lifeguard at the Stratford Richardson YMCA. getting this job has changed every aspect of my life from emotionally to physically and much more. these life changes have been both positive and negative effects that have taught very valuable lessons that I will use later in life and others that most likely will fade to the back of my mind. overall I will say that getting this job has been the best thing in my life. Being a lifeguard there are things that of course you should already know and the main thing
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"Gertraud Medicus" BOOK REPORT Author: Oscar Wilde Tile: The Importance of Being Earnest Date of publication: 1895 in three acts Type of Work: Comic‚ farcical play Setting Algeron´s flat in London‚ and a country house in Hertfordshire‚ England; in the 1890s Plot outline: Two men‚ Algernon and John‚ who are friends meet each other in Algy’s house where John falls in love with Gwendolen‚ the daughter of Algernon’s Aunt Augusta. John owns a house in the country‚ where everybody calls
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about the most unnecessary things. I recall telling this elaborate story about me going to this wild party with my grown friends‚ living the good life‚ dancing with boys and basically have a ball to the girls at my ballet class. Everything that was mentioned in the story was a lie my oldest friend was 13 at the time and she had the same curfew as me. I wasn’t interested with boys like my other female peers and the worst part about this event was the audience …. I told this lie to a group of 8 years
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Title The biggest challenges of being an immigrant is knowing the language of the country that you are in‚ trying to communicate with people and getting bullied. It is really hard for an immigrant coming to america to learn english and especially speak english. Like in many languages from Asia there are seriant ways to pronounce a word and if you pronounce that word in a different way it could have a whole different meaning. Another reason why it is very challenging for an immigrant speaking and
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all of a sudden king of everything and everyone should follow what you say. Being brave can help you in everyday life such as bullying‚ fighting‚ threats‚ and anything else that can happen. Although‚ being brave can get you out of trouble‚ it can cause more trouble. For example‚ you’re being brave and you stand against someone‚ but you get too cocky and you start a
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The Perks of Being a Wallflower For my independent reading assignment I chose the book ‘The Perks of Being a Wallflower’. Reading this book it made me feel like high school was some kind of amazing adventure. I liked this book because the characters were realistic and unique. I would recommend this book to anyone who needs to re-think the adventure of life‚ to anyone who needs inspiration‚ or just someone who needs a piece of mind. I personally enjoyed reading this book for many reasons.
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Samantha Soto Gilchrist AP English IV 28 October 2012 The Importance of Being Earnest The Importance of Being Earnest is a play by Oscar Wilde that can be viewed as a satire on the moral compass of people living in the Victorian era. The moral standards of the time held the ideas of sincerity and honesty on a high pedestal. To be Earnest would most likely fall between the two ideals; the first definition of the word earnest is “Serious in intention‚ purpose‚ or effort” and this can be a trait
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Reasons for Being Vegetarian Animals are my friends and I don’t eat my friends. George Bernard Shaw Vegetarianism used to be an unusual lifestyle choice. Today it is becoming more common and accepted by mainstream society. While there are many reasons for choosing a vegetarian diet‚ the most important are health reasons‚ environmental and economic reasons‚ and‚ above all‚ ethical reasons. Health reasons alone are sufficient grounds for becoming a vegetarian. Research
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Importance of not being late. In the following paper I will be discussing what series of actions brought me to write this paper‚ the army regulations surrounding said actions‚ the possible effects these actions might have on the accomplishment of the mission‚ the possible affects on your career‚ and how to discourage and possibly stop such things from ever happening soon or ever again. The reason I am being subject to this time consuming‚ uninspired‚ and rather lackluster writing assignment is
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Review: The Business of Being Born My view of childbirth was limited before this movie. The Business of Being Born challenged every aspect of the pregnancy process and childbirth experience‚ for me. Childbirth is a billion dollar industry that has skyrocketed in the United States. This movie‚ directed by Rickki Lake‚ examines all the different approaches to childbirth. In this documentary it shared scary statistics of the United States birth rates and mortalities. For being a developed country we
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