"Many a man would rather you heard his story than granted his request." ~ Phillip Stanhope‚ The Earl of Chesterfield The greatest gift you will ever give or receive is simply – to listen. The act itself requires patience‚ on some levels even a bit of endurance‚ and though a modicum of empathy is always helpful as well‚ it really very simply comes down to our willingness to put our personal feelings‚ opinions and beliefs aside‚ if only to allow someone
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What Are You Proud Of? By: Mulki Abshir Certain things happen in your life that you never forget; sometimes they’re happy moments‚ other times sad moments and sometimes they’re even powerful moments like when it’s your turn to be bullied. I’ve always thought that when your friends or you get bullied‚ by ignoring the bully would make them leave you alone but I realized it just makes things worse. It was 3rd grade in Elementary School‚ a year that I realized something important. So far
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Where are you going‚ where have you been? In the short story “Where Are You going? Where Have You Been?”‚ by Joyce Carol Oates. The use of the symbolism of Connie’s clothes‚ her fascination with her beauty‚ Arnold Friend’s car and Arnold Friend himself help to understand the story’s theme of evil and manipulation. The story‚ fill with underlying tones of evil. In this short story‚ Oates write about 15-year-old Connie‚ the protagonist of the story‚ a pretty girl who is a little too into her own
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Are You Ready‚ Boots? Maggie Alderson’s short story‚”Are You Ready‚ Boots?” revolves around the life of a girl called Lulu. On a four day trip to New York‚ with her friends Betty and Spencer‚ she buys a perfect pair of boots. They make her feel like a star. However‚ when she returns home to London‚ she does not wear‚ or even look at her brand new‚ 50% off Manolos‚ for six months. On the night of the grand opening of a restaurant‚ she is talked into wearing her “new” boots by Spencer. This is
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What is gentrification to you? If you don’t know what it mean ‚ according to google it mean the process of renovating and improving a house or district so that it conforms to middle-class taste. My definition and yours could be different‚ my definition is when there is a huge change to your community which affect everyone in a different way‚ in bad way and in a good way. Also it could mean when big ‚most known business come in to your community and take over the show and make small businesses
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Her voice was quiet; he wasn’t sure if he was even actually hearing it or if he was imagining it. "You are my sunshine‚ my only sunshine…You make me happy when skies are gray…." This song…it was one that she had taught him. He couldn’t recall exactly when she taught him it‚ or who had been the one to teach her it. He was positive it was one of the humans‚ either John or Jade. It seemed like a song that they would know‚ sappy and cheesy. It was probably John that taught her it. Either way it didn’t
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uidelines for You are the Judge Papers These are the guidelines for the You Are the Judge papers. Remember that each paper is worth up to 100 points and the information can come from any portion of the textbook‚ not just your currently assigned reading. The minimum length of the papers will be three double‐spaced pages. The maximum length of the papers will be seven double‐spaced pages. The required three papers will be prepared by the student using the following format (any other
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Meron Habtemichael Sugar: Is Sugar "Bad" for You? There is controversy about sugar and its heath issues. · Eating a lot of sugar means you will have to cut down on other forms of food. · Sugar causes malnutrition because it reduces the nutrition that one would receive from other foods. · Also if you consume sugar along with other food you eat regularly you will be taking in too many calories‚ thus bringing in the problem of obesity. · Once the body has enough sugar to fill its glycogen
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LIFE AS YOU KNOW IT Who among us wants to have a difficult life? Of course‚ everybody wants to be happy. We want that great job or a succesful business. We want to be married to Mr. Right or Mrs. Perfect and to have great kids. To have friends that stick by us come rain or shine. To be able to have all the material things life has to offer and have all our problems just disappear is what most of us want. Everybody wishes for a good life. but it may be at different perspective. One person may
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Fartun Maalin Foundation for College Writing II 17 Apr.2013 To increase motivation we need to understand the source and consequences of helplessness and identifying situations‚ in which you can become empowered‚ assess readiness for change to pursue healthy lifestyle. As Heath’s say “tweaking the environment is about making the right behaviors a little bit easier and wrong behaviors a little bit harder.” (183) In Chip and Dan Heath’s book “switch” “shape the path” in order us to shape
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