The poem “If You were Coming in the Fall” is written by Emily Dickinson. Emily Dickinson studied at Amherst Academy and Mount Holyoke Female SEminary and wrote 1800 poems. About a dozen of her poems were published during her life. She mentions to her friend that various people in her life have died such as her friends and her teacher. In her poem‚ “IF you were Coming in the Fall‚” she talks about waiting a long time for someone to return and the threat of an unknown length of time. In this poem‚
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The Current Undergraduate The article‚ “Ask Not What You Can Do For Your University‚ but What Your University Can Do For You”‚ written by the University of California Los Angeles Student WebZine‚ claims that universities are no longer providing education for students‚ but rather running a business. Colleges have turned into a profit seeking institution‚ making decisions based on financial concerns. The article claims that students are customers and education is a purchase. Webzine scolds the students
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What does make you a grown-up? Is it moving out of the house? Hitting a certain age? Having a relationship? Getting a job? How is it that we can do those things‚ that we consider to be “adult”‚ but we still feel like kids? Or that we feel like grown-ups‚ we’re certainly old enough‚ but we haven’t seemed to have accomplished any of those things “grown-ups” have done? People never seem to quite understand the meaning of being an “adult”. I myself am not very sure of the full meaning of it. It has
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them‚ because it gives them tools to help them be successful in the future. I would like to tell you why I would like to become a teacher. I have chosen to become a teacher because I myself am a product of someone whom I consider to be the best teacher in the world. As a child in West Virginia‚ a wonderful teacher named Mrs. Bonnie Fisher inspired me. Mrs. Fisher taught me that any dream was possible. If I put my mind to accomplishing any goal I could make it happen. Mrs. Fisher inspired
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Sister James‚ a nun in her twenties‚ consistently deals with multiple problems in the play Doubt: A Parable by John Shanley. She is at the heart of the focal conflict in the play‚ but deals with personal conflicts. She is extremely impressionable and makes the audience aware of her uncertainty throughout the play‚ rather than full heartedly agreeing with Sister Aloysius or Father Flynn. With doubt being the absence of certainty‚ but still as powerful as faith‚ Sister James accurately represents the
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My Different Sisters Have you known two people that are exactly alike? I haven’t. My two sisters Daniela and Gaby are no exception. Daniela is 6 years older than Gaby. They are as different as day and night or as the sky and the ground. I sometimes wonder if they really are sisters. Although they have the same parents and they live in the same house‚ their differences are noticeable. The differences between them are their looks‚ their personality and their clothing. In most
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think‚ that each one’s main theme was about gender‚ race‚ age‚ intersectionality‚ and the traditional cultures that people were raised in. In Sister Outsider‚ where Audre Lorde discussed age‚ race‚ class‚ and sex‚ she states that within the women’s movement today‚ white women focus upon their oppression as women and ignore differences of race‚ sexual preference‚ class‚ and age. She talks about the struggles of colored women in the todays society and lists examples like the literature of colored women
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If you were coming in the Fall Famous writer Emily Dickinson is well known for expressing depression and love in her poems. Some people believe that this is because of a traumatic emotional experience she went through in her late twenties or early thirties. There are multiple ways and techniques she uses to show her feelings in her poems. In If you were coming in the Fall‚ Dickinson uses a variety of different techniques to show her feelings for a loved one known only as "you." Dickinson
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Leader? MOM: Do you and Elder Eldredge exercise every morning? If so‚ what do you do? MOM: How do you like living with two sets of missionaries? MOM: Is there any of the Elders that bug you? MOM: Are any of the Elder selfish with food or personal space? MOM: Are you feeling well? (I mean like MTC stuff.) MOM: Can I please ask you to exercise every day and obey the Dr. in the MTC? MOM: Are you strictly on a bike? Do you ever use a car? MOM: Does your apartment have
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Discussion Questions: The Book of the Dead 1. Why are Annie and her father in Florida? 2. Where does Annie’s father go when he leaves the motel‚ and what does he do? 3. What surprising information does Annie’s father give her about his past? 4. Why does Annie hold back from promising to make another statue for Gabrielle Fonteneau? Thinking Critically 5. How does a particular historical period shape the events of this story? Could you imagine similar events happening in the lives of people who
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