It is often said that the curriculum in primary school should include one or many foreign languages. Although some may agree with this argument‚ others refute this saying this have adverse effects on young students. I tend to the support the latter and would elaborate on this in the following paragraphs. Firstly‚ the main reason for learning a language that is alien for students is that they would grasp anything that is thrown at them. It is a known fact that young kids have the trait of absorbing
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A lot of things have changed me; some for the better‚ others for the worse. My father was an alcoholic before I was born and still is. Because of that I ended up becoming the second adult and parent to my brother two months before my third birthday when he was born. My mom was working back then and I ended up raising myself as well seeing as my father would drink until he passed out and if my brother and I were hungry he would give us a piece of gum and ignore us. He also has a horrid temper that’s
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sometimes got my ideas mixed and wrote them in the wrong order. Which most of the time made my resume to not make sense. This experience also taught me to always sound myself and not try to hard using fancy words‚ which as a result let to paragraphs without any meaning. Some of these intellectual words were hard to
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Tom’s Lament. Old Tom limped down the street in the warm rain. He was heading for the bar on the corner of Henderson Boulevard where he regularly went for an ice cold brew on hot summer afternoons. Come to think of it‚ he didn’t so much drink his beer‚ as sit in the corner nursing the same glass for hours at a time watching those perfectly round chilled droplets hit the mahogany countertop. A young sporting type‚ who looked remarkably similar to his youngest boy‚ approached him and offered him
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My new fellow student – Adam Tran – was a good-looking guy with an angel smile. People said good impression is very important‚ and it is. I was startled when he smiled and introduced himself in front of the class. He was a little bit shy. His words were low and mumbly‚ “Hi. Oh hello everyone. Hmm My name is Adam‚ and it is nice to meet you. I hope you will help me with fitting in the new environment.” It was fine for new student‚ I think‚ and I was just amazed by how angelic his smile was. He
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up too late to study. I went to school in a hurry. When taking the test‚ I felt butterflies‚ shaky and my heart beating quicky. I had 45 minutes to complete the test‚ but I did not know how can I do it. My mind was empty‚ I could not remember any words. My friends concentrated on their task‚ they looked so satisfied with test questions. Geography was my favorite subject‚ I had done so well on the last one‚ I thought I was subjective when I did not prepar its test. After a week‚ I received my exam
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That One Day The emotion overwhelmed me. I didn’t know if I should be happy or if I should be crying; after all‚ I was only 10 years old. We were just leaving the American Embassy knowing that we have received Visas to enter the new world‚ new life‚ meet new friends‚ and also reconnect with the other half of our family after 20 years. All these new and exciting things seemed so great until it hit me‚ I’ll be leaving behind my best friends and the other half of my family. I was happy and sad at the
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It is Saturday‚ September 17‚ 2011 at 1:00 am. I am watching a movie in the basement with Matt. My sister is fast asleep in her bed. My mom is looking over her mother‚ sleeping by her side. My dad is watching another show on The History Channel. The phone rings. My heart stops. Who could be calling at this time of night? What is wrong? Are Grandpap and Meemaw okay? Should I get the phone? Do I want to know? Moments later my father answers the phone. I wonder who called. I need to find
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Responsibility GEN/200 11-27-12 Irene Blundell Best known for his book‚ Success‚ a self-help book‚ Korda (1977) stated‚ “Success on any major scale requires you to accept responsibility ... In the final analysis‚ the one quality that all successful people have ... is the ability to take on responsibility” (p. 14). I have been using this quote for years at the bottom of my resume because it is a perfect summary of my character. So I found it quite ironic when I was asked to write an essay on personal
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control. She became very defensive‚ and started saying barbarous things. Sally might have regretted what she said later on or didn’t mean it‚ but I could not forget what was said. Once something has been said it’s hard to forget especially the barbarous words. Well the point is‚ a friend is someone who gives us the freedom to ourselves. One question about Sally and I is why couldn’t things be resolved? There was no solution. This could not be fixed because we couldn’t forgive and forget. I for one could
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