I’ve had my stuffed dog Chewie since I was very young. He is a timeworn brown lab‚ with matted fur and one eyeball. Oh how I well never will forget the day he lost his eye. My mom accidently washed him in the high rinse cycle‚ apparently that is too much for his little body. The sound of the glass eye was banging all around in the washer‚ it sounded like there was a hailstorm going on in my basement. Poor old Chewie‚ that sure did put ten years on him though. Now that Chewie is no longer allowed
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native teacher said when I first attended class. So‚ how can foreigners understand you? How can you master your own English? Have you given it much thought? The key is partly in your SPEAKING SKILL‚ right? Today‚ I’m gonna share with you guys some of my experience as suggestions of a language learner. First of all‚ I would like you to try a very relaxing way. That’s LEARNING ENGLISH THROUGH SONGS. It’s not just about the feelings and comfort! Actually‚ it’s an effective way to listen and open
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Victoria Chang takes an interesting approach to addressing different topics‚ whether it is about a person or about another poem. The title she chose for this book‚ Salvinia Molesta‚ “Is known as the world’s worst weed”‚ and it grows rapidly‚ “Eventually becoming a continuous green mat over the water surface” (74). It alludes to the poems that the book contains‚ releasing tragedies she articulates into poems. Opening the book the reader is greeted by a quote‚ by Virginia Woolf‚ it is her explanation
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My Very First School Day I was so excited that I could hardly sleep. I spent all the night taking my new colorful school stuff out of my small pinky backpack and returning them in. I checked them billion times‚ smiling from ear to ear. It was 7:30 am and I was completely awake for my first day of first year of school. After eagerly wearing my first uniform‚ I bounced about in happiness. I could not keep still as my mother was brushing my curly black hair. She asked me if I was excited about going
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Jared Diamond makes a compelling case for why “the adoption of agriculture was in many ways a catastrophe” in his 1987 Discover Magazine article “The Worst Mistake in the History of the Human Race‚” however I am not convinced. An Agricultural Revolution is a “significant change in agriculture that occurs when there are discoveries‚ inventions‚ or new technologies that change production” (The Editors of Encyclopedia Britannica‚ 2015) and the development of agriculture has been a fundamental part of
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people that have had an impact on my life and influenced me in many different ways. My mother‚ however‚ has had the biggest impact on my life‚ and influenced me more than anyone else. She has had an impact on me since the day I was born‚ and she still does today. Before I could even talk‚ I am sure she had an impact on me by the way she took care of me as an infant. My mother has always been a Christian. That has influenced me throughout my whole life. Even though my mother did not see it‚ she did have
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My Faith‚ My Journey Let me begin with Bible passage‚ Psalms 146: 9‚ “God has promised over the fatherless and the widows. But the way of the wicked He turns upside down.” No matter what circumstances are that made you as a single mom‚ you can rejoice in the blessings of being a mom‚ the joy and excitement of loving and being loved by children. I always hear that the family is the basic foundation of a society. And the nation’s strength lies in having a strong‚ lifelong
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courage and strength‚ and celebrated for their bold exploits." In my personal view a hero can be anyone of who you could relate to‚ and also more importantly stands up for what they believe. Does everyone have a hero? I don’t know but all I could say is that I do. And she is not found in a comic book or in the TV she is found right here at this little warm place that I call home. Who could this hero be? It’s my mom‚ Lucia Espinal. She is my hero because she works hard‚ is a family woman‚ and more importantly
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Literacy in My Life Growing up‚ I cherished the shelves on top of shelves of books that my sister and I had collected. On rainy days I would be doing one of two activities‚ reading a book‚ or writing my own book. I was such a bookworm that my mom would have to ground me from reading and force me to play outside. All throughout elementary school‚ I was on the Creative Writing‚ Listening Skills‚ Editorial Writing‚ and Spelling UIL competitions. I got to school early and stayed late just to work on
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“My Son‚ My Executioner” In the Donald Hall poem‚” My Son‚ My Executioner‚ “Hall depicted a father who has grown old‚ holding their young child in their arms. Hall portrayed strong imagery of a fatherly figure giving up everything to care for his young child. The tone of the poem is both happy and dark. Hall’s theme showed that once a person has a child‚ the parent’s life is completely changed. “My Son‚ My Executioner” is a very well written poem with a deep‚ true meaning that readers could relate
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