Basketball

Basketball

Basketball is my favorite sport and is one of the best sports to watch and play. Why its one of the best to watch is because it is exciting all of the action that goes on and the most exciting thing the slam dunk. The slam dunk is the most exciting thing in basketball because there are so many different dunks in the sport of basketball. People dunk over other people, they do 360’s in midair, they do windmill dunks, some dunks are slammed with amazing force some are finesse.

 The coolest dunks I’ve ever seen is the Michael Jordan’s dunk from the free throw line in the slam dunk contest. A dunk that happened this season, Blake Griffins slam dunk over Thunder Center Kendrick Perkins that was considered the dunk of the year. Even back in the 1990’s when Shaq dunked and the hoop collapsed on him, another amazing dunk I’ve seen is when Julius Erving a.k.a Dr.J went up for a dunk in midair he went under the backboard with the ball and dunked it with a defender in his face. But the best dunk I’ve ever seen was when in the slam dunk contest in 2009 the 5’9 point guard Nate Robinson dunked over 6’11 center Dwight Howard to win the 2009 slam dunk contest.  

Theme Response for "The Lottery"

Theme response

In the short story “The Lottery” there is a lot of symbolism that makes the book good. some of them are, well to start off the main one I think is the lottery its self because it mainly stands for the tradition of the community to do it once a year. Another major one is the black box it mainly stands for death, tradition, and fear. How it represents death is that they are forced to pick a sheet of paper from the box and the person that won got killed. How it represents tradition is that they have used the same box since the lottery started and won’t fix it since it is sacred. How it represents fear is that the people fear taking a slip of paper out fearing they would win and get killed.

Another one is the big rock that the best friend picked up to use, this represents friendship because the best friend wanted to use the big rock so she would die quickly and she wouldn’t suffer. But don’t forget about the black spotted ticket this represents death and a curse, how it represents death is that if you pick this slip of paper you are the winner and the winner gets killed. How it represents cursed is that if you pick it, it has a curse that gets you killed. There is one more main one and that’s all the rocks that the kids collected they represent death and torture; it represents death because they are used to kill the winner. They represent torture because if they throw small rocks it will take a while to kill the winner and it is a form of torture.  

Ray Lewis is the best.

Ray Lewis

In sports there are the stars, the players that provide the spectacular plays but not all of them are specified as leaders. Well there are few that are both a leader and a superstar on the field. One of the few is Ray Lewis a middle linebacker for the Baltimore Ravens. He is under the elite category of superstar and leader. Ray Lewis is the best defensive football player ever.

No doubt that he is a superstar talent wise he has been terrorizing offensive players since he was drafted in 1996 with hits so hard they take your breath away and his passion for the game. Ray had been mocked for being undersized for his position but what he lacked in size he made up for in heart a sports science test proved that at full speed Ray generates over 1,000 pounds of force that’s 200 more pounds than a police grade battering ram. The only reason he doesn’t break bones every time he hits someone is because of shoulder pads and the flexibility of the rib cage.

On the other hand Rays leadership can’t be matched either he is the ultimate leader on and off the field. Before the game in the pregame huddles he pumps up his teammates to the extreme and keeps them motivated to do their best through the entire game. In an interview he said it doesn’t matter about me it matters that I go out and sacrifice my body for you. People say when he gets into the hall of fame there will be an equal amount of footage of his pregame warm up speeches as his hits.

However you can’t forget about his intensity that is another part of Ray’s game is his intensity if you saw Ray you would know he gives 200% every time he steps onto the field. He’s the type of guy that was a man before you, he is more of a man now, and he’ll be even more than a man than you after he hits you. He gives his all for the team he’s on so they can succeed he never takes a play off, he wouldn’t dream of taking a play off.

Ray Lewis is the best defensive player in NFL history; from his skills to his leadership to his intensity these traits give him the ability to be the best of the best.  

Another crack in the mirror

Dear max,

I am your mirror in your room that you have put yet another crack in this is getting quite annoying and it is the third one this week. You know how they say if your angry something or somebody don’t take it out on others, well I think the same should go for mirrors after the latest stunt of anger that put yet another crack in me that makes  seven in total not to mention all of the scratches on me as well. I would appreciate it if you were to stop putting cracks in me.

                                                                        sincerely,    

                                                                    The mirror on the wall

Is Cloning Good for Humanity?

Is Cloning Good For Humanity?

By Derek Corica

 Authors Note: I am writing this essay on the good and bad things about cloning.

