Juniper‚ today was my/our first day of high school. Sorry‚ it’s going to be a little confusing remembering that you are me too. I am absolutely positive that four years from now‚ when I am a senior‚ I will not remember anything about the details of my first day‚ other than that I survived intact. So‚ I’m writing this letter to you now. Well‚ also this is my first English assignment‚ and I should probably finish my first assignment. People are repetitively asking me if I am ready/excited/scared
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GAC013 Assessment Event 2: Case Study Investigation Compare and Contrast Early Tsunami Warning and Predictive Volcanic Eruption Student Name: Student Number: Teacher Name: Due Date: 7 Nov 2013 Word Count: Table of Contents Abstract·················· 1 1.0 Introduction··················1 2.0 Methodology··················1 3.0 Findings··················2 4.0 Discussion··················3 5.0 Conclusions
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One of these stereotypes that I have suffered from is that united states is very dangerous place. First‚ how is that affected me? Before‚ I come to the United States‚ I had the idea that it is a very dangerous place. Which means crimes happen everywhere‚ people carrying guns all the time for different purposes such as ether protecting or murdering. Therefore‚ when I came to the united states I was very scared. I didn’t leave the airport directly as I arrived because I started thinking about these
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individual struggled or thrived in a certain era. Walt Whitman’s “ I Hear America Singing” and Langston Hughes “ I ‚Too ” express two different themes and viewpoints . But both share one major aspect which is the sense of pride that both men have living in America. Both poems express two different viewpoints by different individuals but both share a common theme‚ which is the sense of pride. In Walt Whitman’s poem “I Hear America Singing” he describes different jobs and the different sounds that
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Hey! Have you ever just followed to crowd? Well “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson and “First They Came” by Martin Niemoller talk about that! Now if you’ve never seen “The Lottery” or “First They Came” here is a summary of it. "The Lottery" takes place in the morning of June 27th‚ in a little village between the post office and the bank a lottery was started. Everyone gathered around Mr. Summers with a black box full of paper slips‚ and one of the paper slips has a black dot. Mr. Hutchinson was the
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to when I was outside with my neighbor just playing like two normal kids would do on any other night after school. While we were outside‚ he had gone to use the bathroom inside and I stayed outside just moiseying around. When he came back outside from using the bathroom‚ he said‚ “lets try to shatter this pen I found with my bat.” Shortly after I had responded to him with just a simple vague “ok.” As the night went on he had gone to fetch his bat and proceeded to walk in front of me. At I didn’t
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of my alarm clock sounded like a countdown. The first day of high school was only two hours away. I was excited‚ but a lot more nervous. I got out of bed‚ got ready‚ and then was on my way to the bus stop. All I could think of are the stories I heard about CIS being so horrible with all the strict teachers‚ the really hard tests‚ and of course being new doesn’t help either. Everyone feels very anxious and at the same time nervous about their first day of school. The ride to the school was only twenty
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”The First Day” Characterization of the narrator The narrator of the story is 5 years old and from the low end of the social rank. She probably doesn’t have so many material opportunities‚ because her family are getting public assistance payments. Her father left her and her mother‚ she tells us: “…the last present my father gave before he disappeared into memory.” It seems like she a gentle girl and not so boisterous. When she meets a new person she doesn’t
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I believe the slaves came to North America to aid in tobacco. America was already practicing slavery in the 17th and 18th century so when that time came they would already know what to do when they have slaves in North America. So how the slaves got to America they rode in a slave ship in handcuffs and shackles. The reason is because those slaves were robbed of their freedom and was forced to do things that they didn’t want to do. First of all‚ when African Americans were living in Africa they
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The alarm clock went “ding….ding… ding.” I woke pretending I couldn’t hear it‚ because I didn’t want to get up. My mom was yelling at my sister and me‚ “Get up girls it’s time to go school.” I didn’t understand why she was so excited. I miserably dragged myself out of bed; I just wanted to crawl and hide and the blanket. It was a cold day in March 1999‚ I was fourteen years old‚ and it was my first day of school in America. I was scared. My sister and I got ready‚ but we were not happy. We knew
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