the day that I was dreading all week. It was the day my brother was leaving for college. Since the day i was born me and my older brother have been really close. We liked the same things‚ hung out with the same people‚ and played on the same sports teams. We did everything together. As time went on nothing really changed even through high school we were still really close. The day he was leaving for college I was at my friends house and didn’t want to go home until the minute he was leaving. I didn’t
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Shall I Compare Thee To a Summer’s Day? William Shakespeare Shall I compare thee to a Summer’s day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate: Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May‚ And Summer’s lease hath all too short a date: Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines‚ And oft’ is his gold complexion dimm’d; And every fair from fair sometime declines‚ By chance or nature’s changing course untrimm’d: But
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I remember that day very clearly. It was Halloween October 31‚ 2003. It was a school day‚ a long school day as I recall. It was a long day because the next day was important for me; I had the SAT test and my very last home volleyball game. It was my senior night. I was in frenzy all day. I remember English class and my teacher returned my “About You” essay. I read over it one last time to see how I scored‚ and was glad to receive an A on the paper. I read the part about my best friend‚ Ginny Blackburn
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For One More Day by Mitch Albom begins with a sports writer approaching a former professional baseball player‚ Chick Benetto. The first thing Chick says is “Let me guess. You want to know why I tried to kill myself.” This short fiction novel continues from this point in Chick’s voice‚ as if you were the sports writer and Chick is telling you about his life. After Chick tries to commit suicide by throwing himself off a water tower‚ Chick wakes up in between the worlds of life and death. In this
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and Martin Luther King Jr’s speech I have a Dream‚ all explore the lesson that Atticus teaches Scout. The lesson of Walking in someone else’s shoes. The metaphor of walking in someone else’s shoes indicates the understanding of a person by seeing things from his or her perspective. These three texts are set in the 20th Century‚ during a time of great racial inequalities and discrimination in society. To Kill a Mockingbird explores the idea - walking in someone else’s shoes‚ through the issue of racism
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mom. She influences my life since I born until now and also sacrifice a lot in her lifetime to make my life and my sibling’s lives better. She love us unconditionally‚ I have become the person I am today because of her. I adore her very much‚ not just because she is my mom‚ also such an amazing person with a gold heart‚ my best friend for life‚ an advisor‚ kind‚ respectful and strong person. I am not her only children‚ I have a big sister and a little brother but I am my mom’s favorite children. My
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The one law that I would change is the law of curfews for minors. The 14th amendment of the United States Constitution states that any state shall not “deprive any person of life‚ liberty‚ or property‚ without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws." However‚ many cities and states in the U.S. currently enforce curfew laws that deny young teens under the age of 18 their right to be in public places or to drive after certain hours. These
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Technology Has Helped Destroy The Planet Mankind has remained selfish from the very start of its existence. It wanted to shield itself from the harsh blinding storms hence killed deer to use its skin to make clothes. Humans wanted shelter hence started the process of cutting down trees and building homes. Mankind has been the ravenous resource thirsty wild beast who has with the aid of technology been able to conquer yet destroy its motherland-Earth. Humans are greedy. The great visionary Mahatma
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time of my life is when I got my PMR result. Before the PMR result came out‚ everybody keep asking and texting me saying when is the day of the result. I keep telling them I don’t know. This question never ends about a month. A few weeks later‚ there was an announcement on the television about the day of the PMR result. I was getting a little nervous when its say the day of the result is at the 22nd of December 2011 which is tomorrow. A few minutes after the announcement‚ I was going to check my
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February 2‚ 2011 A day I will never forget is the last football game of my eighth grade year. We the Saint Jo Panthers were undefeated‚ and we were playing the Wild Cats‚ who also were undefeated. The game started out slow with neither team scoring their first three positions. The Wild Cats drew first blood with a long touchdown. They went for the two-point conversion‚ since I knew what play they were running by the way they lined up‚ a quarterback draw‚ fake‚ pass. I was able to stop them.
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