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    Journey To America

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    I’ve been taught that being an independent person will take you further than the average Joe because you will separate yourself from the pack. I consider myself as an irregular complex person: I’m compassionate, helpful towards others and dedicated swimmer. October 31, 2015, was not like any other Hallowing there wasn’t any tricks, just treats. I went on a mission’s trip that changed my life. My dad and I went on a two week missionary journey to China. Once we landed I saw a different world from what

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    Pedagogy is a teaching style that is used to help students learn. Teachers often have a unique pedagogy that they prefer to follow. Some teachers prefer to lecture, others model, some simply assign the work, and to each their own. “...there is some evidence of teachers abandoning formal pedagogies in favor of informal ones…” (Cain). Walt Whitman was no different; he prefered a hands on approach when it came to teaching and through his approach, he learned as much from the student as they did from

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    Contact Hypothesis

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    We got to a point where we were talking about the kind of sports we engage in and I said I am a trained swimmer and comments such as “how did you get trained as a swimmer as a black person? “emerged. This surprised me because despite our friendship there are still prejudices. Our contact did not necessarily diminish the prejudices; it just facilitated how we relate or given us a licence

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    Lifeboat Ethics Analysis

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    According to Hardin, 1/3 of the world is relatively well off while the other 2/3rd of the world is relatively poor. Hardin apposed the question of ‘who to save’ in his life boat analogy. Those 50 people had the option to let 10 of the swimmers on, or continue sailing. Those swimmers represent the poor, immigrants and the unheard who subside outside the wealth. The concern is if there will be enough resources or physical capacity to help everyone in these poor countries. • Option 1 “allow everyone on the

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    proving that you can be active and still enjoy gorgeous jewelry. Here are eight great engagement rings worn by some famous female athletes. Natalie Coughlin Olympic gold medalist swimmer Natalie Coughlin has been married now for more than seven years, but that does not make her ring, given to her by her husband and fellow swimmer Ethan Hall, old news. Coughlin's engagement ring is a 2-carat round-cut diamond on a platinum band. Maria Höfl-Riesch Maria Höfl-Riesch, a retired German skiing star, who is

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    ‘As two spent swimmers that do cling together and choke their art’ was a vivid simile that stood out in the passage because of its portrayal of the war. When two swimmers try to cling to each other, they stop each other from swimming and both drown, which is what was going on during the battle; the armies where both trying so hard to stop the

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    Swimmer had claimed that at the top of the highest mountain you would come to the lower reaches of a forest where lived a celestial race and it was here that the dead spirit of man could be reborn. Swimmer had said that , "a man's spirit could be torn apart and cease and yet his body keep on living."(Page 19) and Inman, after his time at Fredericksburg was quite prepared to say that Swimmer was right. 3. The journey Inman takes home to

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    and the overall effectiveness of the argument presented. Each academic discipline has unique methods to convey ideas that are consistent with other works within the same discipline. Dr. Keith Bell, in his book The Nuts and Bolts of Psychology for Swimmers, argues that the key to swimming is the mindset and mental perseverance to push forward with training. In contrast, Swimming Science V, by Bodo Ungerechts details the scientific functionality of the sport. Each source utilizes special tactics in

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    Earlier in 2015, a man named Brock Turner, aged 20, was convicted on three counts of sexual assault after he was found sexually assaulting an unconscious woman behind a dumpster outside a fraternity house on the Stanford campus (Knowles 2016). Two Swedish students witnessed the event and pulled Turner off the young woman, holding him until the police arrived and in March 2016, the jury found Turner guilty (Knowles 2016). The case would have been forgotten, thrown under the immense pile of campus

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    There's a kid(Oscar) sitting on the ground during a soccer game just picking flowers. There’s a kid(Kenny) who is sprinting and trying his hardest to get a goal he is huffing and puffing, and just sweating like crazy. Kenny has already scored three goals for this team. Kenny wants his team to win so he is giving it his all, while Oscar picks another daisy. They lose the game. Kenny is almost to the point of tears because tryed so hard, but Oscar just yawns and is happy he is going home. Their coach

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