2013 All Changes Are For The Better Thomas Edison once said‚ “Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.” It is a valuable saying and imparts great wisdom. People do not see a chance to succeed because it looks like tiresome work. In other words‚ a person prefers bright and shiny conditions for achieving a goal‚ and in most cases overlooks a really good opportunity. When I think about it‚ it reminds me of a time in my life when I was witness to the
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The Good‚ The Better‚ and The Ugly As a foreign student I have confronted many difficulties specially when writing English because it is not my first language. In addition‚ once classes started I felt uneasy in English 1301 to be taught by Professor Belz; however‚ once in class I noticed several points‚ for instance‚ the good‚ the better‚ and the ugly facts from taking a college level class for English. First of all‚ while I was taking the English 1301 class I noticed good quality points in the
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went home and saw her future mother-in-law. Cuiqiao was forced to marry an older man in order to have enough money to bury her mother as well as provide her brother with future endowment money for his wedding. In Jessica Fulton’s article‚ “Holding up Half the Heavens: The Effect of Communist Rule on China’s Women‚” she explains that during the worst famines in Chinese history when peasants had to eat bark and leaves in order to live‚ the peasants would choose to let their daughter starve to save their
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I had a difficult time with all of these stories‚ especially the first two. I’m not sure if it completely had to do with the dialect‚ as it reminded me of one of my favorite books‚ A Girl is a Half-Formed Thing‚ which is written in fragments of heavy Irish dialect. I found nothing particularly intriguing. The stories seemed to begin out of nowhere and then end without any resolution or concrete statement. Ambiguous endings are very powerful in certain cases‚ but not so much if the story doesn’t offer
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Homeschooling: A Better Education My J.C.Evans‚ Westland‚ MI Much education today is monumentally ineffective. All too often we are giving young people cut flowers when we should be teaching them to grow their own plants. -John W. Gardner In 2008‚ a survey by ACT college testing service showed‚ “More than 50 percent of students at four year schools and more than 75 percent at two year colleges lacked the skills to perform basic literacy tasks. The study found‚ that those students were unable
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I am writing this letter to tell about what I have learned in the 3rd semester and my progress. Moreover‚ I also want to introduce my portfolio contents and the reason why I write them. Firstly‚ through this portfolio‚ I can learn how to organize and arrange a paragraph‚ how to distinguish main and subordinate ideas and the main topic of that paragraph as well as supplementary ideas. In addition‚ I can improve my writing skills such as summary‚ taking notes‚ paraphrasing ‚ quotation and so on. Now
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important and they have better things to do that night. Four years ago when I was 13‚ my grandpa passed away. I couldn’t bear the thought of him actually being gone. Just the other day I said something about my grandpa to my mom‚ that it had only been four years‚ she looked at me confused and said it again “it has been almost four years.” I couldn’t wrap my head around it. I just felt so empty inside‚ how could I not realize how long he had been gone already. Right after my grandpa passed away I
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Cats are better then dogs All of my childhood‚ I grew up with dogs.” A dog is man’s best friend.” That common saying may contain some truth‚ but dogs are not the only animal friend companionship people enjoy. For many people including myself a cat is their best friend. It wasn’t until I got my first cat that I realized how much better of a pet they are then dogs. Despite what dog lovers may believe‚ cats make excellent house pets as they are good companions‚ they are more civilized
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Patricia Williams ENG 226 DL3 Is Organic Food Better? There have been many different food trends over the years. We have been told about eating low fat diets‚ zero carb diets‚ and now organic. If you are like many others‚ there is a good chance that you have heard that organic foods are healthier to eat. They contain more vitamins‚ minerals‚ enzymes and taste than engineered produce do. Organic foods are also free from insecticides‚ pesticides‚ growth hormones‚ antibiotics‚ fertilizers and a
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weaknesses‚ like I said before‚ one of my strengths is listening‚ that helps me succeed in my classes and it helps me get good grades. I am grateful I have it because‚ in each one of my classes‚ you have to be a good listener to understand what the teachers are trying to teach us. Some of my classes are Spanish‚ which is very easy for me‚ I am very good at reading and writing in Spanish; Chemistry‚ which I struggle a little bit in‚ but I put all my effort when doing my work and studying; World History
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