Perfect By Ellen Hopkins The book Perfect is an extremely accurate and realistic interpretation of the struggles many young people face during their unpleasant years as teenagers. Centered around the lives of four very different high school seniors; they all have one thing in common: hardships. Some more severe than others‚ but all in all‚ they are hardships. Cara Sykes is dealing with not only her parents awful idea of what is right and what is wrong‚ but also the fact that her brother Conner attempted
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This I Believe Speech Outline – Spring 2015 Introduction: 1. Attention Getter and Relate to Audience: I believe in the tapping of cleats‚ the thud of a basketball‚ the crack of a baseball‚ and the boom of a starting pistol. I believe in the roar of the crowd‚ and the silence of a pre-game prayer. I believe in brotherhood‚ leadership‚ and excellence. 2. Establish Credibility: As a child I spent my weekends and summers traveling to wrestling‚ basketball‚ and baseball tournaments. As I grew
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At the age of ten‚ most children are dependent on their parents for everything in their lives needing a great deal of attention and care. However‚ Ellen‚ the main character and protagonist of the novel Ellen Foster‚ exemplifies a substantial amount of independence and mature‚ rational thought as a ten-year-old girl. The recent death of her mother sends her on a quest for the ideal family‚ or anywhere her father‚ who had shown apathy to both she and her fragile mother‚ was not. Kaye Gibbons’ use
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are the values that are most important to me. I want to inspire others to dream big and rise to their fullest potential. To do this I need to be honest in all that I do and be a person of integrity by being the same both on the inside and outside. I’d need to be fair in dealing with my followers on a consistent and just basis because knowing the facts and hearing everyone out before passing judgment is key. I’d want to be a creative leader so that I could lead my followers in different directions
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In Ellen Jewett sculpture she has made an octopus. The colours involved in the sculpture is a combination of light blue and dark blue colours with some yellow hints on the tips of the tentacles. The centre of the octopus is darker and as you reach to the end of the tentacles it gets lighter. The colours blend together nicely and they flow together well. The colours remind me of the ocean and the creatures that live inside of it. The tentacles are long and sharp at the ends. It is scaly and also
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Thompson Wagner Hour 2 This I Believe: Self-Determination “I have not failed. I’ve just found 10‚000 ways that won’t work.” ― Thomas A. Edison I believe that if you have self-determination then there is no such thing as failure‚ only improvements. This means that if I work hard enough and put my mind to it‚ I can do it. I may not reach my accomplishments right away but if I do want to be successful I will have to have failed many times before I reach what I to accomplish. Possibilities
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Who are they now? In ’who am I this time’‚ I believe the author is try to tell the story of how two wandering souls had found each other through the strangest of circumstances. The two main characters Harry Nash and Helene Shaw both have trouble communicating with other people. They have a hard time dealing with society and they can not handle personal relationships very well. These two main characters are both wanders in life that had never known love before they met each other. It wasn’t even obvious
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that infamous question: “So‚ what are you going to be when you grow up?” I cringe even now as I write it. During my childhood‚ the answer came quickly and with assurance: “A doctor.” I don’t know quite when I settled on that profession‚ but there it was‚ for all to marvel. My high school education was organized to take advantage of all the honors courses my school offered‚ as I knew this would look much more attractive when I applied to college and eventually medical school. My family mainly
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Why I Love This Photo I’ve always been referred to as a “Daddy’s Girl” and I wouldn’t want it to be any other way. He has always been the big hero in my life that always used to sing “Butterfly Kisses” to me before bedtime and the one to give the biggest hugs the next morning. The photograph displays me standing in front of my dad on the bow of a fishing boat on a summer day. The boat was pushing through the calm waters of Lake Superior‚ and we were examining the views in front of us for a few minutes
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I have constantly thought of returning back to College‚ I am submitting this essay to obtain the Scholarship. You ask why do I deserve the scholarship‚ and how will it help the organization. After carefully reviewing why I deserve the MG Scholarship‚ here is how I would summarize my Answer to your question‚ why I deserve the Scholarship. My Name is Juanita Monroe‚ I migrated from Baton Rouge‚ Louisiana in 1972 with my mother and five siblings. We stayed with distant cousins in the new place
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