UNIT FIVE TEXT FIVE UP THE DOWN STAIRCASE By Bel Kaufman (Fragment) Bel Kaufman‚ an American writer. She worked as a teacher of the English language and literature in a New York high school for 15 years. "Up the Down Staircase" (1964) is her first prominent work. The book deals with the experiences of a young high school teacher. Sept. 25 Dear Ellen‚* It’s FTG (Friday Thank God)‚ which means I need not set the alarm for 6:30 tomorrow morning; I can wash a blouse‚ think a thought‚ write
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Friends A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart‚ and can sing it back to you when you have forgotten the words. Good morning to the panel of honourable judges‚ teachers and friends. On this fine morning‚ I would like to talk about “Friends”. On this planet‚ who can’t live without friends? Everyone. We need our peers to live our lives‚ to joke around‚ and to help us with our mischievous plots. Who would dare to tell an adult about our plans? Friendship is a blessing‚ and
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Nano-Bio-Sensing Sandro Carrara Editor Nano-Bio-Sensing Foreword by Giovanni De Micheli Editor Sandro Carrara EPFL Lausanne Switzerland sandro.cararra@epfl.ch ISBN 978-1-4419-6168-6 e-ISBN 978-1-4419-6169-3 DOI 10.1007/978-1-4419-6169-3 Springer New York Dordrecht Heidelberg London Library of Congress Control Number: 2010938597 # Springer Science+Business Media‚ LLC 2011 All rights reserved. This work may not be translated or copied in whole or in part without the written permission
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What Makes Someone A Success? How do you define success? The dictionary meaning of success is “the achievement of something desired‚ planned‚ or attempted. Society defines success as wealth‚ position‚ and power.” I believe success has nothing to do with wealth‚ position‚ or power as long as you’re a hard worker and determined that what makes you successful. Success can be defined in many ways but in reality examples of success we come in contact with are nurses‚ teachers‚ volunteers that work
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addition to Macbeth‚ Shakespeare also presents his audience with the varying viewpoints of different men and even women of the play as to what true manhood is. By noting these different perceptions‚ the reader is able to make general observations about manhood‚ that it is intricately related to strength‚ that it can be displayed through feats of courage‚ and other types of similar observations. However‚ it is difficult to reach any one conclusion as to how Shakespeare defines manhood in Macbeth.
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PART I ESSAY Origin of Essay History of essay as a literature form has begun in 1580 when Michel de Montaigne has published the book “Les Essais”. In French term “essais” means “try” or “experience”. It was a book written because of boredom; it did not have a distinct structure or plan‚ and consisted of individual chapters‚ formally unrelated to each other. Montaigne suggested his literary tests in form of initial essay‚ highlighting their subjective‚ relative‚ and inconclusive sides. In fact
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heart beats over 100‚000 times a day. Women’s hearts beat faster than men’s. The average person has over 1‚460 dreams a year. The average person’s left hand does 56% of the typing. It takes about a half a gallon of water to cook macaroni and about a gallon to clean the pot. Human thigh bones are stronger than concrete. Dolphins sleep with one eye open. America once issued a 5-cent
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hours. Hours piled like bricks on top of each other. These hours fueled by caffeine and fed by sleep. Lacking in excitment and spontanicity. Four walls. A floor and a roof. Yeah! Even when everything is perfect; even when you have nothing to worry about‚ even when your present situation is admirable at least‚ you may still be bored. “You can’t become a decent horseman until you fall off and get up again‚ a good number of times.” Says he. “Oh‚ and as for the scars‚ broken bones‚ aching limbs and sore
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73.5k 99 I’ve had sleeping problems my whole life. The funny thing about going to a doctor for sleeping pills is you can tell them you’ve had sleeping problems your whole life and all they’ll do is hand you a pamphlet. It has advice on it like: Don’t get in bed unless you’re going to sleep. Don’t drink too much caffeine or alcohol. Exercise frequently‚ but don’t do it too late. Advice like this feels like being told to spit on a house fire. When I was 20‚ I lived in an apartment with my boyfriend
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My inspiration is a fictional character and one of the three protagonists of J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series‚ Hermione Jean Granger. One reason I admire her is because she’s got prodigious intellect and cleverness. She also inspires me because she is always so kind to everybody. Hermione was nearly twelve when she first attended Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. She is a Muggle-born‚ who come from non-magical families. However‚ she became an overachiever who excels academically. She
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