Sample College Essay #1 The sun sleeps as the desolate city streets await the morning rush hour. Driven by an inexplicable compulsion‚ I enter the building along with ten other swimmers‚ inching my way toward the cold‚ dark locker room of the Esplanada Park Pool. One by one‚ we slip into our still-damp drag suits and make a mad dash through the chill of the morning air‚ stopping only to grab pull-buoys and kickboards on our way to the pool. Nighttime temperatures in coastal California dip into the
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Sample Proposal Argumentative Essay Ethan Zaharia Enc 1101- Fall 08 Education is perhaps the most important endeavor a person can attempt in their life. Studies show those who have a post high school degree of some kind will earn considerably more during their working years than those who don’t. Though many classes may seem inapplicable to the work force or a future career‚ the skills developed such as group work‚ critical thinking‚ and exposure to disciplines that one would not otherwise study
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Sample of band 6 Essay regarding argumentative In the modern era‚ parents face a lot of challenges in bringing up their children. Although both parents have separate roles‚ mothers are said to be the better parent for a child. Do you agree or disagree with this statement? Provide support for your opinion. ______________________________________________________________________ The usual comparison between men and women is brought up again when the question of who makes a better parent is raised
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Optional essay sample for ISB Academic break (1992-1994) In my boarding school somewhere along the way my focus shifted from studies to sports and cinema. After completing class XII with average marks‚ I was left with very few options. None of them appealed as much as an engineering degree from IIT‚ India’s premiere institute. Considering my academic background IIT wasn’t an easy decision. Having made that decision I was very determined and even a failed first attempt did not deter me. I was successful
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Sample Essay Answer Use the organization and layout of this essay‚ in conjunction with the essay rubric and worksheet‚ as a template for the in-class essay exams. Question: Compare and contrast the Chinese and Japanese attitudes and policies regarding modernization beginning at the time of sustained European contact but concentrating on the period between 1840 and 1910. How did their status change in the eyes of the Europeans? By 1840‚ Europe had at least nominal domination over much of the
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Sample Management Essay Through times‚ the role of a manager has been experiencing changes. This was caused by the changes of consumer behavior‚ evolving organizational structures‚ and last but not least‚ rapid technology development. Managers had to accommodate to every changes in either of the three to be able to do their job decently. The same today‚ a lot of managers are in position where they have to chose whether to alter their current techniques or not‚ because the market and the adjacent
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SAMPLE TOK ESSAY GUIDE Knowledge claims must be filtered through the critical lens of reason. Do you agree? Understanding the question: The Q reminds us of Socrates’ saying: ’The unexamined life is not worth living.’ What did he mean? Should we question everything‚ even at the expense of our own personal (and social) happiness and sanity? The openness of the Q allows you to look at numerous knowledge claims (make a list in advance) and what they attempt to establish. At first glance‚ wouldn’t
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MBA essay sample I came from a family who made constant use of street smarts to survive living in Nigeria. Both of my parents have not even finished secondary education. However‚ my hardworking mother never wanted the same fate for me. She never dare imagine me as a mainstay in the sweltering‚ overpopulated streets of Lagos‚ in danger of becoming the next victim of violence. It is a city full of tribal and religious tensions‚ forever waiting to explode. Yet‚ this was where I had learned leadership
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Sample Narrative Essay Granny As I glanced past the lit Christmas tree in the window‚ I could see endless rain pouring down and splashing into the large puddles that now filled the road outside my grandparents’ home. I shivered slightly and turned back to watch my grandmother sharpening her pencils with a razor blade and unpacking her watercolor paints and paintbrushes from their special travel box. She was wearing a loose lambswool cardigan that covered the top of her long‚ gently patterned skirt
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Appealing-to-the-Senses Description: Let the reader see‚ smell‚ hear‚ taste‚ and feel what you write in your essay. The thick‚ burnt scent of roasted coffee tickled the tip of my nose just seconds before the old‚ faithful alarm blared a distorted top-forty through its tiny top speaker. Wiping away the grit of last night’s sleep‚ the starch white sunlight blinded me momentarily as I slung my arm like an elephant trunk along the top of the alarm‚ searching for the snooze button. While stretching
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