that my life would have been altered so drastically that Tuesday morning. When I entered my English class we were assigned a task to analyze a speech‚ not my favorite writing exercise. A paper titled‚ Stanford University Commencing Speech 2005 by Steve Jobs was placed on each desk. The name rang a bell‚ I knew of his connections with Apple and squabbles with supposed rival Bill Gates but nothing else. Ignorance always led me to think that millionaires like him either had very rich parents‚ attended
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Zinn 5 Paragraph Essay In “A People’s History of the United States‚” by Howard Zinn‚ Zinn states “To emphasize the heroism of Columbus and his successors as navigators and discovers‚ and to deemphasize their genocide‚ is not a technical necessity but an ideological choice. It serves-unwittingly-to justify what was done‚” this quote is true to all extent. True‚ Columbus and his followers founded Central America‚ but they were obviously not the first or the “native” Americans would have not been
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Essay Prompt: The South Kitsap School District is instituting a no-tolerance ban on student cell phones and personal electronics while on campus during school hours. Write a persuasive essay supporting or opposing this new policy. Introductory paragraph Attention Grabber: Currently‚ over 90% of all American middle and high school students own either a cell phone or a personal MP3 player and a recent USA Today survey found that 98% of teenagers admit to using their cell phones while in class
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“Death is the destination we all share.” While a somber statement‚ the words came from a commencement speech that Steve Jobs‚ CEO of Apple and Pixar Animation‚ gave to Stanford University’s Class of 2005 this Tuesday. In his speech‚ Jobs shared “three stories”‚ anecdotes of being adopted‚ fired‚ and diagnosed with cancer‚ among others‚ to approach themes of life‚ death‚ love‚ and the future. The first detailed his adoption and early college education‚ the second‚ his being fired from Apple in
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In this address‚ Steve Jobs gives us his view on life and how life as we know can be taken for granted. Life in reality shouldn’t because tomorrow’s not promised and we’re all going to die eventually. This mentality helps job make important decisions in life which keep him from having the fear of failure or embarrassment because he doesn’t want to waste his life doing something that he truly doesn’t love. Jobs also gives his perspective on how it feels to be told you only have a few months to live
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Javier Hernando Ortega Cuellar Universidad Nacional De Colombia Philology and Languages: English Written Communication IV August 20 – 2010 Steve Jobs Commencement Speech’s Review. “I’m honored to be with you today for your commencement from one of the finest universities in the world. Truth be told‚ I never graduated from college‚ and this is the closest I’ve ever gotten to a college graduation. Today‚ I want to tell you three stories from my life. That’s it. No big deal. Just three stories
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Five Paragraph Essay: Flo Hyman (Randi) I had one of the most common characteristics of my condition‚ but since it was so rare‚ no one could save me. I was born in Inglewood‚ California on July 29‚ 1954. I have 7 siblings‚ and I am the second oldest. I played basketball and ran track all four years of high school. I joined a youth team that went to Russia‚ and after that I knew that volleyball was my sport and not basketball. But you’ll learn more about that later. My dad‚ George is 6’1‚ he’s a railroad
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“Even the Good can be Twisted” “Be who you are and say what you feel‚ because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind.” ( Dr. Seuss) “Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death‚ I will fear no evil.” (Psalm 23:4) “God has given you one face‚ and you make yourself another.” (William Shakespeare) These quotes‚ found throughout many different time periods of history‚ all say the same: “Be who you are and don’t let anything change that.” These are great words to
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Recently a conflict erupted between Egypt and Ethiopia as Egypt rejects Ethiopian project ’ Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam’ which is going to be built on the Nile River. The Nile flows through the north-eastern part of Africa. The source of the Nile is Lake Victoria and its mouth is in the Mediterranean Sea. As an international river the Nile passes through many countries‚ it passes through: Egypt‚ Sudan‚ South Sudan‚ Ethiopia‚ Kenya‚ Eretria‚ Tanzania‚ Uganda‚ Rwanda‚ Republic of the Congo and
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Beowulf an Epic Tale Beowulf is a powerful tale about a hero who battles beasts and dies a tragic heroic death. This tale of Beowulf is an epic that has been adapted throughout the years. The book version of this tale is very different from the 2007 movie version. Although the characters are the same many things have changed in the plot of the story and in the aesthetics of the story. The different adaptations are equally great but are very different from each other. One change between the
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