her own was all right.” (1) In the story “Where are you going‚ where have you been?” the author Joyce Carol Oates‚ deliberately shows us the level of innocence of the protagonist Connie‚ as well as the similar features an inexperienced young girl who lived in 1966 compares to those of a young girl who is raised in our era. Young teenage girls in 1966 are no different than those now in 2018‚ as one day I too was a teenage girl myself‚ who cared a lot about how would see me. In the story Connie was
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“Which Path Should You Take?” Paul Arden once said‚ “If you always make the right decision‚ the safe decision‚ the one most people make‚ you will be the same as everyone else.” The truth of this quote not only applies to everyday life‚ but also compliments the poem‚ “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost. In this particular poem‚ the speaker of the poem must make a decision when he/she is faced with one road that diverges into two separate paths. They can either choose the path that has been heavily
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Something that I learned to do non academic is a to play cymbals. Why cymbals you may ask? Well I was never really interested in band even though I was in it for a year. I wasn’t interested in playing a wood‚ horn‚ or drum. I never knew that my school had cymbals cause my class period there were none. The first time that I ever seen actual cymbal players was at TSU football game. I saw how they twirled and danced as they played the instruments. My cousin was in the drum line he bounced around to
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of different ways to improve your grade. All you have to do is concentrate and pay attention to the things you do. Here you will learn how to improve a course you have taken. Things like attending all class periods‚ doing all assignments on time‚ taking good notes‚ and studying. First‚ you need to attend all of your class periods. Not attending could hurt you‚ because you might miss something. The teacher could say something that could be on a test and you wouldn’t know about it. They could also
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2011-2131 Police Officer: Career Would you like to uphold the law and protect citizens and property as a police officer? With education and training‚ you may become qualified to go on patrol‚ respond to reports of crime and even stop crimes in progress. Read on for details on the occupation‚ outlook and educational requirements of police officers. What do Police Officers do If you’re interested in becoming a police officer‚ among the things you’ll learn is how to identify and arrest individuals who
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the world‚ the importance of what I was about to do was at the forefront of my thoughts. My hands were shaking‚ my heart was racing‚ and yet I knew that this was where I was meant to be. Not even my nerves could mar this momentous occasion. On I played Carnegie hall. “How do you get to Carnegie Hall?” is a common question. When violinist Mischa Elman was famously asked this question‚ he simply replied “Practice.” This joke has circulated for many years now‚ but there is much truth in the statement
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am doing this first short paper on language and social identity. “Language is a systematic set of symbols and signs with learned and shared meanings within a culture”. It can be written‚ spoken‚ and with gestures or signs. This article is about how language shapes culture in a variety of ways. Language is the key component to a culture‚ without it there is no culture. Every culture has their own language‚ each of us might speak differently but doesn’t necessarily mean we think differently. In education
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short story‚ “Where are you going where have you been?” Joyce Carol Oates describes the emotional ride of a fifteen year old girl‚ on the verge of becoming an adult and losing her innocence of mind and body along the way. She has a difficult time growing up and developing her own personality as they would have her react to her circumstances.“Everything about her bad two side to it‚ one for Home and one for anywhere that was not Home.” Connie feels that the best attribute that a girl can have is being
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Which country would you rather be ill in and why? Health systems have played a part in the dramatic rise in life expectancy that occurred during the 20th century. They have contributed enormously to better health and influenced the lives and well-being of billions of people around the world. Their role has become increasingly important. The National Health Service was set up in the 1940s‚ post-war Britain‚ based on the principle of universal healthcare free at the point of use‚ financed entirely
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1. How do you calibrate an Oscilloscope? In order to calibrate the Oscilloscope‚ we connected the BNC alligator into the channel we wanted to calibrate (Channel 1). We clipped the red probe to the calibration knob‚ and we saw a 2 volt VPP signal. The desired output from the oscilloscope was a 1000 Hz calibration frequency. The 1000 Hz frequency is the standard frequency for most of the oscilloscopes. After we clipped the red probe‚ we saw a square wave signal. The first thing we calibrated was the
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