stupid people was that they didn’t know they were stupid.” Lucky for me‚ I knew I wasn’t too smart in my early years. For starters‚ I couldn’t read at the beginning of first grade‚ and I understood that I’d need to work hard to get to where I needed to be. In second grade‚ I was at the bottom of my class in the number of math facts we could do in five minutes. After that I started to excel in my grades. Then in third grade I was one of seven fourth grade students to be accepted into an extracurricular
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Festivals of India Festivals of India : Diwali Festival Diwali Diwali is regarded as one of the most important festival of the Hindu calendar. It is celebrated across the nation with great pomp and excitement. The festival is mainly associated with lights as it is called the festival of light. On the day of the festival diyas (small clay lamps) are lit in everybody’s home irrespective of their social status. The name Diwali signifies ’rows of lighted lamps’. Diwali is a five-day festival
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George Berger sings the song “I got life” to the hosts of the party they crash. This happens to be Sheila’s parents who were sat down at the end of a dining table with their daughter. George tries to explain to Sheila before being kicked out that Claude is in love with her. Unfortunately the mother responds with “you must have some nerve!”. She does this because she believes George’s behavior is inappropriate and outrageous. She does not approve of her daughter being with someone like him‚ even though
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Got Milk? Advertisements are an efficient way to communicate with a wide variety of people to promote a certain message or product. The purpose of this is to encourage the audience of readers‚ viewers or listeners to take action on a certain product or idea. One of the advertisements that I have been seeing for a long time is the “got milk?” campaign. They’re a product oriented advertisement‚ therefore; they don’t advertise a specific brand of milk‚ for they’re goal is to sell milk itself. They
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Hughes recounts the revival meeting he attended by describing how he was “saved” from sin when he was twelve years old. He depicts this revival meeting by providing vivid details of what was said‚ who was there‚ and what took place. The dominant impression told throughout the story is that this boy was really saved from his sins when he attended this revival meeting. However‚ at the end of the story‚ Hughes explains that this did not truly happen. Hughes attitude towards salvation shifts at the
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The Day I Got Adapted “There she is!” My mom said so exited. “She is so cute!” Says my dad. “She looks like a boy.” My brother Nick says. I sat there in my caregiver’s arms in my little yellow outfit. My mom came over and picked me up and hugged me and kissed me. Then My dad swooped me up and hugged me and he swung me around. My brothers lit up like a flashlight when they first saw me. Both of my brothers were so excited to get a new baby sister! **Chongqing** We stayed at the White Swan Hotel in
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How I Got to Salt Lake Community College I always wanted to go to college growing up‚ but because of my family‚ along with my sisters and myself‚ were born and raised in a refugee camp in Nepal‚ I had a feeling that college was a dream that would not come true for me. In 2012‚ we came to Salt Lake City‚ Utah. The school I did was from 9th grade. After resettlement in the United States‚ my parents are still struggling to look after the educational future of me and my sisters. My family said if I
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of communication in the workplace‚ and for some‚ it has become a lifeline to the world as well. Many of us can hardly imagine life without it. That email enhances as well as complicates our daily business is a given. In "We’ve Got Mail—Always‚" Andrew Leonard discusses how email "saves time and wastes it‚ makes life simpler and more complicated‚ brings us together and pushes us apart." (240-243) E-mail‚ can’t live with it‚ can’t live without it. Con artists and real artists‚ advertisers and freedom
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play How We Got On‚ the entertainment factor was a major part of the production. The dialogue‚ diction‚ and slang from the characters transported me all the way back to the 80’s. It truly felt like I was watching kids living in a different period of time. The numerous rap numbers performed and musical effects featured throughout the play made it genuinely engaging and humorous. The dancing was entertaining too‚ and matched the energetic atmosphere of the play. The pacing was never slow‚ so I was always
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The Day I got Baptized The Day I got baptized was a cold sunday morning in December. I woke up like any other Sunday morning for church but today for the first time in 20 years my grandpa went to church with us; also one of our family friends‚ Richard Brewer went with us. Richard really wanted to be with us when we got baptized. When we showed up to church; which is First Baptist Church I was very excited because today I was getting baptized today. We made sure to find Richard then went into church
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