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I started playing volleyball when I was in fifth grade, at first I chose to play just because I thought that I would feel like the odd ball out in my family if I didn't.  My dad was, and still is, a coach, and all three of my older sisters played as well. Even though I started the sport because of my family, it only took a year before I was in love with it! I ended up playing through my school for six years, and on a club team for five. It started to take over my life with practices almost every night and tournaments on most of the weekends, it was a lot but I loved it.  It wasn't until my junior year of high school when I stopped playing competitively. It started to get in the way of my school work and was a bit overwhelming.  It was really hard when I first stopped, it felt as if a chunk of my life was missing.  However, by quitting I was able to focus more on school and spend more time with my friends and family.  Although it was really hard at first I am very grateful for the opportunity I had to play for so many years growing up, and to this day I still jump on any opportunity I have to play volleyball for fun. 

Passage-Based Freewrite-MLK Birmingham Jail

"We have gone through all of these steps in Birmingham...Birmingham is probably the most thoroughly segregated city in the United States"

Letter From Birmingham City Jail, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

MLK starts off by naming four basic steps to complete when participating in a non-violent campaign.  He states they have completed all four of them and still nothing has changed.  This is very important to the text as a whole because non-violence is key to what MLK is trying to do, he wants to create equality between blacks and whites but in a peaceful way. By going to the most segregated place in the United States and not protesting in a violent way makes a bigger impact on others.  It is very common for protestors actions to become very violent, but by MLK keeping his campaign non-violent many become aware of the campaign because it is out of the ordinary.  It becomes clear to others that MLK is striving for equality, and doesn't want to harm anyone when achieving it.