An Ode to the User-Friendly Pencil Students may recognize that the irony creates a humorous tone. • her friends had to persuade the speaker to buy a computer even though she is a writer paragraph 1 • the computer keeps breaking down paragraph 3 • the speaker prefers her pencil to the computer paragraphs 4–17 Prelude to Jumping in the River” The speaker’s observation of a man preparing to jump into the river is used as a metaphor for making important decisions in life. Responses may note the use
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Football is by far the most played sport amongst students: Over 1.1 million of them participate in football (Should Football Be Banned ? ). Football been around for decades and is one of the leading causes of injury among high school athletes. The older generations ( 35- 50) believe that football is too dangerous and should be banned‚ students contradict this because football is more than just a game for highschool and college students; whether a person is on the team or just a fan football plays
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An Ethical Dilemma at WorldCom: A case study of Cynthia Cooper The Scenario One May afternoon‚ while sitting in his cubicle at WorldCom Inc. headquarters located in Clinton‚ Mississippi‚ Gene Morse was stunned to find an accounting entry for $500 million in expenses‚ which was not accounted for with any invoices. He immediately reported this entry to his boss‚ vice president of internal audit Cynthia Cooper (Pulliam & Solomon‚ 2002). Little did they know at the time that this discovery would begin
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How do you like to express yourself? Well I use dance as a way to express myself and my feelings‚ It’s like another language to me‚ using movement and facial expressions the body says what words cannot. In my future I would like to go into the creative industries because performing and dancing is my passion‚ I love doing it and I would love to be able to wake up every day to do something I love rather than waking up to an alarm and going to a job I hate and am not passionate about. The creative
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Freshmen Thesis-Reflection Paper Attending college has been a life changing experience for me this year. As every freshman in college usually come across with problems such as academics‚ housing‚ and life on campus There are also unforeseen situations that will come in our way as time goes on. Back then when I was in high school‚ hearing about college and living the college life was something I could not wait to experience. Some of my friends who made it to college will always tell me things which
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editions. Bars take blunt of ban. _The Grand Rapids Press‚_ A1. Hitt‚ D. (2011‚ February 2). Smoking ban links. Retrieved from http://www.davehitt.com Kahootz‚ S. (2011‚ February 3). Law prompts walkouts. _Traverse City Record Eagle Community‚_ C1. Voight‚ M. (2011‚ January 21). Smoking ban has hurt business. _The Detroit News‚_ A16. Watson‚ P. (2011‚ October 15). Smoking ban- obstruction of freedom? Retrieved from http://www.nottosmoke.com Wayland‚ M. (2010‚ September 24). Butting into Michigan
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Parasite When Cynthia wakes up this morning‚ the first thing she does‚ like always‚ is to look at herself in the mirror. This has been the first step in her morning rituals for as long as she remembers. Every morning‚ she would inspect her face minutely‚ carefully observing every little imperfection. She would note with despair the slight asymmetry of the corners of her eyes‚ the minute flare of her nostrils‚ all the spots on her skin that has become faintly discolored with the corrosion of sunlight
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to prepare for all of the different activities that were ahead of us. The first main event that took place was homecoming‚ in Germany or at least my high school homecoming is where all of the different sports actually have a home game. Not one of the teams traveled to a different school that weekend‚ so every one of us was home. It made for a fun filled weekend. Getting ready for homecoming spirit week‚ getting ready for the dance‚ buying a dress‚ getting my hair done these were all things that came
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from there last move. Even though this poem is written in a happy tone Dawe is being serious about the issue of how a family gets upset about being stuck in a life that is continuously moving around and not being permanently settled anywhere. ’Homecoming’ was written in 1968 during the Vietnam
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The divine intervention of the gods in human affairs is a familiar aspect in the epic poem‚ The Odyssey by Homer. Throughout the first five books of the tale‚ there are several occurrences where gods interfere in the lives of both Odysseus and his son Telémakhos. Sometimes these interferences are to push forwards Odysseus’ nostros‚ for example Athena encouraging Telémakhos of the possibilities of his father being alive and to go out and find him; however Poseidon‚ Odysseus’ divine antagonist strives
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