Sharlene Chow 4c2 1i) Wealth is not the only way to judge how successful a person is. Do you agree? In our materialistic society of today‚ one’s success is often measured by the big bungalow you live in‚ the flashy car parked just outside‚ the clothes you are dressed in and even the breed of dog you own. The world is competing with each other in a show of wealth‚ typified by the show “Keeping up with the Joneses”. Wealth has become a yardstick of success and those who attain great wealth are deemed
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Natural Resources Natural Resources play an important role in industrial development. Gujarat is endowed with important resources like minerals‚ marine‚ agriculture; as also animal wealth and human resources. The state government has taken several measures to explore and exploit these resources for further processing and value addition. Information on important natural resources useful for industrial processing in the state is as under: Mineral Resources The important mineral resources in Gujarat
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5/02/2014 2nd period Education comes in all forms‚ and academic education is only one. We are influenced more by our parents‚ peers‚ and surroundings than education. Of course‚ history and global events are inspiring‚ and may motivate a student to study certain subjects or enter specific fields‚ but we cannot deny the powerful effects of familial relations and social environments on our personalities and outlooks. Even with all the scholarly knowledge in the world‚ one may not be able to handle
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health when his business ends in failure. In order to find a new interesting occupation for him Doctor Caswell suggests his patient to take up painting‚ just for fun. Frank Swain‚ a student of the Atlantic Art University‚ agrees to teach him. After a while he created an awful smudge called “Trees dressed in white”. And it was a great surprise to everyone when Ellsworth’s dreadful painting was not only accepted for the Show at the Lathrop Gallery‚ but took the First Prize! The explanation of this fact
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Live Your Life to the Fullest “You only live once‚ but if you do it right‚ once is enough‚” –Mae West. The Transcendentalist time period relates mostly to the philosophy‚ “Live life to the fullest.” Transcendentalists’ believe in self-reliance‚ individualism‚ and inner spiritual beliefs‚ just like any person who wants to live their life to the fullest. Every person should enjoy every moment of their lives by appreciating everything in order to follow their dreams and to live their lives to the
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Kate Hamilton Teresa Cheatham English 1 25 July 2012 “Knowledge is Only Potential Power” The day a child enters the world; they are ignorantly bliss from the world around them. But is ignorance bliss? Society is a harsh place‚ and none know this better than the creature in Frankenstein. The creature is given the ability to think at a far higher level than the general public‚ and yet the only thing he wants is to be loved. Victor Frankenstein abandons his creature‚ like when a parent abandons
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Greg Star Mr. Jack Wendell English II‚ A8 May 2‚ 2008 The One‚ The Only‚ Shel Silverstein According to one of Shel Silverstein’s most popular poetry books‚ Falling Up‚ in the poem “Woulda-Coulda-Shoulda” Silverstein writes‚ “All the Woulda-Coulda-Shouldas‚ layin ’ in the sun‚ talkin ’ ’bout the things they Woulda-Coulda-Shoulda done... but all those Woulda-Coulda-Shouldas all ran away and hid from one little Did‚” (Silverstein 65). Shel Silverstein was that “one little Did” and could never
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A WORLD LIT ONLY BY FIRE by William Manchester Your assignment is to read the book and answer a set of review questions. The questions will be impossible to answer without actually reading the book. The questions do not necessarily address the larger themes discussed in the book‚ but are intended to highlight interesting details‚ and simply force a closer reading of the book. I recommend that you keep the questions before you as you read. You will be asked to affirm that you have done your
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I was only 19‚ written by red gum‚ an Australian band is a song about the Vietnam War. It is an extremely moving song‚ as from what we gather from the title‚ the song is about a young lad who was only 19 when he first went off to fight in the war. In the song‚ there is a lot of alliteration used such as the phrase “passing-out parade at Puckapunyal” and “Frankie kicked a mine the day that mankind kicked the moon”. A passing out parade is a sort of graduation ceremony for soldiers one they have
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and now… The young girl is looking straight ahead at the other side of the road – that is her goal. She only has to take one step after another‚ and then she can manage to reach it. The girl is thinking about her goal‚ concentrates all her attention on the goal she will reach in her near future. But her focus should have been directed towards the car that hit her in her present. But who knew? Only time could tell. People – especially youngsters – have a careless view on time. What does it mean to
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