Now if you’ll excuse me‚ i’m taking your man‚ and later the title of ‘cheer captain’” I grabbed Isaac’s hand and turned away from her walking to the tops of the bleachers. “You’re a fiery little thing aren’t you?” He laughed and laid his arm around my shoulders. Asriel looked up at us and stared‚ as I smiled and grabbed his hand making sure she could see. “You know‚ she’s always jealous. Even when no one does anything wrong. It drives me insane.” he frowned a bit and i felt my heart drop. “You should
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Stephan Keokhamphiuo Mrs. Walker English 10th Honors 7‚ May 2014 “America Needs It Nerds” People around the world need to open there eyes to what intellectual individuals can do for the world rather than only idolizing the celebrity’s and athletics. “America Needs Its Nerds” by Leonid Fridman talks about how in our society that we idolize celebrity’s and athletics more than intellectual people. Friedman effectively persuades an audience of intellectuals to value their academic prowess with a logical
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Captain Torres’ character is over-confident‚ ruthless‚ and blasé. Firstly‚ Torres is an over-confident man. His presence is loud and hard to go unnoticed. His actions and words reflect a state of mind of being a know-it-all and diving into dangerous situations with no fear‚ “They told me you would kill me. I came to find out if it was true. But it’s not easy to kill. I know what I’m talking about.” (Tellez 184) Torres is so confident that he knowingly put his life at risk under the impression that
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the class needed to write an essay on problems in today’s society‚ it was a perfect chance for him to express how he felt about police brutality. He wondered why these horrible things were happening in America‚ so he started off saying‚ “Not again. Never in a million years would I have ever thought we would back to this position we were in 50 years ago.” He almost started to cry because it is so unbelievable that racial discrimination is really still in America. It confused him he was speechless
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“My view of America” when saying it I get nostalgic‚ as it took me long to get a feeling of “I belong here”‚ “This is my Home”. It didn’t take me that long to come out of the shell looking the beauty of diversity in America where everyone’s values are respected and appreciated. I will throughout my essay give some views through my personal eye and teacher’s eye. America offers such a Democracy and values that people of any different nationalities‚ different ethnic backgrounds‚ and different religious
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Good Afternoon ladies and gentlemen‚ I am Cadet Captain Aaron Aguilera representing the Montbello Campus Warriors 10th Battalion of the Denver JROTC Brigade. I would like to begin by expressing my appreciation to the Windsor Garden Club for hosting this event and inviting me and my fellow cadets to participate in this fine competition. Regardless of who wins‚ you’ve pushed us all to become better citizens by giving us this unique opportunity. I was asked to write a speech about myself but how
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Racism: Just because other people do it‚ doesn’t mean its right. A comparative study of racism based on the works of Gates and Rattansi. Race and Racism in Latin America and the Caribbean Racism is still with us. But it is up to us to prepare our children for what they have to meet‚ and‚ hopefully‚ we shall overcome. – Rosa Parks Racism‚ this simple word conjures up images of abhorrence and suffering. Brother hating brother because of the colour of their skin. Whole ethnicities of
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Mecca Nelson Mrs. Balas & Ms. Delivuk Period 8 2/7/13 Carl Sandburg and Walt Whitman show the effect the death of a great President has on the nation in their two pieces “O Captain! My Captain!” and “The Funeral Train.” They include significant details such as the amounts of people affected and the shock of the nation due to this tragic event. Whitman and the American people in Sandburg’s piece have two unique but somewhat similar responses to Lincoln’s assassination. In “The Funeral
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the political and economic systems the U.S. is famous for are seen to be derived from past civilizations as well. But this of course leads us to asking the inevitable questions of where did it all begin‚ and what caused people to settle here in America of all places. In order to answer this however‚ we have to look back past explorers and crusades. Past the kings‚ uprisings‚ revolts‚ and trade routes. We must go back in time to the Roman Empire itself‚ specifically in the year 476 BCE; the time
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During my Junior year of High School‚ I had the honor to be elected as the Junior Varsity Cheerleading Captain. The team and I instantly had a bond that was unbreakable‚ although we faced some difficult times. When the season began‚ we did not have a coach to lead us‚ so we practiced apace with the Varsity squad. A few weeks into the season‚ the Varsity coach found us a mentor that would lead us. As a few more weeks went by‚ our coach started picking up on more activities‚ which was too much for
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