sentenced him to death. They dragged Stephen out of the city and stoned him. Right before he died‚ Stephen said “Lord do not hold this sin against them”‚ he then died. Stephen was very significant because he was considered to be the first martyr. My “modern day” martyr is Father Ragheed Ganni. This priest was born in Iraq in 1972 in Iraq. Father Ganni studied and Rome and
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It was my first day of tryouts. I was 7 years old and love to play soccer. At the time playing soccer was my life. Rapid Wien was/is the best team in Austria. I was super nervous because it was the first time i ever tried out for such a big team. My heart was beating. BOOM….boom boom. I laced up my shoes and pulled up my socks. I was ready for the challenge. I run onto the field and the coach asked me what my name was in German. My German was not so good at the time‚ so it took me a while to say
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on my mind way before I was even registered. After‚ I attended my high school graduation ceremony‚ told my teacher’s and counselors about my appreciation for them‚ and then my summer began. Most of it was preparing for the upcoming school year at Waubonsee Community College. In my first semester of college I went from feeling in control of my education to; feeling the whole world against to; understanding what college is all about and lastly to realizing I am going in the right path. For my first
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about my most significant experience‚ I instantly know what experience has shaped my life the most. My church takes an annual trip to Guatemala City; my sister and mother attended the year before and pushed me to attend the next year. Medical clinics are set-up based on the recommendation of a church missionary who resides in Guatemala City. After reading the prompt‚ I was instantly swept back to that amazing‚ life changing experience that took place in a beautiful foreign land. Day 1: Settling
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times annually for Thanksgiving‚ Christmas‚ Easter‚ and Independence Day. Petersburg is not a vacation spot my parents‚ sister‚ and I go to on the holidays‚ it is where my grandparents reside in their beautiful two story brick home they built. I have always enjoyed visiting my grandparents and the time spent together is special. The time spent with my grandma has been particularly special this past year. In September of 2014‚ my grandma‚ who I call Grammy‚ was diagnosed with stage three breast cancer
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write to a friend is expository. Descriptive‚ narrative‚ persuasive‚ and literary writing (all of which we have done or will do this year) are each examples of expository writing. Your next writing assignment is to write an expository essay about a family or cultural tradition that is important to you. Your focus can be an ethnic‚ cultural‚ or religious tradition; it can also be something that is important to your family‚ something that your family does ritualistically and thus has become a
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Cambridge International General Certificate of Secondary Education 0522 First Language English June 2011 Principal Examiner Report for Teachers FIRST LANGUAGE ENGLISH Paper 0522/01 Reading Passage (Core) Key messages This paper was mainly assessed for reading‚ although there were 10 marks available for writing in Question 2. Below is advice for responding to Question 1 which can be applied in future sessions: • • • • • • In responding to questions allocated one mark‚ it is likely that only
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I would consider my family and I to be in the working class status‚ which is also defined to be under as a lower-class group. My family has worked extremely hard from having absolutely nothing to something. They migrated from Mexico to the United States for better opportunities‚ since in Mexico there were insufficient jobs for my parents to even have a home or food. My parents first moved to Florida where I was eventually born. We then moved to North Carolina when I was about a year old. I honestly
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MOVING DAY Waking up to an average morning walking outside in the crisp morning air to get breakfast for myself. After I ate I headed for school to finish those standardized tests at the end of 6th grade. So far my class did well and was eager to get them over with. While I was in my zone working on the test‚ I could hear the clock ticking away every precious second passing. I had to get done with my English test before recess. Finally I looked at the clock and the time read 1:53 pm‚ just with a
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to the family. It had hit me that the person I had lived with for 10 years is gone‚ no one to look out for me except for state custody. Then I had started to see the foster care building as I began to cry‚ though I was scared‚ I knew that this moment‚ which happened when I was 11‚ I would no longer have an permanent family to live in‚ and that I would always be going to foster to foster home‚ That memory has always remained a part of my life. Family I am in foster care with a family that is
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