Where would I be if I would have stayed playing soccer? Soccer was my life I played from the age of 5 till about 14. When I transferred school in 8th grade I wanted to play for Harding in 9th grade. I went to one conditioning and didn’t want to play so I ended up playing softball instead. If I would not have played softball I would never have met my best friend Caitlin Emch. Doing what I wanted to do I got to meet Kaylie‚ Owen‚ and Aviana. On Caitlins birthday‚ I got a call at 7:30am of her crying
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As humans‚ we tend to suffer from some sort of flaw in our character that cripples us from being able to have a successful life‚ this flaw could lead people to make disastrous decisions that can lead to unfortunate outcomes. Two examples of such can be found in the characters Laura and Connie from the play The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams and “Where Have You Going‚ Where Are You Been?” by Carol Oates respectively. By psychoanalyzing both Laura and Connie‚ it becomes evident‚ through actions
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The story “Where are you going‚ where have you been?”‚ written by Joyce Carol Oates‚ is a psychological thriller. It contains many elements throughout the story that the reader can only attempt to understand. This story can affect one on many different levels. It can cause one to be lost in thought‚ stuck on the complexity of the 15-year-old main character. It can forever creep one out by the unforgettable traits of the main antagonist. All the while employing many hidden meanings into the story
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Exercise 1: Dissolved oxygen is oxygen that is trapped in a fluid‚ such as water. Since virtually every living organism requires oxygen to survive‚ it is a necessary component of water systems such as streams‚ lakes and rivers in order to support aquatic life. The dissolved oxygen is measure in units of ppm—or parts per million. Examine the data in Table 2 showing the amount of dissolved oxygen present and the number of fish observed in the body of water the sample was taken from; finally‚ answer the questions
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twentieth centuries‚ continued into the 1960s and 1970s‚ then followed by the 1990s to the twentieth century‚ feminism and feminist grown across the nation. From clubs and organizations‚ to readings and speeches‚ feminist all across the nation‚ and world‚ have influenced aspects of our daily lives‚ including our literature. “Feminist criticism examines the ways in which literature reinforces or undermines the economic‚ political.‚ social‚ and psychological oppression of woman” (Tyson 83). In simpler terms
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com‚ 3malikashita@gmail.com‚ 4tushar.msit27@gmail.com Abstract - Graph layout has had important applications in many areas of computer science. When dealing with machine generated data‚ we often tend to see the data to have better understanding of a structural form. Many such data can be represented in the form of graphs. By laying out a graph‚ we can untangle information and intuitively show relations of objects. Automated graph drawing remains a difficult placement and layout problem. This problem
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Charles Schmid‚ the serial killer that Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been? was based on‚ would try to look like Elvis Presley to lure girls to him. Music is a motif that shows up in the story multiple times. Joyce Carol Oates uses music to show Connie’s comfort‚ emotion‚ and the bait that lured Connie to Arnold. First of all‚ Oates uses it to show when Connie feels comfortable. For example‚ “... the music was always in the background‚ like music at a church service‚ it was something to depend
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Do not knock on the devil’s door‚ for he is bound to answer. Unfortunately this is exactly what happens to Connie‚ the main character in the short-story‚ “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?” written by Joyce Carol Oates. In the story‚ fifteen year old Connie is like any other teenage girl. She is vain‚ unkind to her parents‚ and desperate to grow up. Connie makes rebellious decisions such as sneaking across the highway to a drive-in restaurant for older kids‚ experimenting with sex‚ and lying
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Responsibility) 1) How long have you worked as a supervisor? 2) How many employees reported directly to you in your management job? (You are asking about the number of employees whom he or she directly supervised with performance assessment and compensation assignment responsibilities.) 3) Describe the exact responsibilities and activities over which you had oversight for these employees. 4) If I were to interview the people who have reported to you in the past‚ how would they describe your management
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Have you ever played Wheres Waldo? By issuing students school uniforms‚ finding a problem child would be a lot like playing that game in a real life situation. Just like any other argument you will have your pros and cons of the idea‚ but in my opinion and many others‚ the cons highly outweigh the pros of wearing school uniforms. Many intelligent individuals will lose their motivation to excel and be prevalent because they are used to being ordinary like everyone else. School uniforms shout conformity
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