word “cripple” to describe herself. In her piece “On Being a Cripple‚” Mairs relays to her audience how she accepts being crippled‚ and she brings attention to her interpretation of the language used by society. Mairs portrays how she feels by setting different tones within her essay. At the start of her writing‚ Mairs puts off a confident‚ bold‚ and defiant feel to her essay. Mairs represents herself as someone who is bold and confident by being very forthright about her opinion. “Perhaps I want
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Being British There are two dimensions to the Scottish independence debate: the head‚ and the heart. If the pro-UK campaign is to win‚ it must appeal to both. Up until now Better Together has focused mainly on the head‚ but this changed last week when Alistair Darling made an emotional speech at the JP Mackintosh lecture. Although he touched on the economics‚ he also raised some emotional questions. Why can’t we be proud of the achievements we’ve had together? Why can’t we be proud of our shared
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Melody Tu Being a Christian I became a Christian last year‚ it really changes my life and the way I sees things. I became more positive and contentment about everything. “For God so loved the world that He gave His only be gotten Son‚ that whoever believed in Him should not perish but have eternal life. (John 3:16)”. Eternal life! Who does not want eternal life? All you have to do is believe in Jesus Christ. Being a Christian brings several good effects in life. Firstly‚ becoming a Christian
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else could. I believe that the three most important qualities‚ which I possess and can make a great doctor‚ are having empathy‚ being a good listener‚ and being compassionate. Doctors must be able to listen to their patients problems and fully understand them by putting themselves into the patients’ position. I believe that having a good connection with patients and being able to talk to people are the most important qualities that all doctors must possess in order to be effective. Many instances
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Being an immigrant Marcia Anderson University of Phoenix Being an Immigrant There are many opportunities in the United States for a Latin American‚ jobs in Mexico are hard to find‚ if I do happen to find a job the pay is not very good. I have a family to support and I want my children to have a better life. I have come to the United States without my family to see if I can find a job. Once I arrive the people do not treat me very well and I find the language hard to understand let alone speak
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Strength can be defined in many different ways. To some people‚ strength is about building the muscles in our body. To others‚ it is about being strong in the mind. To me‚ strength in our character is the most important as it is about being resilient and never giving up. Strength in character is the most important strength that anyone could possess in my opinion. Quoting Lawrence G. Lovasik‚ “Strength of character means the ability to overcome resentment against others‚ to hide hurt
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God—an individual supernatural being‚ with a distinctive name‚ personality‚ and control or influence of a major aspect of nature (like rain or fertility)‚ that encompasses the life of an entire community or a major segment of the community Spirit—a supernatural being that is less powerful than a god and is usually more localized; often one of a collection of nonindividualized supernatural beings that are not given specific names and identities Spirits include nonindividualized spirits like
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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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Being a pastor is more than being a person teaching from a podium. I believe God calls many to minster‚ but not everyone to pastor. As I began my research for this discussion board‚ I prayed that the Lord would not convict me on my findings. I came up with numerous tasks and responsibilities that pastors face‚ but found 5 that stood out more than others. 1. PREACHING & TEACHING. This is the most obvious of tasks. In 1 Timothy 4‚ Paul gives Timothy clear directives about ministry. What
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Being Hefty We all start out equal; Little blobs of blood and muscle. It’s a setup for great potential. We eat‚ sleep‚ work‚ and repeat. Every day of our lives we do these things‚ but these every day tasks we do‚ are becoming easier. The world is changing. Everything is becoming simpler. We are moving from an industrial society into a technologically advanced industrial society. We no longer need people doing hard work. We can simply make machines that do the same work as a human can. A
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