immigrant‚ I adapted to big city life. Notwithstanding‚ moving from Iran to Indianapolis‚ IN; offered vastly different cultural and language experiences. However‚ this adversity has but brought new and exciting opportunities. As an immigrant to the United States and as a person of color who had to help support my family throughout my undergraduate education‚ I am well aware of the challenges that students must navigate to be successful. To support others in their quest for academic excellence‚ I worked
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things will only get worse. I have gone to school for most of my life and I know that we have a serious problem. As a school‚ we need to stop using 5 paper towels to dry our hands when 1 or 2 is enough. The best way to fix this is to replace the paper towels with an electric hand dryer. We also waste too much copy paper. We need to start printing more assignments double sided instead of printing 2 pieces of 1 sided paper. In the 10 years I have been going to school I have seen so much paper being
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Generations of people have lived in America‚ and each generation has held its own opinion on what being an American means. Every individual has their own story of how they came to be American and what they believe that this title can do for them. I grew up here. My parents and grandparents grew up here. To me being an American is not about how you got here or how long you have been here. It is about why you are here and what you plan to do with your life. For most people it is searching for the American
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the stories are told by using different perspective. The excerpts from Palimpsests: Literature in the Second Degree by Gerald Genette describe many literary devices that are used when writing a hypertext‚ which is adaptation. Nancy Springer’s novel I am Mordred is an example of an adaptation of a fifteenth century book by Sir Thomas Malory called
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Intimacy without commitment‚ like icing without cake‚ can be sweet‚ but it ends up making us sick. -Joshua Harris‚ I Kissed Dating Goodbye In relationships‚ commitment should come first before intimacy. Joshua Harris compared it an icing on a cake‚ and how those two things should go together and balance. The intimacy you give in a relationship should be dependent on the current state of commitment that you have as a couple. Nowadays‚ especially in America‚ it has been very popular in their culture
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I Stand Here Ironing- Exploring the Text Some of the main themes that are exemplified in the work include ideals of family connections‚ stifling beauty expectations‚ the daily life of motherhood‚ etc. The ironing board represents the life of a housewife‚ and the repetitive chores that ensue. It shows the mother is the responsible head of the house during the war‚ and thus the caretaker. The act of ironing may symbolize the mother’s attempt to iron through‚ work through‚ or smooth out what is happening
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Start at an early age- I started at a young age‚ and I turned out great. It brings experience to make you like the sport‚ and you do not want to start at age ten‚ because there is people who have started way before you and they will most likely be better than you. So if you start early‚ you will get a head start on the sport that you want to play. It also makes you figure out what happens when you get to the next level‚ instead of being brought into a high intensity level where you won’t play much
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I Have school SPIRIT‚ DO YOU? What do you think when you think of school spirit? Do you think of a full student section of kids all dressed up cheering constantly for your team with pom-poms‚ foam fingers‚ wigs‚ face paint‚ and tons of blue and gold? Do you picture everyone in the crowd standing up and cheering for every cheer? Here‚ in Drummond‚ we lack enthusiasm for our teams. Most teams play better with support from the crowd. Do you think it’d be amazing if we had the spirit that a big football
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and women are equal. They have the same opportunities‚ same rights. I wasn’t really keen on the ‘feminist’ name tag either. Mostly‚ due to its association with single‚ angry women burning bras and holding sign boards saying “We don’t need men to dictate us.” It took me a while to reflect upon my purpose for calling myself a feminist. It involved intensive googling at 3 am and long discussions with friends in coffee shops to
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540110031 A View on the Moment of Dying in “I heard a Fly buzz ---when I died” in Dickinson’s “I heard a Fly buzz --- when I died” is a poem written by the well-known American poet‚ Emily Dickinson. It is a poem that presents the moment of dying in Dickinson’s way which begins with the peaceful moment of a dying person on her deathbed and then there is a strange fly which interposes and changes the whole atmosphere. In Dickinson’s “I heard a Fly buzz --- when I died”‚ the speaker describes the moment
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