talks‚ concerning a very personal time in her life and how she overcame it. McGonigal‚ suffered from a very bad concussion so that for moths of her life she had to stay in bed and was allowed to do almost nothing but sleep and eat. This was a very hard time for McGonigal; she felt useless and even considered suicide. At that point she realized that it was time to change‚ using her love of games‚ she created a game in which the “bad guy” was her illness and her avatar was “Jane the Concussion Slayer”
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It was a scorching day where the heat pierced through my skin and I found myself at home with my pet bird Fluffy‚ in wait for the arrival of my newborn brother. Fluffy is a grey cockatiel with yellow and red patches throughout her face‚ she enjoys her apples and coriander. She was really close to me until my younger brother came. I knew my life was going to drastically change having a younger sibling but I didn’t realise what it meant to have a sibling in the first place. I became fond of my baby
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but there was always something about me that never sat right with her. After many phone calls and several appointments with Australian Hearing‚ I wasn’t only diagnosed with a mild to profound hearing loss‚ but I came to school on Monday with bright grey Hearing Aids that stuck out of my raven hair like sticks. Through primary school‚ I was the main victim of playground racism at the expense of my peers. For a girl who just spent her tenth birthday with the poor company of old relatives and who was
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work. Sometime they have some problems with their work and they have stress and they feel tired‚ so they would not want to come to study that make them missing class. Sometime they haven"t finish their work‚ so they take more time to do it‚ then they will miss some classes. Is it wrong for the action that we (student) should be penalized for missing classes? It is impossible. We should not be punished because we only make an effort for our future career and ourselves. If you wait until you finish your
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Her Letters Her letters is about a woman who has done something really bad that no one knows about‚ and the only thing that contains information about are these letters. At the beginning of the story the narrator says that she finds these old letters. Which took place for years ago‚ and she has been wanting to destroy the‚ but she hasn’t gotten the courage too. So she starts to throw them in the fire but she ends up stopping. So she leaves it for her husband to find. She puts the letters together
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interact with her classmates and friends inside and outside the school. She also respects her teachers‚ classmates‚ siblings‚ grandmother‚ parents and also the people around her. Learner’s Emotional and Moral Development In emotional and moral aspects‚ her grandmother taught her good manners. She knows how to handle her emotions and when she feels down or has a problem‚ she went to her grandmother and elder siblings and told them. Her grandmother and her siblings listen and give her an advice.
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success in navigating the struggle to find an in America as a Bengali. Quotes2 She plays with the dirt they’ve dug up from the yard and threatens to put the dollar bill in her mouth. "This one‚" one of the guests remarks‚ "this one is the true American." (3.57) Check out Sonia’s behaviour at her annaprasan in comparison to her brother’s. How does this difference play out in their identities as they grow up? Quote 3 Not only does Gogol Ganguli have a pet name turned good name‚ but also a last name
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The word “missing child” often calls to mind of tragic and frightening incident as it was always reported in the national news. Stories about missing children‚ especially those abducted‚ have always tugged at the heartstrings of all Malaysians. A total of 5996 children went missing from homes since 2004. Although most of them were found‚ 1904 still remain missing (Pakiam‚ 2007). Lately‚ all the Malaysians are in shock over the death of Nurin Jazlin Jazimin and had recalled the tragic that happened
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Every group has their own set of identity‚ we cannot choose where we are born‚ just like I am a Chinese‚ wherever I am in‚ I am still a Chinese even the nationality have changed. This is can be seen in “witness” Rachel they are going to the visit her sister. As we grow as a part of family that we belong to‚ it always inspire values which are more practical than any other group. Although the social status‚ friends or any other hobby clubs can be alter in later life‚ all of these of groups are
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at midnight. Her empty eyes saw straight through the bleary neon lights flickering on and off the street signs. She looked and saw nothing‚ gulping in cleansing‚ scouring draughts of air. Her hair whipped around her face‚ and the world was reduced to fragments and blurs‚ spots and smudges of something unreal. A train whistled through the air behind her‚ silent as a nightmare. Nothing had ever echoed so vividly as the moan of her own despair. How long‚ O Lord‚ she could hear her soul choke on
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