extra-curricular tasks and be involved to other organizations actively participating in school-related activities and all; I do not consider joining and participating to some ORG or clubs important. What I value the most is to complete all my enrolled units‚ attend all my subjects and be a normal student‚ I suppose‚ most of students here in Bicol University also thinks the same. One rainy morning last December 2011‚ the news broke out about the Typhoon Sendong‚ hitting the Philippines which brought relentless
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Book Report: What Happy People Know By Dan Baker and Cameron Stauth Report written by: Kelsey Welsh Report written for: Professor Mary Tucker December 7‚ 2005 TABLE OF CONTENTS What Happy People Know: Book Report 3 Fear 3 Breaking Free of Fear 3 Qualities of Happiness 3 Happiness Tools 4 Appreciation 4 The Appreciation Audit. 4 Self-Appreciation. 4 Victimization. 4 Personal Power 5 Victimization. 5 Entitlement. 6 Rescue. 6 Blame. 6 Free Yourself of the VERBs. 7
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As a Filipino‚ a few of the stereotypes I hear about Filipinos are: we are all nurses who work two jobs‚ we are very kind people‚ or we all own a van. I became a nurse by accident when I realized that I valued job satisfaction‚ but I do not work two jobs. I am a nice person most of the time‚ but so are my white‚ black‚ and other Asian friends. I swore I would never get a van‚ but I gave in when I had kids. I van is roomier‚ quieter‚ and the ride is smoother. I have other siblings who do not fit most
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“You are what you eat” Did you know that 31.8 percent of the children in America are overweight‚ and 16.9 percent of that 31.8 percent is considered to be obese? Though America is not the only country with an obesity rate over 20 percent‚ America definitely takes the lead. Some seem to believe that Americans are overweight because we are spoiled as a whole. While others may believe that‚ you are what you eat. Meaning if you over eat you will be overweight. Personally‚ I have to agree with the
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techniques and literary devices in order to portray the main idea of the story. However ironical‚ the story employs the idea that the main issue would not be Sampath’s actions but his family’s as we come to see that he had reason to run away. In this essay I will explore the various techniques such as tone and pace together with literary devices used by the narrator in developing the main idea of the extract. The narrator uses tone and an extended metaphor in developing the idea that the community’s thrive
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The story What You Pawn I Will Redeem is about a homeless Native American Man named Jackson who goes on a metaphorical quest to get back his grandmother’s regalia which he has stumbled upon in a pawn shop. The pawn shop owner says he can sell Jackson the $1000 regalia at a discounted price of $999. This is representative of how America treats Native American. This regalia was your grandmothers and was stolen. Well I bought is for $1000. Here’s what I can do for you. I’ll give you a discount of one
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Have you ever struggled on a school assignment but wasn’t able to get help? Didn’t you wish there was someone there with you that could’ve helped you do it? Being kind is important‚ whenever you’re helping someone with schoolwork or guiding them to make good decisions. The later example is shown in “I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings” and “Thank You M’am.” The character Mrs. Flowers in “I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings” reveals how kindness is important. “When Maya was about ten years old... She had
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“You don’t know what you have until it’s gone” Like an old saying “You don’t know what you have until it’s gone”. For some people these are just words‚ but for others it’s really more a life changing phrase. To me this phrase are more than just words. I question myself every time I see or hear about mother’s abandoning their children’s. I really can’t understand what come across their minds to make a life changing decision. Every woman who has the blessing of having children’s should be grateful
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One of these connotations is person versus self conflict. In “To Know Ourselves”‚ when the author says “reflect to know ourselves … ourselves who dreamt … to know this heavy heart” it signifies a loss of self and the struggle of trying to find yourself after a tragic event(273). The words “reflect”‚ “know”‚ and “ourselves” connect to searching for yourself and “dreamt” and “heavy heart” connect to losing your dreams and ideas after a
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believe that you can tell a lot about a person by observing what they wear. Is this true? A man in a nice pressed three-piece suit‚ carrying an expensive briefcase is obviously a businessman‚ right? A woman wearing a long ruffled colorful dress‚ with many jewelry pieces around her neck and wrists and colorful beads braided onto her hair must be a hippy or a gypsy‚ right? It is easy to label people based on how they dressed‚ sometimes too easy. Let’s face it; the first thing you do to a person
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