Part A STATE THEME‚ AUTHOR AND COUNTRY IN ALL SUMMARIES The Smile – Short Story A boy is waiting in line early in the morning to see a work of art. It is far into the future now and the world is not what it used to be. The fields are filled with radiation and they are shutting down all of the factories. Today the people have gathered to spit on a special painting. The child has come to do the same but when he reaches the painting his true motives are shown. He does not want to spit on it but wants
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"My Experience throughout English 101" As writers many students write to the expectations of their professors and not to their fullest potential. Throughout English 101 I had been writing only to please my professor or to fill the basic requirement to pass English. I always felt that my writing ability was never enough for my professors throughout the previous years. They always wanted clear and concise essays‚ which for some reason was unreachable by me. However‚ starting college and taking
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My high school English Class experience I was born in Beijing where it is difficult for me to get in touch with English. At that time‚ It is impossible for me to meet foreign people on Beijing. I didn’t know English until I was ten years old‚ but I was not interested in it. Therefore‚ my grades on English were not good all this time. However‚ after graduating from junior high school‚ I decided to study abroad on America so that I must be absorbed in studying English. Hence‚ I started to expect the
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Afshin Fard 2-12-2014 Psy305 My personal experience as the victim of an injustice In my life I have been very fortunate that I have not been exposed to confrontational injustice. Nobody directly came to me and told me that I have for instance‚ not been chosen for a position because of my skin color‚ my age or any other characteristic of mine that makes me who I am. However‚ I do know that after 911 individuals‚ which look like people from the Middle East and or Middle Eastern names are being
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Coming into my first quarter of college I did not know what to really expect. I was very nervous and thought to myself if I could actually be successful in college. As the quarter went on‚ yes it was difficult at times‚ but I managed to work hard and get through everything. I have had good experiences and I have had bad experiences. I have had a mixture of these experiences throughout my classes. Academically I did a relatively good job. Although most of the time I was lazy and watched netflix a
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athletic experience. So I did it and I joined the wrestling team at my junior high. It was a very different hobby as I had never been in a match or even know what It was about. As time came I started understanding more and more until I got better at the sport. A couple of days before my first match I earned a varsity spot. I felt like I wasn’t ready‚ but that wasn’t gonna stop me from going out there and doing the best I can. When the day came I was very nervous. I was so nervous I felt my heart beating
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helping others shouldn’t be something seen as duty or mandatory‚ it should be spontaneous. Through others experiences and hardships we learn and grow as human beings‚ not only did I enjoy helping others but I felt that it helped me with my problems. Having moved around so much and meet so many people and living by myself so many years I came to truly be thankful for my blessings and specially for my hardships. Hermann Hesse once said‚ "I have always believed‚ and I still believe‚ that whatever good or
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decided to join hockey. I had never stepped on ice or touched a hockey stick before in my life. I arrived at the arena on the first day of practice with a heart full of mixed emotions. Naturally‚ I was extremely scared of the unknown‚ but I was also extremely excited to try this new sport. I was missing most of the necessary equipment because neither I or my parents knew what I needed. The coach was able to borrow me some equipment from the association. I spent the next three months repeatedly skating
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Mengjie Qi 01:356:155:13 Paper#1 Draft2 Professor Emily M. Renaud Date: 09.15.2014 Language shapes thoughts Language has developed thousands of years‚ and it has different types‚ different words ‚ and different people who use the different languages. As a result‚ language plays a very important role in the world. However‚ language is not only different in many ways‚ but also combines the past on the present and future. From Leslie’s story we can see this. Leslie‚ who wrote the
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When I was thinking about writing this journal post a particular experiences came into my head. I pushed it aside for the fact that it didn’t fit the criteria for this journal. However‚ after struggling trying with writer’s block‚ I gave in to my original thought. The experience I am going to be talking about doesn’t fit the criteria of being a patient/nurse interaction because I wasn’t with a “patient” or in a clinical setting. On the night of Saturday‚ October 11th‚ Logan and I went out for a typical
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