Where the Streets Had a Name‚ a realistic friction novel by Randa Abdel-Fattah‚ is a compassionate story of the sights‚ sounds‚ and smells of a Palestinian Family whose daily lives are governed by curfews and security check points. Hayaat‚ a Muslim‚ and Sam‚ a Christian‚ skip school together to take a journey through the war-ridden territory of West Bank‚ then gets caught up in a deadly protest where they become injured‚ and they end up back with their families where they witness Jihan‚ sister of
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list quick enough. I never thought anything was wrong with me until I heard of the list they were making. I always thought there was nothing wrong with me and that’s what everyone else thought of me too. Before I saw this so called rating list I felt good about my self. I knew I was short but that was ok because I like that about my self. I thought of as a plus because no matter what boy I like I wouldn’t have to worry about them being shorter than me. When I read the list I saw that they put "oil
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If I could go back in time and change a decision that I had made it would be the time I decided to change schools my senior year. This decision was made because I relocated with my parents to a place that was about an hour ride from my high school. My mother gave me the choose to either travel back and forth every day‚ or transfer out my senior year. I decided to transfer out because I knew that my mother would be worry about me traveling at that distance every day. And not only that‚ I also played
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ever since I first read it in the 7th grade‚ it has always been with me. Every time someone mentions a wheelbarrow I am instantly taken back to my 7th grade English class. I find that this poem is so memorable because it is short and seems simple but my teacher‚ at the time‚ first introduced this poem by giving everyone different slips of paper with words from the poem written on them. Her instructions were to put the papers into what we believed was the correct order for this poem. I found it especially
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How I spend my leisure time: Free time is a something everybody needs. Free time always people to express themselves in many different ways. Moreover‚ some people can become so busy in life they don’t have time for free time‚ which may seems impossible to some. Furthermore‚ most people set aside a time where they are free to do whatever it is they enjoy doing. I on the other hand‚ love and enjoy free time; I spend my free time doing things that makes me happy. Three ways I spend my free
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A Time I Was Gritty When i think of third grade I think about how little‚ naive‚ and weak I was. When I think of bullying I think of all the children who were like me‚ did not have a voice. To this day I still hate thinking‚ hearing‚ and talking about third grade. To this day I hate thinking‚ hearing‚ and talking about bullying. I get greatly emotional when I hear people talk about how great their third grade experience was for them and hearing people talk about their bullied stories. I get extremely
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As a student‚ I am quite busy on weekdays. However‚ at weekends‚ I have much free time‚ so I usually spend it on relaxing to prepare for a coming busy week. First of all‚ in my free time‚ I like playing some sports‚ such as soccer‚ badminton or basketball‚ with my friends. Sport not only makes me stronger but also connects me with my friends who have the same hobbies. We sometimes go riding in order that we can combine sporting activity and sightseeing. If the weather is not fine enough for me to
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What I Would Place In A Time Capsule As the turn of the millennium approaches‚ the human race will continue to develop new technology and new ways of thinking. It is always enjoyable to take a visual journey back in time‚ to view what was considered advanced and what thoughts of future times represented. A time capsule stored with precious documents and possessions from a past era can serve as a visual and material presentation of what past times were like‚ and put in prospective the
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WHAT MAKES SOMEONE A HERO? Heroes of today lie in ones beliefs. It doesn’t take super powers to be a Hero. The common recognition of heroes in our day to day lives can be anyone starting from the firefighters‚ police‚ military‚ ambulance crews‚ teachers‚ doctors‚ parents and more. A person cannot be considered a Hero based on their profession. Many people think that all the soldiers or firefighters are Heroes. But it is not always true. Heroism lies within a person and rises to the occasion. If
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When I was in the age of childhood‚ he was the one who took care of me. My mother was dead when I was a baby due to serious accident ‚so most of the time was my grandfather taking care of me .I can’t really remember how was my mother really looks like‚ but I will never forget my grandfather’s adorable face. He looked like Elvis Presley which has a bold hair‚ long legs and sparkling eyes. His pure and loving heart has cured a lot of my problems in my life. I still remembered that once I was really
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