“Oh… that’s interesting.” This would usually be the response whenever I told people I was spending my summer working at our County Historical Society. And although I felt they may have been using the word “interesting” in the polite‚ Midwesterner-way that’s synonymous with “different‚” to me‚ it really was interesting. Local history may fly under the radar for most people‚ however‚ it’s something I hold with great value. When I was young‚ I would spend hours buried in children’s encyclopedias‚
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niche blogging‚ I used to keep my storytelling skills confined to the ’creative writing’ label and I used nothing but cold‚ objective‚ descriptive words in my first articles. The mere thought of writing for a niche gave me shivers. It made me anxious. I didn’t like that ice-cold sensation writing descriptive paragraphs gave me. The storyteller in me itched to take the lead and turn that boring piece of copy into joyful writing that would make my readers smile‚ laugh‚ frown and cry. You know‚ move
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wounds or makes one’s life a little better‚ a little more enjoyable or productive. It’s easy to talk about these things‚ much harder to do them. I think the only one who can help you is you‚ just the same as the only one who can help me is me. I’m writing about the actual work of change‚ what is sometimes called transformation. We might get ideas from others and that can be good. Especially if we know that person has lived the change they’re preaching. We might even agree to work with some mentor as
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HSC Subject Guide Belonging 2009 HSC: Area of Study – English - related material English HSC 2009 - 2012 is Belonging. What does belonging mean? From the Oxford Dictionary and Thesaurus: belong‚ verb‚ 1) to be rightly put into a particular position or class; 2) fit or be acceptable in a particular place or environment; 3) belong to be a member of; 4) belong to be the property or possession of. Belonging‚ noun‚ affiliation‚ acceptance‚ association‚ attachment‚ integration‚ closeness‚ rapport‚
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Belonging The texts I have studied have enhanced my understanding of the concept of belonging in its many forms and types. Belonging is ignited through connections with people‚ places‚ groups‚ communities and the larger world. The poetry by Peter Skrzynecki and the film Submarine by Richard Ayoade show the theme of belonging through unique and specific language techniques and features‚ such as imagery‚ repetition and structure‚ these methods give us an understanding of how a sense of belonging
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gets louder and louder. He opens the door and nobody is there‚ but all he hears is a smash of his window. Two men‚ in their mid-twenties are screaming in Spanish. One person is carrying a gun‚ pointing it at Jerry while the other starts carrying belongings out of the house. Suddenly‚ Jerry catches the last glimpse of those robbers and comes to the assumption that the people who robbed him were not legal residents of the United States. The next day‚ Jerry goes to his job‚ which is working as a construction
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Early the next morning‚ I woke up with a rough hand shaking me. I opened up my eyes to see Phokas shaking my shoulder. “Come on Domitius‚ it is time to get up!” I groaned as I did so. Phokas was a family slave‚ and had been personally assigned to me‚ and was responsible for bringing me to and from school each day. On days when we have club meetings however‚ I send Phokas home while I go to the Roman Boys’ fort. We can’t have any non-members around during our meetings! Anyway‚ Phokas is rather
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Oh gosh a new school‚ a new year. I never liked this moving back and forth thing every time Dad gets a new job. There is no point in making friends‚ but this year will be different I thought‚ as I waited for the bus to arrive. I started to see the ugly mustard yellow bus approach me. As the door to the bus opened‚ the smell of damp‚ wet towels that have been sitting in a pile for weeks on end ‚and overly sweet perfume punched me in the face. “Maby this year won’t be so different after all‚” I thought
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English Writing Dear Diary I am standing alone in a lake. The water is still‚ and there is no one with me - nothing containing any life… and yet I still feel like something is observing me. I can’t hear anything or see through the thick blanket of fog that carries an air of melancholy across the marsh. I am standing alone in a lake. Until I open my eyes. Tranquillity leaves me and I am transported to a place where there is no adequation; where hierarchy takes over and all beings abide by it
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I haven’t seen many Scorsese films‚ which I am ashamed of. Nor have I been able to finish a Lynch film. I have the gall to call myself a film buff‚ and I haven’t many of these so-called masters. But this review isn’t about David Lynch‚ it’s about fast-talking film entrepreneur Martin Scorsese. And there’s been Taxi Driver‚ The Departed‚ Casino and now Shutter Island that I’ve seen. One thing I have been able to pick up from his movies‚ is that his subject matter tends to be either disconnected people
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