Being unprepared I shall never forget the first time I got bad marks when I was in grade 11. A day before the geography’s test‚ I attend my friend’s birthday party. I had a lot of fun at the party and I came back home so late. After having a warm bath‚ I was tired and felt too sleepy. I still remembered my geography’s test but I could not open my eyes to learn. I promised to myself that I would learn it early in the morning before going to school. But I could not image I wake up too late to study
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I raised my right army and swore‚ “I‚ state name‚ do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the constitution of the United States against all enemies‚ foreign and domestic; that I will obey the orders of the officers appointed over me‚ according to regulations and the uniform code of military justice. So help me God.” My body tensed as they took my fingerprints to finalize my enlistment with the U.S Army. I was to ship in a couple days that would change my life forever. Little did I know
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there is a trend of African-Americans underachieving in schools. According to Mocombe (2011)‚ this widening achievement gap is related to the “acting white” theory proposed by John Ogbu. “Acting white” is the phrase used to describe when African-Americans are “disassociating from black cultural identity and assuming the cultural norms and values of whites” (Foster‚ 2004‚ p. 274). Specifically‚ Foster found the African-American culture does not promote education as a priority‚ resulting in students
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English 211 October 15‚ 2009 Throughout Jewett’s “A White Heron‚” it is evident that Jewett created an alternative to a world dominated by men and their values and interests. A lonely Sylvia is introduced as a friendless girl living on her grandmother’s farm after moving there from the noisy town over a year prior. Daily‚ she explores nature about the farm until her grandmother Mrs. Tilley calls her back to the house. Already‚ it seems as though there are no men to be found anywhere near
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Sample Narrative Essay Granny As I glanced past the lit Christmas tree in the window‚ I could see endless rain pouring down and splashing into the large puddles that now filled the road outside my grandparents’ home. I shivered slightly and turned back to watch my grandmother sharpening her pencils with a razor blade and unpacking her watercolor paints and paintbrushes from their special travel box. She was wearing a loose lambswool cardigan that covered the top of her long‚ gently patterned skirt
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ENC 1102 Paper One Assignment Narrative Essay A narrative essay is the story of a significant or memorable event in your life. A narrative should include specific details‚ descriptions‚ and perhaps even dialogue. A narrative is a story told from your perspective that includes not only a narration of the event‚ but also an evaluation of this event. For this essay‚ I want you to focus on food as the guiding theme behind your narrative. In order to write this essay‚ please consider some of the following
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Am I a White American? Being a white American with fairly tan skin has become a bit of a challenge for me considering the diverse world we live in today. Often times I am asked what are you? My quick response is always I am an American. Being that my answer never satisfies their question they feel the need to ask the complicated question. What’s your ethnicity? To satisfy them I explain how my ancestors were from somewhere in Europe and that is simply all I know. You see though that puts me in a
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DON’T JUDGE A BOOK BY ITS COVER. The saying ‘don’t judge a book by its cover’ goes a very long way; I learnt my lesson the hard way. I happened to be a very judgmental teenager and I lost many friends that way. Even before speaking with or having any contact with an individual‚ I judged them based on what I saw on the outside. My friends‚ the ones who stuck with me‚ always told me that one of those days‚ I would be taught a valuable lesson; and boy they were correct. I remember the day as
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KAPPA’S FOREVER? In the movie Sydney White‚ the most important thing that I have learned is to be able to stand up for others; to fight for what is right‚ and to learn how to not live in the shadows of others. As a student‚ I can very much relate to the movie because I experienced what Sydney White had experienced. I was one living in the shadows of my friend and I followed every actions of her even though I know it wasn’t right. I was really afraid to tell her that what she’s doing is wrong because
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Keilyn Nguyen HEART SAYS. “You choose us or you’ll lose us‚” said my best friend – Clove. I remember it was in December of 2010. I was in grade 9 – Grad of Junior High School. My best friends and I created a group that was really naughty and popular. Sometimes we made our teachers mad. We usually helped each other in many tests and quizzes which we called that action teamwork‚ but cheating was what teachers and parents considered of. In spite of the naughtiness and popularity we had‚ we were
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