Growing up‚ I had always known that my parents were not originally from America. They had escaped the horrors of the Vietnam War and immigrated to the U.S. for a better and safer life. It was not until I was old enough that my dad explained to me the details of what really happened. My dad was born and raised in central Vietnam. He learned to read and speak in Vietnamese when he was young. He spent the hot and humid days farming and planting‚ but when he had free time‚ he loved to go fishing. Life
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Cars‚ we know them‚ we love them. Although as a teenager‚ you don’t always consider the responsibilities needed to keep a car well maintained. My first car was a ’91 Mazda RX-7 with a convertible top. When I bought the car‚ all I cared about was how fast I could go and the fact that it was a convertible. However‚ I didn’t consider that if I raced around‚ it would put a lot of wear and tear on my car. Eventually‚ my clutch began to slip‚ and my engine started to overheat. I replaced the clutch‚ and
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In Felisa Roger’s article How I Learned to Love Football‚ Roger discussed how her dislike for sports changed all together with when she had a reason to care about it more. She provided a great background when explaining why she changed her mind about disliking sports‚ and used a great variety of detail while explaining it. She talked about how as she was growing up she had a strong dislike of all sports. She talked about how she was never good at playing any sports in gym class and always hated
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1920s paragraphs In the 1920s Canada improved as a nation‚ some of the things that improved the nation were the great economy‚ the inventions from Canada‚ and also women’s rights. These 3 paragraphs explain why these things improved Canada as a nation. The economy in the 1920s was “booming” which is one of the reasons the 20s are also known as “the roaring 20s “. Some of the reasons the economy was so good in the 20s was because the war had just ended‚ jobs were plentiful‚ and America
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Joseph Conrad was born Joseph Teodor Konrad Korzenioski in 1857 in Berdichev‚ Ukraine. He officially changed his name to Joseph Conrad in 1886‚ when he became a British citizen (Liukkonen). Although Conrad discouraged people from interpreting his literature through analysis his life‚ his life did shape his writing. Much of his anti-imperialistic views could have sprouted in childhood‚ when he was under the rule of Russians the Ukraine. His father Apollo Korzeniowski was arrested for suspicious
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What is a paragraph? * A collection of related sentences dealing with one topic What are the parts of a paragraph? * Topic sentence The topic sentence is the sentence that tells the main ideas of the whole paragraph. This sentence is usually the first sentence in the paragraph. * Body The body of a paragraph has sentences with information that supports the topic sentence. It is important to remember that every sentence in the body must be connected in some way to the topic sentence. *
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Weddings are often a time of celebration‚ especially for my family. This past summer‚ as we prepared for my sister Gini’s wedding‚ the festivities extended to good-natured teasing of the bride- and groom-to-be. For example‚ WITH knowing smiles‚ my parents--self-proclaimed experts on marriage courtesy of their own wedding almost thirty years ago--dispensed advice about everything‚ including how to improve her cooking skills beyond instant rice and grilled cheese. Gini’s typical responses included
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emphasis on growth in all aspects of life‚ I know I could have‚ and still can‚ crumble. However‚ my first love saves me. She always makes me feel calm when the ship I know as school hits rough waters or seems like it is going down. She takes me to a different place when unpleasant thoughts consume my mind. She lets me crash into sweaty bodies‚ perform for squealing crowds‚ and lets my intense focus I have crafted for academia be channeled into making
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Bill Katin German 59 3-12-2014 Paragraph 175 Paragraph 175 is a documentary about the homosexuals that were singled and killed for being who they were. Most of them had resided in Berlin during the 1920’s and during that time that’s what the town was known for homosexuals until the Nazi’s came into power. When I watched the movie Paragraph 175 my first reaction was disbelief in the regards of how they were treated. I got teary eyed for the simple fact that these grown men and the exception
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Descriptive Paragraph 28‚ January‚ 2012 Nia Nia is my wife and I’s female Pitt Bull dog. She weighs about forty eight pounds‚ and stands approximately two feet high‚ and is twelve years old. Nia‚ has a unique fur coat‚ she is brindle and white. Nia’s‚ brindle fur coat is a black and brownish gold pattern. The right side of her face is solid white and the left side is a beautiful brindle. The two colors are evenly and perfectly split down the middle of her face‚ which makes her look like she
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