Sometimes at night‚ when it is so dark the darkness becomes almost smothering‚ I lie awake listening to the cars outside and the endless barking of the dog next door. I think back through my life‚ to try and comfort me into restful sleep. I remember summers from my middle school days. The images yellowy‚ orange‚ warm‚ happy. Endless weeks abroad‚ the sun almost unbearable in its cruel sunburnt heat. A time when swimwear wasn’t a terrifying thought: flabby thighs‚ see-through bikinis were things
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watch these kids for a couple minutes when she is not busy at all. In my head I said to my self I love these kids‚ so I played and watched them for their mom. When I left that day I knew what I needed to do‚ even though I know mom would be against me going to Cobleskill but I did it any way. I took it upon my self to go to the open house that she would not bring me to before college even started. I guess I did not fight for it
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1st I felt like I was in the back of a cop car. There was a divider between the driver and I‚ I couldn’t roll down my window‚ I couldn’t open my door. This car was probably cleaner than a cop car‚ though. I’ve never been in the back of a cop car‚ but I would expect it to be less sanitary than this all too clean car. I know I didn’t commit a crime‚ but this car is making me feel like I did. I read somewhere that legally‚ suicide is a crime. This is so the police have a reason to come inside your
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Going Shoeless My experiment about going against a social norm was going shoeless at a local Country Store. I drove my car to the little store down the road where I remove my shoes in my car and I left them there. When I open the door and I stepped out of my car my feet touched a cold wet pavement. I walked hurriedly to the front of the store. I was nervous‚ as I walked towards the store. I reached the doors and opened them. As I was about to step inside the woman behind the counter looked at
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read our innermost thoughts‚ and know our hearts. It is not up to us classify people‚ but love them. In Luke 18:9-14 has a story which exemplifies the contrast of two distinct people: the Pharisee and the tax collector. Culturally speaking and back in the time‚ the Pharisees were the religious leaders of the Temple. They memorized Scripture‚ prayed to God and fasted often (Luke 18:11 12). Jesus told the parable‚ and said that the Pharisees thanked God he was not like the tax collector‚ who were
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Barack Obama: Back to School The President of America‚ Barack Obama held the speech named “Back to School” at Wakefield High School in Virginia on September 8th‚ 2009. The speech concerns the importance and prominence of education and good will‚ and encourages the students to do their best in school. This paper includes an analysis and interpretation of the speech’s main points‚ followed by a rhetorical analysis. One of the main statements in the speech is the declaration of how education
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Optional attendance to classes at universities has been an increasingly popular way for students to study for several years in quite a few countries. However‚ it has not yet had its intended results as it had been hoped. In fact‚ today‚ this system seems to be one of the reasons for the corruption of university education. In my opinion‚ compulsory attendance is better than having no requirement to attend all the lessons on-campus. There are two points of view to this question. First‚ one side
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I have a lot of relative who were once part of a gang and I am often caution when I’m around them when I was teen. One of them is my uncle who had told me a few years back that he was onces part of a gang a very long time ago during this early 20’s. Back then the Menace of Destruction or mostly known as the MOD gangs society was extremely active within the criminal society such as obtaining illegal drugs‚ weapons‚ and involvement in violent gang wars against rival groups. He did lot of bad stuff
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I decided to return to school because of my financial situation‚ my children‚ and myself. All of these reasons above are why I decided to go back to school‚ and so I would like you to sit back as I paint you the picture of my life before I decided to go to school. I have been struggling financially for some years since I had my children. With the economy being so bad‚ and prices constantly going up how can I continue to survive on mininum wage? Before I had children it seemed a lot easier to survive
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Going to prison isn’t a vacation that you save up for. There are no pom trees or crystal clear beaches to swim in. It is a place where people who have committed serious crimes go as punishment. Some are even executed. Although‚ there are many people who have committed heinous crimes there are those who are incarcerated innocently. The problem with this isn’t that things happen‚ it’s that people are incarcerated while being innocent suffer because they spent most of their lives in prison for a crime
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