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 in your car and going to the
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Anh Le Professor Anna Rogers English 48 November 10th‚ 2014 Reading Journal – Always Running – Second Week (Chapter 3-5) Summary: Luis describes his life as part of the gang‚ saying that he and his friends are in a vacant lot they had claimed as their own‚ furnished with old sofas and covered by plastic to keep off at least some of the rain when an old car comes by. Two of the group go to the street to get a better look and one‚ Clavo‚ is shot in the face. Clavo loses an eye in the shooting. Luis
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surely is an important criterion and to achieve good grade‚ a student is encouraged to study hard and learn more. I think that good grade is an incentive for diligent students who often engage themselves to studying hard to achieve that grade. For example when a student finds his friend to have received a commendable grade and is showered with praise and affections by his teacher‚ a desperate desire often creates in his subconscious mind. He also unknowingly wants to be like him and acquire the grade
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claimed that space research is a waste of money. Firstly‚ it is undeniable that the exploitation of space has directly changed our world. Space research has already resulted in a large amount of products and has found some crucial applications. For example‚ the need to produce safe but efficient power resources for Apollo missions led to the development of practical fuel cells‚ which are now being explored as a possible future power source for cleaner cars. Besides‚ the need to reduce weight on rockets
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Fast Entertainment and Multitasking in an Always-On World was written by S. Craig Watkins. This essay appeared in the author’s book‚ The Young and the Digital‚ written in 2009. S. Craig Watkins is a professor at the University of Texas at Austin and a writer on the side. Watkins addresses the issue of multitasking and its relation to fast entertainment. The context surrounding this issue is that people in our society are trying to multitask to save time and become more productive. Watkins notes that
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to explain to the readers. Mrs. Jones use of words is easy to comprehend‚ and making it easier to stay focused on the story and not the meaning behind the words. That is why I believe this is a valid way of writing. An example of an emotional moment in her short story “Always Strange” is when the daughter and the father are having a conversation
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statement that parents are the best teachers‚ there would be some arguments agree with it‚ while others do not. By virtue of personal experience‚ social phenomena and several research between parents and children‚ I prefer to agree with the statement. The most important reason and specific examples will be described below. Firstly‚ parents effect our behavior. As we are unmature and young‚ parents always show us which way to go. For example‚ they teach us how to speak‚ grab our hands and teach us to
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Employee Rights V Consumer Rights: how to resolve the employer dilemmas? Employee rights’ is a term used to describe the range of legal protections that are afforded to individuals and groups that are in the employ of business organizations. Employee rights can be further divided into four primary categories: rights relating to labor union organizing and collective bargaining; rights relating to working hours and pay; rights relating to workplace safety and workers’ compensation; and rights relating
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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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While I was reading Life You’ve Always Wanted I read this phrase “There is an immense difference between training to do something and trying to do something”(Ortberg‚43). This phrase can have different meaning to different people. To Mean it reflects on my past. “Trying to do something” means to me giving my 110 percent to what I do everyday.”Immense difference between training” it reminds me of when I Have Task todo‚ I Know I Have to finish thetaskbut Idont putallmyeffectinmy work.This phrases made
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