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    My Old House

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    It was an uncomfortable fifteen minute drive that felt like a decade. I hadn’t been to my destination in over a year and I was only visiting out of curiosity. I was now at my old house in La Costa in which I had cried many nights prior to leaving. When I arrived I concealed my hands inside of my sweatshirt and put my hood on to shield the sight. My trembling legs tried restraining me from getting out of the car. I missed the house so much. It was a beautiful house in a friendly neighborhood‚ in

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    You’ve Just Been Brandwashed There is a man lying sluggishly on his couch. He’s been there for what has seemed like an eternity‚ watching hundreds of commercials throughout his shows. He bites a burger he just recently bought and clenches a pain within his chest. His conclusion could have been from the burgers and chips he watched on television‚ how long he was sitting on that couch‚ or the methods the advertisements used against his mind. Commercials prime your mind to make unwise decisions when

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    Power of Possessions

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    Power of Possessions: An analysis of ‘The Necklace’ Materialism. What does it mean to be materialistic? Why does materialism bring out the worst in others? Being materialistic means that your spiritual beliefs and morals are often discarded by what objects people have or do not have. Society is consumed by material processions and people believe that objects are what define you. In Guy de Maupassant’s short story‚ ‘The Necklace’‚ the main character‚ Mathilde‚ believes that objects have the power

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    Me and my sister

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    are references which I received from my relatives and majority of people I have met before. My full name is Ahmed Shafat Kareem. I am usually known to people as my middle name‚ which is ’Shafat’. I was born on the 9th of September‚ 1991‚ which means I am 23 years old now. I have got one sibling; a younger sister. Then I have got my mother and father too. I am mostly close with my sister‚ as she is the only companion I have other than my parents. I have been living and studying in an English-medium

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    3A Was Hammurabi’s Code Just? If you compare our modern societies’ technology‚ architecture‚ and laws to ancient times you will notice many differences and a few hidden similarities. We have gone so far in our technological and architectural advancements that the similarities can barely be seen‚ but the foundation and base of many of our laws can be traced back almost 4000 years ago to a Babylonian king named Hammurabi. Hammurabi ruled a grouping of city-states in Mesopotamia and created 282

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    Hammurabi’s Code: Was it just? Imagine this: you are walking around in an outdoor market when you feel someone take your wallet. You turn around and you see a person. You accuse them of stealing your wallet and it gets taken to trial‚ when right in the middle a person comes in and confesses to the crime. Suddenly‚ the current trial ends and a new trial begins: against you. The judge decides to cut your hands off for falsely accusing someone while the thief gets away scot-free (Journey Across Time)

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    Teacher Got Me Hooked on Learning? I’ve gone through a bunch of teachers that have helped me learn. There is only one though‚ that woman has gone through so much stress in her life. Her name is Mrs. Jackson. She was my Eighth Grade Advanced Language Arts teacher. She really made me want to learn. Mrs. Jackson really tried hard to get kids to learn but she would not make any kid do a thing. She taught me how to be more independent on my work and that I have to take things like my class work and

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    7th Period 9-9-13 Hammurabi’s Code Was it Just? Mesopotamia‚ “the Land between Rivers‚” was one of the greatest and the oldest ancient civilizations of the world. This civilization flourished around 3000 B.C.E. on the piece of fertile land‚ now known as Iraq‚ between the rivers Euphrates and Tigris. Before 1792 B.C.E the city-states of ancient   Mesopotamia were not united and constantly clashed in turmoil and warfare. In 1792 B.C.E King Hammurabi conquered and merged the neighboring city-states

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    The Night Watch

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    Art History I Pr. Angel Davila Nov-12-11 REMBRANT “THE NIGHT WATCH” The painting completed in 1642 is a Dutch treasure. The painting is large measuring 11” x 14”. Its was painted in the peek of what is now known as the Dutch Golden Age‚ where the militia painting where in full effect. But Rembrandt‚ which was known for not following the norm‚ decided to take a different approach when capturing the militiamen in his painting. Unlike the single filed lines of men painted in earlier portraits

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    THE  GROUPS  THAT  INFLUENCED  ME  THE  MOST’’   The group which greatly influenced my life and my career belongs to the primary group which is my family and my co-church members. Whatever behavior I show right now is primarily the outcome of how they influenced me in the past. They are always influencing me and they will always be because they are the ones that I loved and I value the most. First‚ it is my family who I rely the most when it comes to emotional‚ financial‚ and moral support. They

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