the first time‚ on spring break with my mother‚ while visiting my aunt. I was excited to go because Lil Wayne‚ my favorite rapper‚ was from there. We stayed in the Lower Garden District‚ a very different place from Weezy’s Hollygrove. I learned how to navigate the French Quarter‚ captivated by the skinny colorful houses decorated with beads‚ the warm air in my face gave me a sense of well being. The vegetation is so lush in New Orleans and so different than my home in Brooklyn. I heard about Tulane
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Reading through Dennis Johnson’s Train Dreams‚ it quickly becomes evident that this book isn’t just a novella on the life of a man who loses his wife and daughter to a forest fire‚ but instead something much greater. Throughout the novel and even on its cover art‚ Train Dreams hints at how “…the cataclysmic changes wrought by twentieth century” led to “…the disappearance of a certain kind of American life”. In this novella‚ Robert Grainer is a man whose life is caught up in the middle of America’s
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I was born in Bucks County Pennsylvania‚ which is North of Philadelphia and I lived there my entire life. It was just like any other day when my fiancé‚ John came to me with news that he received a call about a job interview in Linesville‚ Pennsylvania. We had talked about moving before‚ but it was in passing and nothing was ever this concrete. Bucks County was a very expensive place to live and there weren’t many new career opportunities for either of us. Even though it brought a lot of fear and
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Before I headed off for move-in day‚ my parents and I went over expectations on serious topics like financial and communication arrangements. Setting expectations in preparation for the first quarter at Northwestern helped me become more responsible and understanding. By knowing what my parents expected of me‚ we were all able to understand each other more clearly. My parents understood if I forgot to call them during midterm week. However‚ they made it clear that they would always help and support
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was a child with a constant racing mind‚ one could imagine the thoughts that would have gone through my head throughout an average day‚ things like ‘why is the sky blue’‚ ‘how many hairs are there on a dog’‚ or ‘when’s the next new episode of Lizzie McGuire going to be on?’ You may not be surprised by an eight year old asking to her step father what he’d do with one million donuts. I answered my own question before he could even think and surprised him. He had been expecting me to want to eat them
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However‚ I didn’t know it was going to be a lot more complicated on my behalf to do so. This is because‚ when I first came to Napa Valley college‚ I had also just obtained my first job. The job which would allow me to help sustain myself and help my family financially. I was not used to this type of schedule when I first came into Napa College. This Is because I didn’t know how to manage my time‚ and simply didn’t know what to make as my major primary. I was confused whether to make school or make work
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Why trains are the best way to travel WHEN you travel long term you have plenty of time to ponder the big questions. Maybe that’s why philosophy and travel go so well together. You finally have the time to really think about what the hell Confucius and Plato were trying to get at... Maybe that’s why I also love to travel by rail. Above all other forms of long distance transport‚ trains are my favourite. I’m comfortably sitting‚ watching a frozen landscape of farmland‚ forests and tiny villages
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to go to high school. My teachers always told me how different and harder it would be when I went. My older sister was in 9th grade at the time and I wanted ti be with her when I went. But the high school she was at was different from the one all my friends were going. I always had a hard time making decisions and now I had to choose between going to a school with my friends or going to a school that would help me prepare for the future. So I decided I would just apply to my sisters school to see
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admission requirements‚ classroom sizes‚ and the costs helped me to decide on which college would best suit my needs. Though I must admit‚ my affinity for community college had me dispassionate for the university life. The admission requirements to get into a top of the line University can be a little intimidating. From completion of college prep classes to ACT/SAT scores‚ I knew with just getting my GED that getting accepted would be very unlikely. With that being said there were no real admission requirements
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The Hero’s Journey—Kung Fu Panda Many people believe in heroes‚ who are selfless and willing to sacrifice themselves to benefit others. Heroes also exist in different cultures‚ and they usually represent courage and adventurous. According to Joseph Campbell’s theory‚ heroes in stories undergo a process called “The Hero’s Journey”‚ which is the classic plot structure of heroic stories‚ in order to achieve great deeds. Kung Fu Panda‚ a movie by the DreamWorks‚ demonstrates the theory of Hero’s Journey
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