word “cripple” to describe herself. In her piece “On Being a Cripple‚” Mairs relays to her audience how she accepts being crippled‚ and she brings attention to her interpretation of the language used by society. Mairs portrays how she feels by setting different tones within her essay. At the start of her writing‚ Mairs puts off a confident‚ bold‚ and defiant feel to her essay. Mairs represents herself as someone who is bold and confident by being very forthright about her opinion. “Perhaps I want
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Some people would describe being on time as ’old fashioned’‚ but it’s not in the slightest way ’old-fashioned’‚ because actually it’s nothing to do with ’fashion’ or ’generation’. It’s got all to do with basic good manners and respect for other people. Nowadays‚ a meeting set to start at 8am‚ seems to mean for some people in the general vicinity of any time which starts with the numeral 8. Like 8:30am for example. People come in at 8:15 or even later‚ smiling at the waiting group‚ apparently
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Melody Tu Being a Christian I became a Christian last year‚ it really changes my life and the way I sees things. I became more positive and contentment about everything. “For God so loved the world that He gave His only be gotten Son‚ that whoever believed in Him should not perish but have eternal life. (John 3:16)”. Eternal life! Who does not want eternal life? All you have to do is believe in Jesus Christ. Being a Christian brings several good effects in life. Firstly‚ becoming a Christian
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"On Being a Cripple" Most of us will never know what it is to be handicapped or a "cripple". However‚ accidents‚ illnesses and many other misfortunes cause millions of people to lose use of their arms‚ legs and other parts of their body. In "On Being a Cripple"‚ Nancy Mairs talks about her life struggle with multiple sclerosis‚ a chronic degenerative disease of the central nervous system. She demonstrates that life is what one makes it to be and that humor will help us deal with its harsh
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To Be Canadian Being Canadian simply doesn’t mean being born and raised in Canada. For me‚ it defines the diversity of the country and its people and the unity among the different ethnic groups that live together in peace. Canada is often referred to as a land of immigrants because for the past 200 years‚ we became a multicultural country thanks to the millions of newcomers that helped build our way of life. Being a multicultural country is one of the many unique characteristics we should be proud
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What does it mean to be responsible? Responsible means taking care of your duties; being accountable for your own actions. Being responsible also means to me is to take ownership; owning what I need to do and accepting the blame when I cause the problem. Committing ourselves to lead‚ to create‚ to solve problems involve being responsible. Whether it’s cleaning the house or just attending class‚ I am acting out of what it means to be responsible. When I think of having responsibilities I think
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Being Active The human body is something I think people take for granted. It has a more profound purpose than most perceive it to be. It should be treated with the utmost care and respect. Being active is one of the many ways you can take of your body and what I think is the most important. You can be active by partaking in one of various sorts of physical activities. Physical Activity is one of the most vital things you can do for your health. In today’s society‚ being overweight and obese is
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Being Grateful Are you someone who has an undeniably strong drive to succeed? Do you want to succeed for yourself and your family? The way to success is simple: Gratitude. A rule shared with me is that "every single day you should find something for which to be grateful.” When I live by this rule‚ my life changes for the better‚ and I ’ve seen it work for others as well. Spending too much time dwelling on negative things can derail you from your success. Things will come up that will change your
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environment in the world‚ one could have a different approach or assumptions of one’s behavior. It is an indisputable fact that by being a human being with an ability to think and comprehend‚ you could still misunderstand someone or be misunderstood or sometimes even misunderstand one’s self. Being misunderstood had a major effect on my life‚ where I come from I was being misunderstood in so many aspects in terms of religion and gender. My family and I were devout Christians living in a strict Muslim
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Strength can be defined in many different ways. To some people‚ strength is about building the muscles in our body. To others‚ it is about being strong in the mind. To me‚ strength in our character is the most important as it is about being resilient and never giving up. Strength in character is the most important strength that anyone could possess in my opinion. Quoting Lawrence G. Lovasik‚ “Strength of character means the ability to overcome resentment against others‚ to hide hurt
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