Shuniecha Jones Composition 1101 Professor Rogers The First time I….. Am I a good writer? What am I as a writer; average‚ great or horrible? As a child in elementary school I felt as if I was a great writer. I thought that I was so great that I desired to become a famous author. However‚ in middle school this dream shattered when I wrote this amazing paper (at least I thought it was amazing) and received a big fat F! That very day I felt as if my desire to become a famous writer was balled up and
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artist I found myself in a peculiar situation - the sight of a white canvas and a paint brush in my hand induced an unbearable state of boredom. So I sat out on a quest to find the perfect muse to rejuvenate my artistic spirit. After six months of searching every avenue of society‚ it sauntered into my life. Within three weeks‚ I had fallen in love and made two life altering decisions. Now‚ all I needed to do was to have a chat with my mother. Bright and early Sunday morning‚ I arrived
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Nationalism As I See It “Nationalism is an infantile disease. It is the measles of mankind.” Wrote Albert Einstein in his book The World as I See It. In this source‚ Einstein presents a perspective of antinationalism. A point of view that apposes nationalism‚ arguing that it is undesirable or dangerous. Antinationalists are humanitarians who pursue a world community‚ and self-identity as world citizens. They desire humans to live in peace‚ rather than constant conflict by rejecting chauvinism
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I Am the Messenger by Makus Zusak Throughout the novel I Am the Messenger by Markus Zusak‚ the reader is able to perceive the big change that the main character‚ Ed Kennedy goes through. He receives some ace cards that gradually change his life. On the ace cards‚ he is given different tasks which force him to choose between acting as a hero and just keeping his normal life as a cabdriver. Edgar Street‚ Milla‚ Sophie‚ Father O’Reilly‚ Angie Carusso‚ and the Rose Brothers‚ all these messages together
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Lang - 3S 13 September 2024 Where I Stand I am a simple person‚ cliché as it sounds. I’m someone who’s curious and I tend to ask questions‚ sometimes more than is appreciated. I see myself as someone who loves to dream‚ but often they stay just that. I believe that I have a fairly good sense of direction – I can generally find my way around after going somewhere a few times‚ though I did somewhat embarrassingly get lost on my second day at Farragut High School. I like to think of myself as a creative
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Young‚ unemployed black men murder one another at nine times the rate of white youths. In the book If I Grow Up written by Todd Strasser is about DeShawn a young boy who has grown up in the Projects with his grandma and sister. DeShawn dream was to get out of the projects and live a normal person life outside of the projects but‚ things started to fall apart when his family ran out of money due to the point of the Welfare check not being able to support his sisters twins‚ him‚ and his grandma. So
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Am I in The Zone? Instant Zone Activity (include time spent) Lasting Zone Activity (include time spent) Drinking sweet beverages‚ around 10 times a day. Read for an 1 hour for a day. I have many things to do during the week‚ I go through the week without planning causing me to forget things. Happened both days. I did my chores on my assigned day‚ it took two hours to complete. Being lazy at the things I care about‚ without trying full to improve. Everyday for about 4 hours. I thought
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I have always known my brother was different. From the day he was born he was hooked up on beeping machines and glow fingers‚ he wasn’t on them for very long but enough to make me always remember the way they sounded. I knew he had a scar on his chest‚ I knew he looked different from me. I always just wanted to know why. I would never know why until middle school. Middle school was when I started noticing the kids that where different. I noticed the kids that screamed down the hall‚ the ones who
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After the relationship between Addie and the rest of her family has been established‚ the next problem lies in Darl’s relationship to the Bundren family‚ and especially their attitudes toward him. Darl is always elusive‚ complicated‚ thought-provoking‚ poetic in stream-of-consciousness observations‚ and especially observant of details. It is through Darl’s eyes and observations that the reader gets a full perspective of the other characters. Darl is the only character in the book who lives on several
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I feel the scratchy fabric of the airplane seat and hear the shuffle of feet as people board the plane. The humming of an engine fills my ear as I place my bag under my seat. I’m about to go home for the first time since my deployment to Kandahar. I’m about to see my son and husband for the first time in eight months. Letters have been the only thing connecting me to my family and it has been hard at times. The hardest thing I have ever had to do. It’s easy to forget that soldiers have families back
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