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    incurably sick patients‚ near death experiences‚ and incomplete business. I remember when my grandma passed away‚ prior to her dying‚ she’d been through several open heart surgeries‚ a leg amputation‚ Parkinson’s disease‚ and a tremendous amount of stress. Everyone in the family observed and just watched my grandma as she went through Kubler-Ross’s stages. Before something else would arise with my grandma‚ you can just tell she was in denial about whatever was next to happen. Everyone in the family

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    first time knowing how to make Mung rice noodle and I can still remember that the fresh smell of it jumped out just in one second. After it was done‚ my grandma put it in the hot water and added ginger‚ scallion‚ garlic‚ peper‚ chilli oil and meat sauce. She smiled at me: “babe‚ you gonna finish it!” After eating it up‚ I understood why my grandma was so confident that I could finish it at the beginning. There is a sweet story related to Mung rice noodle. When I was in the primary school‚ my mother

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    pennies?” “Ummmmm… yes” “Did you break the promise?” “Well… kind of” “listen Joy‚ tonight Nico will control your body‚ so you have to fight back.” “How?” “I will tell you. you can’t show how frightened you are‚ you have to stay strong!” “Ok grandma!” “At night Nico will control your body to kill and at day you will be youself.” The moon came. Joy tried to calm down but she was really afraid. Her hand was shaking. Joy’s parents and her grandparents sat next to her‚ tried to keep her calm. joy’s

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    Charlie Bucket was an ordinary boy‚ neither stronger‚ nor faster‚ nor cleverer than any other child his age. His hair was an ordinary brown‚ neither too dark nor too light‚ neither too short nor too long. His eyes were green or they were brown or they were gray or they were blue‚ for they seemed to be rather undecided about color and changed with Charlie’s emotions. He was not too tall (except for his pants) or too short or too heavy‚ but was perhaps too skinny He was from a poor‚ but loving family

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    Getting to Know Me

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    Getting to Know You In the summer before 7th grade I broke my right wrist and I didn’t know if I would be able to play football‚ so I went talk to my great grandma and she told me to keep my head up and not to worry because I would be ready… My life has been full of events that have helped me develop goals and values. The week before 7th grade started I got my cast on my right wrist off and we started try-outs and I went in thinking I got it‚ but I struggled and it was bad I did so bad

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    When I got home with my newly cut hair I went straight up to my room and called my dad hysterically crying‚ telling him about how grandma was a monster and had all my hair cut off. His initial consoling‚ telling me how he was sure that it looked fabulous and that we could find great ways to style my new hair did not work. He asked me then if I thought that grandmas heart was in the right place. Of course not I thought why would she ever want to go behind my back to have my haircut. Thinking back

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    Cultural Value

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    example something valuable would be before my grandma passed away she gave me a necklace that is something valuable to me because of her giving me a necklace that came from her. Cultural value is the commonly held standards of what is acceptable or unacceptable‚ important or unimportant‚ right or wrong‚ workable or unworkable‚ etc.‚ in a community or society (Businessdictionary.com).” one example would be my family’s lifestyle. In my cultural my grandma had taught me that when I was young we couldn’t

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    grandmother‚ the latter was the most important to her. Constancia was incredibly conscientious about what people thought about her. When her grandma embarrassed Constancia‚ she didn’t do anything to help. She just stood on the sidelines because she was afraid what people would think of her if they knew that the lady that was lost was her grandma. When the got home her grandma told her‚ "You made me feel like a zero‚ a nothing." This experience helped shape Constancias morals. She realized that her actions

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    The American Dream

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    English 1302 10 March 2011 The Tainted American Dream The American Dream‚ by Edward Albee‚ demonstrates that through generations the idea of the American dream has changed over time. Its center is not around family‚ but rather image and material objects. Although everyone has his or her own vision of the dream‚ it seems that money plays an important role in everyone’s dream. It seems that money has changed the dream and become the driving force behind the materialism and social status

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    We gather here today to celebrate the life of my great great grandmother‚ a mentor and also my closet friend‚ Tino Dinh. She left us after 120 years contributing wisdom and contagious passion to this world. If life were a horror movie‚ great great grandma would be that weird Asian one‚ who figured out who or what the killer was. Despite the unusual talent and logical reasoning‚ she would still be the second to last to die and gave everyone a good laugh in the movie‚ because of her natural willingness

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