Semester Progress 2

As I look back at the year, I think I have met each objective this semester, through reading, writing, speaking, and thinking. For reading, I once again found deeper meaning in the texts I read. I learned to apply it to my life instead of just reading it. I now see how they apply to […]

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My Struggles on Diamond

Tanner Lebo Miss Wiederrich English 2 13 April 2018 My Struggles on the Diamond Everyone deals with adversity sometime in their life. The first time I dealt with it and overcame it was in my first season of high school baseball. I elected not to play baseball in the spring but instead run track. So, […]

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Reflection on Adversity

Tanner Lebo Based on the reading of my book, I have determine that adversity are troubles that people face in their lives. These troubles and trials may inhibit some abilities, or be hard to deal with, but they can be overcome. Everyone will face adversity in their lives, but these can be overcome through persistence […]

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The Disposablility of Those in Poverty in America

Tanner Lebo Mrs. Jank English 2 9 February 2018 The Disposablility of Those in Poverty in America In today’s American society, poor people and those in poverty are viewed as being disposable. There are multiple reasons that a person can be led to believe this. One is that many people have developed stereotypes towards the […]

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Reaction to Hotel Rwanda and Disposable Culture

I really liked Hotel Rwanda. It was really entertaining and a great story of heroism and bravery. It really showcases the disposability that goes on within one society. It exposes the hate that was shown onto the Tutsi’s, by the Hutus. The Hutus have overtaken Rwanda, and see the Tutsi’s as disposable. They see them […]

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Semester Progress

This semester, I have progressed in the areas of speaking, thinking, reading, and writing. In speaking, I have learned how to make more eye contact and really connect with the audience in order to make you speech heard. I also learned that I tick a lot after a sentence, and I especially did in the […]

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Final Reading Reaction and Recommendation

I got basically halfway through the book Moneyball. I think the story is now picking up, because now it is actually talking about how the A’s got to where they are, instead of just background. I thought it was cool because I got to see kind of what goes on in a MLB Draft, and […]

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Final Draft of Choice Writing

  Note to Reader: I did a lot to develop and change this piece. I changed the whole plot and storyline a bit, and I think it made it better. I hope the story is more suspenseful, now that I have revised it more. I would like the reader to know that this could possibly just […]

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Reading Response to Moneyball, part 2

This is my second response to the book Moneyball. Right now in the story, it is talking about a man named Bill James, who essentially invented sabermetrics, a new style of selected and drafting players in the MLB, based upon on base percentage. He first started by creating a book called the 1977 Baseball Abstract. […]

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Reading Response to “Moneyball”

I am reading the book Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game. It is 3rd person limited, because the readers can see what some characters are thinking. It is about the story behind the Oakland A’s, and how they put together 90 and 100 wins seasons despite not having any MVP caliber players, top […]

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