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    Craze for Going Abroad

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    Craze of going abroad...!!! IT IS a fact that the ultimate aim of most Indian students is to go abroad for higher studies. I have never understood this craze. It is probably due to a variety of reasons. This craze starts right from the beginning when they first start thinking about higher studies and a career. Most parents I know would love to see their children studying abroad and finally settling there. They do not realise that this is a one-way street and that their child could well be

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    Going After Cacciato

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    Going After Cacciato‚ an epic novel written by Tim O’Brien‚ is about a platoon of men going away without leave (AWOL) searching for a young man named Cacciato in the imagination of a man of the platoon named Paul Berlin. In Going After Cacciato the "tea party‚" between the AWOL platoon and Li Van Hgoc contributes greatly to the novel by adding to the confusion and teaching the reader how to deal with the war and the ’noise.’ The first thing that this "tea party" does is that it introduces the

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    Going Back To College

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    overwhelming to think of going back to school again. When some students finish high school some are not ready to leave home‚ some want an income before acquiring debt‚ and some would like a job that is a trade that requires no college. Being attached to something and to just get up and leave it is a hard thing to do. Every spring students graduate high school uncertain what they want to do with their life. Weather to go to college or find an alternate root. Leaving home was a very hard thing for

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    Joan the young warrior who created an impact on the world Joan was a brave warrior‚ a loving character to everyone around her. Joan of Arc is one of the many women who have created a major impact on the world; though she started very young‚ she followed the instructions given by God through Saint Catherine to help unite France and drive the English out. Joan‚ as a child‚ was very well disciplined. Her father Jacques d’ Arc‚ was the village’s central farmer and head chief; he had a way of running

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    Going To School Online

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    or on campus schools. These two schools are often compared by the time consuming‚ less work and may even by the time being able to spend at home. But first

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    Hazard of Movie Going

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    English 9A 19 July 2013 The Hazards Of Movie Going I am a fan of movies and I love to watch movies. I suppose everyone loves to watch movies. Whenever my friends want to ask me something about a movie they come to me. I am a fanatic. The problem here is that I don’t like going to a movie theatre. I like watching movies but I prefer watching them at home. The main problem is getting to the theatre. There are mainly three reasons why I don’t like going to the movie theatre. Firstly‚ I cannot drive

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    Where Are You Going

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    In the 1960s‚ when Oates wrote “Where Are You Going . . . ‚” a social revolution was happening. American women were asserting their rights and independence from men‚ and they were claiming their sexuality in a way they had never done before. One frequently discussed topic was adolescence and the struggles and anxieties that many young girls endured as they lost their sexual innocence and became adult women. Feeling undervalued in their homes and relationships with men‚ women questioned their role

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    Cost Of Going To Mars

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    has even become privatized‚ with companies like Mars One and Space X designing ways to hopefully reach Mars first. The mission to Mars and the first stages to colonize Mars will be very costly‚ keeping that in mind what are the economic factors of going to Mars? How much will it be to get there? We have come a long way ‚ with new innovations and technology‚ what was once a $400 billion mission is now a fraction of that cost. "The report

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    Where Are You Going

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    Kevin Coffman College Composition 2 Mrs. Johnson March 8‚ 2013 Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been? The story‚ “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been” is a very interesting short story written by Joyce Carol Oats. Her story begins in the summer‚ and 15-year-old Connie spends much of her time lounging around the house‚ going out with friends‚ and meeting boys. One night a strange guy makes a threatening gesture to her in the parking lot of a local drive-in restaurant. She thinks nothing

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    Where Are You Going

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    Where are you going‚ where have you been? In the short story “Where Are You going? Where Have You Been?”‚ by Joyce Carol Oates. The use of the symbolism of Connie’s clothes‚ her fascination with her beauty‚ Arnold Friend’s car and Arnold Friend himself help to understand the story’s theme of evil and manipulation. The story‚ fill with underlying tones of evil. In this short story‚ Oates write about 15-year-old Connie‚ the protagonist of the story‚ a pretty girl who is a little too into her own

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