildfire and started to be played all around the world by all ages. HISTORY OF BASKETBALL Basketball is thought to have been played…

estimated number of 300 million people from China that play basketball. This is nearly the same number that represents the entire population of the United States of America! It is thought that the game of basketball was taught to Chinese citizens by YMCA missionaries just a few years following its invention in 1891 (Blineburry). Basketball was given a more concrete place in the People’s Republic of China when the first Prime Minister, Chou En Lai, endorsed basketball because of its contribution…

Florence Kelly. Another way they were successful was making settlement houses. By making these settlement houses, it gave people help in the area. Also the progressive movement was successful at protecting social welfare because of groups like the YMCA and the salvation army which gave poor people food…

As part of an assignment for the nursing ethics paper, I interviewed Chic Arboiz, who’s a registered nurse working at Natividad Medical Center in Salinas, CA. Arboiz is a naturalized citizen, and graduated with a BSN degree from Misamis University (MU), located in Ozamiz City, Misamis Occidental, Philippines. According to Barbara Brush (2008), approximately 50 percent of all foreign nurses received their basic education in the Philippines. Since foreign educated workers bring differing ethical…

Imagine rushing around, excited and overjoyed at every turn. Looking up and seeing smiles and laughs from your family as they watch on. Squealing around every curve with the rush of excitement that you feel within. The warmth of a summer day in the Rocky Mountains, the slight breeze blowing in your face, the feeling of pure bliss, knowing that this moment in time is one you want to remember, a true staple of your loving relationship with your family. Imagine the look of excitement on the face…