Time out ''Pass the ball!'' Shouted everyone at once. I was feeling really nervous. My hands were sweaty and my heart was thumping loudly. I had the ball and everyone was screaming at me to pass it to them. It was my first basketball game of the season and I was on a different and more advanced team from last season. It was so different from training. At training the basketball games that we played weren't this hard and they were much more fun. I had never been good at playing in front of people
got home from basketball practice after school and I was just waiting for my first high school basketball game of the season. I’m a freshmen and I have been waiting a long time to play my first basketball game in high school and yes, I’m a little nervous but that's just because of all these negative vibes from people at my school telling me I can't, or I'm not good enough, or laughing at me for thinking I can do something insane. “Adam are you ready for your first game of the season.”
was in the fifth grade at one of my own basketball games. I was with my basketball team to play the last game of our season, although it was our last game the game was in a tournament. I was in the car with my mom and dad, we were going to my basketball game. I could feel the leather seats of my car while looking out the clear glass window. When we got there I jumped out of the car and walked into the building with my parents. “Good luck!” they both voiced. As my parents paid the admission fee, I
Towards a Definition of God’s Holiness & Illustration of Holy Justice Erika Dickerson PM101B: Spiritual Life September 5, 2014 Throughout biblical narratives, God reveals a host of “attributes,” which I call perfections, about His divine nature, character, and function. At the center of God’s distinct, wholly unified qualities is holiness: the fundamental tenant underscored in other perfections like justice and grace. The etymological derivation of the Hebrew word (קדט)
who doesn’t and what we can do to change this often by way of advocacy, actions, and campaigns, strive for social change (J. Poole, personal communication, September 13, 2017). Coach Carter is a sports drama based on a real life experience of a former Richmond High alumni and basketball coach, Ken Carter, who became known in 1999 for benching his entire basketball team, undefeated until that point for poor academic standing. It is though this film, but
Personal Narrative Assignment “When you stop playing your game, you’ve already lost” a quote by Pelé one of the world’s greatest soccer players. Losing is like a test no one prepares you for. The gut-wrenching feeling of failing is enough to bring even the strongest of men to their feet. September 14th 2017, the championship game. This is what we prepared for all season, this is what we worked so hard for. Teammates and opponents show up one by one. Dread and pressure slowy build up inside of me
“Superman and Me” by Sherman Alexie first appeared in “The Most Wonderful Books: Writers on Discovering the pleasures of Reading.” Sherman Alexie is a well-known Native American writer that publishes short stories, novels, and poetry. Out of the three narratives, I found myself connect with this story more than the others. Alexie tells us about his childhood as an Indian boy that grew up on the Reservation. His father was a big reader so as a kid he’s always had an interest in books and eventually
hometown, Wade, North Carolina. It is a detailed story of his boyhood in the rural South, which was a time when racism was a daily norm. McLaurin argues that racism existed unchallenged in the rural South. I found that this argument is valid due to the personal experiences that he had to face while growing up in the rural South, which he describes in great detail. McLaurin grew up with the knowledge that whites were treated very differently than blacks and not thinking anything of it. Although blacks
Personal Narrative Draft The Meriam-Webster dictionary defines a cheerleader as a person who is a member of a group (typically a group of young women) who shout out special songs or chants to encourage the team and entertain the crowd during a game in sports like American football and basketball. This definition described my involvement itself in my beloved sport, but it also explains who I am as a whole person. In my life, I am a cheerleader whether I am on the sidelines under the Friday night
summarized that racism enables hardship in one's life. At the beginning of Alexie’s life teachers and classmates demonstrate the racism. Sherman Alexie’s classmates are the first example of racism, with racist nicknames and bullying that start the chain of hardship in his life. Alexie narrates, “I was always falling down; my Indian name was Junior Falls Down. Sometimes it was Bloody Nose or Steal-His-Lunch” (Alexie 3). This quote is important because it conveys the racism that Alexie’s see in the