this was worth doing. After all‚ I only need glasses to drive . . . A few years ago‚ I asked my eye doctor whether I needed to wear my glasses all the time. And I remember my doctor’s response quite clearly: “Well‚ do you want to see all the time?” Suffice it to say I didn’t find his response amusing—more like merely facing reality. When I was in tenth-grade chemistry class at YUHS/Central in Manhattan (I am dating myself since it moved to Queens some time ago)‚ I was seated toward the rear of a
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ethical decision that I had to make in my personal life. Was to choose between getting in education or staying in this post secondary school for adults with disabilities. After being there for two years I have not seen any progress that. I had to choose to give up going to the school that I was comfortable in with not having to put forth much effort. So my mother asks me did I want to try college online since I was not accomplishing anything at the post secondary school. Well I was scared to try because
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Pressing Frustration Martin Luther King’s “I Had a Dream” speech expresses the tones of pressing frustration. King demands that the government give the overdue debt of liberty for African Americans. He imagines a future of fellowship between races and is passionately arguing for this equality of all men. King’s diction intensifies his compelling dissatisfaction with the cruel treatment the white American government gives the blacks. The nation is long overdue in “cash(ing) a check” of liberty
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Moving I could feel the heavy dusty air that lingered around my room as all my memories rushed through my mind. The emptiness surrounded the room that used to be full of life and-”Hey‚ can you help me out with these boxes?”. It was my mom. It looked like she was carrying about 50 boxes‚ but yet... I couldn’t help her. I should have helped tried to find more ways to help her. I should have appreciated her more. I knew about what was going to happen for about a year‚ but it never came through my mind
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This was the moment that she knew she had to be there chef center totally changed my Aunt Patrice continue to tell me about how she learned that it is ability not disability that counts. But that we all have disabilities we all have things that get in the way of us from becoming as great as we could beat my disability was shyness and not feeling confident in what I
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God on Trail It is fair to say that we live in a world of hatred‚ wars‚ terrorism and murder‚ however how we can hold accountable one Man for all these unspeakable actions? God can change everyone’s personality so that we can not sin‚ except then we would not have free will. As well He can compensate for the worlds evil actions‚ but then there would be no consequences. The Lord can remove those who commit evil acts‚ which may seem like a grand idea‚ in spite of this though there would be no one
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Did you ever want to catch a big fish? Because I know I have always wanted to. I was walking threw my kitchen getting something to eat with my cousin. I saw my mom and we were talking about fishing so we asked if we could go up north this weekend to go fishing. She said yes because she had to to plenty of work. I packed my clothes into my black and red bag. Because my bag was full‚ I got another bag. We then went up north‚ and my dad came to. We have finally arrived an hour later. It was a beautiful
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years ago‚ I was nearly two hundred and fifty pounds and I didn’t even seem to notice. I was at the age of seventeen and the height of five foot‚ ten inches; no young adult should ever have this excessive amount of bodyweight. I was having one hell of a time with my senior year of high school‚ but all fun and games had to come to a halt. I was putting my life‚ during the prime of my youth‚ in danger at such a young age. It was time to make a difference‚ but how did I do it? First‚ I eliminated
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his fiancé‚ "Tom‚ why do you think they don’t have black decorations?" Tom looked at her with a dumbfounded expression. "Um‚ Sara...Let’s think. Christmas is about joy and love‚ which means‚ "FUN" colors‚ and with that he turned his attention back to the items in the store. Sara shook her head remaining herself once again that not everyone had her same view on whats joyous and fun. She sighed and followed Tom deeper into the store. They were doing some last minute shopping for the grand annual Christmas
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A Terrible Beauty Is Born “A terrible beauty is born“‚ this line is taken from the excellent poem “Easter 1916” by William Butler Yeats. W.B Yeats uses these words to describe the Easter Rising which resulted in the death of fifteen republican leaders along with their comrades. These events in Irish history have brought celebration but also a great deal of sorrow which Yeats describes perfectly with this clever oxymoron – A terrible beauty. A lot has changed since “Easter 1916” was written‚ yet
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