On Being a Cripple Nancy Mairs is a cripple. She knows it and she chooses this word to describe herself. But why does she choose this particular word? Why not “handicapped” or “disabled”? Why must she make people cringe at the bluntness of cripple? There is very little that Mairs can control‚ not her fingers‚ not her hands‚ not her mouth‚ arms‚ and certainly not her fate‚ but maybe‚ just maybe‚ she can control the way you see her. Mairs perhaps chose the word cripple because of the way people
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ing Natacha Petit-frere Professor Donigan December 1‚ 2011 Being Organized Many of us are incompatible of being organized. Organization is a skill that must be learned and practice by an individual. It’s a rare person among us who doesn’t feel the need to get more organized. I consider myself fairly organized I show my organization skills by coordinating my clothes by style‚ color coding sections for my college courses‚ having a sheet of paper‚ a calendar and a white board. A lot of us
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Being a cyclops is not always easy; it’s never easy actually. We just have this one big eye in the middle of our face‚ and anyone who comes around-which is not very often-is scared to death of us. I mean‚ if I’m going to be honest‚ I would be scared if I were them too. Cyclopes are like 12 feet tall‚ and we literally eat people. That’s not my fault‚ though; that’s just they way it works. Humans come around every few weeks‚ months‚ or years‚ whenever they’re in need of an adventure‚ and they never
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environment in the world‚ one could have a different approach or assumptions of one’s behavior. It is an indisputable fact that by being a human being with an ability to think and comprehend‚ you could still misunderstand someone or be misunderstood or sometimes even misunderstand one’s self. Being misunderstood had a major effect on my life‚ where I come from I was being misunderstood in so many aspects in terms of religion and gender. My family and I were devout Christians living in a strict Muslim
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factors that has bonded relationships between us humans. However‚ one aspect of socializing is sincerity. That being said‚ it is important to speak from the bottom of the heart; however‚ it can also be hurtful. I am here today to present why I believe that being sincere is important and how to avoid emotionally hurting someone by being sincere. Firstly‚ I am going to ask a question; why is being sincere important? To begin‚ it is a social skill. However‚ despite this fact‚ talking from the bottom of
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etiquette is at fault. The other part of the definition describes etiquette as being prescribed by authority. There are times when a set of rules are laid out for a specific occasion. When this is not defined‚ one must decide what action or set of actions is appropriate. It reminds me of the saying "When in Rome‚ do as the Romans do." Yet if I were to go to Rome‚ I ’ll still be American‚ and would have to decide if being in Rome is worth acting like a Roman. Emily Post (whom I will discuss) said "Etiquette
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not to talk in detail about your period or other bodily functions unless you absolutely have to. It isn’t that you are ashamed or your body‚ it’s just that he really doesn’t want to hear about it‚ and frankly‚ by being a little discrete you can transform some rather base aspects of being human into just another element to your feminine mystery. Familiarity breeds contempt. Discretion enhances the sense of mystique‚ the strange and marvelous feminine mysteries that a men don’t really understand.
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responsible for the lives of everyone who enters the facility. Being a lifeguard for the City of Sacramento can be somewhat challenging‚ but overall very rewarding. Being a lifeguard requires a lot of skills‚ including responsibility‚ attention to detail‚ communication‚ and one of the most important aspects‚ teamwork. My first job as a lifeguard taught these skills‚ helping me to better prepare myself for day-to-day life. From being a lifeguard for nearly three consecutive years‚ I have obtained
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The second was the president of a company for which we did some web design work. He was impressed with our work‚ and asked if we might want to put in a bid for some future work. The problem is that the person we had to work with at that company‚ “marketing guy”‚ had blown off every single in-person meeting we’d scheduled during the previous project‚ and had been late for numerous phone calls we’d also scheduled (about a quarter of the final cost to the client was time we spent waiting for marketing
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Being a Teenager: Is hard‚ harder than some can imagine‚ harder than some can even remember. It’s those years you’ll never forget‚ though sometimes you wish you could wipe away. They seem to last forever‚ but when you look back‚ they went by so fast. Being a teenager is falling in love too fast‚ and too hard‚ talking for hours on the phone to your best friends‚ being talked about and talking about others. It’s being guilty when you’re innocent‚ it’s standing out and fitting in‚ it’s when you have
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