Love in L.A. by Dagoberto Gilb The setting of this short story is on the freeway of Los Angeles. Jake is a self-absorbed‚ lazy‚ irresponsible‚ protagonist‚ who is driving along the freeway. He begins daydreaming about a car better than his 58’ Buick‚ with crushed velvet interior and an FM radio. His daydreaming causes him to hit the car in front of him. The driver of the other car is a naïve‚ innocent women‚ named Mariana. Mariana is on her way to work‚ driving a car given to her by her
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Personal Statement for Medical Schools “Did you have any health insurance coverage last year?” I asked. “No.” Ms. Nguyen replied. “When was the last time you had a checkup by a doctor?” “More than 20 years ago.” At that moment I was reminded of my mother‚ who was around Ms. Nguyen’s age when she was diagnosed with breast cancer. I felt myself remembering my mother’s own battles with breast cancer many years ago and how it has shaped me into who I am today. As I explain to her the importance of
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was abducted by a neighbor says‚ “Nothing is going to be 100% effective unless every single offender goes to jail.” People that reside in Georgia believe the tough restrictions are necessary to keep their communities safe‚ and the strict laws will detour sex offenders from repeating their crimes (Chen 2009). All sex offenders upon release from prison should be required to register with local law enforcement. It’s understandable that some so called sex offenders should not have to be registered for
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While on a road of life’s lessons the one’s who suffer a disorder can find their calling in life along the way. Not everyone gets this opportunity to find success while suffering from a disadvantage. Journalist Malcolm Gladwell states‚ “The second‚ more intriguing‚ possibility is that they succeeded in part‚ because of their disorder -- that they learned something in their struggle that proved to be of enormous advantage.” The irony that a disadvantage can bring about a successful advantage that
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When we are faced with disadvantages or obstacles it can be almost too easy for us to assume that we will never rise above them‚ choosing only to see the negatives that come along with these situations. While obstacles and disadvantages may serve as detours in our lives‚ it is possible to turn any disadvantage or obstacle into a positive experience in one way or another. Take for example J.K. Rowling who is known just as much for her best selling Harry Potter series as she is for her kindness and generosity
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My fingers which were slender and flimsy started fidgeting with the buttons on the dashboard. Almost forty seconds passed‚ which was much longer for a pilot with 5 years of experience‚ to eject her seat off from the airplane. My mind was in a complete daze and was in a state of consternation. I was about to die‚ and I knew it. The scene was exactly how you could imagine it in the movies- the plane swaying side to side without proper control‚ a transient rain of burning‚ hot‚ red meteors flying from
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changing. At first‚ the dogs salivated in the expected manner while they were being fed. Then the dogs began to salivate as soon as they saw the food. Finally‚ they salivated as soon as they saw the scientists enter the room. Pavlov decided to make a detour from his original experiments and examine these unexpected interferences in his work. In one of his experiments‚ Pavlov began by sounding a tuning fork and recording a dog’s response. There was no salivation. At this point‚ the sound of the tuning
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because it’s so symbolic of life. You have to drive yourself to overcome the obstacles. You might feel that you can’t. But then you find your inner strength and realize you’re capable of so much more than you thought. (Blank‚ 2017) He believed that detours in life only set you forward. Without being fired from the hardware store Blank would not have been set forward to become one of the most successful leaders and owner of a nationwide company. He used his set back as personal
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What is Remedial Teaching? • It is a multifaceted approach‚ tailoring remedial intervention plans to a child’s specific needs. It makes use of one-on-one instruction‚ small group instruction‚ written work‚ verbal work and computer-based work. • Remedial Therapy focuses on skills rather than on content. • These skills include visual discrimination‚ perceptual organisation‚ laterality‚ sequencing‚ abstract reasoning‚ auditory processing‚ sound recognition‚ blending‚ segmenting‚ phoneme manipulation
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FINAL DRAFT Name: Délecia Taylor Coarse: English 119 Section Number: 16 Title of Assignment: In paragraph 4‚ Pindling states that he is “disturbed about reports that some workers are slacking on their jobs‚ thinking that they no longer need to work hard.” This statement reflects a commonly-held view that many Bahamians have a poor work ethics. Write a text-based expository essay in which you explain why you think that many Bahamians (civil servants and others) today have or do not have a poor
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