Minor Setback For a Major Comeback As I sit restless in the testing room‚ I can feel my heart pounding fast and my foot tapping hard against the floor. I am taking the SAT for the second time. The room was filled with silence and I could hear every little noise being made. My stomach is twisted and I am filled with nervousness. All the weeks preparing for this one test that determined my entry into a university‚ my dream of being in college living the dream of playing volleyball at a high level
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what gives us hope‚ and we get much inspiration and motivation from optimism. When we use optimism‚ even the worse events seem to have an up-side. An optimistic person has the ability to take an event‚ for better or worse‚ and turn it into a blessing in disguise. Optimism is generally positive behavior. “Research shows that we use less time dwelling on negative outcomes than positive ones” (Sharot Pg 43). Optimism has been described as “mental time travel‚” allowing us to plan for the future. We put
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Grandfathers Appreciation The year was 1982. I was just eight years old‚ not a care in the world other than how late I can stretch out my play time on a school night. I longed for the weekends because I could stay out until the street lights came on! At this particular time‚ videogames weren’t the mainstay of child entertainment. My friends and I relied on good ole physical activity in the lines of sports and bicycles to pass our time. Anything that kept me from my daily routine of fun and
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It could be the pleasantly plump girl in the excessively tight shorts that give her the kind of muffin top that isn’t appetizing. Maybe it’s the woman at the Wal-Mart check-out that’s wearing leggings with panty lines as bold as brass‚ or the 60 year-old granny in the 6-inch stilettos and smudged lipstick. Face it; everyone has sighted those individuals who dress inappropriately in public. It’s something that most people notice‚ judge‚ but don’t say anything because they can’t be rude. Thus‚ the
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Cafe Coffee Day is India’s favorite coffee shop‚ for the young and the young at heart. CCD today has definitely become the largest youth aggregator.”Although demographically‚ a typical consumer would be male or female between 15-29 years of age‚ belonging to middle or upper middle class‚ we call our consumers young or young at heart. We are about juke boxes‚ good and affordable coffee and food.” Sudipta Sen Gupta‚ ex-marketing head‚ CCD. CCD focuses on projecting a feeling of togetherness‚ friendship
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Essay:Presentation of women in "The Rover" Aphra Behn’s play‚"The Rover"‚ set in 17th century is a brave attempt by the playwright who seeks to address the plight of women and their limited freedom in the patriarchal society and brings to fore women’s desires‚both sexual and emotional. The status of women in that era was indeed deplorable and even the playwright had to overcome a lot of hurdles in order to sustain in the society that was extremely prejudiced against women writers and ’clubbed a
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True journey stories for me have always been The Wizard of Oz‚ Odysseus‚ Star Wars‚ and It’s a Wonderful Life. The hero in each of these stories is usually immersed in feelings of hopelessness that are always initiated by a crisis. Dorothy suffers the loss of friends‚ family and home‚ and is ultimately exiled. Odysseus also loses friends‚ family and home‚ as do Luke and George Bailey. My crisis centered around the loss of my friends‚ family and home in Syria. Through past years‚ two of my best
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Guibert of Nogent summarizes the lives of his close family as well as himself in his work Monodies. Guibert‚ the deeply religious monk‚ conceptualizes his family’s role in society as well as their faith. Before understanding the lives of Guibert and his family‚ the religious climate of the twelfth century must first be understood. The reforming spirituality of the twelfth century created a new lifestyle for the everyday Christian. In the twelfth century many reformers were hard at work altering
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marijuana in your system is actually considered passing a drug test? It seems kind of weird to me‚ but then again‚ that’s just me‚ and it’s just my opinion. Getting caught with marijuana nowadays and getting in trouble for it could actually be a blessing in disguise‚ and it has been for many. Without getting caught in possession of it‚ they would never have gotten arrested‚ would have never gone on probation‚ or taken the deferred program‚ or gone to treatment‚ or joined an NA group‚ and they wouldn’t
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Colette‚ they call me. Spontaneous Lette. They all seem to miss the point. The brilliance behind it all. Are you writing this out? With correct punctuation? Perfect. So where should I start…mhmm… How about this? The beginning. My beginning. Write this down‚ Eddy. I was born twenty years ago‚ in the majestic city of Long Beach‚ under illuminating stars. Or so my mother says. But I am inclined to believe her. On some nights‚ they—the stars—filled the sky and stretched farther than you could possibly
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