not seen as important as the things we needed. My mom has always taught me and my brother the concept of things I want versus things I need‚ and I have always admired how hard my mother works to provide for me and my brother with love and support for our lives. This scholarship opportunity would greatly take some burden off of my mother. The financial support that college requires is extensive and has always been on my mind throughout my senior year. My college decision could possibly be a decision
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Core I Essay: Literacy Narrative Megan Smith ENC Valencia Students Prof. Phillips ENC 1102 02/16/15 My Love for Reading The first books I ever started reading were Winnie the Pooh and Dr Suess books. When I was young my parents were really good about getting me started with reading different books and for a long time I loved reading‚ as long as it was books I got to choose and enjoyed reading myself. Once I got further along in school and they started mandating what books we had to read I got
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pledged to give back to my school and community in any way possible. After being in _______ for just a few weeks‚ it was evident that joining extracurricular activities and participating in community service was a major part of getting where you want to go. The National Honor Society surfaced around January of 2004 and I knew somehow‚ someway I was going to into that prestigious organization that was reserved for the best and brightest students. The National Honor Society was my main motivation to work
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My Most Memorable Moment What is a memorable moment? It can be something that makes someone happy or sad. It is usually a big event that happens and you never forget it. My most memorable event was the time my father almost died from a brain aneurysm. This single event changed my life and how I feel about loved ones; it made me value the time I have with family. On December 10‚ 2003 my father almost died from a brain aneurysm. He came home from a trip to Santa Cruz with a really bad headache
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Composition 1101 Feb. 5th‚ 2015 Social Beauty “You’re so beautiful.” My best friend‚ Nicole‚ just told me after telling her everything. “I just wish you could see it though‚ but I will be here with you the whole way. I will help you find the help that you need.” “Nicole‚ you just don’t get it. Once those thoughts get into your head it’s very hard to push them out and ignore them. And that’s why I came to you because I can’t do this on my own and I needed to tell someone because I know I can trust you
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Hidden In the Words In Middle Eastern literature‚ political‚ economic‚ and domestic crises created large movements that changed topics that were used to write. For example‚ Israeli and Hebrew literature was highly influenced by American culture post WWII. With these topic changes came various negative emotions due to the reasons the topics were changed. For instance‚ Palestinian literature went from folk ballad to resistance and activist poetry teeming with themes of a dislocated people and
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is dim‚ but just bright enough to see my surrounding. The area is cluttered with paper filled with equations on the solar system and articles on the Hero’s Journey. The old computer is in the corner of the room. I am there‚ standing‚ ready to turn it on. With the press of a button‚ the computer is on‚ and with it I am ready. The monitor blinked back to life‚ cycled through the setup logos‚ and‚ before I know it‚ up popped the login menu. Logging in begins my adventure. I have been surrounded
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writing essays isn’t really my cup of tea. I find it really difficult to begin as there are so many different ways to do it. I can start with‚ “One day…” but then it would be too common. Finding the right way to start a composition‚ for me‚ is the most taxing thing in the world to do. Then‚ there’s also the problem of choosing which items to include and disregard. If the limit of words is four hundred then I must choose the words carefully. Otherwise‚ I might go over without getting my message
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I married a white man because he has money‚ or that my children will come out with "good hair". Some have had the audacity to say it’s because‚ "I think that I am white". What?! So today I would like to set the record straight. One of my pet peeves is when people classify or stereotype me because of the color of my skin‚ or the gender I was born! I am a black woman of Caribbean ancestry‚ and I’ve had my share of racism and sexism throughout my life that would warrant me to become ignorant. Yes ignorant
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on the use of “forbidden words” in the media‚ the individual responsibility of using curse words has increased. In this research I have found that the use of curse words has heightened some people’s sensitivity to these words. Children are the most affected and the parents are not far behind. The use of curse words in our media has changed our perspective; children and teens use them sometimes on the daily basis‚ but is this change a good thing? The common curse words‚ some starting with S’s and
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