They left later in the day and were 25 miles away from Washington D.C. . My son wrote “We arrived by railroads and there are more troops than we thought‚ this’ll be a close one.” I received news today that Stonewall Jackson received his name from this war. His real name is Thomas J. Jackson which none of us knew because all the town heard about was “Stonewall
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In the short story The Lottery by Shirley Jackson it told about an agricultural community that hosts a lottery to make their crops grow. During the Lottery‚ they have a drawing of papers. The one who has the black mark on their paper will be stoned to death as a sacrifice for their crops. Readers can learn that karma will come back to you from this story. Arguing about something unimportant won’t do you any good in the future. In this story‚ Tess argued that her husband didn’t get enough time to
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Jessica Turner is the founder and CEO of Turner Test Prep Company which preparing people for the CPA exam. She graduated from management school and she is professionalized on accounting. After few job rejections‚ she opened her own test preparation school. The most important problem in her business is that she cannot increase her market share from 10 percent. To understand the problem better‚ we need to go into the details of the competitors of the company. NTC is the most important competitor of
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Alcohol consumption should be banned. Argue for or against the statement. Alcohol is one of the most widely used and abused drugs in the world. It is a legal drug that can be found just about anywhere‚ restaurants‚ liquor stores and even in some supermarkets. It is a drug that is used by many‚ some just to relax‚ others to party with the intention of getting drunk and those that are addicted and who abuse the drug like no other. Alcohol causes several problems and injures the lives of many‚ it
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IELTS essay‚ topic: Children should be engaged in paid work‚ agree or disagree? In many countries children are engaged in different kinds of paid work. Some people regard this as completely wrong‚ while others consider it a valuable work experience‚ important for learning and taking responsibility. What is your opinion? The issue of whether or not children should be engaged in some paid work has sparked a heated debate. While some argue that having some employment experience is conducive to
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In this information age‚ space exploration is playing an increasingly important role in the immense advances of technology. But in the meantime whether it is a blessing or a curse has sparked a heated debate. Some people argued that space exploration has opened up our world and added to our knowledge‚ while many others claimed that space research is a waste of money. Firstly‚ it is undeniable that the exploitation of space has directly changed our world. Space research has already resulted in a
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The Lottery The theme for “The Lottery” is‚ People need to speak out for what’s right even if society says different. If not it can lead to mental‚ physical or spiritual death. In the beginning of the story the author introduces the theme by giving a distressing feel to the story. The author says‚ “the children assembled first‚ of course. School was recently over for the summer and the feeling of liberty sat uneasily on most of them. This shows that people were dreading this part of the year.
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I disagree that money is the most important thing in life. Everything in life requires money‚ but little did people know there are many other things that should come before it. To some people money means everything to them‚ to me money is important but it’s not the most important. You need money to survive‚ to meet our basic needs‚ to provide for ourselves and our families. Other than that‚ money is only able to buy you materialistic things‚ but when it comes to love‚ happiness‚ etc. Money is useless
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prison style confinement‚ forced to learn material that society deemed appropriate. Summing up his essay‚ Gatto states that he believes that the students should be able to manage themselves. After reading Gatto’s argument‚ my only reaction was to agree with him. I believe that the public education system only influences us to conform to society and the government. We’re only taught what they want us to be taught. To me‚ students need more than that. They need the skills to not only succeed but to
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I strongly agree with the statement that progress is always good unless it HARMS our life. Nowadays humanS HAVE progressED in MANY different fieldS like computerS‚ automobiles‚ THE Internet etc. One of the best inventions OF THE 20th century is THE computer which helps to unite THE world. I would like to FOCUS ON technologies like THE computer AND THE Internet. IT helps bring people TOGETHER‚ not only from A particular nation but also from other partS of world. My examples listed below will strengthen
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