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    In Maya Angelou’s I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings‚ Maya Johnson continuously confuses the different aspects of love because of past experiences that have given her the wrong idea of what love actually is. The absence of the feeling of love in her life has led her to develop an understanding of love on her own from the things around her. The experience with Mr. Freeman has caused her to develop this perception of love at such a young age which continued on to misguide her through life. Maya Johnson’s

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    College Graduation

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    “I’ve blamed myself enough for all the mistakes I’ve done during college.” And funny how I said that as though I’m already done with college. To tell you upfront‚ I’m still in college (that should be obvious) but most of my batch-mates are graduating (or have graduated) already. I really thought college was going to be an easy peasy affair. But NO! Hell no. At first it was a delightful experience – everything’s new and seems alright. It actually felt like you’re just in high school. Taking breaks

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    Graduation Speech

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    Graduation Speech Welcome everyone. I will like to thank everyone for coming to join the class of 2013 at our graduation and commencement ceremony. Thanks to our family‚ relatives‚ faculty‚ and professors for being here on our special day. Today is the day of entering or facing the "real world" that so many of us have been talking about for four years. In some cases it may had taken more than that but that doesn’t matter‚ what matters now is how we are going to use it to benefit us. We are here

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    MAYA ANGELOU was an American poet‚ memoirist‚ and civil rights activist. She published seven autobiographies‚ three books of essays‚ several books of poetry‚ and was credited with a list of plays‚ movies‚ and television shows spanning over 50 years. She received dozens of awards and more than 50 honorary degrees.Angelou is best known for her series of seven autobiographies‚ which focus on her childhood and early adult experiences.She became a poet and writer after a series of occupations as a young

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    The Maya Civilization

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    The Maya civilization was developed by the Mayan people and was a Mesoamerican civilization. Maya Civilization resided in a large territory that included covering southeastern Mexico‚ northern Central America and all of the Yucatan Peninsula. Most of the area is covered in vast plains with few mountains and a low coastline. The Mayans were agriculture and worked on city construction‚ stone monuments‚ and building pyramids. They cultivated chili peppers‚ beans‚ sunflower sees‚ squashes‚ cacao‚ vanilla

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    Graduation Speech Good Evening. Ladies and Gentlemen. My name is Andy. This is such a great honor to be here tonight. Thanks for joining us today for graduation of class of 2011. Friend once said to me. “Hey‚ when do you graduated? Andy” Yes‚ right now‚ I have finally graduated from High School. Some of people already know about my truths that I am 20 years old. Yes‚ I am old and I am the oldest person in the school except teachers. I have reason for that because I tore my ACL‚ so I had to go back

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    The Maya Calendar

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    The artifact I chose from the museum is the Maya calendar. It’s a big brown circle figured stone with 2 layers; each one contains symbols with a different meaning each. It was used dating back to at least the 6th century BC by the Mayas‚ in pre-Columbian Mesoamerica‚ and in many modern communities in the Guatemalan highlands. The Maya Calendar was made through the knowledge of ancient civilizations and it was carved and improved by the Mayas. It has a diameter of 3.54 meters and weighs 24 tons. They

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    Graduation Night

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    Graduation Night Graduation is the ending of one of the biggest parts of a person’s life. Every year‚ seniors look forward to walking across that line and receiving their diplomas. The one thing that most don’t expect though‚ is to find out that their name won’t be called out in front of families‚ friends‚ and teachers because of one stupid mistake they did during their last year. I never realized the importance and the consequences of my mistakes in high school until I was told

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    The Ancient Maya

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    The Maya of Mesoamerica‚ along with the Aztecs of Mexico and the Incas of Peru‚ made up the high civilizations of the American Indians at the time of the Spanish conquest. Both the Aztecs and the Incas were late civilizations‚ between 1300-1533 AD‚ but the Maya of the Yucatan and Guatemala exhibited a cultural continuity spanning more than 2‚000 years‚ 1000 BC-AD 1542. Many aspects of this culture continue yet today. The Ancient Maya in their time had actually refined writing

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    The Aztec and Maya were both American Indian people. The Aztec were ruled by a mighty empire in Mexico during the 1400’s and early 1500’s. The Maya however‚ developed a magnificent civilization in Central America and Southern Mexico. Both civilizations contributed a great deal to the modern world and invented items that are still used today. According to the Aztec Legend‚ the ancestors of the people who founded Tenochtitlan‚ came to the Valley of Mexico. The Aztec wandered for many years before

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