I used to bounce around with dreams and ambitions like a really energetic frog. I shifted from wanting to be an artist‚ to an author‚ to a teacher‚ to a who-knows-what for as long as I can remember. I never kept one specific dream that compelled me to excel in one particular area because I was too indecisive. That was until I found a passion. One that urged me to try‚ try again no matter how many times I failed. I always knew that I had been naturally skilled at speaking Spanish‚ but‚ then again
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Frazier During my childhood and my now teenage years‚ I remember my English teachers asking what do I want to be when I grow up? What do I want to study in college? Being the child that I was I would give a quick sentence or a couple of words. Things such as a police officer‚ a firefighter ‚or maybe a teacher. As a teenager‚ I was expected to write a three paper on what I would like to do as an career in my near futre. My answers varied each and every time I thought about what I wanted to be. In
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The love letter is probably almost as old as written civilization itself. Examples from Ancient Egypt range from the most formal - ’the royal widow...Ankhesenamun wrote a letter to the king of the Hittites‚ Egypt’s old enemy‚ begging him to send one of his sons to Egypt to marry her’ - to the down-to-earth: let me ’bathe in thy presence‚ that I may let thee see my beauty in my tunic of finest linen‚ when it is wet’.[2] Imperial China might demand a higher degree of literary skill: when a heroine
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Writing and I had a love hate relationship since I was 4. It all started with writing my name.I never understood the point of writing or why it was important to my life. I struggled with writing letters but always knew how to pronounce my name. Eventually I realize that speaking and writing are the same but writing is a physical format of speaking. Back when I was in 5th grade I had to put my friend writing to the ultimate test. I was nervous because throughout elementary school I never acknowledge
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NANCYCABRERA THE DAY I DECIDED TO CHANGE MY LIFE The day I decided to change my life was the day I called upon the Lord. I was ready to take my precious life‚ in my room stretched against the wall with a knife in my hands ready to slit my wrist. I was crying intensely‚ and as I was trying to a Voice reminded me that I had 3 Boys who needed me ‚ I started to cry and Called on Jesus to please help me. There is a point in life where
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I have learnt that there are two different attitudes towards love; I have selected four poems that consider this issue and show the poets true thoughts on love. Two of my texts‚ ‘Leaving Prince Charming Behind‚’ written by Karlo Mila and ‘Advice to a discarded Lover‚’ written by Fleur Adcock‚ both look at the theme of love and past relationships in a negative and quite a depressing manner. Whereas‚ the other two texts deal with both the poets sweet‚ happy and more realistic attitude towards the power
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meeting my best friend was really funny. Her name is Leslie. We have hilarious moments together. We both know we can’t stay mad at each other. But most of all we both love each other like blood sisters. I moved to Corona my last month of my freshman year. I was sad because I didn’t know anybody in all my new classes. Except my sister who was a freshman too. I wanted somebody to talk to besides my sister. We both wanted a new friend. Two days pasted and my sister met a girl who was ok but I didn’t
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have always had a love hate relationship. I love writing when I can write about stories and not write stories‚ but this year I learned that writing stories isn’t that bad. I am much more open to writing about myself than I was before I began this course. At first it was very difficult for me to put words on papers because most of the prompts had to be personal stories. It was something that I struggled with mainly because I am more reserved and expressing myself isn’t very easy. I feel that writing
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The first essay‚ “To my One Love‚” was written by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichi. The subject of this essay was losing a high school sweetheart. Adichi sees a picture of her high school boyfriend hanging in a newspaper office covered in blood‚ shot. She then recounts the story of the two of them through a flashback in a cab ride back home. This essay was first published in an issue of “Granta” magazine. According to their website‚ they are based upon its‚ “belief in the power and urgency of the story
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“I can sacrifice myself for my daughter but probably not for my wife.” This was what my college professor said the other day jokingly. He was obviously highlighting the fact that he loves his daughter very much‚ though‚ to me‚ it was an instant shock. I always believed that marital love is eternal and perfect. Doesn’t a marriage start by promising eternal love? Isn’t it even considered as a sin if you break the vow? I have come to think recently that my view on marriage is just an idealised imagination
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