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...Those who procrastinate, or feel the need to cram, might choose to swallow a pill in order to be able to study later or more efficiently. You might argue that this is in the name of academia and that nobody gets hurt when people learn more. Yet, in the age where there are pills available for everything, from weight loss to mood elevation, it seems that people are all too willing to forgo hard work in favor of instant gratification. Your straight As might be as impressive as 762 home runs, but by cheating the hard work, you will feel...
...Both of his older brothers played, so he was always following in their footsteps,” his dad, Phil Cohen, said. “He started at a very young age when he was five years old. He was always the ball boy or water boy for the teams they were on. He would always try to get in there and play ball with them and be on their level, but obviously he couldn’t at such a young age...
...lacrosse [in Manhasset],” Mr. Molinari continued. “It had… a very good youth program where all the college guys who played would come back and raise their families, so there was a very good support for the town. At a young age, they already had great teachers in the sport...
...really silly fairy tale, and it’s nothing serious. The show is about exposing kids to theater and having community involvement in the Arts First weekend.” Although the show is primarily targeted at much younger audiences, the performances nevertheless draw a wide range of age groups. Sterle explains, “There’s definitely humor in the show that undergraduates and adults will understand and find amusing,” he says...
This awareness of his age, his accomplishments, as well as his shortcomings recurs throughout the collection. Williams’ reflections on his work more often than not lead him to a kind of melancholy. In “Apes,” he wonders, “Could I have passed through my own golden age and not even known I was there?” What is more, Williams acknowledges the wide breadth of his literary knowledge, but also hints that such erudition is not necessarily satisfying or comforting. In the same poem, he writes...