When I recall the memories of softball thoughts of laughter, long bus rides, juicy gossip, unimaginably embarrassing incidents and food comes to mind? ... I felt at complete ease when I stood upon the mound, and even to think of it brings me back to a special place where I feel not only aware but in complete control of my surroundings. ... I figured out that without me the game would, but certainly should not go on, according to the scorebook anyway. ... I understand that bad things are going to happen and you either have to learn to accept it or not. But I'm not ready to let go yet, it...

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There are many forces that compel me to go to college. ... Parents many times push their children to go to college. ... Many times, I have come across situations in college that I know will prepare me for future experiences. ... There is no one to watch their back and tell them what must be done, or what they are not allowed to do. ... It was my decision to go to college. ...

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As I looked down at the quad walkway, I see the three captains running up to come, and greet us. ... " But there was no going back. ... It seemed as if hours were going by. Some people were able to go home, and come back. ... " Making this team was for sure a dream come true, and I wouldn't change it for anything. ...

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Letting God Back In As long as there were test that I forgot to study for I was praying in high school. ... Law dates all the way back to the Bible and the Bible is the basis of Christian religion. ... So where did the phrase come from, and why are we under the illusion that the First Amendment teaches separation of church and state? ... The court had to rule this way because the students were required by state truancy laws to go to school and attendance was monitored by state officials to make sure that children were either in these religious classes or study hall during this time. ...

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He was reflecting on that particular event which resulted in them getting thrown out of detention, only to come back the next day to fulfill the rest of your "sentence" with an extra day added on. ... Of all the places he'd been to and promptly kicked out of, none ever demanded he still come back for extended periods of time. ... " that was cool of him, he knew it was a quick excuse in a pinch, but he still let us go that was really cool of him." ... He had it made back then. ... In either case, Hal knew he would be all right he'd come this far might as well go a little further. ...

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However, each time I get knocked down I have to get back up. ... Nothing worthwhile ever comes easy and Judo is no different. The only way to get better is to take falls and go through pain. ... But I knew that if I wanted to get better, then I would have to go though some pain. ... It means always getting back up no matter how hard you may have been thrown down. ...

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Things where going just fine until I fucked up again and now I've been kicked back out of school. Although I will be going back next year and continuing on from where I should be, I am still upset that I've been removed from the school. ... Your chance will undoubtedly come - just give it some time. ... Once you go down it, you can never return. ... Why not wait until your time comes? ...

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When I entered high school I somehow lost my interest I stopped believing in myself and started to cut school, when a person starts to mess up in school it is very hard to get back into it. Having friends that are not on the same path as me was making it harder for me to go back to school but now reality struck, I"m only getting older and I have to get my education in order to make it and be on my own. Everyday my mother asks me what are plans what am I going to do when she leaves to her country for good, and I just ignored her. ... So, get back into school and hopefully in two or three year...

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I look back at a time of being 5 years old and dressing up in my mother's clothes in order to feel like a grown movie star. With high heels that were too big and a dress with a waistline that came down to my toes I always thought that being a grown up would not come soon enough. ... Looking back on the last couple of years of my life I realized that with growing up comes a lot of responsibilities and things that I would have never imagined as a young child. ... Also I realized that the one thing I longed for as a child, and it seemed like it would never come, came entirely to fast. ... As...

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Without the ability to write, we might be thrown back into the Stone Age and into dark times. ... Going into my twelfth grade year in high school I was an essential part to our school's highly ranked football team and I had to overcome some adversity to secure my spot back on the depth chart. ... I was borderline distraught at the news I had just received and didn't know how to respond to it because it felt like something I basically worked my whole life for had been taken from me in an instance and I wasn't going to be able to get it back. Day after day I called my coach to ...

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Some students are coming into college straight out of high school, while others have been out of school for a few years and have decided to come back now to further their education. Those students going back to school are often the heads of their households, or some are single parents. These students are all going back to school to get a better education, which they hope will enable them to get a better job to support their families. ... Everyone is affected by the budget cuts which come into play in many areas, such as the larger class sizes, diminished services such as reduced library hours,...

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Now a majority of my opinion on college comes from my experiences with post-high school education and also with how I was raised. ... I was super excited to start this new chapter in my life and to meet new people that would be my friends for years to come. ... Thinking back on it, that was really the only reason I stayed at school. ... It was a hard for me to decide what I was going to do. ... Or was I going to be responsible, move back home, and start working my way up in a job. ...

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Thesis Statement: College athletes should be paid for many reasons that I hope to point out as we go along in the world of college sports. ... In the world of college sports its win or go home, and to the winners go the spoils. ... Money comes from television rights, ticket sales, Internet broadcasts, and product endorsements. ... While the coaches sit back and earn more than the President of the United States, the players are supposed to be content with the sweat off their back as compensation enough. ... It is the players who everyone comes to see and watch and they should be compen...

