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    know in this world. And people just think what they achieve at the end. They usually ignore the process how they can achieve their success. The authors want to tell the readers that there are many things in this world which people don’t know. Anna Quindlen realized that she doesn’t know many things. Even though she wants to learn all of them‚ there isn’t enough time to learn it. These two texts want to tell us that we must appreciate everything that we get. We shouldn’t just proud for what people achieve

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    Anna Quindlen talks about some important and maybe even slightly uncomfortable points in her essay “Homeless”. Most individuals lacking shelter have access to places that provide the basic necessities for a short period of time‚ but many refuse to go. David Purtle‚ a once homeless man explained on TALK OF THE NATION‚ “All I can say is that my fear of the unknown‚ of what might be waiting for me at that shelter‚ was worse than my fear of the known risk . . . And I think people‚ we’re creatures of

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    Case 5 Analysis: The Case of the Mexican Crazy Quilt Submitted by: GROUP 6 Torcal‚ Giellan Eunice L. Yrad‚ Jenesis T. Hsieh‚ Jeemily A. Tubosa‚ Mark Anthony Rosales‚ Gillian M. Torres‚ Matthew Rex Trumata‚ Daniel Submitted to: Dr. Mirabelle J. Engcoy Subject Professor Date Submitted: September 3‚ 2012 Main Problem: * There was no assurance of having back the same position in the company to the project team members whom were part of the institution already if ever the Operation

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    The two persuasive essays called “Doing Nothing is something” by Anna Quindlen and “Kids Really Aren’t Overscheduled” by Salynn Boyle are trying to persuade the reader to believe their point of view of the idea that kids have “too much to do.”Anna Qindlen thinks that kids have too much to do and when you’re doin nothing‚ you actually at your best. She thinks that when someone is “bored to death” that creativity and ingenuity are in the peak of action. On the other hand‚ Salynn Boyle says that we

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    calked sex. Sex is a popular subject among young teens. Everyone is doing it‚ but everyone is not educated. We need to talk openly and honestly about Sex Education in schools and at home. Anna Quindlen the author of “Sex Ed” states that sex is a dry subject and taught differently due to morals. Quindlen believes that sex should be taught at school but in the home as well. I believe sex is a very sensitive subject. It’s a subject that should be taught by the parents and in school. Teaching young

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    Quindlens Main Problem The problem Quindlen has choose to write about in her story “School’s Out For Summer” is child hunger. The paper is a very good paper on explaining to someone why we should help end child hunger‚ although I believe that the paper could have been a little more interesting.I feel as if the evidence Quindlen used was effective‚ and it is information that would make a reader think about helping to change things. However‚ Quindlen did not name any resources of where she got some

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    Beginning as a assignment reporter‚ Anna Quilden had an opinion column in the New York Times. She left her job as a reporter which caused her to receive much criticism. In the Commencement Speech‚ Anna wants everyone to learn that being themselves is okay‚ and not to worry about other’s opinions; Anna does this with rhetoric and other literary devices. The author’s tone is very inspiring and energetic‚ yet hurt and upset at how she used to live her life. Throughout the speech‚ Quindlen’s attitude

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    and contrast Essay - Quindlen/Kennedy We are all different from our bodies to the clothes we wear. Not one person has yet been discovered to be same as another just like a snowflake. Some of us have more struggles to fit in than others do‚ but at one point we all had a hard time fitting in. Quindlen and Kennedy are both amazing writers who tell us the amazing story of how we were all once immigrants who didn’t fit in but how we all came together and changed our country for the better. When

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    In the article “Stuff Is Not Salvation‚” by Anna Quindlen‚ she discusses American materialism and the desire to acquire a greater number of things than needed. Quindlen talks about how television commercials have made it possible to purchase unnecessary things. She discusses how American society over-spends and stuck with financial obligation by mass over consumption of products they do not use. She furthermore discusses how America society has fallen into so much financial obligation and that more

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    THE CASE OF THE MEXICAN CRAZY QUILT “The mission of the project which you will head is to get our new Mexican subsidiary company ready for take-over by Mexican managers. My hope is that you will be able to do this in about two years.” explained Robert Linderman‚ president of the Linderman Industries Inc. to Carl Conway‚ newly appointed project manager for “Operation Mexicano” Conway had been hired specifically for this assignment because of his experience in managing large defense projects in the

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