I am a student at Newham Sixth Form college and I am applying to study English Language at university because I would like to develop my knowledge of how and why people speak the way they do and the way language came about as I have always been fascinated by this. This will aid me in accomplishing my aspiration of becoming a teacher. My interest for English first arose when I was studying it at AS Level. The course has given me an insight into how people speak and the changes in meaning and in
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Imagine a job where you can play and get paid millions of dollars! Does this job really exist? To the few privileged athletes in the world of professional sports it does. Everybody knows that the salaries in professional sports are outrageous. Does every good athlete think they’re really worth that much money? I know this is professional sports‚ but let’s face it‚ it is still just a game. For some athletes‚ these salaries go right to their heads‚ and they become conceited. The athletes forget
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I spend a large portion of my time on the family farm while not participating in 4-H activities. We raise livestock‚ have some farmland‚ and are very active in conservation. Being a stout young man‚ I normally have the role of holding down the lambs and calves while marking‚ cutting‚ and vaccinating. I help in preparing fields and the last couple of years I have spent some time in the tractor plowing and planting. Since I was 8 years old‚ I have spent the hot summer months spraying mesquite‚ cactus
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Kanesha Williams English 1101 Mr. Beatly Example Essay Becoming a parent can be very exciting! A baby can change your life in so many ways‚ it can cause trouble‚ and it can cause you to enjoy the good times. I’m not a parent because I have no kids of my own‚ but I have had much experience to know that parenthood causes a lot of problems when you are young in age. When I was 16‚ my oldest sister brought a little boy into the world. I thought it was going to be fun having a baby around and I
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Go ask Alice The novel‚ or diary‚ deals with the downfall of a young teenage girl in America‚ and her journals over the course of two years and a few days. At the beginning of the book‚ "Alice" is a typical‚ insecure‚ middle-class teenager preoccupied with boys‚ diets‚ and popularity. Her fortunes take a sharp turn for the worse when her family moves to a new town and she finds herself less popular and more isolated than ever before. Unhappy in the new town‚ she is overjoyed to be allowed to return
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In recent years‚ jail has become a hot topic in the media. With shows such as Orange is The New Black‚ Prison Break‚ and Lockup‚ for the first time‚ we can better understand the lives of people in jail. Not only can we view the workings of every-day life in jail‚ but we can further understand the reasons for them being placed there. It creates empathy towards people in jail and portrays their real experiences. One could say that it almost humanizes them‚ which presents the question of whether
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Revised Analytical Summary The following essay‚ “Why I Want a Wife‚” appeared in Ms. Magazine in 1972 during the feminist movement in the United States. In this essay‚ Brady takes a satirical and humorous look at what it means to be a wife and mother. Brady was thinking of a longtime friend who appeared on the scene‚ fresh from a recent divorce and was looking for another wife (263). It was in that moment it occurred to Brady‚ as a wife and mother‚ which she also would like to have a wife. She first
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for both teenagers and young adults. Young people can find a job at malls‚ recreational parks and fast food restaurants easier in the city than if he/she lived in a rural area. The job opportunities in a rural area are very limited‚ primarily babysitting. A teenager in a rural area would have to drive to the city for an opportunity to work perhaps in a mall or recreational park. An older adult would have limited job availability in the rural areas‚ such as teaching‚ working in a factory‚ clerking
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Kenny and Norton Bell founded TEAM FUN!‚ a sporting goods and equipment store and manufacturer‚ 10 years ago. Kenny and Norton had always been sports enthusiasts. As stellar athletes through high school and college‚ these twin brothers knew they wanted to open a business that catered to the leisure sporting industry. Shortly after graduating from college‚ they presented to a bank the business plan they had developed as part of their small-business entrepreneurial course. They were given a loan
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contains over fifty family members‚ and our agenda of family activities is always packed. Most of my family is employed in the commercial fishing industry‚ which instilled in me at a very young age‚ the concept of work. At age eleven‚ I started babysitting and mowing lawns‚ and at the age of fifteen I applied for my lobster license. The first summer with my license‚ I took a job as a sternperson with a fellow female. We were the only two females out there‚ which was definitely an experience. When
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