I Will Always Write Back by Caitlin Alifirenka and Martin Ganda is an inspiring true story about the two authors becoming international pen pals and close friends. This book opened my eyes to the poverty and hardship that exists in third world countries. In addition‚ this book demonstrates the power of giving‚ as well as the fact that you can do anything you put your mind to. This book has impacted me by changing my outlook on life in a positive way. This novel is an eye-opener to the poverty and
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With my latest setback‚ I felt like my life was at an all time low. I didn’t realize the old cliché‚ "Things could always be worse‚" was about to take on new meaning. One day after classes‚ I came home and discovered the shoe shop was closed in the middle of the afternoon. Feeling something was wrong‚ I rushed to our apartment and found my father in severe respiratory distress. He was wheezing and gasping for air. His skin had turned blue‚ and he was too weak to talk. I had never seen my father
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The piece entitled “Critics of the Morning Song” was performed by Alex Karigan Farrior and Joshua L. Peugh. The song choice was “I’m Always Chasing Rainbows” by Ray Conniff‚ Judy Garland‚ David Rose‚ and Perry Como. This piece was choreographed by the guest company‚ Dark Circles Contemporary Dance. This dance was included in this year’s Fall Collection which was performed in the University Theater at UTD. The dance shows through its use of lighting‚ costumes‚ specific choreography and emotion‚
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“Machines Always and Only Give Rewards”: Teaching Writing and Teaching Machines In late September 2015‚ Les Perelman‚ the retired director of Writing Across the Curriculum at MIT and writing assessment rabble-rouser‚ sent an e-mail out to writing instructors‚ program administrators‚ and writing center directors across the country. He explained his previous stance on automated essay scoring and his discovery‚ at the National Writing Project conference‚ of WriteLab‚ a technology altogether different
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The American dream has always been based on belief that everybody from anywhere can make it in society by working hard. This person will in turn become wealthy and rise in the hierarchy of the community to help create the American society‚ a classless society full of wealthy individuals. The American dream is also based on whether that person appears happy and is able to enjoy the newfound wealth. In The Great Gatsby‚ F. Scott Fitzgerald dispels the myth of an American classless society. This is
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Amanda Smith Today in America‚ there are thousands of Americans are welfare for different reasons. Whether people lost their job and can’t afford their necessities‚ or possibly they don’t have motivation to get a job and want to live off the government’s money. It could be that there is a single mother of two children who simply can’t afford the necessities for her children and herself even with a job‚ or maybe their handicapped or they are older and aren’t healthy enough to work and provide
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Sullivan recalls her father telling her as a child to always go to the funeral. She started her essay by describing the first time she had to go to a funeral by herself. Her fifth grade math teacher passed away and she really did not want to go to the funeral. Her father said‚ “Always go to the funeral. Do it for the family‚” and with that‚ she went to pay her respects. As an adult‚ she has gained a new appreciation of her father’s saying‚ “Always go to the funeral.” It means more than just getting
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Contrast: Always a Motive and Gentlemen‚ Your Verdict Recently I’ve read two very good short stories: Always a Motive (by Dan Ross) and Gentlemen‚ Your Verdict (by Michael Bruce). Always a Motive is about a young man‚ named Joe Manetti‚ who is accused of kidnapping. Gentlemen‚ Your Verdict is about five men who are questioned about the murder of sixteen crewmembers. While both Always a Motive and Gentlemen‚ Your Verdict are written in third person and pull at the readers emotions‚ Always a Motives
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groups‚ for an object desired in common‚ usually resulting in a victor and a loser. Hence‚ to say that it is not important to win is to dismiss the original purpose of a competition. However‚ I believe that while winning is significant‚ it is not always the most important part of a competition. Thus I agree with the statement. Someone once said that a competitive world offers two possibilities; you can lose‚ or if you want to win‚ you can change. The will to win is but the motivation a person
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childhood. I would like to dream I could be a princess and ride into the sunset with my prince or like Mulan and fight to defend my father’s honor‚ but there was also something I could never quite grasp about Disney movies. Why did all the Disney mothers always die? For example in the movies The Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs and Cinderella‚ both girls grow up without mothers and our left as orphans and maids to their heartless evil step mothers. The reason for this has become one of Disney greatest
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