Why I Write By Joan Didion From The New York Times Magazine‚ December 5‚ 1976. Copyright 1976 by Joan Didion and The New York Times Company. Of course I stole the title for this talk‚ from George Orwell. One reason I stole it was that I like the sound of the words: Why I Write. There you have three short unambiguous words that share a sound‚ and the sound they share is this: I I I. In many ways writing is the act of saying I‚ of imposing oneself upon other people‚ of saying listen to me
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I Want a Husband I belong to a certain classification of people known as husbands. I am a Husband. And‚ while we’re on the subject‚ I am a father as well. Recently‚ one of my female friends divorced her husband of over 10 years. She has one child‚ who is‚ evidently‚ with her. She is now looking for a new husband‚ someone new‚ younger‚ and more attractive. I thought to myself‚ “why is she in such a hurry to find a new husband?” While I was mowing the lawn the other day‚ I began thinking about my
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As I scroll through the unknown hallways of high school for the first time‚ anxious and worried of the unexpected I was about to anticipate‚ my palms start the tip of shaking heavily and sweating uncontrollably. Thinking to it‚ I knew it was a start‚ a new start of life as a beginning‚ new chapter of not just believing in finding myself‚ challenging more to my limitations‚ setting high bars‚ letting myself free to the world of judgements and doubts of others around me‚ and showing my heart to the
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students? I would make some classes shorter. I would have lots of fun. I will let some things go if the kids are getting their work done. DA The first thing I would do is make my classes smaller. At my home school it is about twenty-five kids to a class. I would make it about ten kids so it can be easier and less hassle. I would assign about two teachers to a class to help out more. One teacher can teach the whole class and the other can get some individual teaching done. The last thing I would do
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I want to be a pilot “I want to be a pilot when I grow up… because it’s a fun job and easy to do. That’s why there are so many pilots flying today. Pilots don’t need much school‚ they must learn numbers so they can read instruments. Pilots should be brave so that they won’t be scared if it’s foggy and they can’t see‚ or if a wing or motor falls off they should stay calm so they’ll know what to do. Pilots have to have good eyes to see through clouds and they can’t be afraid of lightning or thunder
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things done. I love learning new And different ways to do things. In cosmetology there is so much I’m learning that’s new every day so it’s a lot of information to take in every day. I’m not going to lie cosmetology is not an easy program‚ I’ve had times where I’ve struggled but I world hard and endlessly to keep up. I’ve never been someone who likes school I’ve always found it challenging and that school is overwhelming. I never like the workload. When I first got to cosmetology I was surprised
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I Want To Be Better My anger had now completely gotten out of control. Although anger is a completely normal human emotion‚ I would not disagree that mine had taken control of me. My temper was quick and I had a short fuse. My deeds as a result of my wrath bore consequences that are hard to bear and I still regret my actions. On this particular day that still lingers in my memories‚ we were to go for a road trip with my little brother and a couple of friends. All necessary preparations had been
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© UCLES 2004 [Turn over 2 1 Two cricket teams kept records of the number of runs scored by their teams in 8 matches. The scores are shown in the following table. Team A Team B 150 166 220 142 77 170 30 93 298 111 118 130 160 148 57 86 (i) Find the mean and standard deviation of the scores for team A. [2] The mean and standard deviation for team B are 130.75 and 29.63 respectively. (ii) State with a reason which team has the more consistent scores. [2]
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Who Am I? Who am I? What an ironic question. Who am I really? What is the purpose of my existence? To whom I should dedicate my life with? How can I answer this question when the journey of my life is about to start? Finding a reason for what life would mean is a great oppurtunity for a man to look for a single answer out of his hundred questions. Defining life in a subjective manner would lead to the possibility of searching a single star in the universe. But it does not matter at all for
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many teenagers look forward to as a chance to begin a new chapter of their lives. I looked at it as an escape from hell. In high school I was a different person‚ an angry person‚ who struggled so much I was sent to a resource room where I would get extra help on tests and homework. Even with the extra help I still failed a lot of my classes which resulted in me needing to attend summer school after my freshman year. I actually enjoyed attending summer school. The classes were longer‚ but the teachers
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