I really don’t think I have a favorite; I think I have a few of favorite pastimes. My favorite pastimes are NASCAR‚ baseball‚ and football for sports. Others would be watching television or movies‚ and probably sleep. I think my favorite pastime of them all would be NASCAR. I started watching NASCAR when I was really little. I always was sitting in front of the television every Sunday. For the past five years we have been going to Michigan International Speedway for the whole weekend when the Sprint
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employs him "in a vague personal capacity". Gatz’s employment provides him the opportunity to see the world‚ and experience life on the other side of the social strata. His adventures allow him to reinvent himself and upon the death of his benefactor‚ Gatsby purchases a mansion on Long Island‚ near the now married Daisy‚ and begins the process of recapturing her favors. I have read this book in my junior year of high school. It was I truly memorable book because it was taught by an enthusiastic and
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I have to confess that talking about race is not my favorite thing. At least‚ talking about what I think when the subject race comes up. I don’t know how to define my own race‚ honestly. I am not white‚ and I am not black. But wait‚ is race only about white and black people as we hear every day on the news? I believe that many people get the subject “race” mistaken like I do. Maybe because what they have always known as race‚ or maybe because they don’t think the race issues affect them. To talk
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What would you do if you found out you were dying of cancer? Would you able to make jokes and laugh it off as though it were nothing? Would your humor be a way of denying the truth? People use humor in different ways. In "The Approximate Size of My Favorite Tumor"‚ Sherman Alexie tells how one man tries to use humor to deny the reality of his terminal disease. He shows how humor can be taken too far. This story demonstrates how humor can destroy one part of your life as it helps you cope with another
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New Jersey is one of fifty states in The United States. It is on the northeastern coast bordering the Atlantic Ocean‚ New York‚ Pennsylvania and Delaware. It is one of the smallest states in the country‚ but is ranked number one in highest population density. I was born there and lived there my whole life‚ but it wasn’t until I relocated that I realized the true beauty of the state. New Jersey (N.J.) has all the different seasons; spring‚ summer‚ autumn‚ and winter. It has all of the characteristics
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Journal Entry #1 : Free Writing : My Favorite Holiday As an immigrant from Vietnam living in The United States‚ I have been celebrating many holidays every year such as July 4th‚ Christmas‚ Easter‚ Labor Day... However‚ my favorite holiday is still Tet Nguyen Dan‚ which is usually called Lunar New Year. With the whole family here‚ we can still celebrate Tet annual as a traditional custom. It is not only a traditional celebration when the new year comes‚ but also the most important annual celebration
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When asked to write an essay about my favorite song‚ I thought this would be easy. After several days of contemplation‚ I decided this was not going to be as easy as I thought. However‚ I did manage and decided that “Grown Men Don’t Cry” by Tim McGraw had to be my favorite. I enjoy this song for many reasons; a few being the artist‚ it’s message‚ and the songs tempo. Tim McGraw has had a decade long hot-streak that contains nineteen number one singles‚ six multi-platinum albums‚ sales over 25
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* My favorite bear is the Chicago Bears mascot. This is the team Brian Urlacher plays for now. He has played for the Bears his entire professional career. During his time with the Bears he has gone to the Super Bowl and several Pro Bowls. His rookie year‚ Brian won the Defensive Player of the Year Award for most outstanding Linebacker in the NFL. Growing up as a child‚ he had a rough life but it didn’t stop him from playing great football through from the time he was young to the time he
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My Quality World My Tomorrow Most people don’t really understand what "Quality World" really means. Dr. William Glasser coined this term‚ a psychiatrist who believes that we all have an idea of what we really want in life. According to this author "Quality World" is the overall understanding of everything that is important to us (e.g. possession‚ principles and beliefs‚ experiences and relationships) in our lives. The quality world I imagine to be living in ten years from now is one where I have
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My Favorite Movie In the 1880s‚ the first silent movie‚ titled ‘Roundhay Garden Scene’ was produced by Louis Le Prince in the United Kingdom. Since then‚ movie making technology had progressed and the methods of storytelling became more interesting. There are a variety of movie genres nowadays‚ but the genres do not necessarily reflect the true quality of a movie. For example‚ a person could be entertained and learn more from watching a comedy movie‚ in which the values of friendship‚ honesty
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