Eighteen years ago‚ my parents moved to the United States from Ukraine to create a better life for our family. Growing up here I found myself becoming easily accustomed to the American ways‚ but even though my family and I may have gotten used to that way of life we never lost sight of our Ukrainian culture. When I think about it‚ the best way that I can describe what my culture is like would be a jigsaw puzzle. When making a puzzle one begins with connecting as many pieces to each other until the
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her tablet after she has complained about me not being prepared for school yet.
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Narrative Essay Draft Compose a rough draft of an essay on the topic of returning to school. Next week‚ you will study specific techniques for narrative writing. You may read ahead if you wish. However‚ this week you are only required to practice the strategies in Chapters 3 and 4 of your text Essentials of College Writing. Based on your readings‚ choose a topic and develop a focus for your essay. Follow the “Structure of the Paper” section in Chapter 3 and the steps of the writing process in
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finally were able to move to the land of opportunity. We started from zero‚ there was absolutely no money in our pockets. I was a new student at a new school in a foreign country. I could not be more self-conscious at any other time in my life. All I could think about was how others saw me and how I fit in with
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when you hit that perfect pipe‚ and ride it halfway back to shore. I’ve been taking in a lot of the local Californian events lately‚ watching the new breed of surfer make their way out to the waves‚ hitting the spots I used to hit‚ part of me feels good‚ part of me misses it. I still hit the ocean when and where I can‚ I body board across some of the low waves near shore. Mostly because my swim strength is not what it used to be. I realized‚ reading over my previous blog posts that I never really
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hot‚ sunny day like most of the days in Texas. We lived outside of Wichita Falls‚ Texas about ten miles near the Wichita river. My parents have about twenty acres of land that that the Wichita river runs through‚ we always went fishing there and caught a fifteen pound flathead at the most‚ but this trip was different. We set off at about seven in the morning so we could have plenty of time to fish‚ it was about a thirty minute drive to our section of river. Once we got to the river‚ we unloaded our
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Although many believe that animals shouldn’t be treated like humans‚ my goal is to convince my classmates that we should improve the way we treat animals. To begin with‚ why should we make animals suffer before killing them? In the article “A Change of Heart about Animals” Jeremy Rifkin states “And for the thousands of animals subjected each year to painful laboratory experiments? Or the millions of domestic animals
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emotions in its readers‚ depending on the kind of events it portrays. It provides alternate perspectives‚ as well as details with specific narratives to uncover the core happenings of a situation‚ and narrows the point of view to ensure the accurate representation of how living in that time period really was. Specifically‚ in The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano‚ the slavery issue during the 1600s elicits a plethora of emotions through the firsthand accounts. In the excerpt‚ Olaudah
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“You should still be sleeping.”He tried again He gave up trying to talk to me about an hour in the drive. The car finally came to a stop and I rushed out and to the road. He looked shocked but soon recovered as he ran after me. He soon caught me. He slugs me over his shoulder and carried me in the side. He sat me on the couch and
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Lorena Bernal Narrative Essay Eng 100 Year Up Changed My Life Change is an emanating part of life that takes on a life of its own. Change has withstood the test of time. It is an understanding of yourself; a visual manifestation of blindness. It is both conscious and subconscious and are the very keys to success‚ and failure. It dictates decisions‚ words‚ perception and life. Yet‚ what influences change me? I had feelings of discouragement when my last grandparent passed away. For me the discouragement
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