When You Reach Me follows a sixth-grade protagonist‚ Miranda. She lives with her single mother who has a kindhearted boyfriend‚ Richard. Miranda’s best friend Sal‚ who she knew since she was a small child‚ had recently started ignoring Miranda after he had been punched in the face by another boy‚ Marcus. A homeless man lives on the corner of Miranda’s street. She calls him the "laughing man" for his tendency to laugh without cause. Miranda notices that he always utters the words "book bag pocket
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and angle building or campus of up to a few kilometers in size. They are widely used to connect personal computers and work situation in company‚ or factories to share resources examples; printers and exchange information. LAN are distinguished from other kinds of networks by three characteristics; the size‚ their transmission technology‚ and their topology. Scope of the LAN is small‚ typically a single building or cluster of buildings. LAN are usually owned by the same organization that owns the attached
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subject of his poem will be in so many years’ time. The punctuation enforces this feeling‚ by heavy use of commas to slow the pace of the sentences. The second stanza is an expression of his love for her‚ claiming that only he loved her beyond physical attraction. Whereas others "loved your beauty with love false of true‚ he loved her "pilgrim soul; in other words‚ he loved her ever-changing (hence the word "pilgrim) personality; he loved her all the time‚ no matter "the sorrows of your changing face
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It was on March 18‚ 2010‚ a beautiful sunny day. Perfect weather for a few drills around the track‚ coach decided to cut practice short and have us enjoy the rest of our evening. My friends and I had time to spare while we waited for the activities bus to take us home. Having nothing to do‚ we walked to get something to eat. I had a bad feeling about something but I ignored it and didn’t think about it too much. It was almost 6 O’clock‚ so my friends and I headed back to school so we could catch
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What if you loved someone so much but they didn’t know you existed? You could change so much that you lose yourself in the mix. In the short story‚ “Nobody Stole Jason Grayson” by Caroline Mackler‚ the theme of the story is that love can make you do strange things. The characters‚ Abby‚ Jason‚ Daytona‚ and Sloppy Joe all deal with someone that they have fallen for. They also have some reality checks along the way. Each character has an interaction that teaches them what love really is‚ or what love
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It was not quite five‚ and the bread was not yet ready. This acknowledgement though only comes at the end. For most of the story the narrator is insistent on his maturity‚ that he has grown up enough for love. Thus his disdain for his aunt‚ She was the sort you could depend on to say such vulgar things. Thus also his constant need to excel‚ Quickly I raced through Alard. There is too his quiet pride in being accepted into a big-boys club‚ the band‚ Pete pressed my arm. He had for some time now
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April‚ Thank you for sharing your story. I’ll admit‚ I was hesitant to read it because I hate thinking about funerals. However‚ I wanted to give you some feedback‚ so here I am. 1. To make it seem more realistic‚ I would add dialogue. This ties into your question #3. I don’t think that all stories need tons of dialogue‚ but to me‚ it feels like I’m getting a lot of backstory before I ever see anything from the character’s point of view. Maybe add past of someone’s eulogy? I’ve been to one funeral
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When you chance the way you look at things‚ the things you look at change. The most fundamental and mayor decision you have to make in your life is this: Do I live in a friendly or A hostile universe? Is it the universe‚ where people want to hate each other‚ kill each other. Is that what you see? Because when you see the world that way‚ that is exactly what you create for yourself. The interesting thing is that this is not just a clever play of words: When you change the way you look at
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Recount an incident or time when you experienced failure. How did it affect you and how what lessons did you learn? I have not had many or significant failures in life‚ but not being able to complete events or losing in a competition is failure to me. May it be small things that don’t matter to others but they seem heart breaking to me. I always want to be on top of everything that leads me up to my standards. My eyes haven’t cried upon failure but I also don’t want them that to happen ever in my
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Explain a time when you felt overshadowed. How did it help shape you into the person you are today? As a kid‚ I always thought I was the favorite child. I believed my parents liked me more than my younger sister‚ Kelly. I am a people pleaser. I always tried to please my coaches‚ teachers‚ friends‚ and parents. Even though I envisioned myself as the favorite child‚ I constantly felt overshadowed. I swam and had my small group of friends but Kelly was a field hockey star and beyond popular. This feeling
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