My Semester Coming into English 101 freshman year was something that I was very much afraid of. In high school English class never served as my strong point and I found myself constantly frustrated and confused as to why I never got the grade I felt I deserved. I would write essays to get it over with‚ using other people’s thoughts and ideas to support my seemingly less important thoughts and ideas about the subject. I never felt truly connected with any piece that I was asked to write and it showed
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hardest part was to except the fact I was an addict of painkillers and admitting it to my family so that I could get the help and support needed to get clean. The road leading to my addiction started with the factors of my childhood‚ always trying to fit in and not being supported emotionally from my parents. Having a child at the age of sixteen was the second factor‚ which made me grow up faster than a normal child at my age would have had to. Living the life of an addict was a struggle everyday but‚
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What are my expectations from this course? “Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.” Benjamin Franklin. Reading is essential for everyday living‚ regardless of my insufficient skills. At the University of the Virgin Islands‚ English 101 class I’m determine to enhance my love for reading and build a stronger vocabulary foundation. I’ve never had a passion for reading. I was never surrounded by peers or family that influenced to me read. I always preferred to watch a movie
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left; it was my eighth grade year. Much preparation and months of work had been done to get ready for the last dance of the year. It was the last dance of our middle school career and the excitement was building. It all began with shopping. First with my girlfriends over the years‚ goofing off on trips to the mall trying on gorgeous flowing gowns for fun‚ and then it was finally time for me to buy one‚ finally a formal occasion where I got to dress up in a fancy gown with high heels‚ my Mom took
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Combination Essay Football is one of Americas greatest pastimes. As families are just getting home from their Labor Day Vacation‚ football players are gearing up for a tough 22 game schedule. Football players are organized by positions on offense‚ defense and special teams. On kickoff weekend temperatures across the country are still relatively warm. The days‚ though‚ are getting visibly shorter. As weeks go by‚ the warm air of Summer becomes a fond memory and the bitter cold rears its unwelcome
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part of learning to reduce my weakness of stresses which was already influenced by final assignments and examinations taking over of my life‚ so the summer break after post- ten school in 2015 was unforgettable time to relax and going home to make a change of getting involved in my village as a community developer. The purpose of enjoying the summer break after post-ten school was to recoup health and vitality and to provide a chance working together with older people in my village. Therefore‚ this
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Haggins English 101‚ Section 302 September 26‚ 2012 Paper 1‚ Draft 1 Becoming a nurse has been a lifetime dream since I was a child. I was always told that I had a warm heart and the gift for caring. During my senior year‚ I finally got the opportunity to expand my true talent‚ which became a life-changing experience in my life. When my senior year approached‚ I was excited about taking the third class of Health Science Technology. Although I had taken the first and second class during my sophomore
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Suffering the Oedipus complex I agree with the fact that Sophocles’ Oedipus had suffered from the Oedipus complex because Oedipus has shown that he is part of the triangle of being the young child who is “in love with one parent and hating the other” (Freud 472). If a person is one to not get over this stage in his childhood‚ to detach from his mother and forgive his father‚ then the conflict of the triangle has not been resolved leading him to be psychoneurotic. In the next paragraphs‚
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highly debated issues in the United States. Many Americans are against the capital punishment or commonly knows as the death penalty because they fear its too expensive or there are religious reasons to oppose the death penalty or some other reasons. But my point of view is just like the bible and what it says "an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth" meaning if you killed some body you ought to be killed also. Most people aren’t worried about the life after committing crimes because they know that the
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Hope M. Terris English 101 3/21/14 Me‚ Myself‚ and I One of the few things that I and most people do on a regular basis‚ is speak multiple languages. From day to day conversations with family‚ friends‚ and coworkers we speak multiple languages and we don’t even realizing it. Now I am not saying that everyone starts there day off speaking English and transitions into Spanish followed by Italian. I mean the way we speak from person to person is different and that difference is like a different
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