DOUBLE ME vs. MY SON THE FANATIC I have chosen this painting - Double Me - to put the short story - My Son the Fanatic - into perspective Double Me was painted in 1993 by the Danish artist Michael Kvium and is one of a series of four paintings. In the painting there are two men. They’re both dressed in black. Their positions towards each other looks strained‚ as they are holding hands while pushing their weights forward‚ as if they are fighting. Also their faces are only a few centimeters from
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MY FATHER‚ MY HERO: ____________________________________________________________________ My father is not a celebrity; he is not such a recognizable face. My father is not a national hero; he is not a multi-millionaire. My father is just an average quiet man‚ whom I honour and respect. My father was born in 1954‚ in the small South-Indian state of Kerala. He was the fourth child of my grandfather (late C.M. Thomas). My father managed to succeed well enough in classes to pursue education at
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I have learned throughout my life that the world is meant to bring everyone problems‚ but those problems are the challenges we need to overcome in order to learn from them. I had to endure plenty as a child‚ but what person didn’t? I mean‚ there probably wasn’t many who had to experience most their difficulties as a child‚ but as an older individual. I know of older individuals who have had their problems brought to them at a much later time in their lives‚ but that doesnt mean they werent able to
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I like to operate under the assumption that I’m wrong. I’m not saying I do this every day or even regularly‚ but it’s an introspection that is rarely suffered in our society. Some of the worldviews I hold are not the most popular‚ but when I pretend I’m wrong about everything in life‚ there’s suddenly no need to argue about where lines need to be drawn. With self-questioning‚ I begin an internal discussion that I can take into conversations with peers. I don’t assume my worldviews are false. Quite
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challenged me to think about why I chose this path‚ leading me to identify my goals. My first goal is to obtain my bachelor’s degree in business‚ with emphasis in accounting. Secondly‚ I plan to take the CPA/CMA exam to receive my certification. Lastly‚ as I should say ultimately‚ I plan to establish my own accounting business‚ specializing in assisting my community‚ individuals‚ and small business with finance and accounting needs. My decision to form these goals was influenced by my current work
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My name is Saffi Rashid. I was born on the 25th of July in 1993‚ which means I am 18 years old now. I have got 4 siblings; en elder sister and 3 younger brothers. Then I have got my mom and dad too. I’m mostly close with my sister‚ as she’s the only sister I have. However‚ I do love my brothers too and make the most of it whenever I am with them. I have been living and studying in Denmark untill I was in 7th class (14 years old)‚ then I moved to England with my family. I finished off my highschool
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My name is Zahra‚ 25 years old. Born and raised in Kedah. Owned a Degree(Hons) Multimedia (Digital Media) when I was 23 years old. Currently I’m working as a Multimedia Designer at Cyberjaya‚ Selangor. I have a loving parents and siblings. My father name is Md Yazam Aziz‚ 58 years old and Norimah Abu Samah‚ 56 years old is my mother. I have 3 brothers and one little sister. Two of them are now working and the other two still study in their own field. Life without a hobby is like food without
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Part I: After reading chapters 2 and 3 in Lies My Teacher Told Me by James Loewen‚ which gave a new view on Christopher Columbus and the first thanksgiving. One concept that Loewen wrote about and Dr. J lectured about was that Christopher Columbus wasn’t actually the first one to “discover” the “New World”. In fact many people had been living there for sometime before he had arrived. They gave Columbus a sense of herofication which is "a degenerative process (much like calcification) that makes people
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From the time I came here to work‚ on this hot‚ dry isolated land I have always dreamed‚ hope and sought after for one thing and one thing only! That one day I would have my own land‚ that one day I would have my own peace and solitude to myself without having to look after horses for the rest of my life. I have seen tons of people come to this ranch and dreamed of getting their own land but all of them have not succeeded. Don’t you think an old disabled guy like me deserve a land of his own? Ever
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The book that I chose for my book report was “Lies My Teacher Told Me”‚ by James W. Loewen. At first‚ I thought this book would be the worse out of the 5 to read. I thought that I do not need some Book to tell me I am uneducated in American history. But after I read it‚ I realized that the book is much more than that. It is a critique on so many factors in our society. Only one is the student’s education. But it does not critique the American history student like I thought. If a student
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