I am one of the 99% The fact is all but that little 1% is one of the 99%. Does that mean that I need to march down the streets of different cities to tell everyone that I am one of the 99%‚ camp out for months at a time and take the charity of others‚ so that I can proclaim the fact that I am like 99% of the nation? I think not. 1% of the world controls most of the money and then the other 99% share in what is left. Between 2002 and 2007‚ the income of the 1% increased at least 10 times faster
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that I am thankful for‚ and most of them are really simple things in life. I am sure that a lot of people have several different things that they are thankful for and different reasons why they are thankful. First of all‚ I am especially thankful that I have a happy family with enough parents and siblings. Because I know that many people in the whole world do not have a complete family. Another thing that I am really thankful for is the food on my table. Every day I look around myself and I see a
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Why are You Here?" I have fallen short in many ways towards the goals that I have made in my life. No matter how high the standard is set‚ and whether failure awaits me‚ perseverance and my faith will carry me on. Some would label me as a dreamer. Someone could say I have reality to face‚ but without dreams we have no hope‚ and without hope we have nothing inside of us to fuel our deep passion to succeed and win the race that we have been running. Everyone has his own opinion about college
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“Why I am in college” There are several reasons why I am currently attending college. In my opinion‚ education is always an important topic in any society because it determines our future and helps us achieve our goals. My three main reasons for being in school would have to be increase knowledge‚ to obtain new experiences‚ and to prepare for a better career for my future. To begin with‚ I’m attending school to increase my knowledge and understanding in the field that I am studying. I’m
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Where Am I Wearing a New World Kelsey Timmerman‚ from rural Ohio‚ is the author of the book Where Am I Wearing. The spark that influenced his interest in traveling to other countries was because of the pile of clothes on his floor. After Timmerman saw this‚ he looked at the tags on his clothes. He then wondered exactly where did his clothes come from. The group of people that this book surrounds are American Consumers. Timmerman wanted them to lose their consumer innocence. He wanted them to change
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Malala Yousafzai declared‚ “I don’t want to be thought of as the ‘girl who was shot by the Taliban’ but the ‘girl who fought for education’ (309). This statement proves the bravery and fearlessness that Malala has after facing a struggle that no teenager should have to face. In her memoir‚ I Am Malala‚ Malala tells her story about the battle between her and the Taliban. After her father‚ Ziauddin Yousafzai‚ opened up a school that allowed women to attend‚ the Taliban tried to prevent it‚ but Malala
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Why I Am in College College is the place to gain knowledge and having more knowledge gives you more power. I have a strong drive to go to college because I want to be rich‚ I want to make a difference‚ and I want to discover who I am. I believe that college is the first step to my success and I will take advantage of that. College is my building stone to get a degree so I can earn more money to become a billionaire. I want to use the money I earn to help my family out to thank them for raising
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Who Am I? My name is Lillian Smith‚ I also go by Lilly. I’m not a straight A student‚ an athlete‚ or someone who people look up to. I’m just your average 16 year old girl Junior trying to make it through High School at the moment. I’d rather not say that "I’m still trying to find myself" because i’m not really lost‚ i’m taking things slow and figuring out them along the way. Teachers think of me as a student who rarely gets things turned in on time and procrastinates until the last minute. When
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few of my favorite things. So‚ it’s Tuesday night‚ and I am running around the house like a maniac. I constantly check the time every five seconds. I grab my unicorn pillow pet and make a mad dash for the couch. It’s 8:00 when I plop down and turn the TV to channel 5. My absolute favorite television show‚ NCIS‚ starts. I am pretty much an obsessive‚ addicted‚ squealing fan of NCIS. My dad usually comes in and asks if it’s a new episode. I say yes‚ and he usually joins me. My dad is a big part
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How I have become the person I am today stems from my empathy I have towards life itself and how fragile it is. Over the last 5 years I have suffered a tremendous loss of life in my family. Thru those trying times when I thought I couldn’t make it thru‚ my parents instilled in me that those events were making me stronger‚ thus allowing me to always continue going despite the ups and downs in life. I have a desire in me to always positively move forward towards my goals no matter any perceived obstacles
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