TOPICS: 1. It has now been almost 2 years since President Obama took office. Write an essay assessing his presidency during his first two years. What were the principal promises he made during his campaign? How successful has he been in keeping those promises? How do you explain his successes and failures to date? 2. At the 1992 Republic National Convention Patrick Buchanan gave a speech arguing that‚ “there is a religious war going on in the United States‚ a cultural war . . . for the soul
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Imagine‚ written by John Lennon is one of my favorite songs because it is so peaceful and full of life‚ love‚ positive feelings and happiness. Before analysing John’s work‚ I’d like to comment on the sophisticated structuring of this piece. Each of the three verses begins with "Imagine" and answers with an empathetic comment. And each verse is more challenging than the one before. So‚ we have: 1. Imagine there’s no Heaven - It’s easy if you try 2. Imagine there’s no countries - It’s not
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Do You Really Know Yourself? Throughout time great philosophers have pondered the question of what knowing your self is. Philosophers like Socrates‚ Plato‚ and Alcibiades have somewhat of a similarity when it comes to identifying one’s self. However‚ there are the differences that lead up to the explanation and what individuals believe the self is. Socrates focused on the ‘good life’ and stresses the fact that to know how to live we need to know who we are. Under Socrates‚ the founder of philosophy
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parents heart by converting myself into a bad girl‚ was not something that my parents deserved after everything they have provided in life for me. I remember going home and not regretting the time I spent talking to my mother about the issues that were going on in school. That day she helped me find my identity. The advice that I got from her and that will always be in my heart is when she said to be yourself and not another person that you are not. Being another person will only make you weak and
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instrument it may be‚ your voice‚ or a piano‚ you are expressing yourself. Music provides a great source of communication. For example‚ if speech was the only form of communication‚ and there was no smiling‚ sign language‚ or music‚ life would prove to be very dull and unfulfilling. Most music has a purpose‚ in which the composer/performer is trying to relay a message to their audience. This is especially noticed on the radio‚ with song after song‚ each displaying its very own message. Some artists use
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“Just be yourself. Let people see the real‚ imperfect‚ flawed‚ quirky‚ weird‚ beautiful‚ magical person that you are.”-Mandy Hale. You need to just let yourself loose and be free don’t let others change you be a leader‚ not a follower.In the story‚ the girl was trying to fit in and wasn’t being her self.In Just Be Yourself the author tells you to try new things and just be yourself not anyone else because you not someone else. A detail from the story that stuck out to me was when the narrator talked
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ENGLISH YEARLY EXAM STUDY NOTES 2014 Dead Poets Society Plot Summary Set in 1959 in Walton Academy‚ an exclusive private school‚ dead poet’s society tells the story of English teacher john Keating‚ and his influence on the lives of his students. Keating encourages the boys to “seize the day” and “to suck out all the marrow of life”. He tells them to resist conformity and express their individuality. The reform the dead poets society and explore their owns hopes and dreams. Eventually though‚ there
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Essay : Just Be Yourself The rite of passage that is thw most significant to me is “Just Be Yourself.” In the story it talks about you just trying to learn how to be yourself. It talks about a girl learning to be who she is. In school I have tried to make friends‚ but I haven’t done well. At school I feel like I barely have any friends. I will give you three reasons why I have chosen this rite of passage. My first reason is that I have never fit in at school. In the story “Just Be Yourself” the author
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Before and After Sitting in a classroom in the first grade is where the class of 2013 is sitting when one of the most devastating acts of history takes place. It’s a normal day‚ teachers teaching‚ everyone working just as any other day. In New York‚ the city is hustling and bustling as fifty thousand people head into work at the World Trade Center. Muslims and Americans alike are enjoying American freedoms but this was short lived. September 11‚ 2001 was that one devastating day in American
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HOW TO MANAGE YOURSELF AND YOUR TIME The knowledge worker- Works mostly with the mind The law of value Multi-tasking. Doing so many things at the same time that you can’t focus on one • Not very efficient. Hurts you • Lowers the IQ more than smoking marijuana Distraction and Interruption • Takes twenty minutes to get back to the point you were at Friction • Inefficiency caused by something not working smoothly • No comfortable work environment Monkey Mind(Emotions) • When your mind runs
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