How Lucky You Are Maybe you think your life sucks‚ but if you look at the bigger picture maybe you should be grateful? The story takes place in London and we are in modern day. We meet our main character Max who is bulking from school taking all for granted. At first we are on the bus with Max where he meets Ishraqi who is an Iranian trying to immigrate to England. Together they decide that Max can give Ishraqi a little guided tour in London‚ but this is interrupted when Ishraqi must go to
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passing from one grade to another in school. Other changes are more intense‚ such as the transition from childhood to adulthood. In Joyce Carol Oates’ "Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?" Oates goes into depth regarding the transition from being a carefree‚ innocent child to adulthood. In the short story "Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?" two separate worlds are drawn to the reader’s attention. The first is the normal daily life of Connie‚ a fifteen year old girl living in a home with her
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The dramatic irony of “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?” conveys the tone of warning about temptation. Connie’s situation is that she does not feel appreciated at home and uses her looks and actions to get attention and appreciation from boys even if it is short-term. She is self-conscious about her looks and is constantly worried about how other people perceive her. Friend’s fantasy is that Connie will willingly go with him and be his “lover” (605) even before he officially met her. The
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Connie’s Paradigm In Joyce Carol Oates’ short story‚ “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?” we follow the main character Connie as she faces an inner transformation. The author introduces Connie as a vain and inexperienced adolescent who seems to daydream about things she doesn’t quite understand as she has more of a naive idea of what adulthood is all about. She takes pleasure in having control over everyone and everything around her. These ideas as well as her security are shaken when the
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It costs $1.7 billion per year for Standardized testing. Do you think it’s really worth it? We came up with three solutions to solve the problem with standardized testing. The first solution was to have a choice. The second solution was one big project for the whole year. The last solution was have a standardized test but not be timed and have it just be one big test‚ instead of having a whole bunch of small tests. Standardized testing causes
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How (Un)ethical Are You? Most of people believe that they are ethical and unbiased. They imagine they’re good decision makers‚ able to objectively size up a job candidate or a venture deal and reach a fair and rational conclusion that’s in their‚ and their organization’s‚ best interests. But more than two decades of research confirms that‚ in reality‚ most of them fall woefully short of our inflated self-perception. This article explores four related sources of unintentional unethical decision
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Defending your constitutional rights‚ is what this country is about. Deeming an item of the United States Constitution unconstitutional may seem to many as an impossible task‚ however in this land of the free and home of the brave‚ we aim to make sure that whatever Constitutional stone the framers left unturned has been or will be adhered to and interpreted accordingly. Although a law may read the same on paper‚ the interpretation of that law may have different meanings (broad or narrow) depending
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* How green are you? * * By Dasha Vlasova * * It might seem like the world was always concerned with the pollution the human population has been giving off in the past centuries‚ but that statement is actually false- the environmental movement did not take off until after World War 2. Only then‚ people began to recognize the costs of environmental negligence‚ disease and widespread air and water pollution. This was the climax point at which the ecocentric people started to complain
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HOW MOTIVATED ARE YOU TO LEARN Being motivated to do what is required to attain the goal set by you is a challenge. All students face these challenges. Motivation refers to those factors that energize behavior. They are the driving and pulling forces resulting in persistent behavior directed towards specific goals. The motivational level keeps varying and so does the efforts. Keeping your motivational level and enthusiasm high and fairly consistent is essential for anything you do. Check if your
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You Are What You Wear Whoever said “clothes make a man” had the right idea about people perceive each other on the first look. Whether you like it or not‚ a big part of the first impression that we make when you meet someone depends on how you look – which is basically how you’re dressed. Looking good is an obsession with people these days. We love to keep up on the latest trends and make sure we’re sporting the latest fashion. Just take a look around you. Bangalis seem to be really catching
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