Lewis Prof. La Puma English 1121 March 13‚ 2012 Being Ungrateful The “Necklace” by Guy de Maupassant‚ is a story about a beautiful girl‚ named Mathilde Loisel who was born into an unfavorable family. She then got married‚ Monsieur Loisel who is a common clerk‚ who can only provide her with little things. Unhappy with her circumstances‚ Mme Loisel always felt beneath herself. So to become the person she wanted to be she borrowed a friends necklace for a party‚ she lost it‚ and then had to do
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Being a teenager The teenage years are the years were you try to find out who you are. It’s the best period in life. But it’s also one of the hardest. By Frederik Handberg Hello I’m Frederik. I want to discuss the advantages and disadvantages of being a teenager. My opinion is that it’s hard to be a “normal” teenager in 2011. It can get confusing whit all the different situations you have to deal with. But there are also many great things when it comes to being a teenager. And I think that that
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with all being girls. Unfortunately‚ I do not posses memories of my mother and father together in the same house. I do not posses the memories of my mother cooking a meal for her whole family‚ or a Christmas that was spent with both of my parents. It is so cynical to think that I know both my mom and dad so well‚ but they are strangers to me when it comes to them
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Being Girl: A Sociological Memoir My first memory of kindergarten was this: dozens of tiny‚ petrified 5-year-olds being dropped off at their first day of school‚ and dozens of exhausted‚ overworked mothers consoling their weeping sons and daughters. I remember it vividly because‚ despite the terror and chaos‚ a single thought pervaded my mind‚ the thought that “these moms are not as pretty as my mom.” I wasn’t entirely biased‚ either. By North American standards
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worthy with respect. In terms of legality‚ hurting or killing people are guilty‚ atrocity‚ or villainy; looked from the morals‚ are also reproachful behavior. Same as animals‚ they have feeling‚ and they can feel pain‚ but the differences between human being and animals are the size and shape‚ so hurting them is also
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make these feelings evident in the tone of my response. However‚ it wasn’t the only response I was used to giving. “I don’t have it”. That’s what I would say about twice a day when asked where my homework was. ”C”. That’s what I would say when my friends asked me how I did on the big test. I repeated the same answers over and over again but never really thought about them. Over the past year I began to question these responses and came to the conclusion that they were the wrong answers. I wasn’t
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What does it mean to be responsible? Responsible means taking care of your duties; being accountable for your own actions. Being responsible also means to me is to take ownership; owning what I need to do and accepting the blame when I cause the problem. Committing ourselves to lead‚ to create‚ to solve problems involve being responsible. Whether it’s cleaning the house or just attending class‚ I am acting out of what it means to be responsible. When I think of having responsibilities I think
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known in our century as highly advanced technologies‚ such as phones‚ computers‚ and other electronics‚ nothing seems to be more interesting than the way electronics tend to take over people’s lives such as personal relationships with families and friends. Like many other opponents that people have faced in the past from human’s ignorance based on the lack of knowledge‚ now a days the new developments consisting of various technologies are finding their way into people’s lives and controlling their
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April 3‚ 2010 Dear College Friend‚ I first want to welcome you to Heald College. I know this must be a very exciting and challenging time in your life. Making a decision like this one‚ could be a dramatic change. I like to think of this as a Fresh Start. I can’t say how important it is to prioritize yourself. First you can start by deciding what is the most important thing that you would like to accomplish. Then start on your daily lifestyle by using a daily planner. Figure out a short and
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In my mind‚ one of the most important person is my mother. My mother: my friend and advisor. She always said "It doesn’t help when you say it won’t be easy" to teach me not to give up when things get hard. Although she is not my whole life‚ she is still a big part in my heart. I can’t imagine that how could I live without her. When I was junior student‚ the most detestable subject is mathematics. I am very helpless and I had no way to test well in math. I tried to practice again and again‚ but it
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