Mount Elenor I was laboring up the Sierra Buttes trail‚ my pace devouring the miles‚ when I first met Elenor. I’ve been hiking the trail every Labor Day weekend with my family‚ for over 7 years; I know how challenging the trail is‚ I’ve seen a number of hikers turn back without even making it half way. I was astounded when I happened upon Elenor inching her way up the trail. I thought there was no way she could make it to the top‚ she’s simply too old. Elenor proved me to be incredibly wrong‚ to
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Name: Professor Name: English 101 September 24th‚ 2012 The memories of my hometown Have you ever asked yourself if you could ever choose‚ which place in this world do you want to be at most? I have. The warmest memories‚ and the peacefully joys I experience when I am there will always have a special place in my heart. From time to time the richness of culture‚ the variety of food‚ and the most beautiful traditions have been specified signatures itself‚ and yet have never fallen
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The Greatest Invention of the Twentieth Century: Pros and Cons Can anyone imagine his life without internet? Nowadays‚ internet is the most important and effective way of communication. It is available for everyone at any time and place. It was invented for military purposes in1969. However‚ at this time it constitutes a vital necessity without which many of our activities seem impossible. This precious invention has been changing the face of the world in different domains: communication between
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Day Gone Wrong Waking up during winter break on a rather chilly morning‚ twenty degrees and it was precisely 9:00 a.m. and I was more than ready to drive to Quincy‚ Illinois‚ hop on an airplane‚ and head to my hometown Klamath Falls‚ Oregon. When I got to the airport I thought to myself what a phenomenal day this will be. I thought wrong. I was faced with the challenges of bad weather‚ delays‚ and the reality that my brother was becoming detached from the family; this day became a day where everything
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Since I had started school and writing composition‚ I have had experiences that either was good or bad. But at the end these experience helped me through my next and future years of school and college. One of the incidents that most marked my writing experience was in sophomore year. The prompt was doing a resume for college‚ and I actually did or tried my best‚ but then again the result wasn’t so good. The resume was almost completely marked by red writings‚ of my grammar. All though the professor
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As Bernard M. Baruch once said‚ “Be who you are and say what you feel‚ because those who mind don’t matter‚ and those who matter don’t mind.” I was unaware that my opinion of myself was more meaningful than my peer’s opinion. I had a rough time figuring out who I was and who I wanted to be in my first few years of high school. The first chance I got to poke the popular bubble was taken‚ giving me one shot to embed myself into an exotic‚ unknown social group. What I didn’t know was that this social
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The Year I spent Easter Sunday in the Hospital To me Easter Sunday has always been a very important holiday. My whole family always gets together to celebrate it. We always go to the Ranch‚ and have lots of activities‚ and many kinds of delicious food. In the spring of 2010 I was expecting my first baby. It was a great feeling‚ but it turned out that his due date was on Holy Friday ‚ just two days before Easter Sunday. I had been feeling great during my hole pregnancy‚ so when I had my 39th
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Two Methods of Losing Weight Heather Williams COM/155 University Composition and Communication 1 October 26‚ 2012 Suzanne Welsch Simple modifications in one’s diet combined with regular exercise can have a dramatic effect and will encourage habits for a lifetime of healthy weight maintenance. However‚ it might be difficult to maintain a healthy diet and lifestyle‚ but eating healthy has benefits to help promote one’s well-being. In today’s society‚ exercising is more
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The sexual orientation of homosexual parents and their influences on the child’s sexual orientation Abstract This research is to determine if the sexual orientation of homosexual parents has an influence on the child’s sexual orientation. When homosexual parenting is viewed within a positive aspect‚ research suggests that the development of a child’s sexual orientation is unrelated to the parent’s sexual orientation. When homosexual
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English 101 Narrative Essay Realizing True Beauty From the time I started kindergarten until now‚ I have encountered many peers. Always having the personality of a social and outgoing person I met and mingled with many types of clichés in high school. At Spanaway Lake High during my sophomore year‚ there were many stereotypical clichés‚ the jocks‚ rockers‚ preps‚ and what I would refer to as‚”the outsiders.” In my eyes I mingled and functioned well within each group except for the “outsiders
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