As I wrote my literacy narrative‚ I learned many new things about how to perfect my writing. I used to always begin my writing process with an outline‚ because this is what I was taught in high school‚ but this time I tried a new strategy. I learned this new strategy from the text‚ Shitty First Drafts. First I typed up a bunch of nonsense that I wanted in my paper. Then I went back and put it all in order and made sense of it. This definitely made writing a 1000-word narrative a whole lot easier
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changes a person’s life they will remember it forever. It doesn’t matter how big or how small it is‚ it will leave a permanent imprint on that person’s memory. The saddest thing about that imprint staying in a person’s memory is that it could have either changed their life in a positive or negative way. In the last year‚ three major events have helped change and shape my life in a positive way. These three events have completely changed my life and have made me a better person overall and will always
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Influencing the Influential and Everything in Between By Ditta Mae C. Siena August 1‚ 2013 Many Civil Society Organizations (CSO) in the Philippines worked their ways to influence various sectors whether to support or opposed the Reproductive Health Law. Learning about Pollard and Court’s framework on how CSOs/NGOs influence policy-making made me realize that CSOs in our country adhere to the policy processes that would make their position in an agenda remarkable. Pollard and Court identified
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3rd Person Objective On a Saturday afternoon‚ Eric was disinserted in anything because there was nothing to do. His friends were busy‚ and he didn’t have a baseball game. Eric decided to climb a tree‚ as he looked outside and saw a tall tree to climb. Eric put on his shoes and went outside to the tree. As he was starting to climb the tree his mom asked‚ “What are you doing?” Eric replied‚ “I’m climbing a tree because I’m bored.” When Eric got halfway up the tree‚ he spotted a hawk. He looked
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that her grandmother‚ the person she is closest to in the world‚ has just passed away. This happened to me late my junior year of high school‚ and my heart broke for her. Concerned‚ I immediately ordered a large cheese pizza and peach iced tea‚ her favorite comfort foods‚ and rushed to her house. This is one example of the nurturing nature of my personality‚ which is a very prevalent aspect of who I am. It is in my DNA to love and care for the people around me‚ including my friends and family. It
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In the August before my sophomore year of high school‚ a challenge emerged. My dad had passed away. Of course you would read that and automatically think about how that would affect me in many ways. However no one‚ not even myself‚ was aware of the many challenges that went with this. Death was something new to me. I had never had to deal with someone close to me passing. I had experienced my friends losing a grandparent or a distant relative‚ but it had not affected me terribly much. I always considered
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Something that changed me and let me be the person who I am today is friendship. Friends can raise you high above the skies. Or‚ they can pull you down under the ground. My parents are very close to me. They have enough knowledge and awareness from people around us. My father advised me every school year that I needed to keep enough distance from others. My father said to me‚ “Abdulelah‚ never go out with bad friends. They can affect you in a small matter of time. I know you’re smart. You will know
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Life is like walking through Paradise with peas in your shoes. CHARLES EDWARD JERNINGHAM‚ The Maxims of Marmaduke Life is for each man a solitary cell whose walls are mirrors. EUGENE O’NEILL‚ Lazarus Laughed Live on‚ survive‚ for the earth gives forth wonders. It may swallow your heart‚ but the wonders keep on coming. You stand before them bareheaded‚ shriven. What is expected of you is attention. SALMAN RUSHDIE‚ The Ground Beneath Her Feet Life itself‚ too‚ is forever turning an infinitely
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almost took me down. The humidity was sticking to my skin and the lights were white‚ like clouds floating on the ceiling. As I recuperated after those blinding lights came the most boring part of the trip‚ waiting on our luggage. As we were waiting everyone was leaving and we only had 1 bag left. We were getting a little nervous when we saw everyone leave and we were the only ones with another 8 people‚ so we went to complain to the airline person. We asked her if she knew where our bag was. She turned
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This year has been a whirlwind of good and bad times. Between being gone for half the year‚ making amazing friends and having the best classes‚ this year was pretty great. Going into highschool is terrifying‚ I’m going to miss my teachers‚ classes‚ and friends I’ve made here in middle school. This year has changed me so much that I can’t even think what will happen next. You have to fight even if you’re not doing it for yourself “You gotta swim/ Through nights that won’t end/ Swim for your families/
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