My Trip to London On September 5‚ 2005 My School had to select a few students to attend a conference at Villar High School in England. Only a handful of students could be chosen and among them all‚ I had the chance of being selected as one of the lucky few. The moment I heard my name‚ I didn’t know whether I should be excited or remain stunned. My body and mind was a whirlwind of thoughts and emotions I couldn’t express all at once. I could only begin to imagine the thought of going to England
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somewhere. A beach trip in the summer was always a good idea for us who lived far away from the sea. Hence‚ my cousins and I made a plan to go to Hawks bay Beach in Karachi on the Fourth of July. The trip was such an unforgettable vacation for me with many different emotions such as happiness because of saving a person‚ fear before the dead and interest in the beauty of nature. Sometimes‚ when I recall‚ everything seemed to have just happened yesterday. We were very excited about this trip because this
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Sometimes in life‚ it’s good to take risks and face your fears. In the short story “The Hiking Trip”‚ the main protagonist Jeff is faced with a dilemma to either cower with discontent or be a hero and save his brother’s life. Since Jeff is young and ignorant‚ he is challenged with an internal conflict that eventually drives him forward with the words of his father as fuel‚ and the external conflict of the ragged environment that he struggles to navigate
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Aisha Bint Abu Bakr has a major and significant role in adjusting the Muslim Ummah. It was she who was named the mother of the believers‚ it was she who transmitted 2210 ahadeeth that we find in books of Prophetic narrations that we read today and it was she who memorised the amazing and glorious book of Allah (s.w.t) the Quran‚ but who is this decent women? Aisha Bint Abu Bakr was one of the wives of The Prophet Muhammad (s.a.w). She has contributed a lot for the sake of Islam as many hadiths have
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EDUCATIONAL TRIP -- REACTION PAPER Educational trips are always fun. Not only it enables you to learn and appreciate your environment but also it brings bonding to your group. Our first stop during the educational tour last February 14‚ 2012 is in Central Bank of the Philippines. Here‚ I saw different kinds of coins which were made on different types of metalsI also learned that one of the reasons behind the changing of our current bills is its nationwide counterfeiting. . We also had a short
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The excerpt “Amazing Grace” from the whole book Amazing Grace: The Lives of Children and the Conscience of a Nation by Jonathan Kozol‚ introduces a little boy‚ Cliffie‚ who lives in South Bronx‚ New York. Cliffie takes Kozol on a tour through the poor and dangerous city from St. Ann’s Church. The government clumped all the people in poverty in the small area. Many drugs and diseases flowed through their environment‚ yet the kids managed to stay very happy and live the best of their lives. Kozel explains
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Amazing Grace‚ by Jonathan Kozol‚ is about the author’s interviews with‚ and thoughts about‚ some of the poorest people who live in the poorest sections of New York. The facts stated in Amazing Grace startled me with the prevalence and desperation of the poverty situation in areas like the South Bronx and Mott Haven. These are areas where there are hundreds of thousands of people living in broken‚ crowded‚ and rundown apartment buildings‚ “That‚” says Kozol‚ “most people would not even kennel their
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Many people are against feminism because they claim to support families and think that feminists are against motherhood and families in general. This impression many people have of feminism‚ according to Elaine Tuttle Hansen‚ is “so ingrained . . . that in an anthology of writing from the women’s liberation movement . . . essays on ‘family’ are prefaced with this disclaimer: ‘We are not against love‚ against men and women living together‚ against having children. What we are against is the role women
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“Amazing Grace” by John Newton “Amazing Grace” is a hymn that speaks to the heart and soul of many who are looking for faith‚ forgiveness‚ redemption‚ salvation‚ and grace. John Newton is able to stir the soul with an emotional connection relating salvation. As a hymnist‚ this form of the poetry is categorized as narrative poetry because it tells a story that is sung about salvation‚ whereby he uses figure of speech to express to create a distinctive and imaginative effect‚ and has drawn upon
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be far away from home‚ family‚ and friends for almost one month had me with my nails in my mouth. I anxiously waited for my departure day to come‚ days‚ weeks‚ even months before. When I got trapped in the subway‚ I realized it was the most unusual trip to Europe I will ever have. Marked in my calendar with an Eiffel Tower sticker‚ June 8‚ 2008 came in the blink of an eye. All of a sudden‚ it was my departure date. It was around 7:30 am and I was like an owl starring at the clock waiting for my
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