Next Term‚ we’ll Mash You By Penelope Lively Do you know about violence or bullying‚ or just heard about before? If you have or want to hear a short story about this kind of story‚ you might lie down and read this. In the text ”Next Term‚ we’ll mash you” we hear about this boy Charles who get threatened by some guys at his new school‚ because he is the ”new member.” How bad can it actually be? Next Term‚ we’ll Mash you is about a young boy named Charles who is sitting in a car with his parents
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Original: Narrative Essay “You Were Worth It!” “Do your best! Aim for nationals! Make us proud‚” everybody had said on the morning of my travel to Tandag. With one thousand pesos in my pocket‚ I set out on the road with seven others to a place still unknown to me- a road of discovery‚ adventure and accomplishment. The six-hour drive to Tandag was everything if not convenient. Try as I might‚ I couldn’t sleep because of the inconsiderably rough road‚ nausea and uncomfortable sitting position. All
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Even though I loved the school very much‚ I had a couple of ecscapades. My two best friends and I thought ourselves to be rebels back then. One time‚ we were forced to stand outside the headmistress’ office for the whole day because we rebelled against the killing of moles that was happening in our school field. We sang a song of our creation‚ called “Were You There When They Crucified the Moles”‚ which was based off a song about Jesus that we sung as a school during assembly. My proudest‚ most memorable
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“Clocks slay time... time is dead as long as it is being clicked off by little wheels; only when the clock stops does time come to life” (Faulkner 54). Time represents the ultimate decision maker throughout a person’s life‚ allowing for an individual’s triumph‚ but also for one’s downfall. In William Shakespeare’s play‚ As You Like It (1994)‚ this time that destroys and grows may appear to freeze as the characters move into the Forest of Arden‚ without use or knowledge of time‚ but it most certainly
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Are famous people treated unfairly by the media? Should they be given more privacy‚ or is the price of their fame an invasion into their private lives? Many girls want to be as beautiful as Paris Hilton and many boys want to be as popular as David Beckham. Who doesn’t want to be a celebrity? They have all the things that common people can dream of‚ fans‚ designer clothes‚ luxurious cars‚ and the list goes on. Their lavish style of living keeps them in the eye of public and media. As a result
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If you were living in the 1800s would you have been for or against Washington breaking away from Oregon? If I were living in Washington Territory in the 1800’s‚ I believe I would have been for Washington breaking away from Oregon and becoming a state. I select this position‚ because of the wide division of government philosophy‚ which the two regions possessed. Washington Territory was leaned more republican‚ Oregon‚ Democratic. The favoritism and federal funding (through railroad grants and other
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When You Were Young by The Killers The music video of When You Were Young by The Killers shows the story of a young woman’s tragic marriage through flashbacks while in the present she is about to jump off a mountain and kill herself. It is set in the present (video made in 2006) in a small town somewhere in Mexico. This is shown by the ethnicity of the actors and the costume which is relevant to place‚ being Mexico and the props like beer and phones which is present to the time period. The video
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__20.__If you were to die and come back as a person or a thing‚ what would it be? If I were to die and come back as anything I wanted I would come back as a giraffe. I would come back as a giraffe because I have always wanted to be taller than most people and if I become a giraffe I will surely be taller than most people. The benefits of being a giraffe is that you’re very tall and can run really fast‚ they also can fight with their necks which could be very effective in a fight. The bad things
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The film “While You Were Sleeping” takes place in the 1990s in Chicago. This film was directed by Jon Turteltaub and had two screenwriters‚ Daniel G. Sullivan and Fredric Lebow. The story starts with Lucy Eleanor Moderatz at her booth at the train station or her job. She would see Peter Callaghan every day and she soon fell in love with him. One day she saw Peter get pushed onto the train tracks‚ jumps onto the tracks‚ and saves Peter from being crushed by a train. Peter went into a coma because
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Are women treated fairly in the workplace? Gender equality is often a neglected topic when discussing management. Too this day‚ there is evidence of this type of inequality‚ despite it being a modern era where equal opportunity is expected. Sex stereotyping has shaped views on what jobs are suitable for that of women and men‚ which has consequently led to women having perhaps less opportunities than men‚ and has also led to potential harassment‚ of various kinds‚ due to their gender. A shocking quote
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