The history of Thanksgiving day. The last Thursday in November‚ as you know‚ is a holiday in America. People call this holiday Thanksgiving Day. It is perhaps the most important day in the American year. People go to church‚ and families come together for the day. They decorate their houses with the fruits and flowers of autumn and prepare traditional American food: roast turkey‚ potatoes and pumpkin. It’s rather like Christmas‚ but what are people celebrating? What are they giving thanks for?
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A Day To Remember It was midday‚ but the sky was dark. My friends and I went to a shopping mall and did the usual things like shopping. However‚ today was something different and we felt it. We felt uncomfortable with the atmosphere because after we shopped we walked home together. Our houses was next to the mall street. My friend’s name is Emel and she pointed at the skies “Look! There is something different and scary in the dark skies.” I looked up in the skies and saw a white object flying
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1-23-12 Autobiographical Essay A Day I’ll Never Forget Every person should have a Grandma like mine. She was the definition of love. She never got mad‚ she never yelled‚ she was never too busy for me‚ she never turned me away and she never grew tired of listening to me. She was beautiful‚ polite‚ graceful‚ confident‚ quiet and peaceful. Her manners were flawless and her home was always spotless. She has been deeply missed since the day she died in 2010. I remember the day it happened like it was yesterday
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An Analysis of Margaret Atwood’s Happy Endings Happy Endings by Margaret Atwood reviewed by Karen Bernardo Want to know more? Check out BookRags Study Guides! ’Happy Endings’ is one of Margaret Atwood’s most frequently-anthologized stories because it is so unusual. In form‚ it isn’t so much a story as an instruction manual on how to write one. In content‚ it is a powerful observation on life. The story is broken up into six possible life scenarios plus some concluding remarks. In scenario A
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Creating A Happy And Productive Work Environment "Find a job you love and you’ll never work a day in your life." Said Confucius. One of the ways to make employees love their work is to create a happy work environment. The book entitled Make It Happen: How to Get Ahead and be Happy at Work by A&C Black states that "Happiness is a powerful force in the working environment. It helps to tap the energy‚ enthusiasm‚ and talent of the people in a business. Being contented at work improves motivation
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Shane stivers English 093 The saddest day of my life The saddest day of my life was probably the day my grandpa passed away. Not only was he my grandfather‚ but he was my best friend‚ and with whom I shared the happiest moments of my life. Everything was great and I lived in a peaceful world. Until a horrible thing happened and everything changed. I was in another room when I heard my grandma yell for me. When I came into the room my grandpa was lying in the floor. I
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Graduation Day One of the biggest moments in life was graduation. Everybody looks forward to graduation day. I was looking forward to this day myself‚ but I had higher goals in mind. Hard work‚ dedication‚ and wise decision making helped me to accomplish my graduation goal. At the beginning I didn’t know how I was going to get there. Hard work didn’t start senior year‚ it started my first day I entered high school. My teacher always told me if you sit towards the front the key is you
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We all want a happy life‚ and we all know that having a positive attitude feels better than a negative one. But for some reason‚ we are all attracted to and can be easily drawn to the negative side. How do we go about to establish a more positive attitude as a daily habit? 5 Steps to a Happy Life with Positive Attitude Step 1: Believe Happiness is a Choice For me‚ this was a hard one at first. I thought that people were either unhappy or happy (and I was one of the unhappy ones). I used to
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chocolate doesn’t hang around long enough to get old. OR Forget love‚ I’d rather fall in chocolate. Orientation Phase: Point: Today I will give you information about foods that can actually make you happy – at least in the short-term. Adaptation: I’m sure everyone in this room has had a bad day at the office‚ gotten into an argument with a loved one‚ had too much homework to do‚ or has just woken up on the wrong side of the bed. In that case‚ you don’t need a psychiatrist‚ a Xanax‚ or a massage
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Happy Birthday A father figure is an important part of the childhood for a little boy. At some point the boy will need someone to protect him and teach him the value of life’s true beauty. Otherwise he simply won’t understand‚ and won’t appreciate it. What is much worse is that he might end up looking up to the wrong people. This is what happens in the short story Happy Birthday‚ 1951 by Kurt Vonnegut. On the day the war ended‚ a refugee woman left a little baby in the arms of an old man. Since
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