sophomore year was the year I tried to get myself more active‚ so I joined the swim team. I was one of the fastest newbies on the team that year. We’re almost done with our season‚ and it’s time for KVAC’s. I was very nervous at KVACs because we weren’t competing against just one team. There were a lot of teams there. I had a 50 yard freestyle individual‚ and as I was waiting on the block for that bright flash of light and the always too loud whistle‚ I can remember thinking that I was going to win. Looking
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An apology. Because we don’t think about future generations‚ they will never forget us. We never know the worth of water till the well is dry. They kill good trees to put out bad newspapers. ~James G. Watt I am the earth. You are the earth. The Earth is dying. You and I are murderers. ~Ymber Delecto Economic advance is not the same thing as human progress. Why do people give each other flowers? To celebrate various important occasions‚ they’re killing living creatures? Why restrict
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accusations of African Americans has made walking down the street such a difficult task. Brent Staples‚ a graduate of the University of Chicago‚ is often painted as a dangerous man by people whose brushes have been tainted by their upbringing. In Staples “Just Walk on By”‚ his language expresses a strong and experienced persona‚ greatly affected by these plights. Tactics such as use of diction‚ and various analogies help to translate to his audience the feeling of being outcast. Being one who is outside
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Maybe that’s a good thing. I need to start getting confident. I’m still a little nervous‚ though. And I need to keep reminding myself that it’s just dinner. Just have fun. You’re right. I want to enjoy myself. Maybe flirt a little. Flirt? - Someone is getting their groove on tonight. - I’m trying to develop some game here. As a guy‚ I had zero issues. Women were attracted to me. I knew how to act and what to say‚ but now... Come on‚ you’re still the same person. Tap into that charm. It’s
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of just war and all justifications for violence. I actually disagree with the extreme pacifist that rejects the concept of just war and all justifications for violence. I feel that sometime war is something that just has to be done in order for people to solve curtain conflicts. St. Augustine is the known as the first one actually noted to be the founder of the theory of just war. A Just war is a theory that deals with the reason on why and how curtain wars are fought. The concept on a just war
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gonna focus in‚ I think that he’s the romantic character and Jean is the modern one‚ as Gergen says‚ Berenger is a person that follows his heart and does whatever he believes is right and will benefit everybody‚ he worries about others and will put the common good before his own. On the other hand Jean is like the perfect character‚ or that’s what he wants everyone to think‚ smart‚ good dressed‚ with a lot of money but we will find out how he’s not really that great and ends up just like everyone else
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Citations in APA style. (What citations?) Reaction to: Filipinos in the 21st Century By Mark Raymond Ferrer Thesis Statement: Change is inevitable and unavoidable‚ but we can choose how strongly we are affected and how we react to such change. I felt that the article “Filipinos in the 21st century” was a bit too sour. The author focuses on lambasting the Filipino of today‚ giving emphasis only the bad things that effects whilst forgetting the good that has also come from them. Though it is
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Go away!” I screamed. The words fell clumsily off the end of my tongue. “Wait! I think I hear something.” It’s my alarm clock. Thank God. This must just be a bad dream. As I pull myself out of the dream‚ I am once again in my pale blue room sitting upright‚ staring out the window at the beautiful day. I reach for my clock. Shoot! I’m late. Mr Gerdini will put me on detention for sure. I jump out of bed‚ get ready and run downstairs. As I grab an apple and run onto my front lawn‚ I realise I’ve
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2013-07-09T16:58:18#BeginEditable "Heading" Just and Unjust War2013-07-09T16:58:18#EndEditable 2013-07-09T16:58:18#BeginEditable "body" by Howard ZinnReprinted (with permission of the author) from the book Declarations of Independence‚ (...also found in The Zinn Reader‚ and Howard Zinn on War) I enlisted in the Army Air Corps in World War II and was an eager bombardier‚ determined to do everything I could to help defeat fascism. Yet‚ at the end of the war‚ when I collected my little mementos--my photos
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