Dear Financial Aid Committee: My name is _______ and I am writing this appeal letter in hope that you will reconsider your decision and grant my financial aid. I would like to begin thanking you in advance for taking time to read this letter and consider my request to reinstate my financial aid at Somewhere University. I apologize for the lack of attention to my courses in the fall semester of 2012‚ and I do not blame anyone but myself‚ however‚ I would like to explain the circumstances. My mother
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According to the narrator‚ the town of Jefferson views Miss Emily as dear‚ inescapable‚ impervious and tranquil. A common definition for “dear” is loved or beloved. I am not very convinced that this is the meaning that Faulkner had in mind when describing Miss Emily. However she was an icon of the town‚ and well known. Due to Miss Emily’s history with the town the town people do a have a found respect for her. Dear can also mean important which would fit because she and her past have always been
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Angela Cusumano November 28‚ 2010 Portfolio Review Committee University of Illinois at Chicago 601 South Morgan Street Chicago‚ Illinois 60607 Dear Portfolio Review Committee‚ My first semester here at UIC I was obligated to take English 160. I can honestly say I thought I would be easily passing this course. I was used to the 5 paragraph essay in high school and assumed that things would be the same in college. After writing my first project for English 160 I felt invincible until I
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September 1933 Dear diary‚ Today was my first day back at school. I’ve been looking forward to the start of school for ages‚ really glad it’s finally started. It was my first day back‚ it wasn’t bad for a start but then it got worst. Well you see my new teacher Miss Caroline Fisher has just moved into our school; I don’t think she likes me. Today she asked the whole class ‘doesn’t everyone know how to read or write? ’I said to her that I didn’t really learn how to read or write I just read the
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shows determination while she is enlisted in Adolf Hitler’s school program. Sophie drives to get the education she deserves as well as help others do the same. Louise Ogawa shows optimism in her letters which were later compiled into a book called “Dear Mrs. Breed”. Although the conditions are very tough in the Japanese internment camp Louise sees the best of things and keeps her positive attitude throughout her time there. Helen Waterford
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“War has a damaging effect on all those involved” Do you agree? I agree with this statement whole heartedly‚ the text’ Dear America’ edited by Bernard Edelman‚ demonstrates the damaging effect of the war in depth. The compilation of letters writer by soldiers serving in Vietnam to family and friends home in America establishers the varying effects war has on the people involved. I will outline the significant cases. War is both brutal and brutalising‚ its dehumanising influence can bee seen in
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Personal Response to Dear Daddy The short story Dear Daddy by Lee Maracle brought me back the tears that I‚ too‚ had as a child. I felt pitiful for the main character’s experience and deeply impressed by the thirteen-year-old girl’s courage of getting over her negative feelings for the past and going on with her life. The story‚ written in the form of a letter‚ shows the process of a thirteen-year-old girl becoming more mature as she expresses her grievances from her tragic childhood. At the beginning
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-This refers to President Bush’s widely debated "No Child Left Behind" program‚ in which federal funding for schools is contingent on standardized test scores. The program has been praised by supporters for its aim to raise the bar for teachers and push for continued education‚ as well as its basis in literacy support and individual school accountability. It has also been berated for creating a narrow curriculum because of limited focus of the standardized tests‚ inadequate funding‚ allegations of
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Since 1970‚ there has been an incredible number of poets that have created unforgettable pieces of music that have implemented a lasting impact throughout time. However‚ one poet stands out among the rest‚ and his name is Tupac Shakur. Tupac’s name will continue to be passed down for many generations. In fact‚ even those who do not necessarily listen to or enjoy hip-hop/rap music‚ recognize his name. Tupac had a difficult life growing up due to the fact that his father quickly left the family picture
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Michael Moore Intro to Ethics Reading Summary #18 John Stuart Mills‚ Utilitarianism Utilitarianism brought together a lot of ways of thinking that were out there at the time of Mills‚ but no one sort of gave it a name. I believe Mills makes some improvements on utilitarianism; Shifting the wave of quantitate which is calculating pleasure and pains on an even basis‚ somewhat like a balance sheet‚ to qualitative. He’s in fact saying utilitarianism can address any of the things
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