For the last couple decades the idea of cloning animals and humans has grown a lot it is a very hot topic in the science world. There have been a lot of attempts on cloning animals such as cows, chicken, and sheep and they have succeeded. Cloning is a very interesting topic in both good and bad ways.

 A lot of people say cloning is a good thing for humanity. First of all, if cloning is perfected we could clone things that had gone extinct a million years ago and learn more about the past and how things happened. Another reason it could be good is because if a country is running out of food or something they could just clone different animals so they could have food and not starve. Also if they cloned cows, food production would go up and prices would go down. If they can start human cloning they could clone different parts of the body so is someone needed a new kidney they could clone one instead of someone having to donate their own.  

Another reason that cloning could be good for humanity is because scientists can clone animals that are endangered like the panda and tiger if it comes down to there are only a few tigers left, scientists can clone the tiger thus making more of them. Furthermore scientists can also use cloning for stem cell research to watch the development of different cancers and diseases and they can find a cure for cancer and diseases. 

Although people support cloning some people don’t. They think it’s a bad thing that people are cloning different things.  Some are protesters that think its animal cruelty and its hurting the animals. People think it’s a waste of money because the success rate is very low, fewer than 20% the success rate of the cloned animal being born. Even if it’s born the rate or survival through the first four weeks is very low. Most of the time the people that are against cloning are people with a strong faith, they feel that cloning is “Playing God”.

Cloning can either be a good thing and a bad thing; it just depends on how you look at it.  I think it’s a good thing; there is a much better up side than down side and it can help the planet.

Is cloning good for humanity?

Is Cloning Good For Humanity?

By Derek Corica

 Authors Note: I am writing this essay on the good and bad things about cloning.

For the last couple decades the idea of cloning animals and humans has grown a lot it is a very hot topic in the science world. There have been a lot of attempts on cloning animals such as cows, chicken, and sheep and they have succeeded. Cloning is a very interesting topic in both good and bad ways.

A lot of people say cloning is a good thing for humanity. First of all, if cloning is perfected we could clone things that had gone extinct a million years ago and learn more about the past and how things happened. Another reason it could be good is because if a country is running out of food or something they could just clone different animals so they could have food and not starve. Also if they cloned cows, food production would go up and prices would go down. If they can start human cloning they could clone different parts of the body so is someone needed a new kidney they could clone one instead of someone having to donate their own.  

Another reason that cloning could be good for humanity is because scientists can clone animals that are endangered like the panda and tiger if it comes down to there are only a few tigers left, scientists can clone the tiger thus making more of them. Furthermore scientists can also use cloning for stem cell research to watch the development of different cancers and diseases and they can find a cure for cancer and diseases. 

Although people support cloning some people don’t. They think it’s a bad thing that people are cloning different things.  Some are protesters that think its animal cruelty and its hurting the animals. People think it’s a waste of money because the success rate is very low, fewer than 20% the success rate of the cloned animal being born. Even if it’s born the rate or survival through the first four weeks is very low. Most of the time the people that are against cloning are people with a strong faith, they feel that cloning is “Playing God”.

Cloning can either be a good thing and a bad thing; it just depends on how you look at it.  I think it’s a good thing; there is a much better up side than down side and it can help the planet.

Cause and Effect for winning

Cause and Effect for Winning
Authors note: I am writing this piece to show the cause and effects for winning.
Winning is the best feeling you can have. It shows that you have accomplished something and it also shows that you are better than the team that you just beat. It also is a huge confidence booster. Winning is the best feeling ever.

First of all when you win there are a lot of effects, winning in anything is an accomplishment if it’s winning a football game, basketball game, anything that has to do with winning. Some effects are it raises your confidence; it also makes you feel better. Also if you win going into the next game you feel like you can beat them and if you play the same team twice and you win the first game you go into the second game with a mentality that if you can beat them once you can beat them again.

Second just one win can spark a team to do better the rest of the season like Indiana college in college basketball they were struggling the first part of the season they were playing number 1 ranked Kentucky and they had beat Kentucky on a last second buzzer beater three to win the game and after that win Indiana went on a winning streak and ended up being ranked number 16 in the country. There are many other stories like this that winning just one game made a team so motivated and confident they say “Hey we can win this game, why can’t we keep winning” and they end up making news and they start accomplishing things.

Winning is the best thing ever because it helps get your confidence up. Especially in sports terms, it is the best thing for you.