CEB 140005 My High School Memory I was sitting down‚ looking back at those old photos; these pictures struck me with old memories of my high school life. I do not think my best memory of my life has approached me yet. However‚ I feel my high school years have been the most memorable. My high school‚ a place that had transformed me from an innocent to a mature one. I was placed in an all-girls school
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twenty years is negligibly small on the evolutionary time scale‚ it is‚ when considered in terms of man’s span of life‚ a considerably long period. My friends frown upon my pessimistic attitude so I shall be optimistic when I think of what life has in store for me. Where will I be in 20 years? Well‚ if everything remains equal‚ I would be comfortably off and be pleasantly burdened with responsibilities. I shall have some material comforts and live a happy life. I will probably have a house of my own
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“Stupid Freshman”‚ are the words every freshman hears entering high school. Everything they do‚ is wrong no matter what. I remember entering freshman year and being so excited‚ that was until the first month had passed. I wasn’t scared coming into highschool because I had many friends who were already in high school. Many upperclassmen tried to warn my friends and I what to do and what not to do. As usual‚ we didn’t listen. As freshman we thought we were all grown up and so mature‚ little did we
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A Thought on Ghosts As a teenager‚ my father told me of a story where he was young living in his old house. One day he had to acquire something that his parents had asked for. However‚ as he approached the room he felt as though he was being observed upon. In the distance‚ he saw two glowing red eyes speaking in a language my father barely understood. He then took what he needed and left the room as soon as possible. Many people have experienced encountering ghosts or any manifestations. The question
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MY FAVORITE TIME OF YEAR My favorite time of the year is naturally the time when I have the most fun. To me‚ that time of the year falls during the December holidays‚ or rather‚ it starts during the last term of school. It may sound strange of me to include the period of examinations. But I like the way teachers leave us‚ students‚ by ourselves to do our own revision. There is hardly any homework to be done but there is a lot of studying to take up our time. Finally‚ when the examinations are
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My hands were nervously shaking as I tried to open the letter. Was it a rejection? An acceptance? My whole spring break was haunted by this one single letter. Finally‚ I opened the letter and my eyes began to scan the letter. My eyes scanned it again and again‚ processing what just happened… I MADE IT! I could barely hold in the joy! I didn’t know what was happening‚ but my feet were moving towards my parents room‚ and I barged in. Mom! Dad! I became a FMP! I’m in the Freshmen Mentor Program.
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Every year‚ women devote billions of dollars in exchange for beautiful hair‚ expensive cosmetics‚ and opulent wardrobes. Many of our culture’s most common beauty procedures were nearly absent an era ago. The fact is‚ many of the beliefs of feminine beauty were created in large part by current advertisers‚ thus becoming societal norms. However‚ through her diffident wardrobe change‚ author of the article My Year of Modesty‚ Lauren Shields‚ suggests that to live an authentic life‚ one must be immune
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This book first began through the main male figure in the book‚ Nathan Price. Father of four‚ husband of Orleanna Price‚ and having been a survivor of World War II‚ Price has revealed to feel guilty of having survived from the battle and watching his comrades die in battle. Price believed that he cheated death and that God has stained his name as a “coward”. Due to his own onus‚ Price feels that he should save as many as souls as he can in order to attain forgiveness from God. Through his emotions
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In My Year of Meats‚ Ruth Ozeki portrays Jane Takagi Little as an unwavering light which reveals the veracity of the many intertwined and diverse people in the world. Jane’s crusade as a bona fide documentarian for an American meat show‚ My American Wife!‚ uncovers the many hidden implications of the American culture that affect the views of Japanese culture. In a small‚ yet significant flashback‚ Jane evokes a memory from her life as a young twelve-year-old at the Quam Public Library in which she
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In the article‚ “Aliens‚ Neo-Confucians‚ and the Power of Language”‚ the author‚ Nathan Vedal‚ utilizes the film “Arrival” to introduce the controversial idea proposed by the Neo-Confucian scholars of the Ming Dynasty who were attempting to transcribe Confucian teachings from before 5th century B.C.E. This idea consists of the belief that decoding an unfamiliar writing system can teach new ways of seeing the world. Although I do not necessarily believe in this idea‚ I find the study itself interesting
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