Everyone calls my father Lefty for the obvious reason. My dad was born at home in 1941‚ on a farm 20 miles from the nearest tiny town in Indiana. A farm kid‚ he went to school in a four room school house where most of the kids were like him and went to school when they didn’t have to help out on the farm. When my father was in the second grade‚ he was already 9 years old. Dad’s teacher then was Mrs. Graves‚ who he remembers well. Back then everyone in second grade had to learn to write in cursive
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My Ultimate Dream Job My ultimate dream job is to be medical assistant. Because I like to help people‚ I like what they do with their hands-on work‚ and I always wanted to work in a hospital or any kind of medical setting. I like this job because it is dedicated to helping to doctors all over the world diagnosis their patients. Helping people makes me happy and feels good‚ so that’s one of my reasons why I want to become a medical assistant. As I was growing up‚ I would watch them perform their
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Barack Obama was an influential person because of his contributions to not only America‚ but the world; despite the harsh racism and criticism. One of the first accomplishments of Barack Obama was becoming a Presidential candidate for the Democratic Party and eventually becoming America’s first black president. This proves that Barack Obama succeeded with becoming the first black U.S. president‚ even though he struggled against bigotry and the doubt of other people. This is still affecting the world
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What is the American Dream? Is a question that will be answered differently every time it’s asked to a different individual. Everyone has a different opinion regarding what is the American Dream and what it takes to make the dream a reality there’s a simply explanation to this: People come from different places‚ and everyone has a different story to tell. No two lives are just alike‚ there are going to be people who have experienced different trials and tribulations‚ people who have seen what you
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determine our attitudes and values throughout the entire course of our lives. This can be seen within Raimond Gaita’s 1998 memoir ‘Romulus my Father’ and William Wordsworth’s 1978 poem ‘Tintern Abbey’ as they search through their past and discover their own individual sense of acceptance to their story and their world. The 1998 reflective memoir ‘Romulus my Father’ is
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Comparative Essay 2 In the short stories “Arm Wrestling with My father” by Brad Manning and “Shooting Dad” by Sarah Vowell‚ both authors depict scenes communicating their individual relationships with their fathers. Manning uses description and narrative to depict his relationship with his father‚ he explains that he carries a competitive nature along with his father and he feels oppressed by him. Manning show that within his struggle with his father he grows a physical relationship with him and as he grows
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I believe that President Obama is doing a great job in his job performance within his term. Obama is trying to secure an Israeli-Palestinian peace agreement to encourage the end to a long conflict. He is trying to make a better relationship with Iran in hope of ending the nuclear program. President Obama is trying to fix our relationship with China. He thinks the relationship with China will shape the 21st century. He states about the climate change “Neither profits from a growing dependence
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agrarian society’’‚ a radical form of agrarian communism where the whole population had to work in collective farms or forced labor projects. The Khmer Rouge revolutionary army enforced this mostly with extreme violence. The book “First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers”‚ written by Luong Ung‚ is the author’s story of growing up during this time period. She was five years old when the Khmer Rouge came into power. As stated in the author’s note‚ “From 1975 to 1979‚ through execution
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My Dream‚ My Future Do you pay attention in how fast time goes by? Before we realize‚ time has passed by and all the dreams we had for our future have not yet come true. The reason is because our dreams are just dreams and haven’t yet become goals. Life is no Nintendo game. You live only once. Therefore‚ we must fulfill those precious one called Dream during the rest of our short Life. As for me‚ I have my own dreams too. If you ask me this in my childhood‚ I would say: “I want to be a teacher…
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1993 Attempt at Healthcare Reform: Almost sinking a Presidency. Retrieved from The History Rat: http://historyrat.wordpress.com/2013/02/24/1993-health-care-reform-almost-sinking-a-presidency/ Kohn‚ S. (2014‚ March 31). 317 Million Reasons to love Obama Care. Retrieved from CNN Opinion: http://www.cnn.com/2014/03/31/opinion/kohn-obamcare-signup/index.html Marrs‚ MAddock‚ +associates insurance services‚ inc. (2010). Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Retrieved from MM+A: http://ppaca.com/
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