What do you want to be when you grow up? What are your plans for your future? Have you thought about college? Have you thought about a career choice? These are questions we are bombarded with on a daily basis by our parents. We shrug them off‚ telling them that we have another three years to think about college‚ careers‚ or our future. We don’t know what we want to be when we grow up‚ because we don’t even know who we are yet. Yet in a blink of an eye‚ we’re seniors and now the decisions we tried
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Do You Believe in Magic? It was the night we had all waited for‚ the night that was to bring 15 years of a magical journey to an end. As my friends and I walked into the movie theater‚ we were immediately surrounded by people dressed as witches and wizards‚ snitches and half-giants. We continued to retrieve our tickets and walk toward our respective theater‚ passing movie posters declaring‚ “It all ends here”. For the generation that has grown up with Harry‚ Ron and Hermione‚ the premiere of
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Heroin: What has it done to our society? Figure 1 (Some smoking heroin‚ Drug and Alcohol Rehab Headquarters‚ 2010) Talia Krebs-Oppenheimer Animal Behavior Professor Goldberg Abstract: Heroin is one of the worlds most dangerous drugs when addicted. It is widely used in American culture and many other places. This drug can be found throughout the world‚ one of the largest producers of opium in Afghanistan with Mexico coming in after it. Heroin comes from the opium poppy‚ which
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http://influence.bafree.net/how-does-the-media-influence-the-way-people-behave.php The influence of media is growing stronger and stronger as time passes. Because of this‚ the competition among producers and advertisers gets tougher as they try to come up with new ways to catch people’s attention through their newspapers‚ magazines‚ movies‚ shows‚ and commercials. If you have noticed‚ the speed at which news travels around the world has become faster with the development and advancement in technology
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Write about an incident you still remember from your early childhood. Why do you think it has remained in your mind so clearly? Everyone has each and their own childhood memory that will be edged forever into their brains. During the days of being a child‚ there were no worries and stresses. Every little things were taken care by our lovely parents. Some would even take their kids to overseas to explore the beauty of the world. All these would definitely give the child an unforgettable memory. As
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Has High School Changed you? The future is unpredictable‚ and with it come more and more responsibilities. Are you the same person you were before? Or have these actions and responsibilities molded you to become the person you are today? Is the same person that started high school four years ago standing where you are‚ or is that person long gone? For me‚ the transition through high school has changed me thoroughly. I’ve noticed that high school has made me sharper about whom to
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Why Do We Read Literature? First‚ Literature Defined: * "The creation of literature is a uniquely human activity‚ born of man’s timeless desire to understand‚ express‚ and finally share experiences." * Literature is "a concrete artifact -- a story‚ a poem‚ or a play" * "The medium of translation‚ of course‚ is language‚ the written and spoken word." * "When we speak of literature‚ however‚ we have in mind a special kind of language that differs from the ordinary discourse with
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1. Who or what influenced you to apply to Syracuse University? My Career Guidance Counselor first introduced Syracuse University to me at a college fair‚ which took place at my school. He told be that Syracuse University would be a right fit for me since it offered an excellent liberal arts program. I learned about the liberal arts program from Ms. Karen Bass who had visited my school too. With the liberal arts program and the various athletic facilities and clubs such as photography‚ I was convinced
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Many definitions of comedy claim that at the end of the play a happy conclusion will have emerged. How far do you think Educating Rita has a happy conclusion? Educating Rita is a play by Willie Russell‚ set in 1983. It is a semi-autobiographical play about Rita‚ a young working class Liverpool hairdresser who decides wants to gain an education using an Open University. Her tutor is the disillusioned and alcoholic Frank‚ who teaches at the Open University to pay for his drinking habits. Rita decides
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Too strict? What do you think? According to the Cambridge Dictionary‚ Morality is a personal or social set of standards for good or bad behavior and character‚ or the quality of being right‚ honest or acceptable. It is characteristically the way you make decisions based on what you think is right or wrong. It is this same principle that today is affecting the Christian Population. Christians are being tormented with daunting questions such as: Am I doing the right thing? Should I do the right thing
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