A place that is important to me Everyone has their place to go their place to be when they want to be alone. Everyone needs to be alone‚ at some point or another; it is just necessary. Even if it is the drive to work you can think‚ maybe not zone out like I like to do when I want to be alone‚ because that would be bad‚ but you have quite and peace. You are able to talk to yourself and not be judge‚ you can think what you are going to do for the rest of your life who knows what people do when they
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Mr./Madam Toastmaster‚ Ladies and Gentlemen‚ “What is this life ‚ if full of care‚ We have no time to stand and stare”. These lines from the poem “Leisure” by W.H. Davies struck me as an apt way to introduce myself. Because I AM A MAN OF LEISURE. Why do I say so? If I were standing before you‚ 3 years ago‚ I would have introduced myself as an IT professional working for so-and-so company. If it were 2 years ago‚ I would have introduced myself as a full-time student at the Cyprus International Institute
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This essay “Superman and Me” by Sherman Alexie was about how he learned to read. For Alexie‚ he picked up the habit of wanting to read from his father. He explains how long before he could even read he would pick up his father’s books and just look at them. Looking at how the books were structured allowed him to grasp the concept of books and paragraphs but it also allowed him to relate it to his own life. He looked at his own life‚ his family and thought about how they are each like their own little
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of a world that had meaning only in terms of its effect on me-- what I could see from a height of three feet and what I could comprehend with the intellect and emotions of a child. This state of innocence persisted through my early teens‚ but changed dramatically in the spring of my sophomore year of high school. My beloved father was dying of AIDS. First Body Paragraph Topic/Transition Sentence: From the moment my parents told me‚ I confronted emotions and issues that many adults have never
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Lit and Film Stand By Me and The Body: In the novella _The Body_ and the movie "Stand By Me"‚ we see a story of four young boys who embark on a journey to find the dead body of Ray Brower‚ a boy about the same age as the four boys: Gordie‚ Chris‚ Teddy‚ and Vern. Gordie‚ is generally seen as the most intelligent of the four boys‚ giving guidance and answers to the other boys. Then there is Chris‚ the peacemaker of the group‚ Teddy‚ the comic relief for the group‚ and Vern‚ the loner of the group
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NOLI ME TANGERE‚ 1887 *During the gloomy winter of Berlin* -Rizal was famished‚ sick‚ and despondent. -Notwithstanding his empty stomach‚ his painful coughing‚ and his despairing spirit‚ he continued writing his first novel. -He finished the novel on February 21‚ 1887 It was the Noli Me Tangere. His first novel. *Idea of Writing A Novel on Philippines* - His reading Harriet Beecher Stowe’s uncle Tom’s Cabin. which portrays the brutalities of American slave-owners and the pathetic conditions
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The film I chose for this analysis is the documentary “Supersize Me”. This film stars Morgan Spurlock‚ political activist and independent filmmaker. In the film‚ Spurlock consumed only McDonalds for a span of thirty days. He also limited his physical activity to that of the typical American. The rules of the experiment are as follows: 1) he could only supersize his meals when asked by the cashier‚ 2) he can only eat food from McDonalds‚ 3) he must eat everything on the menu at least once and 4) he
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What is art for me? What is art for me? This is a legitimate question‚ but the answer is not easy. The simplest answer is to say that it is art which stood the test of time and still remains meaningful. When I heard this question‚ it made me think about the word art: What is art for me? ; How do I define art? ; And what is its significance to my life? According to the dictionary‚ the word art is the conscious use of skill and creative‚ imaginative especially in the production of aesthetic objects
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a chance to make our dream a reality. My American Dream is to have a good career. Having my dream career is important to me because it will make my life easier‚ help me stay responsible‚ and will never feel like an actual job. If you love what you do‚ then you will never work a day in your life. By having my dream career‚ will make my life easier‚ because it will set me up for the future. A reason you need to have a good future is it will take some pressure off of you. The good job will make
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person. Hopefully I can continue in college and get even better. My family has sacrificed a lot for seventeen years to bring me to place where I now stand. Throughout these years‚ my family especially my parents always stood by me when I was making hard choices in my life. My parents gave me the freedom to explore the world in order to see all the wonderful things around me. One of my main goals is to graduate high school. My mom was the first female in our family in a long time to graduate high school
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