Two words--three‚ depending on how you feel about hyphens--have changed my life and net financial worth: Mid-Century Modern. If you’re a fan of “Mad Men” or martinis you probably already know about Mid-Mod‚ this rekindling of love for all things Fifties—sunburst wall clocks‚ tail fins‚ Tang‚ and‚ most significantly‚ the suburban ranch house. This infatuation with the brawny‚ ebullient time following the war when America was in love with space travel and clam dip was not in play twenty years ago
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students have been sent to grow and learn. Other than the learning that takes place‚ we as student have to social situations that help to shape who we are (or will be). School can be the place where students can be very expressive or have their voice suppressed. There are ways that school can shape us for better or for worse. My story is gives a brief account of how the school social aspect of school had personally shaped me into the person I am today‚ and the ways influenced my identity. My story represents
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Reading: something that has always played an imperative role in my life‚ but throughout the years has been significantly irregular. From a young age I was taught to be deeply involved in my reading and to learn and grow from what I read. There have been some specific memories that I hold on to about the noteable things that have established me as a reader. Reading deeply and getting very involved into my reading is a quality that I am lucky to have and that I do not think many people possess. As a child
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I have experienced many obstacles in my life‚ but there’s that one obstacle that changed my life in a way I didn’t imagine. As a matter of fact I was not aware that such thing would present itself as an obstacle in my life but it did. In 2006 I joined the U.S. Army and was shipped off to Basic Combat Training. Just being there was a challenge on itself. During Basic Training we were taken to The Confidence Obstacle Course. At first I thought it was easy‚ run over logs‚ climb short walls‚ swing on
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to me and my family. Going to school here has always been on my mind since middle school. My sister came here and I wanted to achieve the same success‚ education‚ friendships‚ and high school experience as she. I saw that she was having a great time and receiving an even better education. She would come home every night with homework so I knew it wasn’t a walk in the park. I was already taking the highest math and was in all honors in middle school. I knew that I needed to improve my work ethics
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really saw it full expressed. The other virtues follow from it. He never gives and defends a definition of it although he does characterize it. 2. It is dearer than life itself--the man of jen will sacrifice his life to preserve jen‚ and conversely it is what makes life worth living. 3. Jen is a sense for the dignity of human life--a feeling of humanity towards others and self-esteem for yourself. a. Such feeling applies to all men--not just one nation or race. It is the foundation of
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Amber Watt Student Id- 21844293 Exam-986098 My most memorable day in my life would have to be the day my first son was born. It was March 1‚ 1999; I‚ my husband‚ my mom‚ and my sister went in to the hospital that cold morning. It was around 8‚ I was so excited this was going to be the day that I truly became a mommy. The day I have waited for a long time. I lay down in the hospital bed and got hooked up to the I.V.‚ monitors; it felt like anything else they could hook me up to. The doctor tried
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A Lesson Learned One day my mom and I was out and enjoying a nice day together; then all of the sudden in a blink of an eye things go from great to horrible. On April 14‚ 2009‚ turned out to be one of the worst and scariest days of my life. I had to learn a extremely hard lesson a extremely hard way. On April 14‚ 2009 my mom and I had went to Jackson to pick up some Easter pictures‚ and we had stopped to get something to eat. We finished eating dinner and pulled out into traffic. The traffic
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Life is full of obstacles‚ some that just require positivity and perseverance and others that require that and actual actions. They affect our lives in many ways but usually they are set upon us so that we can prove to ourselves what we are capable of. However‚ we do not see that until we had overcome it. Not long ago I was challenged with one of the biggest obstacles of my life and it had to do with my religion. I was raised as a Catholic and I loved my religion but as I grew up I started to
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least on experience that may have affected his/her in a good or a bad way. My experience has changed my life. At first I thought my life is over because of what happened in Syria‚ which made me move the United State. I was so depressed because of that change and I struggled to move on and face the fact that I might not be able to visit my home again. I also was going to regret not moving for my entire life. Syria is one of the most beautiful places in the world. It was my home that I was born and raised
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