English 1302 8 July 2013 Robert Burns: “My Love’s Like a Red‚ Red Rose” Robert Burns was born in Alloway‚ Scotland in 1759. His father‚ a poor tenant farmer‚ tutored his sons at home and sought to provide them with as much additional education as resources allowed. During his youth Burns endured the hard work and financial difficulties which beset his family as they moved from one rented farm to another. During his young age Burns proposed marriage to Jean Armour‚ who was pregnant with his twin
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Imagine being in love with someone so deeply that you want to spend the rest of your life with that person‚ and ask for his or her hand in marriage. But you aren’t able to because you and your lover are of same sex‚ and live in a state like Texas where gay marriage is prohibited. There is a loophole though‚ you do have the option of traveling one thousand miles to the closest state that allows you to wed. Initially‚ some people may think that’s okay‚ it’s just another adventure in your life right
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it’s extremely hard to make them realize they don’t have to deteriorate themselves to impress some BOY! My father did an amazing job making a MAN of me but my mother made me realize the character I want in a WOMAN! These young girls these days must learn they are worth more than a movie ticket and a coke! I hope @maxiekate13 is happy with the man i’ve been and become for nearly three whole years! (Even though we’ve seen differences so many times! That’s the building of a relationship) I’m not perfect
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My love for writing is similar to my love of swimming. I put all my love and sweat into writing as well as into swimming back and forth down the lanes in the pool. Some days‚ I feel like a fish swishing through the water‚ while other days I feel like a dense blob that is about to drown. However‚ no matter how productive my swim or writing is‚ when I get out of the pool‚ I am physically at the same place as I started and I feel that I have not made much progress. However‚ once I look back at my work
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simply telling them to have a nice day‚ my favorite thing to do has always been to make people smile. In elementary school‚ more often than not‚ I assumed the role of class helper. This entailed staying after class parties to help clean up messes or spending extra time at recess to make sure all of the kickballs were in their specific spots. As I’ve grown up‚ it only makes sense that my love for helping people in any shape or form has translated into a love for volunteering. Whether it is tutoring
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amazed at the hard work and determination the athletes. I wanted to experience the love of cheerleading with these inspiring athletes. As soon as the new cheerleading year started‚ I spoke with the owner of Maryland Twisters about helping out with their special needs teams‚ Eye of the Storm and Storm Chasers. I was thrilled when she said the other coaches would love the extra help with the teams.
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working at Bentleys Restaurant is the place for me. I have decided that the best job to have is a job you love‚ and I’ve finally found the perfect job for me. Making good money and making sure the costumers are happy are some of the many reasons why I work at Bentleys. Firstly making good money is one of the reasons why I work at Bentleys. For example when I make good money I am able to pay my bills on time and even support myself after the bills are paid. I am passionate about making the money
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THIS IS THE DARK TIME‚ MY LOVE THIS IS THE DARK TIME‚ MY LOVE The theme of this poem is about a people whose dreams of a better life have been threatened by the destructive power of the ‘strange invader’. The atmosphere of the poem is one of tension‚ fear‚ anxiety. “Everywhere the faces of men are strained and anxious.” This is because of the presence of soldiers: “all around the land brown beetles crawl about.” Even nature is sympathetic to the cause of the people as expressed in the
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In the short Story The Love Of My Life‚ the author Boyle presents us to a couple‚ China and Jeremy‚ so young and so in love‚ that they are blinded by it. Boyle made me as if I felt the couples love through his words and the pain they felt along the ride‚ but the love never failed and it was that‚ that caught my attention the most; Besides the fact that I am a sucker for love stories and although it ended tragic‚ it made an interesting plot. In the beginning‚ China and Jeremy were the perfect couple;
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young age and have never lost the love of reading throughout school. I was taught how to spell correctly and how to write neater as a young child. My parents knew that I would need to know how to read fluently to succeed in school‚ but they never worried about writing. My mother would read books to me every night‚ and as I grew older I started to read them to her. I loved to read as soon as I learned how. When I entered school‚ I loved to read all the books in my classroom‚ but I never like having
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