How I Fell in Love with Reading When I was younger I was very active and had no desire to read or learn and was more focused on playing basketball at recesses then on the topics being taught. My passion for basketball originated in my childhood when I would play the game at local parks and at home with friends and family. As I entered high school I tried out for and made the basketball team at Bell Gardens High. Because I wanted to gain a competitive edge‚ my passion for the game provoked me to
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Jesse Saunders Prof. Keith Bishop English 101 12/10/2013 “How I Learned To Love Football” “Move Over Boys‚ Make Room In The Crease” Sara Maratta and Felisa Rogers essay is the opposite of one another. Sara Maratta at the age of 14 developed a liking to sports‚ hockey was Marattas number one sport. Maratta knew hockey inside and out. Her favorite aspect of the sport was the fighting part. It drew her deeper into the sport. Maratta had a passion for the Blue Jackets team‚ and being her
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I didn’t always like going to school in the morning; in fact‚ I used to hate going to school. I always found it boring‚ useless‚ and a waste of time. I always asked my self‚ “when will I ever need to do/use this outside of this classroom?” The process of getting up early‚ getting ready and then sitting at school for seven hours a day Monday through Friday didn’t appeal to me one bit. Little by little‚ I had unknowingly programmed myself into thinking that it was such a burden to go‚ that I eventually
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Management Allows Centralized Governance of Corporate Network Devices Published July 2013 Situation Microsoft Information Technology (Microsoft IT) lacked a timely solution for keeping pace with the surging trend of employees who use personal devices to do Microsoft work. Without a user- and IT-friendly way to bring all devices into the scope of centralized management‚ IT risked improper exposure of secure company data‚ among other concerns. Solution Microsoft System Center 2012 Configuration Manager
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"DO AS I SAY‚ NOT AS I DO?IS A COMMON ABUSE OF AUTHORITY There are so many wrong ways to approach something‚ and fewer right choices. Therefore‚ people depend on those around them and different resources for good advice and influences. Children‚ especially‚ look up to their parents and other adults in admiration and try to mimic their actions. It is not always easy‚ however‚ even for the heroic adults to set the right examples. "Do as I say‚ not as I do?is one of the most commonly used clich
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Katherine Butler Dr. Prestridge American Literature July 9‚ 2013 Romanticism in “Why do I love You‚ Sir?” Many know of Emily Dickinson’s reclusive behavior‚ but very few know about her brief engagement to George Gould‚ a student at Amherst College. Unfortunately‚ her wealthy father broke their engagement off because he was just a poor student. It is believed that this disappointment triggered her initial withdrawal from society and the start of her life as a writer. She lived without marrying
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life is. I personally started thinking about my future career when I was a freshman in highschool‚ but my interest and choice of careers/majors has changed throughout the year as I learn and explore more about myself and what I am interested in. As a freshman in highschool‚ I have always wanted to be a cardiovascular doctor. In 10th grade‚ I discovered that cardiovascular is not something I would be interested in after taking biology. Then‚ I thought being pharmacist would be something I would enjoy
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"How Do I Live" is a song written by Diane Warren. It was written for the movie‚ Con Air‚ in 1997 to portray the love between a man and wife and the dreadful distance that is about to be put between them due to an accidental murder. I chose this song partly because I absolutely love it and because it connects to the feelings and tone of the works I’m relating it to. The song repeatedly asks‚ “How do I breathe… live… survive… without you?” Love and marriage are powerful enough to effect one’s health
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IN THE MIDST OF HARDSHIP BY LATIFF MOHIDIN Name : Gwee Jia Yinn Class : 4 UKM School : SMK Laksamana Teacher : Pn. Mohana Vadivu About The Poet : Born on 25 August ‚1941 Educated at Lenggeng‚ Seremban‚ Singapore in Negeri Sembilan. and the University of Fine Arts in Berlin Latiff Mohidin Besides
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Literary Analysis Shall I Compare Thee to Summers Day? In analyzing Sonnet 18‚ Shall I Compare Thee to Summers Day?‚ written by William Shakespeare it is important to know some of the background information on this poet and playwright. He wrote a hundred and fifty four sonnets‚ that cover three major themes: 1. how short every life is‚ 2. that beauty will always fade because it is not everlasting‚ and 3. the weaknesses of humans to give into earthy temptations. Most scholars refer to the
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