A BUSY DAY 1. What does Susan have to do on Saturday morning? A. walk the dog B. clean the house C. go to the doctor 2. Where does Susan have to go at 12:30? A. to school B. to the dentist C. to the science museum 3. What time is Susan meeting with Julie? A. 12:00 PM B. 1:00 PM C. 2:00 PM 4. What will Susan do after she cooks dinner? A. clean the dishes B. play soccer with her brother C. call a friend 5. Why can’t they watch a video at Susan’s
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Kazuo Ishiguro’s Remains of the Day gives an eloquent treatment of the issue of how a stoic English butler’s unemotional reaction to the emotional world around him is damaging and painful‚ and how he resolves to make the best of the “remains of the day”—the remainder of his life. Ishiguro explores some of the differences between the old English Victorian culture—that of the stiff upper lip‚ no show of emotion‚ and repression of personal opinion—and the no-holds-barred
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owned many colonies throughout the 1800’s including Burma. While the British were able to manufacturing raw materials from Burma until the early 1900’s‚ British Imperialism would forever influence the Burmese Natives. In George Orwell book “Burmese Days‚” racism is one example of this British Imperialism influence. British Imperialism allowed the use of racism to influence the European Club members and British military. Some British authority used racism to diminish the natives‚ which Ellis‚ a timber
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Thanksgiving two-thousand and fifteen started out normal‚ my sister and I arrived around one to start to help my grandparents prepare for the mighty feast we were going to have. My grandmother works her ass off every day for a week straight in order to make sure this day is spectacular. After a while of being at her house around four thirty my brother and father showed up making the house filled with laughter and joy. The laughter bounced from room to room‚ off wall to wall and created the sweetest
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An Unforgettable and Terrible Day As a freshman in high school‚ I was sent to live with my grandparents because of a stupid choice I made. I will never forget the day I had to pack all of my stuff and move to my grandparent’s house. I regret the choice I made but‚ I don’t regret admitting to it. The detective came to my school and pulled me into the SRO’s office. He sat me down and read me my rights. I was nervous as all get out. He told me I had the right to have my lawyer or my mom come in
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Dorothy Day. Dorothy Day was a journalist by trade‚ as well as a social activist and an upstanding Catholic. Day was raised an agnostic‚ meaning her family did not practice a religion. However‚ she attended church services with friends. Dorothy found a sense of passion in the congregational worship of the church‚ and those close to her said she could have been an excellent preacher of the gospel. However‚ she felt discouraged by so many people who attended church only on Sunday and thought
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The History of Valentines Day The story goes that when the Roman Empire wars broke out married men did not want to leave their families‚ younger men did not want to leave their sweethearts. As a result of the low enrolment of men to fight the wars‚ Claudius the Cruel ordered that no more marriages or engagments should be celebrated. A priest‚ named Valentine‚ defied the order and married young couples in secrtcy. When Claudius discovered what had happened‚ he had Valentine dragged off and imprisoned
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school‚ millions of mothers have nagged their children to chow down on a piece of toast or even a single apple before rushing out the door. Their response to the moaning and shrugging: “Don’t forget that breakfast is the most important meal of the day!” But are these mothers’ actions based on the correct evidence? Or could this notion be merely a long withstanding myth? It appears that every decade brings new theories on what is healthy and what is the contrary. New trends seem to continuously emerge
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“The Remains of the Day” -post-colonial novel- Postcolonialism‚ discussed from a literary approach‚ deals with the literature produced in countries that were colonies and by the colonized peoples responding to the colonial legacy by what the British-Indian writer Salman Rushdie called “writing back”‚ and thus confronting colonial cultural attitudes through literature. However‚ it may also refer to the literature written in other countries‚ which takes as its subject-matter the
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Vipassana (insight) meditation. Therefore mindfulness‚ enriched through daily practice‚ strengthens the ability to be aware of each moment with compassion‚ and a more balanced state of mind rather than remaining in perpetual dissatisfaction. In day to day Buddhist practice‚ “mindfulness is the observance of the basic nature of each passing
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