The white duck looked like a graceful swan with an afro. I immediately recognized it as the ‘Afroduck’ that everyone around the campus talks about. It was trying to swim as close to the border of the lake as possible avoiding any strong ripple originating from the fountain. While the ripples from the lake fountain gave the aimlessly floating bright orange colored leaves a direction‚ it also kept
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I don’t know what it is about racing‚ but I really enjoy going to the track. The combination of all the cars racing‚ the smell of the smoking tires in the burn out lane‚ and the adrenaline that flows through your body as the cars line up just does it for me. Watching the cars going down the quarter mile of black pavement at a high rate of speed simply amazes me. There are so many different cars at the track racing. From a 1970 Chevelle to a brand new 2003 Corvette‚ and sometimes if your lucky
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torrid summer months. You see I never really had an actual vacation‚ since my father had been gone for eight long‚ dreadful years. He was sent away to a prison thousands of miles away‚ in Florida‚ when I was only six years old. My loving mother talked about ancient vacations we took‚ but I was too young to remember. My father was back home and he was as healthy as a young doctor. It was now summer of 2010‚ and I was ready for a family vacation. A ride to Rio Frio River is like a flight to a Caribbean
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and for every angered word held back from my mouth‚ there were moments of pure happiness. It was these moments that shaped me into the person behind the words that you are reading. A person who I can confidently say I am proud to be. However I was about to endure on an unknown adventure. One that excited many‚ but also frightened to the core:
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With towering bald cypress trees and long stretches of calm water‚ the Frio River in Concan‚ Texas‚ provides public waters for visitors looking to go tubing. Sitting next to Garner State Park‚ which provides ample recreational activities like hunting‚ fishing‚ and hiking‚ the Frio River has created my best summer memories. I have enjoyed countless summers burning my skin under the hot southern sun. Tradition calls my family to Frio County each summer‚ along with hundreds more families looking to
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the many problems that high schools have is enforcing dress code among the students. Students take advantage of this and decide to wear what they want. I believe that we should not only have a dress code but we should have uniforms. This will make enforcing dress codes easier. Walking through the halls at west I will see everything from girls wearing what is pretty much a bikini to guys wearing their pants at their ankles. Even with the dress code we have now‚ that’s rarely enforced‚ people still
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me tremendously. Mentally‚ I became a better person in every way possible. I was a very reckless individual and I stopped at nothing. I’d jump off buildings into snowbanks and not think about the consequences if I got hurt. My first time getting hurt changed my views on everything. Before I do anything‚ I think about my knee. It taught me to appreciate my body and not to beat on it constantly. I also feel grateful that I do have a very healthy body. Although my knee does hurt all the time‚ I can still
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Mr. Johnson opened his book and started talking about the Civil War. I could hardly concentrate on what he was saying. All I could think about was the mysterious note I’d found earlier. I made a plan to go back to the alleyway after school and do more investigating. As soon as the final bell rang at 3:00 I rushed out of my art class‚ grabbed my
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Shop: “DRESS TO IMPRESS SHOP” NATURE OF OPERATION A dress code is a set of standards that companies develop to help provide their employees with guidance about what is appropriate to wear to work. Dress codes range from formal to business casual to casual. The formality of the workplace dress code is normally determined by the amount of interaction employees have with customers or clients. In workplaces where some employees interact with customers or clients and others do not‚ an organization
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the airport I was on my way to Michigan to watch the Wolverines play The Notre Dame Fighting Irish. I was dragging my bag with my eyes shut‚ but it was worth it. This was the first night game under the lights at Michigan Stadium the plane ride was about two hours but it felt longer when we arrive‚ we went to my uncle’s house in Ann Arbor we had a house on the lake it was so beautiful we went fishing‚ swimming‚ and‚ tubing on the lake after‚ we went to tour the Michigan campus. It was huge and there
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