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    near-death experience one might think “What doesn’t kill me makes me stronger.” What they should be thinking about is what got them into a near-death situation in the first place. Several years ago I had been working in Europe for more than 200 days straight. I was sick of the cold‚ dreary weather I was forced to endure day in and day out in the north of England. So when my friends suggested that I join them on vacation to go scuba diving in the Cayman Islands‚ I jumped at the chance to go. What I didn’t

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    What Make You Happy

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    What make you happy? The answers to this is different from one to others. In my opinion‚ knowledge‚ positive thinking and self-confidence are primary factors bring me happiness. First of all‚ knowledge is increasing continuous together with fast developing life. Information is invaluable and tremendous and the more knowledge I attain‚ the more interesting I find in this world. When I do not grasp anything‚ I see how poor knowledge I have and I try to get as much as I can. I am interested in discovering

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    You Never Have to Grow Up

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    Brandon Hall Mrs. Settelmayer Honors Eng 10 10 May 2013 You Never Have to Grow Up! My grandma was a role model to me‚ she taught me “ to never grow up!” She never did grow to old age. Even when she was in the hospital on her deathbed. She always moved around with so much energy. Whatever us kids wanted to do she was right along side us. Whether it was staying up all night watching movies‚ playing at the park‚ or even playing computer games. She was

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    You live and you learn

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    You Live and You Learn In life‚ we make mistakes on a daily basis. They could be minor‚ like not putting a lid o your drink then later spilling it on yourself‚ or they can be very detrimental mistakes like looking at a text/not paying attention while driving and getting into a car crash. Although these mistakes are very drastic from each other‚ we learn from both of them. No matter the severity there is a lesson to learned‚ which brings me to my philosophy: you live and you learn. Making mistakes

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    What if you Were Boss

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    What If You Were Boss The judicial courts is one of the most difficult undertaking out of all the judicial system. Even though law enforcement officers apprehend offenders‚ it is still up to the prosecutors to retrieve and analyze all evidence from the scene of the crime that the officers collected‚ so that they can compile a case against the defendant. Then there is the defense also gathering information to make a case to prove the defendant is innocent. Now if I was the boss for the day I would

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    Life is What You Make It

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    Professor Paige Constantino Life Is What You Make It The sound of music often serves as the backdrop of almost everything in life‚ where certain songs resonate bittersweet memories. As I express my feelings through music‚ it is evident that some songs hold much more meaning. We can all believe in a song to express our feelings‚ and that’s how I experienced and processed many of life’s changes. Some were sad and others were happy; in the end‚ I found that all I have to worry about is today. To dream

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    You are preparing to attend a job interview. What factors would help you make a good impression on the interviews? Candidate B : A pleasant personality 1.What Is A Pleasant Personality? No matter what you create in life before you can create it you have to know and understand what it is that you are creating. If you are not consciously creating then you will create through default with the outcomes being random‚ unpredictable and often unpleasant. A personality is your set of characteristics which

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    It Ain't What You Do

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    It ain’t what you do‚ it’s what it does to you Simon Armitage writes an adventurous comparison poem to show how powerful imagination is by comparing life long dreams to one’s mundane memories in the poem‚“ It ain’t what you do‚ it’s what it does to you”. The poem displays three imaginative pinnacle-like events and with those events‚ there are three events juxtaposing them. The poem is presented in a manner where the story is based on the experiences of a first-person speaker. The poem follows

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    Critique of What I’ve Learned from Men In Barbara Ehrenreich’s article "What I’ve Learned from Men" she discusses that women can learn a lot from men. How the lack of toughness in a woman’s personality can negatively affect their progression and position in life. The author also discusses how some of the "ladylike" qualities can prove to be hindering to progress. Barbara’s article is persuasive because the writing style was appealing‚ the evidence

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    Maddie Kramber 8 April 2016 Dual Credit English Per. 3B “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?”: The Search For Self Still to this day in our lives‚ we struggle to figure out who we are‚ and what we are put here on Earth to do. In our society today‚ we have trouble with searching with who we are. In the short story‚ “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?‚” by Joyce Carol Oates‚ the author’s background as well as her usage of characterization and internal conflict‚ develop the theme of identity

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