Don’t Fit In‚ Stand Out Have you ever tried to be so perfect at something and it ended up going all wrong? I have. In the essay “So What’s So Bad About Being So-So?” by Lisa Wilson Strick (205-207) she makes the point that being perfect doesn’t always turn out the way you hope. I completely concur with her. Perfection can often be a wonderful thing‚ but for me‚ perfection caused me to have a very low confidence and so it became a vice in my life. Rather then being myself‚ I was too concerned
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Charles Bukowski wrote a poem on what it takes to be a writer‚ it was titled “so you want to be a writer?”. It seemed like it was meant to discourage people from pursuing a career in writing. Bukowski’s work really reflects his life. The poem “so you want to be a writer?” is one of his many real-life opinions on a subject that he turns into a poem. Charles Bukowski writes pessimistic poems‚ because he is a pessimistic man. Bukowski was an underground writer; his poem was based on a depraved metropolitan
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Specific Purpose: to motivate somebody to be a friend Central Idea: to inspire someone to be a friend and not pass judgement A. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2lKP4KLNGk 1. No matter how strong‚ we may think we may be‚ we all need someone to lean on 2. Everybody deserves to be mistreated‚ everybody has feelings. 3. You never know hose life you could be saving by just being there B. By doing reseach on this speech‚ I have became more aware of bullying and how frrquwntly it is occurring‚ not
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Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill ‚ (30 November 1874 24 January 1965) was a Britishpolitician andstatesman known for his leadership of the United Kingdom during World War II. He iswidely regarded as one of the great wartime leaders and served asPrime Minister twice (194045 and 195155). A noted statesman and orator‚ Churchill was also an officer in the British Army‚ ahistorian‚ a writer‚ and an artist. To date‚ he is the only British prime minister to have received the NobelPrize in Literature
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relationships in Friends. Previously conducted research has looked into aspects that are related to this topic. Relationships are considered to be a representation of culture and society. This paper looks into how the series portrays relationships of love‚ friends‚ siblings and parents. The thesis statement for this research paper is: Analysing relationships in Friends. For the purpose of this qualitative study‚ reference will be made to all the episodes over the 10 seasons of Friends. Sources will
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Friends Who are the real friends? Well‚ ever since I was small my mother would always tell me that there’s no such thing as friends. She would say‚ "You only have classmates coworkers and people that you could socials with". But‚ I think differently‚ friends are all over the place. There are several kinds of friends in this world. We see them everyday either in school‚ home‚ or at the job. But‚ had we ever stopped to think to classify our friends. In my opinion I classify friends on how well
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100 D. T. 23 September 2011 How My Best Friend Has Changed My Life Like any kid growing up I had a best friend; as I grew up she was the big sister I never had and to this day nobody can compare to her in my eyes. As kids we always promised each other we’d never leave each others side; back then I never imagined one day Jenna‚ my best friend would be more than just a phone call away. As time has gone on Jenna without even knowing has taught me so many lessons being strong and patient are just
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Lisa Wilson Strick’s article “What’s So Bad about Being So-So?” states that‚ in today’s society‚ people are too serious to the point that no one does things just for fun‚ but only for competition. There are children who are acting like grown adults instead of children because they are so stressed out about being the best in everything that they do. Friendships are being ruined because no one is safe from today’s competitive edge. Strick’s article tries to instill the thought that we need to go back
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where you ask about some news that have happen after my arriving to England.So do you remember when we was dream about travelling ‚ we was only 16 years.We also was accept to english school where we wanted to learn more about foreight country.I think it helps me very in understanding of English language‚country and tradition.Also i watched films in origin and i like it more becouse you hear the origin emotion and good intonation.Ohh and do you remember Stan?we corresponded with him sometimes so now
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girlfriend. The Ghost says they will see another Christmas‚ and the young Scrooge grows larger as the room becomes dirtied. A little girl‚ Scrooge’s sister Fan‚ runs into the room‚ and announces that she has come to take Ebenezer home. Their father is much kinder‚ she says. He has given his consent to Ebenezer’s return. The young Scrooge‚ delighted to see his sister‚ embraces her joyfully. The aged Scrooge regretfully tells the ghost that Fan died many years ago and is the mother of his nephew Fred.
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