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    A three-hour bus ride‚ a modest amount of time standing in the heat and a short walk through history. Standing where the Battle of Horseshoe Bend took place‚ words from class float through my head as I picture the battle taking place. I can’t express how much more I appreciate having been able to walk where the men and women before me made history. Regretfully‚ I am reminded of how little I cared for history and wished I had. Teachers would tell me that we study history because if we don’t‚

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    We are gathered here today to celebrate Alaska Ann Eaton’s beautiful and extraordinary life. She had a tragic death. Going scuba driving for your 3rd year wedding anniversary and getting attacked by a shark…well that’s extremely tragic. She was an animal person and maybe that’s why she had dolphins surrounding her trying to help rescue her and stop the shark. But that’s the thing about pain‚ it demands to be felt. She always mentioned this one quote‚ “The only to way escape the labyrinth of suffering

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    It is very difficult to be able to advance in life if you are not allowed to think freely and become an individual. In the book Anthem‚ the author‚ Ayn Rand depicts her concept of mankind through a society where individualism is immoral. The main character‚ Equality 7-2521‚ struggles to remain a collectivist‚ he begins to question his society and defy their beliefs and rules. Equality 7-2521‚ successfully broke free from confinement when he came to the realization that "To be free‚ a man must be

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    brother men‚ for all men must be alike” (Rand 19). In the book Anthem by Ayn Rand the main characters name is Equality7-2521. He lives in a collective society that he does not agree with. Equality’s personality and actions is what eventually led to him running away. Equality disagreeing with the society is one reason that caused him to run away. He keeps breaking the law and doing whatever he wants. “we had broken so many laws‚ and today we have broken one more” (Rand 42). This quote shows that equality

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    On this first day I still have not had a lot of friends. I also still like it used to be‚ are still reticent. However‚ after days of next‚ you become close and know each other. The first day I occupied the 7th grade‚ I was sebangku with Rini. However‚ due to my homeroom‚ Ms. Zuraida‚ teachers of religion. Put us with different SD‚ I place with Rizka Nadya d. She’s a kind‚ likes to share‚ joking-laughter mapun grief with me. He was the first JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL dipermulaan my friend. We also never

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    Congratulations newly minted hockey star! Now you have been selected to tryout for the best team around. Next comes the hard work and time you have to put into it. This is when most people give up because it’s simply work‚ plus the drills and rules. There are many people that get invited to these kinds of tryouts all the time. Now you want to make this count unlike the other lazy people that can’t do the drills right. It’s not just lazy hockey players that quit because of the work and rules they

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    one game. We had 15 teammates ready to go and play the grand final the field was spectacularly green and very soft we were versing North Lakes Soccer club. Our coach Andrew had been training us‚ so we could get to this very point. 5 minuets before the game Andrew gave us a speech we then all listen to hear what our positions was going to be the whistle blew time to get out on the pitch. Once we were 5 mins into the game we started to pick up our game. North lakes had he best start that we ever saw

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    illegal to say “I” because there is only we. The government has stripped the individual of anything that made them special and forces them into a collective hive mind with everyone else. This world of full conformity is from a book named Anthem by Ayn Rand. Anthem was written in 1938 but today the country of North Korea strongly resembles how the citizens in the book act and how their government rules them. From limiting them to better ways of living and using technology‚ brainwashing the entire population

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    Life after graduation can be an emotional rollercoaster for an aspiring careerist. The joy of getting the interview and the agony of receiving a rejection letter shortly after. One company in particular preys on college graduates. However‚ with out customer service experience the chances of getting hired are slim to none. The interviewing process for this cellular phone service provider is tedious to say the least. The method used is referred to as the STAR Method which stands for Situation‚ Task

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    The captivating novel Anthem‚ by Ayn Rand‚ concentrates on Equality’s changes in his moral assessment. In this story‚ Equality fights to become independent and to improve the quality of life for him and people around him. Equality‚ along with the other characters in this novel‚ thinks it is a sin to write at the beginning of the book. By the end‚ he has no shame in his sins and has a different moral assessment and perspective of his actions. Equality takes steps throughout the book‚ starting with

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