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    Essay “Sometimes the poorest man leaves his children the richest inheritance. “ This quote was said by Ruth E. Renkel‚ and I think this quote describes my dad the best. I think this quote describes him because even though we have never had a lot he teaches me how to be thankful for what I do have and to not take anything for granted. My dad teaches me a lot of values like to always have faith‚ love‚ and be thankful. He teaches me to have faith because he knows if I have faith then I can get through

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    My Role Model: Dad

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    MY role model is my dad Robert‚ he is an amazing guy. He was a little wild as a teenager but over came that after a couple years. He met my mother back in 1982. They both started dating; she jokes and says he wanted me for my chicken‚ because she was working at church’s chicken. I found that really funny growing up. When I came along they were stationed in Germany where I was born in September 1983. I don’t really remember to much about Germany other than my dad had his own race car and would

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    Sarah Vowell – Shooting Dad On the surface of “Shooting Dad”‚ author Sarah Vowell offers a reminiscent look at the vast differences between her personality and that of her gunsmith father. “Dad and I started bickering in earnest when I was fourteen‚ after the 1984 Democratic National Convention.” (Page 171). As the essay progresses‚ the subtle commonalities become more apparent. Vowell’s evocative recount of how she came to realize that she and her father had more in common than she’d always

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    daltyn Childers November 5th Comparison Essay Family‚ they are there for you no matter what. They love you no matter what your views‚ but is there anything that is more important then family? In the two essays ; Shooting Dad and TV: The Plug-In Drug‚ both show what being a family is like for different people. Each essay shows pathos‚ ethos‚ and cause and effect in both different and similar ways. TV: The Plug-In Drug‚ by Marie Winn‚ is about televisions “taking over” quality family time.

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    Last Moments with My Dad

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    year to win the African cup for the first time. With all that excitement‚ I kind of forgot that my dad was very sick and he too wanted people to forget that he was seriously ill. It began‚ one cold night of December 1991‚ when my mother woke us up at 2:30 in the morning‚ very scared and confused. “You guys need to go get your uncle Yamar”‚ she said. “What happened?” my older brother asked. “Your dad is very sick and I don’t know what to do‚ here is 1000 franc‚ hurry up‚ go get your uncle and meet

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    The next review that was written by Basketball Dad on theMDsports was similar to the first one. He talks about how long it took to put it together and basically says you better give yourself a lot of time. He talks about his three kids playing with it and that they love it and get a lot of use out of it (Basketball Dad par.3)‚ which is one of my criteria. He is currently waiting for some replacement parts to be sent in to fix the rims that started breaking and says “I will update my review and add

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    Washington 1983 was the year my dad came to America. He was 17 years old and had little money with him when he came. My dad came to have a fresh start at life. They were a total family of seven and lived in a small house in India. My dad is the smallest in his family there are four older than him‚ two sisters and two brothers. They live in a small village called Talwan. It’s were many poor people live. We have farmland were my grandpa would grow crops and sell them to make money‚ but the money that

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    A Gift from My Dad

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    Leonard Byrd Mr. Baxley English 100-08 July 14‚ 2013 A Gift from My Dad It was around the time that my father was going to turn 60. He became very ill. He had moved to Asheville‚ North Carolina. He asked me to come see him. I went‚ and he explained that he had the Agent Orange Poisoning and it was causing all his internal organs to shut down. He also said that it would only be a few weeks before he would probably be dead. I sat there emotionless. He asked me to stay with him until he passed

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    My Dad, My Hero

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    Jones Prof. French English 1301 2/11/2013 My Dad Some people might say that the perfect dad does not exist‚ I don’t know what they know‚ but what I surely know is that my dad is perfect for me and he is the greatest grandfather. Everything my dad do is special to me‚ the way he dresses‚ the way he moves‚ the way he behave‚ the way he speaks etc. I just think that it could be greatest thing ever if I could ever meet a man half as great as my dad. My dad is a coach. He is usually wearing tennis shoes

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    Plowing With Dad!!! It was early one morning‚ far before anybody was awake. The wind was starting to pick up‚ and it was also snowing with 3-inches already on the ground. That made it worse because it was causing snow drifts. Dad and I got in the very cold truck‚ (we didn’t wait for it to warm up) and were ready to go. As we were leaving‚ we plowed the driveway just to be safe‚ and to make sure my mom could get out later. We went to the shop to get the 4500. Of course the one we were going to take

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