Jennifer Smith English 111 February 16‚ 2011 Essay One - Revised “What Do You Want To Be When You Grow Up?” We are usually asked this question very early in life: “What do you want to be when you grow up?” It’s one of the biggest questions asked of children‚ from toddlers to teenagers. It’s always asked to help encourage kids to think of their future. After all‚ how many children really know what they want to do with the rest of their lives? Oh yeah‚ there are those lucky few who have a
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When teachers asked that what it is you want to be when you grow up‚ most children do not respond with "a career in financial services". Like most children‚ I responded with reference to jobs that seemed fun at the time. My first choice was a typewriter and translator‚ second naturally a pianist‚ but the third and most important choice was a computer engineer because I like computer‚ typing‚ translating a work and playing piano. If I were a computer engineer‚ I will
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Lini Wall Essay I believe that it is better to die for what you believe rather than to lie to save your own life. Many people have died for their beliefs. There are martyrs from all over the world‚ and they were not afraid to stand up for what they believed in‚ even if it meant losing their lives. Those people have gone down in history‚ and are respected by many. Joan of Arc was burned at the stake at the age of 19 for believing that her visions
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3. Describe a time when you took a great risk. What was the outcome? The heat baffled me when I left the plane in Jeddah airport after a 10 hours’ travel. I met the company driver to embark in drive in a desert area‚ punctuated by a few police check points along the trip. We reached our destination after an hour and a half‚ and once passing the armed guards looking for potential bombs under the car‚ we finally reached the base camp where I was going to spend the next months. Completely out of my
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1. For various reasons‚ portraits hold much importance in many different places. Portraits can be used judicially‚ for propaganda‚ personal uses‚ and much more. Many portraits have been produced for public places such as religious institutions‚ in the form of money‚ and even city squares. Portraits are made to serve specific functions such as a president on a coin or an important Saint for a religious painting in a church. They can be used to record special events or to commemorate important figures
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Do you ever have fun when you are just plain bored? Well a person who believes in having fun when you are bored is James Veitch. Mr. Veitch believed that you shouldn’t let the problems in life prevent you from having fun in bored situation‚ stressful situations or if you’re just frustrated with yourself. I personally agree with Mr. Veitch analysis because I too try to have fun when I’m bored for example I walk funny in front of my parents just so I can make them look at me and laugh. I always do
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important for all individuals to have a stable sense of identity in order to fit into social groups and belong to places or other individuals. As well as being integral to maintaining these relationships‚ a strong sense of identity is necessary to stay content with one’s own contextual circumstances: such as dealing with discrimination and social labelling. William Shakespeare’s play As You Like It explores the connections between a myriad of characters and contrasting personalities. Henry Lawson’s poem
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greed may also be a factor that compromises a person’s health. A person who is not abstemious of eating and drinking will likely get health problems. According to statistics in 2008‚ 19.3% of American youth are obese or overweight‚ and most of them like eating a lot of unhealthy fast food. People who drink a lot also have a higher chance of getting liver diseases. A study has shown that more than 60% of the people who drink will get liver diseases‚ and 20%-30% of them will get hepatocirrhosis. Hence
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What do you understand by the term “Lancefield groups”? History In the early 1930’s Rebecca Lancefield recognized the importance of serological tests for the identification of organisms. The system is based on specific antibody agglutination reactions with cell wall carbohydrate antigens (C polysaccharides) extracted from the streptococci. Lancefield also showed that further sub division of group A into specific serological types was possible using type-specific M (protein) antigens. The groups
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“Do what you can‚ with what you have‚ where you are‚” is a quote by Theodore Roosevelt. On October 27‚ 1858‚ a huge United States influence was born. Not only a leader‚ protector‚ vice president‚ governor‚ but a United States President. “Teedie” Roosevelt was born into a wealthy family in New York City‚ New York. He was born to the parents‚ Martha Bulloch and Theodore Roosevelt. Martha worked as Socialite and Theodore as a Philanthropist. As young child‚ Teddy was very unhealthy‚ however‚ in teenage
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