I didn’t always like going to school in the morning; in fact‚ I used to hate going to school. I always found it boring‚ useless‚ and a waste of time. I always asked my self‚ “when will I ever need to do/use this outside of this classroom?” The process of getting up early‚ getting ready and then sitting at school for seven hours a day Monday through Friday didn’t appeal to me one bit. Little by little‚ I had unknowingly programmed myself into thinking that it was such a burden to go‚ that I eventually
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Narrative Essay Draft Shantel Cryan Do you ever wonder if the resources we depend on today‚ such as oil and coal‚ will someday run out? In eighth grade I took a field trip to a wind farm in Minnesota and learned a lot about the wind turbines and how they are a renewable energy source. We had been learning about fossil fuels and alternative energy sources in Earth Science class. The trip made me realize that someday we may run out of fossil fuels and society needs to utilize renewable energy sources
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recording‚ but I respond with the name of a book. It’s a novel called If I Stay‚ and without it‚ I wouldn’t be the person I am now. Since I was young‚ I have been told that I am extremely talented in music. I have been playing violin since I was 6‚ and now that I’m 13‚ it’s safe to say that I owe over half of my life to the thrill of it. Music is in my family; my grandmother was a touring opera singer‚ my mother was a violinist‚ and my father plays bass in a band called Drood. I grew up loving music
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Polyneices‚ but her uncle‚ Creon‚ who inherited the throne‚ stated that Polyneices is to not be buried; “Polyneices‚ I say‚ is to have no burial: no man is to touch him or say the least prayer for him; he shall lie on the plain‚ unburied; and the birds and the scavenging dogs can do with him whatever they like.” Antigone stills goes to bury Polyneices; “But as for me‚ I will bury the brother I love.” After she puts some dust on Polyneices‚ a group of men finds out about it and a sentry gets sent to tell
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Where Will I Put My Million Dollars? In America we are faced with many problems. As citizens we can find a way to help. If you had a millon dollars would you use it to help America become a better nation? If I had a million dollars‚ I would spend it on food safety‚ child labor‚ and Deforestation. Food safety is definitely a huge issue. I would donate 600‚000 dollars on helping food safety because it’s important that what we eat is healthy and safe for us to consume. The conditions we have right
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I am writing this to tell you how much I love the state of Alabama. There are many different reasons to why I would love the state I live in‚ but it isn’t just because I live in it. My family grew up in Alabama this is where they were raised. They were born and bred country ‚literally. In Alabama there is so much history to what happened here. There is so much southern hospitality and kindness in Alabama. That’s why everyone here is such good friends‚ because there are so many kind and dear people
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“I” essay We all had those days that everything goes wrong. Those days that is full of embarrassing moments. Sadly for me‚ that is everyday. Embarrassing moments happen to me everywhere I go. But they happen the most in public. For example‚ in (1) Disney and at (2) restaurants. This usually happen to me because of my (3) clumsiness. Although I have these moments a lot‚ they always turn into a laugh. [THESIS] One place [transition] where memories were created was at (1) Disney. Disney
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love A character that refuses to dominate anyone and offers himself to any person from his humble nature is a faithful servant of the world and all who belongs to it. I don’t think I have to explain what the historical context was in 1940‚ but is the filming year of The Great Dictator‚ one of the masterpieces of Charles Chaplin. We have seen‚ throughout history‚ that in difficult and tragic times‚ great personalities rise and bring out the best of themselves in order to give a lesson to the most
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Essay I: Southern Literature 1. Conventional representations of the South tend to portray the region in a simplistic manner and to reduce Southerners to stereotypes of shiftless hillbillies‚ indolent belles‚ and intolerant bigots. While many of the stories we have read invoke similar stereotypes‚ the authors seem to subvert these conventional assumptions to present more complex and sympathetic representations of this region and its inhabitants. For this topic‚ you are to choose one of the texts
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“Hear Me As I Am” “What’s that you’re playing on the piano‚ Aubrey?” I asked my friend at a sleepover at her house. “It’s ‘Love Song’ by Sara Bareilles.” “Oh‚ I haven’t heard of that.” Little did I know I had heard that song before – I just didn’t recognize it. A few weeks passed and I recognized a certain type of piano playing on the radio. Aubrey plays this song‚ I realized. I listened to the song and I remember loving it and wanting to listen to it again. A couple months later‚ I watched
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