action came to be. According to Merriam-Webster‚ Affirmative action is an action or policy favoring those who tend to suffer from discrimination. Affirmative action began as a simple idea to expand equality; however‚ it has morphed into a charged and divisive topic. Affirmative action has spread from job markets into college admissions. Harvard is now offering reduced tuition to African American students who meet academic requirements in an attempt to diversify their student body‚ while I believe
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How I Learned to Skate Learning something new can be a scary experience. One of the hardest things I have ever done was learning how to skate. We live in Canada‚ and I could not be the only one who did not know how to skate. I have always been a shy person and afraid of the ice; but I decided that skating was an important sport that I should learn. I thought it would be a nice experience and I had friends that were willing to help me. What I did not know was that learning to skate would also
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Racism in Our Own Backyard by Tavia Grant discusses the ways in which racism towards Black residents is evident in Canada. By comparing the events that have occurred in the United States of America‚ the author concludes that individuals should not undermine the level of racism that also occurs in Canada which is hidden both in data as well as in media (Grant 6). With this information‚ I argue that Grant challenges the notion of racism through the organization of her article and by targeting the paucity
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Personal Essay 1 There are many ways friends meet there best friends. Some meet them accidental and some it was destiny. But meeting my best friend was really funny. Her name is Leslie. We have hilarious moments together. We both know we can’t stay mad at each other. But most of all we both love each other like blood sisters. I moved to Corona my last month of my freshman year. I was sad because I didn’t know anybody in all my new classes. Except my sister who was a freshman too. I wanted somebody
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Narrative Argument The Dangers of Cell Phone Use While Driving In today’s society‚ most people communicate using of cell phones. Just 15 to 20 years ago‚ cell phones were a rarity for the average person. The average income person could not afford a cell phone. Today‚ cell phones are affordable and the majority of people own them. The days of waiting until you are home to use a telephone or searching for a pay phone if you are out are long gone. In fact‚ pay phones are being removed‚ which increases
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Let me take you through what has happened so far; my senior year‚ which was 2016‚ I pulled a prank‚ my senior prank. I sat for months mulling over what to do; thumbtack on chair‚ loosen bolts on a desk‚ spray paint or graffiti the gym; I had all these ideas and could not decide! Then finally I thought of one that I just had to do. It was calling and tempting me‚ and let me tell you‚ when mean ol’ Ms. Bat came in her room she did not expect all of her desks‚ tables‚ and chairs to be turned upside
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me in because I have a connection to the material‚ my father died when I was ten. Not many lines about the speaker’s father draw direct parallels to my father‚ but never the less I was drawn to the work and felt a since of deep melancholy as I read. This since of melancholy‚ even though the speakers father differs from my own‚ is largely due to the non-standard metaphors. What I mean by this is that the work is riddled with metaphors‚ few of which are common‚ and I only felt like I understood the
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I Overcame To me a growth mindset means you overcome the obstacles. In other words when something gets in the way of your dreams and goals‚ you persevere. You learn from your mistakes and take into consideration how you could have done something differently in order to succeed. This reflection allows for growth. Defeat doesn’t discourage you. Instead‚ it pushes you to do better next time. When I was in fifth grade I suffered a major concussion that put me out of school for most
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I have endured and overcome many obstacles‚ which have taught me many valuable lessons and have empowered me to become who I am today. My childhood was different from others‚ I grew up in a single parent home. I watched as my mother worked as hard as she possibly could to provide for my siblings and I. It was just us‚ no family or very many friends. They were all left behind in order for my mother to start a new life in a new country. Everyday‚ when she came home‚ I remember thinking that my mother
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How Volcanoes Came to be : Hephaestus god of blacksmiths and fire wanted revenge on all the villages that used his gift of metallurgy for war and killing so he went up to Zeus to ask him for a way to devastate their population. Zeus thought for a while and decided to give him the deserted mountains on the others side of the valley and let him chose what he wanted to do with them. “I’d like to make them burst into an explosion of liquid fire.” he said “Ha ha ha” laughed the father god‚ “ thinking
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