teachers lack the enthusiasm needed to reach the young minds‚ and in doing so‚ we lose our young generations to boredom. Like so many other Soldiers in our armed forces‚ I didn’t have much of a plan and went straight to the Army right out of high school. Convinced by recruitment videos‚ commercials‚ and money for college‚ I signed away the next six years of my life. I knew little of my future‚ but sadly I knew less about my past. I knew so little about the men and women that sacrificed leading
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Summary Response Essay: “Graduation” Narrated in the first person “Graduation” is Maya Angelou’s account of her eighth grade graduation and how reality doesn’t always meet expectations. Using allegory‚ allusion and changes in tone‚ Angelou builds her story‚ giving the reader a sense of the excitement and anticipation she felt‚ inequalities in gender and racial prejudices of that time‚ and how those inequalities and prejudices encroached upon her graduation‚ ruining her expectations and leaving her
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Maya Angelou’s “The Graduation” In the essay “The Graduation” (McGraw-Hill 2003)‚ Maya Angelou tells the story of life in 1940s Stamps‚ Arkansas. She explains how it feels to be discriminated and thought of as less than equal. Angelou shows that with a strong will to overcome‚ it is more than possible to set aside disgusting racism and impersonal discrimination. Angelou delivers a very detailed‚ inspirational‚ and informative story of self-acceptance. Summary “The Graduation” is an inspirational
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towards life. In each of the two stories “Graduation” by Maya Angelou and “Salvation” by Maya Angelou a very young person has assumptions from a particular experience that differ roughly from what adults in both stories expect. Feelings such as excitement‚ anticipation‚ and anxiousness can be found in both stories. However‚ when each author concludes the outcomes are different. In Graduation‚ for instance‚ Marguerite an African-American middle school studet‚ who was graduating top of her class
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Independence Day speech Respected teachers and all my dear friends‚ The day 15th August of every year is a golden day written in the history of the world. We got freedom on this date and it is a day worth a celebration. When we celebrate it hoisting the flag‚ playing our National Anthem with fervor‚ distributing sweets‚ we need to sail back into the past to remember and pay homage to the builders of our nation. My dear friends‚ We were the privileged lot to have been born in free India
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Before The Great War‚ in 1912‚ I was a young artist‚ drifting through the streets. I had no drive to better myself or my life‚ all I thought about was making ends meet. It was a hard life‚ especially being so young. And soon enough I began to find no joy in art. After that it felt like I had no purpose‚ no meaning‚ I was lost. But one day‚ out of the blue I saw my future‚ my purpose. It was an enrollment poster for the German Army. My eyes lit up‚ as I realised this was my calling. To serve my country
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Life after graduation can be an emotional rollercoaster for an aspiring careerist. The joy of getting the interview and the agony of receiving a rejection letter shortly after. One company in particular preys on college graduates. However‚ with out customer service experience the chances of getting hired are slim to none. The interviewing process for this cellular phone service provider is tedious to say the least. The method used is referred to as the STAR Method which stands for Situation‚ Task
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are exhausted from school hours and school work across the nation. School hours are so demanding mixed with sports and academic related activities‚ this puts a lot of stress on high schoolers all over the country. The overbearing need to receive good grades can lead most teenagers to become gradually more stressed‚ and eventually even cheat. The main issue I am trying to address here is that school hours are all too demanding for teenagers in this day and age therefore school hours should be pushed
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School uniforms are a good idea in public schools. Studies have shown that uniforms made for a safer learning environment‚ and 80% of girls and 62% of boys actually liked the uniforms. First of all‚ uniforms are less expensive to buy than regular clothes. Uniforms stay the same‚ year after year‚ unlike fads and styles that change on a seasonal basis. Having school uniforms also reduces stress that students experience in the morning from not having anything to wear. They would also save time in the
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Pro: School Uniforms School uniforms are a good idea in public schools. Studies have shown that uniforms made for a safer learning environment‚ and 80% of girls and 62% of boys actually liked the uniforms. First of all‚ uniforms are less expensive to buy than regular clothes. Uniforms stay the same‚ year after year‚ unlike fads and styles that change on a seasonal basis. Having school uniforms also reduces stress that students experience in the morning from not having anything to wear. They would
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