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         A couple of weeks ago, my school was let out for spring break. I was extremely excited as I would be able to pursue one of my hobbies being golf. So, I made a tee time during spring break to go play 18 holes in the early afternoon. Once the day arrived for my scheduled tee time, I got my clubs and headed over to the golf course. When I got there, I practiced on the range to warm up before I played 18 holes. Once I hit all of my clubs a couple of times, it was time to start playing. I got my clubs and went to the first hole. When I got to the tee box, I grabbed my driver, tee, and golf ball to hit a shot. As I swung, the golfball veered to the right, indicating I had made a slice. I was a little mad, but I kept on playing. My next shot was with my irons, then my pitching wedge, and finally my putter. Once I finished the first hole, I went to the second. Like the first hole, I got my tee, ball, and driver to hit my swing. When I swung, my golf ball decide...

       A while back, I became extremely interested in learning to yo-yo. I, for some reason, thought it was so cool to do tricks with this little trinket in your hand. So, I decided to buy one of these yo-yo's and give it a try to see if I could learn some of these tricks. When I got this brand new yo-yo, I tied it on my middle finger, and then slung it to the ground like one was supposed to. However, when I tried to tug the yo-yo back up, it wouldn't respond. At that moment, I didn't realize I got an unresponsive yo-yo. Now, I had to learn how to bind the yo-yo to bring it back up to my hands, which is hard in itself. After a couple of tries, I was able to decently bind the yo-yo back up into my hands. Although, I now wanted to learn some cool tricks. So, the first one I tried to do was rock the baby. This is where you take the yo-yo string and make a cradle for the yo-yo (the baby) to rock through. It was a little difficult at first, but I was able to use the inter...