Tymaine McBee March 21‚ 2013 Personal Statement Essay My name is Tymaine McBee and I am currently a student/trainee at OBT (Opportunities for a Better Tomorrow). The reasons why I have enrolled in OBT are to obtain my GED‚ get enrolled on a good college‚ and to get a good job. The main reason why I’m here is because high school didn’t really work out for me. I was always getting into trouble and everything else you can imagine. I was just a problem child but I hope I can get through OBT. I have
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John Marsden is one of Australia’s most recognised authors for teenagers and younger readers. His books have a lot of life lessons to teach his young audience that are full of interesting characters. ‘Tomorrow‚ When the War Began’ is undoubtedly his most popular novel with its plausible characters and an amazing story line full of action and suspense. With its themes that are relative to today’s issues an audience can relate to the characters emotion and fear to their predicaments Marsden has created
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Book Review of John Marsden’s Tomorrow‚ When The War Began. Evaluation: John Marsden’s Tomorrow‚ When The War Began is a story narrated by a seventeen year old‚ Ellie‚ who tells the story of how she and her friends fought to save their friends and family. It started off as an interesting read‚ involving the seven teenagers heading off on a camping trip to a place called Hell. At first it was exciting‚ but after a while it just continued to drone on without making much sense
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Reconstruction After the Civil War‚ the country needed to be fixed and rebuilt. A period of Reconstruction followed the war. However‚ with so many people gaining instant citizenship and for nowhere for them to go‚ it is easy to see that the rebuilding of the country was a failure. In the mid-1800’s‚ the major source of income for the south was obviously cotton. This was done on small farms‚ but mostly on large plantations. The physical labor was done by slaves in many instances‚ and each slave
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I saw the theme of survival in the texts "Tomorrow when the War began" by John Marsden‚ "The Hunger Games" Directed by Garry Ross‚ "Lying on the side walk bleeding" by Evan Hunter and "Rush" Directed by Ron Howard. The theme of survival means to keep something alive. In the film‚ "Rush"‚ the theme of survival is prevalent throughout the entire film. The film‚ based on a true story‚ follows the one of the most fearsome rivalries of Formula One’s golden era‚ focusing on the events of the 1976 World
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50 Years From Now Essay Submitted by littleaulf117 on June 9‚ 2011 Category: English Words: 417 | Pages: 2 Views: 31 Report this Essay Life in fifty years will be a lot different then it is now. In most peoples eyes they see the world having flying cars and floating houses but I believe the world will be more eco-friendly and organic. Lives will be saved‚ let it be humans or even animals. With new living styles‚ resolving health issues‚ and coming to world peace it can lead to happier and
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threatened by the massive amount of African-Americans who would now be participating in the government criticized this Amendment‚ which allowed all male citizens the right to vote regardless of race. Ex-Confederates‚ many of which were not allowed to vote after bitterly losing
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a longer day and year to every school” .This issue has been very controversial.” These schools are adding 90 minutes of instructional time to their day.” Chicago currently has the shortest school day and year compared with all major U.S cities and school districts. The longer school day will not benefit us all‚ but become a problem. There is more than one reason why the school day should not be extended. Students have many responsibilities outside of school that occur after-school.
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Tomorrow when the war began movie review Tomorrow when the war began is an adventure movie written and directed by Stuart Beattie. It is about the occupation of Australia by a foreign power. The film began in the Hunter Region and the Blue mountains‚ in tNew South Wales‚ Australia on 28 September 2009 with early shooting in Dungog. The film starts with a video recorded by Ellie Linton (Caitlin Stasey). She said a sentence at the beginning‚ “from the beginning” to tell us the story. She is
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a Friday‚” says my mom. She asked me to go to with her to work this Friday to help out with the staff after school. I roll my eyes‚ annoyed by even the idea of going to that old boring mental institution. I sigh. I don’t have a choice when it comes to me and my mother. “It sounds like so much fun‚” I say sarcastically. “Sarah‚ you’ll be fine‚” replys my mom. I ignore her and go to school. After school‚ I walk towards the parking lot and already I see my mom waiting for me in her car. I walk towards
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