“If i stay” by Gayle Foreman is about a seventeen year old girl named Mia Hall who had everything‚ a perfect relationship‚ a loving family and best friend‚ and a future of becoming a professional cellist with a goal of attending Julliard. One snowy day‚ when school is out‚ her family decides to go on a roadtrip to visit friends and there is a tragic accident. That day Mia lost everything‚ her parents‚ her brother and almost her own life. From that moment on Mia’s spirit‚ trapped between life and
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Walking towards what is considered a second home hours before the championship game even begins yields nothing but complete silence. The freshly- cut‚ green grass in the outfield glistens from its daily dosage of morning dew. A bare‚ dirt-covered infield yearns to be lined with fresh‚ white chalk. No boisterous fans are screaming‚ no coaches are instructing‚ and no teammates are cheering. Everything is still as I step onto the softball field and begin to imagine and prepare for what is to come
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The book I choose to read is If I Stay by Gayle Forman. If I stay is a book full of twist and turns and shocking events. The main characters are Mia Hall‚ Adam‚ and Kat. After a tragic car accident it tells the out of body experience of Mia Hall. The book If I Stay was published in 2009. Mia is the only one in the family that lives after the accident. Through this out of body experience she can see all the action going on around and what they are doing to her. Mai is faced with the decision
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Home Away From Home Each small step it took to move into my new home meant bigger and brighter responsibilities. From the drive down to IPFW to when I laid my head down to sleep was a positive moment that changed my life. This transition was the beginning of a new chapter in my life that I was proud to accomplish. Getting to this stage in my life I have yet to step foot in what was in store for my future. The morning of August 19th only a yawn away‚ anxiety ran through my body like a strike
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The name of the artwork that I have chosen to analyze is Home‚ Sweet Home by Winslow Homer. Homer first came to national attention during the Civil War with his accurate‚ vivid sketches of life at the front. As an artist-reporter he accompanied the Army of the Potomac in the Peninsula campaign in Virginia‚ observing camp life and some combat. While Homer drew a few traditional military scenes‚ such as bayonet and cavalry charges‚ he mostly depicted the utterly unheroic day-to-day activities of ordinary
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How To Stay Healthy In College. INTRODUCTION Health is important to live a person in all aspect‚ the trick to healthy living is to make small little changes. Sometimes‚ studying‚ homework‚ meetings and maintaining social life‚ we forget to maintain our health. BODY/CONTENT Eat Right Eating a healthy diet can help us boost our immune systems and to maintain a healthy weight. First‚ always eat breakfast. This may be difficult when you’re rushing to get that 8 a.m. classes‚ but you can try
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University Services 1625 W Fountainhead Parkway Tempe‚ Arizona 85282- 2371 February 19‚ 2013 Juan J. Gonzales 24 Congress St W Apt 1 Saint Paul‚ MN 55107 Dear Mr. Gonzales: Congratulations! We are pleased to inform you that you have successfully completed the University Orientation workshop as of 02/18/2013 to satisfy this condition of admission to the University‚ and inform you that all of your previous transfer coursework has been evaluated (if applicable). Please visit your student website
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A Home away from Home Getting into Bethlehem university wasn’t one of my initial options of the number of available universities at all. To be honest‚ I didn’t know we even had a university in Bethlehem‚ until my dad told me about it and even then I still wasn’t so sure about applying there... I always had that dream of going abroad to study‚ you know‚ every teenagers dream is to break free and just wander. I so wanted to leave the country and I was torn between whether I should study medicine or
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 24‚ 2004 Contact: Cheryl V. Walker or Kevin P. Cox 336-758-5237 walkercv@wfu.edu[->0] faten atiqah www.wfu.edu/wfunews[->1] FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY IMPORTANT IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL As the No Child Left Behind Act and budget woes put pressure on many school systems to cut back on foreign language study in the elementary grades‚ Mary Lynn Redmond advocates for strengthening foreign language programs. Redmond
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As the girl sat down at a table in a restaurant and started ordering food‚ she was asked by the waiter if he could see his papers to see that she is an American citizen or she won’t be served his food or be allowed to stay. She felt as it was a joke until he didn’t stop asking for her papers. The girl felt as he was being treated like a criminal‚ someone who didn’t belong just because she wasn’t white. The crazy thing about the whole situation is that it is true‚ this did happen to 24 year old Carrillo
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