Attitude by Margaret Atwood Byliner Jun 1983 9 mins. A 1983 commencement address given at the University of Toronto. I am of course overjoyed to be here today in the role of ceremonial object. There is more than the usual amount of satisfaction in receiving an honorary degree from the university that helped to form one’s erstwhile callow and ignorant mind into the thing of dubious splendor that it is today; whose professors put up with so many overdue term papers‚ and struggled to read
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Chronological/Timeline: Janis Joplin “Singing‚ It’s like loving somebody. It’s a supreme emotional and physical experience.” Hi‚ I’m Janis Joplin and I’m the queen of rock and roll! I was born January 19th‚ 1943 in Port Arthur‚ Texas. At the age of 6 I would sing in my church choir. About 8 years later‚ bullying and being made fun of due to my acne and weight gain really hit me hard. Just wanting to be myself was hard enough. I made a comment about how different skin colors shouldn’t define anyone
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Kindness – “Catalyst for Change” “Being different is a good thing‚ it means you are special‚” was the phrase I use to hear a lot from my parents growing up. Being one of the few Filipinos among a predominantly white community‚ especially in school‚ it was only a matter of time before I was being confronted with a question about my race. I became conscious about how others identified me. I became aware of my own actions when interacting with others of a different race. I learned that I have to
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In the United States over 1.2 million students drop out of high school (US Census Bureau).That’s about a student every 26 seconds/7‚000 a day. About 6‚000 people that don’t get to graduate end up obtaining a minimum wage job for the rest of their life. They struggle‚ and many Americans question why the number one industrialized country suffers an extremely high percentage of poverty and what triggers it? People know that not graduating from high school is the number one factor that causes poverty
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Andrew Nash was college student in Ohio‚ he thought he would go about his life as any other. Until he realized he was going nowhere and would be forgotten because he never tried to change anything and took everything he had for granted. The day that changed is life was the 12th of December 2012. When he saw on the news that not everyone in South America a part of the world relatively close to him was not having as much resources as the other rich countries like the United States. That is when he
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Name: Instructor: Course: Date: Introduction Ever since I was in school I always wanted to be a medical doctor. Most of my teachers used to ask me about my future ambitions‚ and I would always tell them that I wanted to be a doctor. The reason for me wanting to be a doctor was the fact that I liked to the idea of treating people without any charges. To me this was a very humanitarian action to do. Therefore‚ when four of my family members died as a result of blood cancer‚ I decided that I
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ONLINE INFORMATION AND ALUMNI TRACKING SYSTEM FOR CAVITE STATE UNIVERSITY – CARMONA Mendoza‚ Aries F. Curioso‚ Angelica F. 1/An undergraduate special problem submitted to the faculty of the Department of Information and Industrial Technology Cavite State University Carmona‚ Cavite in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Bachelor of Science in Computer Science. Prepared under the supervision of ____________________. INTRODUCTION “Through the help of World Wide
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What Hope is There for Me? Even though it’s evening already‚ the excitement does not subside at all. It’s the long-awaited day of announcing the winners of the school’s writing contest‚ and the first prize winner has already been announced. Now with everyone eagerly awaiting for the host to announce who the 2nd prize winner is‚ among the crowd is a girl‚ Helena‚ her mind slowly drifting to her thoughts and wondering‚ ‘what hope is there for me?’. Helena loves stories and has read for as long as
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Getting an education‚ nowadays‚ seems to be an option rather than a need. After graduating high school‚ most students ask themselves: “Why should I attend college”? Some of them argue that continuing their education is not necessary to achieve economic stability; however‚ is it all about how economically stable a person is? Michelle Obama certainly knows the answer. At “Bowie State University Commencement Speech” Obama reminded all her audience the importance of getting an education to help build
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Jon Bellion’s first studio album The Human Condition earned the number five spot next to other famous artists Drake‚ Nick Jonas‚ the cast of Hamilton and Beyonce on The Billboard 200 during its first week out. He is currently inhabiting this massive fame scoring two sold out national tours yet this 26-year-old singer/songwriter still lives at home with his parents‚ playing basketball with his friends in Long Island‚ New York. Basically‚ being human. Jon Bellion is an American singer‚ rapper‚ songwriter
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