Today‚ March 1‚ 2011‚ was my point of no return: I quit my job. It feels great to write those four words‚ but it is also terrifying and exhilarating and scary and exciting and surreal and unbelievable and‚ in many ways‚ indescribable. I’m listening to Nina Simone’s “Feeling Good” as I write this. Her words‚ “It’s a new dawn / it’s a new day / it’s a new life for me / and I’m feeling good‚” best describe what I feel right now. A new beginning. A fresh start. The precipice of something exciting.
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Queen Elizabeth I had accomplished many different tasks during her reign as the queen of England. She had won wars that people thought they were going to lose‚ like The English War with Spain. Elizabeth had employed military strategies into the British empire‚ like by making people spies‚ so they could spy on the enemies. Lastly‚ she colonized many places during her reign‚ which all had led to many different wars and benefits towards England. Queen Elizabeth had done all of this in order to make
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What were the events that brought World War I? World War I is considered as one of the biggest war in the world. World War I started at July 28 1914‚ and ended at November 11 1918. During these 4 years of war‚ more than 9 million soldiers and 7 million citizens were killed. The war was caused by several different conflicts beforehand‚ such as colonial rivalry‚ nationalism‚ militarism‚ and alliances. But‚ the immediate event that triggered World War I was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
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a day which is still tickling in my mind when I remember it. I was waiting for the phone call from my family physician. Those moments of waiting were seemed like years. Finally the phone rang and I received that with trembling heart. Then my doctor said that the report was positive which made me so excited and at the same time so proud with a little bit fear. It was the report of my first time conception which is really
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Reverend Parris is the minister of Salem’s church. He is a paranoid‚ defensive self-absorbed‚ nervous‚ and self-pitying figure. He is very concerned with building in his position in the community. He has a slave from Barbados called Tituba. He has a daughter called Betty. He believes that faction plans will force him to leave Salem‚ so he attempts to strengthen his authority through the witch trial proceedings. The fact that he has many enemies who want him gone from Salem suggests that he is abhorred
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is how I feel in Cross Country. I’ve started getting faster‚ Which is awesome. The first meet I ran I got an overall PR But‚ The second meet I hurt myself by tripping in a pot hole falling onto my hip. I when I made contact with the ground‚ all I felt was pain. Pain was flowing through my hip over and over again in that race‚ I felt pain and I haven’t been able to run correctly since. My Dad had me walk around a block in our neighborhood‚ then run around it and I was super excited because I could
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The way I would feel if I were a resident with sensory impairment would be I would feel trapped. I would feel as though if I didn’t have some type of help with my impairments that I would not be able to do anything for myself. If my eye sight was not good like it used to be‚ then I wouldn’t be able to read as much or see people I want to see as clearly. If I had hard of hearing I would not be able to hear any information that I need to know. I would not be able to watch television or listen to music
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In the short story How I Met My Husband by author Alice Munro‚ the setting takes place in a small country town around the end of WWII. It is easy to tell that Edie feels a little out of place in the Peebles’ house since they are new to the country and are more wealthy than Edie’s family. When Edie was describing her job she says‚ “Mrs. Peebles had an automatic washer and dryer‚ the first I ever saw‚” (Munro 220). This quote shows how not many people were able to afford luxuries like modern day conveniences
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How I lost my Youth. I did not know how my last second decision to join the Navy would haunt me for the rest of my life. Where I went from being an innocent kid that was invincible to the world‚ to bleeding for my country and losing lives of friends. There were moments that led up to this unforgettable situation. It started with General Quarters‚ which means to man your pre-assigned battle stations‚ once at your battle station; you must look for all targets while preparing your weapon. Then after
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ways that I have discovered my ancestry. I have relatives that I have had to call from New Jersey. I’ve had to sit with my Grandfather‚ my only living grandparent‚ and talk with him. I have called my Aunts and Uncles from all over the country‚ trying to find everything out about my ancestors. I might as well have a bulletin board covered in pictures‚ names‚ and news articles all connected by a spool of red yarn. Through my search I found out many different things about my family‚ about my ancestors
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