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    After Graduation Essay

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    Alyson Smith BTA 5th Block 10/27/14 Plans after High School After graduation in high school a whole new life is soon to start. Many choices are to be made. Choices of college‚ degrees‚ and the career you have the rest of your life have to be decided. College can be a scary thing to take on but you have to look at the positives. Having a college degree can open many doors to giving you a good career. Going to college ca allow a person to be certified to do a specific job giving them more options

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    Graduation by Maya Angelou This essay I read called Graduation told a story about a young Middle School African American girl named Maya Angelou‚ who was graduating and was moving on to High School back in 1940. She was from a small town in Arkansas and was extremely excited to be graduating. She had high hopes for the future and right before the graduation ceremony‚ she felt like she was the birthday girl‚ the center of attention. She had done well for herself throughout the school year with

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    Ayan Rand Anthem Analysis

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    Anthem Comparative essay Ayan Rand in the book‚ Anthem explains how our world would be in a dystopian manner. Rand support her explanation by describing about who is equality and what choices did he do to change this society. The author purpose is to point out that we have to ourselves so that we do not let anyone force us to act in a certain way. The author writes in an informal tone for prospective readers This Knowledge in Anthem is unnecessary because it gives you individuality. In this

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    Sins and Transgressions The society and government in which a person lives is one of the most influential factors for their religion‚ values and what is socially acceptable within the terms of society. In Ayn Rand’s Anthem‚ the dystopian society’s government has a very prominent role in every citizen’s life. The council‚ the group of people who run the society‚ established many rules and ways of thinking towards appearance and lifestyle. In this society‚ being different is considered evil because

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    oppression by majorities (and the smallest minority on earth is the individual).” Here in the quote the author Ayn Rand explains that you can take away some things from the people‚ but one thing that you can’t take away is the minority rights. In the book Anthem by Ayn Rand she says about how the world would be like if people were the exact same and they didn’t have these rights. In the world Rand creates people should care more about themselves. She put the idea of individualism in the book Anthem because

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    The East is East and the West is West! China is the one of the largest countries in the world. As to population China is the first country in the world. China is a great country. China has a recorded history of nearly four thousand years. Key Issues What is “culture”? Substantial differences among societies arise from cultural differences Culture differences are related to social structure‚ religion‚ language‚ education‚ economic and political philosophy “Culture” and workplace values are

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    My heart was pounding on the car ride home‚ I knew that I did poorly this school year and neither of my parents were going to tolerate my grades. “You’ve disappointed me this school year‚ son. You’ve had all school year do get your grades up and you didn’t. We had this same talk last semester and now we’re having it again. You need to try harder in school because I want you to do better than me when I was your age‚ I don’t want you falling down the same path that I did. There’s a saying that people

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    collectivism: the political or social practice that prioritizes the group over the individual. To many people this sounds like it would create an idealistic society that promotes peace and community. However‚ this is exactly what Ayn Rand contradicts in her novella Anthem. Rand shows collectivism to its extreme. The government in this story condones their collectivist methods by convincing themselves and the community that they will build a strong unified nation. The people have no free will. Everyone

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    Mama and the Graduation Present In the story mama and the graduation present‚ Katrin begs for an expensive present that her family cannot afford what she wants. When Mama offers Katrin her brooch she refuses it. It is near graduation time for Katrin. Katrin brags to her friends of the expensive graduation present that she is so sure of receiving. She has her eye on a little pink dresser set in Mr. Schiller’s drugstore window. Katrin tells her Mama of the custom

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    Good point‚ but there are plenty of costs associated with being a college athlete that the tuition doesn’t cover. Often times these students find themselves starving after the university’s dining facilities have closed‚ forcing them to find additional dining

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