My Parents Last Night Together I woke up this morning excited about my daughters first day of 5th grade. The sun was peering through my curtains as I yarned. I turned my face and was greeted by a sloppy kiss from my beloved dog Sasha while Lady squeezed in to the gathering for some affection. I put Emily to bed early wanting her to get a good night sleep. In the middle of the night Philip startled me by sitting up in bed around 5 am saying he had to go to the office early‚ although he was back to
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Today marks ten whole years since Studio Ghibli first shared Spirited Away with the world. Thus far it is the only foreign film to win the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature‚ which says a lot about it and its success with foreign audiences. Spirited Away is one of my favourite films for the simple reason that it has a lot going for it. A great coming-of-age story‚ a quirky yet layered set of characters‚ fantastic animation that stays true to traditional methods while incorporating digital technology
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Using “Utilitarianism” by John Stuart Mill to compare the morality of the people who stay and the people who walk away in “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas‚” by Ursula K. LeGuin it can be concluded that the people who stay in Omelas are morally superior to the people who leave. This is because “one person’s happiness‚ supposed equal in degree is counted for exactly as much as another’s‚” meaning that one child’s happiness does not equal the collective happiness of the society. Omelas is a paradise
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but I felt that it helped me with my problems. Having moved around so much and meet so many people and living by myself so many years I came to truly be thankful for my blessings and specially for my hardships. Hermann Hesse once said‚ "I have always believed‚ and I still believe‚ that whatever good or bad fortune may come our way we can always give it meaning and transform it into something of value." Helping others made me realize that we all need help and that my way to help others would be through
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One take-away from Native American Perspectives that helped me understand Native American history more was the idea of regimes of truth from French philosopher Michel Foucault. This idea was vital in understanding Native American and settler colonial relations. Foucault said‚ “Truth is a thing of this world: it is produced only by a virtue of multiple forms of constraint. And it induces regular effects of power. Each society has its regime of truth‚ its “general politics” of truth: that is‚ the types
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Mother called me downstairs. I was afraid of what she was going to do to me this time. Once I finally reached the bottom‚ two of my sisters raced past me in such delight towards the backyard‚ in the nice crisp air of St. Johnsbury‚ Vermont. It was May‚ just the right time of year to play outside without getting too hot or cold. I walked forward‚ expecting the worst. Mother strolled toward me‚ her brown curly hair bouncing on her plump shoulders‚ with arrogance in each stride. She spoke softly‚ although
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up me; my personality‚ and how I should act around everyone and everything. Everyone has atleast one moral that they’re devoted to and stand by because thats what they believe in‚ though everyone follows on delusion that haunts humanity. Im going to start this off with a recent experience I had not too long ago. I went to Stonehenge‚ I’m not sure what I expected to find when I went there. Its been so long that since mankind tampered with it‚ that this place
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Dear the great and knowledgeable Ms. Lawson‚ While lying in my bed on a Thursday night‚ I came across the letter discussing the many complaints about the students’ grades and other claims in regards to the AP Language class. As a student in this course‚ there are many assignments that I must complete. However‚ I do also have other assignments that require a heavy amount of time and focus‚ which I am sure you can understand the struggle a student may have when taking two or more AP classes. But
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My Personal Why I am going to tell you about my personal why. Do you like helping people? Well I like to. So that is why my personal why is to become a better person so I can become smarter‚ go to a good college‚ and help other people. I need to become smarter. In order to go to a good college you have to be very smart. That’s why I am going to try my best in school to make good grades and work hard to get smarter. Even though we don’t have real grades I still want to try to get greens and blues
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My personal Calorie goal is 1900. Food Groups and Calories Report is to fall into six main categories. They are grains‚ vegetables‚ fruits‚ dairy‚ protein and oils. From my report‚ the grains include the whole grains and refined grains. Compared with the target is greater than 3 ounces‚ I only get 1 ounce whole grains eaten. I need check the product labels for the words "whole" or "whole grain" before the grain ingredient’s name and eat more products of whole grains. The refined grain is 1 ounce
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