Journal Entry #1 I can relate to the scene where Holden Caulfield’s history teacher Mr. Spencer lectures Holden about applying himself and trying in life. Sometimes during school‚ I struggle with the same issue. Especially during stressful situations‚ it can be difficult for me to apply myself and find motivation to do my best. For me‚ physics is a class that I struggle with. Even after pouring hours upon hours of studying for tests‚ I always end up getting a low score. Like Holden‚ I ask myself
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Well I’m going to tell you how it all happened it all started in 1852 on Thursday I was eating with my family we were eating rice‚ meat with some bread so after we finished our lunch me and some of the villagers went fishing. Then a few minutes later we sore a ship coming towards us when they set foot on land it was like a flash they fired a shot at a villager. some of us ran‚ and some of us stayed and fort I was trying
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strengthened from within. The moment when I had a peek of His affections‚ everything became trivial. I was overjoyed. A peek of His eyes has become my secret place of worship. Jesus said anyone who has seen me has seen the Father (John 14:9) and that He is the radiance of His glory and the exact representation of the Father’s nature (Hebrews 1:3). Those who reverently fear Him are the ones whom He counsels and watches over. That night‚ Jesus was in front of me‚ standing a few feet away from where I
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attended the demonstration. From the jail in Birmingham‚ King eloquently spelled out his theory of non-violence: "Nonviolent direct action seeks to create such a crisis and foster such a tension that a community‚ which has constantly refused to negotiate‚ is forced to confront the issue." King’s struggle continued throughout the 1960s. Often‚ it seemed as though the pattern of progress was two steps forward and one step back. On March 7‚ 1965‚ a civil rights march‚ planned from Selma to Alabama’s capital
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tallest oak in the forest is the tallest not just because it grew from the hardiest acorn; it is the tallest also because no other trees blocked its sunlight‚ the soil around it was deep and rich‚ no rabbit chewed through its bark as a sapling‚ and no lumberjack cut it down before it matured. 2. (Outliers) Page 17: If you have ability‚ the vast network of hockey scouts and talent spotters will find you‚ and if you are willing to work to develop that ability‚ the system will reward you. Success in
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Good Enough is Not Good Enough The American secondary school system is not good enough anymore. A lack of focus has turned out students with neither the skill nor the ambition to compete in the current job market. Leaders and educators need to examine the problems in the current system and correct them before it’s too late. By looking at vocational and alternative schools‚ which currently turn out graduates ready to compete‚ they can remodel the current curriculum in order to meet the global
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and stimulate their desire to purchase. Successful advertising campaigns result from good ideas creatively presented to appeal to a contemporary audience. The foundation of Integrated Communication Marketing (ICM) lies in initiatives undertaken to communicate a product effectively to the market place. The different communication tools such as advertising‚ public relations‚ and direct sales work better if they work together rather than in isolation. To better understand the seamless integration
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Life As A Slave Journal Entry One Dear Journal‚ This is my first time writing in any kind of journal so I’m kind of new to this. My name is John Bow and I am a slave in a Georgia plantation. So‚ to start this journal entry out I will start to talk about my day. Today has been such a long day; my master has had me doing so many things today. I’m so tired and I just want to be home with my wife and eat. We don’t get much food and it isn’t that great‚ but it’s food. My day today consisted
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grime off the walls and into whatever small crevice I would have been hiding in. I dreamt of the same drops of rain that poured like stones‚ the same stones that were thrown at the many beggars‚ like myself‚ living in the winding narrow streets of Aquillum. I found myself walking down the same paths I used to walk and beg in‚ the same narrow winding passageways I used to evade any furious shopkeepers who would desperately search for the sewer child who stole their
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for over twenty years now and I would consider all of them to be happy. She had gone to college to become a journalist and that’s where she met my father. The two fell in love and got married before graduation. I suppose priorities or even interest changed because she never became a journalist. Selfishly‚ I’m glad she didn’t as I have had her full attention since I was born. A couple years ago I was making my way home from school and I could hear a commotion coming from inside of the house. I dropped
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