While reading the book‚ I Can I Will‚ I found the messages that were sent across to be very forceful and pertained to a lot of my own life experiences. The book teaches me to overcome my negative preconceptions and always say “I can I will.” It also teaches me to believe in myself‚ have positive self-affirmation‚ and spend my energy on important aspects of my life. Furthermore‚ it enlists self-confidence in the reader and allows an individual to introspectively assess the qualities that are needed
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January 2014 Where I Live and What I Live For There are many places that I could say that I live: a house‚ Twin Falls‚ or even America. None of those places are where I put my life and devotion to every single day. I live in the band room‚ not physically but in the way were my head is always overflowing with new ideas of how to make the previous piece I just played even better‚ full of how to conduct the piece I am listening on the radio or on my Ipod. The band room is where I go to let all emotions
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In my family‚ I have a brother that has autism with ADHD that can’t communicate with us‚ a dad and an aunt that have to go to dialysis three times a week‚ a mom that has had several surgeries in the past for having stomach cysts‚ several other aunts and uncles that have Type 2 diabetes‚ and a grandmother I was really close with who died from lung cancer. These events have forced me to grow up faster than I needed to. It may be a cliché‚ but for me it’s my life because every day I’ve had to make decisions
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In the novel “My Brilliant Friend” power plays a key and intrusive role in the entire piece. Set in old Naples‚ the novel follows the friendship between Elena Greco and Raffaella Cerullo‚ also known as Lila. Power is a key feature in the text ranging from fights between different families or power struggles within each family. A character that constantly fights and strives to achieve this power within his own family in the novel is Rino Cerullo‚ Lila’s older brother. His power struggle shows how
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A Place at the Table “Why can’t I go to the meetings?” Kathrine asked the engineers. “Girls don’t go to the meetings‚” her colleague said. “I can not do my work effectively if I do not have all of the data and all of the information as soon as it’s available. I need to be in that room hearing what you hear now is that against the law?” she asked. Of course‚ it wasn’t a law but it also wasn’t personal it was just protocol‚ it was just the way things had always been done. The no-woman rule was
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"How Can I Help My Friends Realize Their Value?" Word Count: 735 How can I help my friends realize their value? This question leads a person down a journey of self discovery. For me personally‚ I feel that one must realize their own value as a person in order to help others realize theirs. Often‚ we sell ourselves short and do not realize our own potential and how our actions and efforts affect and inspire others to be better. Friends have so many enduring qualities. They are loyal companions
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My Culture Is My Own This I Believe Throughout my life‚ I have encountered many relentless conflicts with both direct and indirect family members. Many of these arguments were linked to my association with my culture and its timeless traditions. I am an Arab‚ yet I am a stranger to the Middle East. I am an Arab‚ yet I can barely speak the language. I am an Arab‚ yet I was born in the American Midwest and raised underneath the liberal skies of the Montreal metropolis. I am an Arab‚ yet I have
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I shot my best friend‚ Akin‚ in my home’s kitchen. He was not alone when I shot him; there was a man with‚ a stranger that shot back in defense. I was hit too‚ but felt no immediate pain‚ because was still able to manage a shot at the stranger‚ before I dropped to the floor with strange heaviness. The man ran towards me as I was falling‚ my mind told me he was coming to hasten my death‚ because I was badly wounded already. My neighbors‚ who accompanied me‚ were already on the floor. But to my surprise
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The film is about an American family who starts out by vacationing in Iran but ends up living there. The father is Iranian while both the mother and the child are American citizens. When they first landed on Iranian soil‚ they were greeted with a lot of new things things that were different from what they have been accustomed to back in America. First‚ there was a difference in the way they dress. In America‚ they were very radical they can wear whatever they want but in Iran‚ they have to wear
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railways can carry a passenger to his destination within a few hours. Last year‚ I decided to go to Simla‚ a hill-station in Himachal Pradesh‚ to see my uncle. My uncle owns a chemist shop in Simla. I packed up my luggage and went to the New Delhi Railway Station in a taxi. I reached the Railway Station half an hour before the start of the train. There was a long queue at the railway booking office. I was able to purchase a ticket for Simla with great difficulty. I engaged a coolie to carry my luggage
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