He changed my perception of the race courses. That no race course was the same as another and that you could be on the same course but it’s not the same as it was the day before and that conditions are always changing and you have to be able to adapt to the different environments that a course may have. Ray made sure my training was tough and demanding. On average I was skiing 15-20 kilometers a day at practice
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“A Summary of Wayson Choy’s I’m a Banana and Proud of It” In his essay “I’m a Banana and Proud of It” (from The Globe and Mail); Wayson Choy explains the reason why he is called a “banana”. Choy begins by expressing his love to his North American citizenship. He mentions that banana means “yellow on the outside and white inside” (365). In other words‚ Chinese born in North America behave and act like white people but still look like Asians. Regardless of this nickname Choy believe that it is “not
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While reading “Achievement of Desire”‚ I came across the idea that the self hated that Rodriguez and I felt is not innate. Someone is teaching us‚ people of color‚ that our accent‚ parents‚ origin is wrong and only by assimilation and conforming to a Eurocentric idea of professional will we become accepted. In the media‚ especially growing up I saw professional individuals of color as exceptions to the rule‚ however an abundance of white professionals. Growing up‚ all the professionals that I had
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When you think of an American‚ does just one person come to mind? Other than America being known for our love for fast foods and football‚ it is also known for its freedom. America is a melting pot full of people with all different backgrounds‚ traditions‚ and stories. I am proud to be an American for having freedoms that other countries only dream about. I am forever thankful to live in the United States. There so many reasons for me to feel proud to be an American today. The fact that we can get
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Aristotle was a famous Greek philosopher and scientist that lived from 384 to 322 BC. He is ranked with Socrates and Plato to be one of the most famous philosophers. Aristotle was born at Stagira‚ in Macedonia‚ as the son of a physician to the royal court. At the age of 17‚ he went to Athens to study at Plato’s Academy. He remained there for about 20 years‚ as a student and then as a teacher. When Plato dies in 347 BC‚ Aristotle moved to Assos‚ where a friend of his‚ Hermais was ruler.There he
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Thomas Jefferson had a certain curiosity about the vast region west of the Mississippi. He wanted to know all about the geography and how well the prospects were for trade and agriculture. In 1803‚ Congress approved his proposal to finance for a mapping and scientific expedition to the far Northwest‚ beyond the Mississippi‚ which was foreign territory. In May‚ 1804‚ Jefferson assigned as commanders‚ Meriwether Lewis his personal secretary and William Clark‚ to set out on an amazing expedition across
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Mendel used to conduct his very famous hereditary experiments in his free time. He did something no one had ever done before and no one ever had analyzed statistically the experiments of breeding. It was Mendel’s knowledge of natural sciences and his studies that helped him carry out these experiments. He usually chose to work with pea plants and selected only those ones that were cultivated in controlled atmosphere and were a pure variety. He cross bred many seeds and then found out results of the
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William the Conqueror was a Norman duke who later became an English king. He had many great accomplishments. His most well-known accomplishments are the idea of feudalism and the Domesday Book. The Normans were a fierce group who were very militaristic. William the Conqueror was born around 1027 in Normandy. He was the illegitimate son of the former Duke of Normandy. Because his parents‚ Duke Robert I and Herleve‚ were not married‚ he was nicknamed William the Bastard. At the age of 8‚ he became
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is a terrible stage in life that take people that you love away. Or the side that believes that death is just a resting period between this world and the afterlife. The poems "On My First Son" by Ben Jonson and "Death Be Not Proud" by John Donne are perfect examples of those two arguing sides. "On My First Son" has a very distinct tone of being sad and morbid about death that is evident throughout the poem. On the other hand "Death Be Not Proud" has an angry and witty tone about death‚ saying that
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Mae Jemison is a very talented women that has many authentic occupations and has positively impacted our world. She was born on October 17‚ 1956‚ in Decatur‚ Alabama but grew up in Chicago‚ Illinois‚ where she attended Morgan Park High School. Not only is she the first African american to enroll in the astronaut training program but she was the first african american women to fly into space On September 12‚ 1992‚ in the Endeavour mission. Mae is also known for being the president of BioSentient Corporation
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