Topic 1 Many old buildings are protected by law because they are part of a nation’s history. However‚ some people think they should be knocked down to make way for new ones because people need houses and offices. How important is it to maintain old buildings? Should history stand in the way of progress? In the contemporary age‚ the contradiction between preserving history and progress becomes increasingly serious‚ which has disturbed and alarmed many people. In terms of the old buildings‚ many
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happened this past summer. After finals when my school had sent out final report cards‚ it was sad to see that my final average in my US History course did not meet the requirements to continue to the next grade. From there I had two options: to go to summer school and pass so that I may continue school at the academy or transfer schools and repeat my junior year of high school. With these two options I decided that it would be best to go to summer school and put all I had into the class so that I
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The poet recalls a visit to an old couple; the old woman is helpless‚ and dying slowly. It is clear from the description that she has no quality of life. She is cared for by her husband who prays for her release from this life. Significance of the title: no definite article emphasises the universal nature of the experience Degradation of the old woman as this suggests she needs help. Simply eating to stay alive. Animal connotations. Simile – like an old horse. Useless‚ fit only to be put
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pushed myself through my high school career from taking all non honors classes my freshman year‚ to honors my sophomore year‚ to then most of my classes being AP my junior and senior year. I have worked hard to get good grades and pushed myself into taking classes that would not only challenge me‚ but put me out of my comfort zone. Yet I have always been a hard worker. My parents such as myself are immigrants‚ I had to work hard entering a foreign school system where neither I or my parents knew the language
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My Journey through High school. As I walked through the halls on the first day of school‚ I was frantically trying to get to my classes on time and alive. I was bumped‚ shoved‚ knocked down‚ and stepped on‚ but I enjoyed every minute of it. High school was so new to me‚ and it still is. I was very excited and nervous about my freshman year. I am sure my journey through high school will someday‚ be a great story to tell. It was my freshman year. I was one of the smallest people in the halls‚ so
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different sources and added my own examples to it. My Favorite Year in High School Many people‚ including me‚ agree that high school is in one of life’s craziest and most unforgettable chapters. It is where one would begin to cross the boundary between childhood and adulthood‚ and where many phases of learning occur‚ not only in school‚ but in real life as well. I loved my senior year in high school because of teachers‚ friends‚ and classes. When I was a senior‚ my teachers were experienced
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For the last 4 years of high school I have been my school’s mascot. It has shaped me in many different ways. Our mascot is Seymour Mule and his partner Annie Mule. We are Woodrow Wilson Senior High "Home of the Mighty Mules." Being a school mascot isn’t something you exactly plan to do during your high school years. But somehow I managed to do it and love it more than anything. I didn’t exactly choose to be our mascot‚ it happened due to luck. One day during my freshman year we had a practice fire
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Edward Sinigayan 06/26/12 My Life The sun rays from my balcony window of my 2 story mansion hit my face as the sun arose over the oceans horizon. I slowly opened my eyes to the beautiful creation God has bestowed upon me also know as my wife. When my mind came to a still‚ I came to realize that from all of the long hard hours of studying and working at a time was a small step in my long and relaxing life that I am now continuing. It feels great to be the owner of the multi-million
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Kendra K Crowe Literature 121 10/19/2014 The Old and New Negro Alain Locke considers African Americans as transforming into someone “new.” He describes how African Americans migrated from the south to the north and were given new opportunities. Richard Wright and Zora Neale Hurston are consider to be the definition of the new Negro. First‚ Richard Wright was one I see as a new negro‚ because he was not trying to stay in the south and adapt to the ways that was set for the negro. According
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This is what this paper has explored through my childhood memory. This reflection paper has helped me to understand that the method of memories creation is influenced by an amount of factors including; my way of thinking‚ my believes‚ interests and my explanatory of the things around me. If my childhood memories are exactly‚ I would like to say that I had a comparatively happy childhood. I had a loving family who supported me in everything I did. One of my favorite childhood memories is the family
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