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When it comes to sports, injuries are just a part of it. According to The National Center for Biotechnology Information the 5th most common injury in sports is an injury to the shoulder. Many of these occur in contact sports, like football and wrestling or even falling from your lofted bed. As an athlete who had to deal with this I understand the stress and pain it can cause. In this speech I will inform you about the basic parts of the shoulder and complications that can occur to it and how…

I used to live on Irving Street, right on the border of Queens and Brooklyn. The Mexicanos and Puertorriqueños called it el barrio— the neighborhood. A place where they could hide from white supremacy and racism while enjoying themselves with their people, and, boy, did they know how to party. Coke, pot, meth, whatever your debauchery required. This was the place to get it. It was a paradise, that is, if it was your barrio. If you weren’t a part of them, you were nothing and nothing does not…

Middle school is my years of development from sixth through eighth grade. I had spent almost all of those years at Blessed Sacrament School. During that time frame, I developed to who I am today through my teachers, my activities, my classmates, and my friends. These years became the building blocks of who I am and what I want to be. Middle school has been a phenomenal experience for me. Throughout my middle school years, I have had an array of teachers. I have had a set of four main teachers.…

Shawn Ward Mrs. Mastro English 4A Due 25 November 2015 Khaled Hosseini’s The Kite Runner displays a theme of betrayal and redemption. Throughout the story there are many showings of betrayal and the novel caps off with a forgiving tale of redemption. Amir betrayed his half brother Hassan on occasion, he remained tight lipped and undefensive of his brother when he was raped by Assef. Amir then lied about Hassan, and in the end, Amir saved Sohrab and gave him a life filled with…

In my opinion, That Was Then, This Is Now is more effective as the novel. That Was Then, This Is Now is a novel written by S.E Hinton. The novel is based on a story about two brothers who have a strong relationship, but find themselves slowly changing and growing throughout situations that are thrown at them. The novel and book were both outstanding and really kept me wanting to learn more about Bryon and Mark. The novel and movie also taught me many life lessons and knowing what’s right and…

Despite the atrocities of someone's past, an individual can portray the ability to recover as a result of genuine acts of goodwill. Anguish, and traumatization, can help drive strong individuals to become more determined to redeem themselves. Redemption is essentially one of the main themes of "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini. Amir, the protagonist of the novel, scrambles through his childhood to overcome sins he does not fully understand. Throughout the novel Amir is constantly feeling…

Attending an institution of higher learning puts people at a higher risk of being sexually assaulted. In fact RAINN( Rape, Abuse, and Incest National Network) states that college students are at higher risk of being sexually assaulted compared to any other age group. Since colleges and universities have been deemed the source of the majority of rape cases, the spotlight is on every campus throughout the United States of America to lower the numbers they are reporting. Yet with all the effort to…

Risk for SIDS Inability to acknowledge the existence of the problem due to lack of knowledge The caregivers will reduce or eliminate modifiable risk factors associated to SIDS After the nursing interventions, the caregivers will verbalize understanding of risk factors and provide all precautions possible to prevent SIDS Nursing Interventions 1) Educate caregivers to position child in supine position. Occurrence of SIDS is higher when child is placed in prone position. 2) Raise child’s head…

A Full Sized Testimony “Someone has it worse”. That seemed to be one of the lines I'd have to rather force feed myself to keep from feeling depressed about the sorry life I lived. “It's not all bad”, was another one that wasn't used as often as the first knowing that it was a lie. It was all bad. It was hard to be grateful for a roof over my head when there were holes peering through the ceiling as if placed strategically for me to dawn at the moon. I never seemed to be able to talk to people…

appropriate in public. Hu struggles to adjust to new environments in France, not because he is insane and unable to function in society, but because the new culture is too different from his own. At the Bayneses’ house, he pulled all the bedding and the mattress off the bed because it is too high and insist to sleep with the open window (Spence 72). Being a foreigner in a foreign country, it is reasonable that Hu would be overwhelmed by unfamiliar…