My first couple weeks at The University of Alabama have certainly been a unique experience. I threw myself into the Southern culture by deciding to rush a sorority. In Connecticut‚ sororities are a fun activity that a few people join‚ and rush is a two‚ maybe three day process. Here‚ rush and sororities are a whole different ballgame. Door songs are easily the scariest thing on the planet. Recently a video of a door song from a different college went viral with captions comparing them to horror
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I work forty hours a week. I got to college two nights a week and take an online class as well. I cook‚ clean and take care of kids on my own. I am tired. No one is my home respects me. I feel like my own family has made me into their slave. My husband’s expects me to take care of everything and everyone. The supper I cook is always superb. Now ironing‚ I draw the limit‚ just put them in the dryer or do it yourself. Then have the nerve to give me a B+ in bed. If I wasn’t so tired of doing everything
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Dear diary‚ I was one of the best soldiers. I fought for my king‚ alongside one of my closest friends‚ Banquo. We destroyed the enemy and were on our way home from the bloody battlefield when we were confronted by three hideous creatures. These things were not human. They had twisted limbs and eyes sunken deep into their rotting flesh. They were barely covered by dirty‚ ripped up rags. They glared at us‚ and smiled mischievously‚ showing us their yellow teeth. They introduced themselves as the
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Passage | Response | 1. (Outliers) Page 19-20: Biologists often talk about the “ecology” of an organism: the tallest oak in the forest is the tallest not just because it grew from the hardiest acorn; it is the tallest also because no other trees blocked its sunlight‚ the soil around it was deep and rich‚ no rabbit chewed through its bark as a sapling‚ and no lumberjack cut it down before it matured. 2. (Outliers) Page 17: If you have ability‚ the vast network of hockey scouts and talent spotters
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I was getting very excited for my husband‚ Henry‚ to return home after a few years‚ which felt like decades. He had left only two years after our marriage when I was 22 and he was 23. He decided to go into the army‚ and left fairly quickly because of the war we were in the middle of. He joined in the year of 1914‚ towards November. In the two years after our marriage‚ I had a little girl in November of 1913. We named her Charolette‚ the same name that was given to her father’s grandmother. “Charolette
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Dear‚ Elisabeth de la ma Mom‚ Victor de la ma Dad‚ Patchow You know the gold and riches that you are bathing in‚ say thanks to my heroic conquer of the Aztecs. This was my hardest and bravest act of all. At first‚ though I came with the wretched Velasquez who wanted to me to farm. Yeah‚ he wanted me to till the land but I said “I came here to gold‚ not till the land like a peasant. So I decided to aim high‚ aim for the Aztecs. IT all started in 1504 where I left for Spain to seek money
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Sebastian reached into his bag of tricks once more and pulled out a hatchet. The blade was so sharp it could easily cut the whiskers of a cat. The madman began to repeatedly dig the hatchet into a tree and with a simple shove he sent the tree crashing to the ground. With a big thud the tree collided with the dirt road blocking it off to anyone who tried to take this road. We descended back into the forest and using our magic created a shelter out of leaves and sticks that would suffice for a couple
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Day 1- Well‚ we are lost on this island. After we came to‚ there was a noise. What a noise it was‚ it was like the horn of a ship: “ a deep harsh note boomed under the palms” (Golding 17). The sound was from a conch shell‚ blown by a boy named Ralph trying to call all of the boys marooned on the island to a meeting. I led my choir to the meeting. We voted on a leader. There is no doubt in my mind that I would be the best leader‚ but the group elected Ralph. Something about him really makes my blood
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It is December 25‚ 1776 I George Washington have a plan for me and my best companion Zklav and my troops.My plan is to wait till all of the Hessians are asleep then attack them.But first I need to recruit more men I will read a text from Thomas Paine’s Crises document.I went into a town and started to read “These are the times that try men’s souls. The summer soldier and the shine patriots will‚in this crisis‚shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands NOW‚deserves the love and thanks
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Dear‚ diary today‚ I’m going to tell you all about this one time I was going to my grandma’s house‚ it’s not just an ordinary story‚ enjoy! It all started so typically‚ I was going to my grandma’s house to give her some treats for her (because I didn’t get to see her in a while). Before‚ I left the house‚ my mother told me‚ “Don’t talk to any strangers and go straight to grandma’s house” I responded‚ by saying‚ “Mother I know‚ you don’t have to tell me every single time I go to grandma’s house
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