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The Sea School exists so that students in their junior year can prepare for the class office positions they will come across the following year. ... Many, if not all, of my school alumni have taken this route and come back with altered mindsets. ... We returned exhausted and were told to go to our assigned rooms and unpack. ... He told me all about how his father died when he was just a month old and the adversities that his mother was going through to get a decent standard of living; of how he hoped that he could repay his mother back for all that she was doing when he gets older. ... In addi...

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I mean most incoming freshman guys come to college expecting partying, lots of drinking, and the curfew less nights with sorority girls. ... If you come it's great but if you don't it's like it's not my life. ... I realized that all of the stupid things that I do fall back on nobody but me, no longer are mommy and daddy there to get me out of trouble. For example a few weeks back my roommate and I shot a soccer ball at an exit sign and shattered it into hundreds of pieces. ... It was as if I wanted to go to class to make them proud, but it eventually turned out I wanted...

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Everything in Madera was completely different than it was back home. ... I promised myself that I wasn't going to smoke anymore and that nothing but positive stuff were going to come out of me because I wanted to make him happy and be part of his life. ... More and more arguments started to come because I wasn't seeing my son often or because I wasn't making enough money and my son needed diapers. It was just a constant headache, so I decided to go back to what I felt had worked for me to relieve my stress which was weed. ... I got back into my son and girlfriends life. ...

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It took some time for my grandmother to come get me. ... I was so relieved when my grandma had come to "save me." ... That day my grandma and I left to go back to New York. ... We would pray and go to church together all of the time. ... I wanted to graduate early and move back to Oklahoma with my friends. ...

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So we got up early before work to go out to Kailua-Kona beach and I'd try to teach her. ... One of the first few years we started going to Camp Wapo together we were top bunk buddies. ... Then Dave lays back like nothing happened while Sam freaks out. Counselor comes in and wants to know what's going on. ... That same year, at our home competition, after performing we went to change back into our normal clothes. ...

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What was I going to do without my precious car? Some of my friends that had already been to college and had come back to visit seemed so much older and more mature. ... I felt so immature and childish for actually being scared to come to college. ... And when you get a little nervous and think it's too much just remember to stick it out and you can always come home." ... I've met plenty of people that I don't think I would've had a chance to become friends with if I had not come to college. ...

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What was I going to do without my precious car? Some of my friends that had already been to college and had come back to visit seemed so much older and more mature. ... I felt so immature and childish for actually being scared to come to college. ... And when you get a little nervous and think it's too much just remember to stick it out and you can always come home." ... I've met plenty of people that I don't think I would've had a chance to become friends with if I had not come to college. ...

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We were now all set and ready to go camping! ... Dylan said to me, "lets take these two back to the campsite for dinner" I looked over and said " Dylan, we have enough food back there to feed an army!" He knew I was right; he just laughed and released the fish back into the slow flowing river. We returned back to the site and Dave yelled to us "you guys hungry?" ... I have now come to realize, that alcohol allows people to make decisions they normally wouldn't make. ...

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The first image in mind when it comes to college students is the "party student." ... Many students who have already begun their careers are going back to school to get that master's degree. There are other students who have come back to school to completely change their careers. ... Students that have decided to go back to school often are paying their own way which means you may have a class with a student during the day, and when you go shopping at a local retail store you will probably see several of your classmates working at night to help with the expenses of going to college. ... A...

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But right now I want all of you students to look around at your fellow classmates for a few seconds and remember all the memories you have had with these people because after all the graduation parties and when everyone is off to college, the fact of the matter is, is that you will probably never see most of these people ever again, besides when they come back for our high school reunion. ... Most of us have been going to school with each other for our whole lives and we are used to seeing each other everyday, but pretty soon there are going to be a lot of things we aren't going to be use...

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I mean sure people go and watch the girl's games, but honestly, at least three times as many people go to the guy's games. ... It divides the money from the people that come to watch our games with the girls. ... The work force that usually comes to watch our games had time to go home and eat Dillon Pace, Delta Pg.1 or do whatever they need to get done before the games, when they were at seven. ... Like I said before the money gets split and less goes out to the most watched program. ... It has created many problems that can't be fixed other that by changing it back to how it...

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My dad is an amazing person at heart, but when it comes down to patience or new technology, he's the last person you would want to see. ... He's an expert when it comes to cars. ... Although he didn't go to college himself, only because he was ashamed of wearing a hearing aid that was almost twice the size of his ear, he wanted the best for us and told me to go to college. I refused to take another 4 years of homework after I made it through high school, and I thought the classes was going to be more difficult. A year after high school graduation, I gathered my thoughts and I de...

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