Mr./Madam Toastmaster‚ Ladies and Gentlemen‚ “What is this life ‚ if full of care‚ We have no time to stand and stare”. These lines from the poem “Leisure” by W.H. Davies struck me as an apt way to introduce myself. Because I AM A MAN OF LEISURE. Why do I say so? If I were standing before you‚ 3 years ago‚ I would have introduced myself as an IT professional working for so-and-so company. If it were 2 years ago‚ I would have introduced myself as a full-time student at the Cyprus International Institute
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This essay “Superman and Me” by Sherman Alexie was about how he learned to read. For Alexie‚ he picked up the habit of wanting to read from his father. He explains how long before he could even read he would pick up his father’s books and just look at them. Looking at how the books were structured allowed him to grasp the concept of books and paragraphs but it also allowed him to relate it to his own life. He looked at his own life‚ his family and thought about how they are each like their own little
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of a world that had meaning only in terms of its effect on me-- what I could see from a height of three feet and what I could comprehend with the intellect and emotions of a child. This state of innocence persisted through my early teens‚ but changed dramatically in the spring of my sophomore year of high school. My beloved father was dying of AIDS. First Body Paragraph Topic/Transition Sentence: From the moment my parents told me‚ I confronted emotions and issues that many adults have never
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Lit and Film Stand By Me and The Body: In the novella _The Body_ and the movie "Stand By Me"‚ we see a story of four young boys who embark on a journey to find the dead body of Ray Brower‚ a boy about the same age as the four boys: Gordie‚ Chris‚ Teddy‚ and Vern. Gordie‚ is generally seen as the most intelligent of the four boys‚ giving guidance and answers to the other boys. Then there is Chris‚ the peacemaker of the group‚ Teddy‚ the comic relief for the group‚ and Vern‚ the loner of the group
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NOLI ME TANGERE‚ 1887 *During the gloomy winter of Berlin* -Rizal was famished‚ sick‚ and despondent. -Notwithstanding his empty stomach‚ his painful coughing‚ and his despairing spirit‚ he continued writing his first novel. -He finished the novel on February 21‚ 1887 It was the Noli Me Tangere. His first novel. *Idea of Writing A Novel on Philippines* - His reading Harriet Beecher Stowe’s uncle Tom’s Cabin. which portrays the brutalities of American slave-owners and the pathetic conditions
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What is art for me? What is art for me? This is a legitimate question‚ but the answer is not easy. The simplest answer is to say that it is art which stood the test of time and still remains meaningful. When I heard this question‚ it made me think about the word art: What is art for me? ; How do I define art? ; And what is its significance to my life? According to the dictionary‚ the word art is the conscious use of skill and creative‚ imaginative especially in the production of aesthetic objects
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a chance to make our dream a reality. My American Dream is to have a good career. Having my dream career is important to me because it will make my life easier‚ help me stay responsible‚ and will never feel like an actual job. If you love what you do‚ then you will never work a day in your life. By having my dream career‚ will make my life easier‚ because it will set me up for the future. A reason you need to have a good future is it will take some pressure off of you. The good job will make
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person. Hopefully I can continue in college and get even better. My family has sacrificed a lot for seventeen years to bring me to place where I now stand. Throughout these years‚ my family especially my parents always stood by me when I was making hard choices in my life. My parents gave me the freedom to explore the world in order to see all the wonderful things around me. One of my main goals is to graduate high school. My mom was the first female in our family in a long time to graduate high school
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Is Ulima a witch? Witches usually appear in Halloween but also in a book. Bless me‚ Ultima written by Rudolfo Anaya. This book is about a boy‚ Antonio‚ who is choosing between his mother’s dream and his father’s dream. In the meantime‚ Ultima comes to live with them‚ and with Ultima’s help‚ Antonio chooses to combine his parents’ dreams both. But Tenorio‚ an evil person who has three witch daughters‚ tries to kill Ultima and Antonio. Ultima is a witch because she performs black magic and has an
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through knowledge. In the poems “Crazy Courage” and “Superman and Me” the idea being expressed is that knowledge is necessary to a person release their true individual power. The specific individual power in both cases is the strength to be oneself and fight against nonconformity. In both passages the authors depict some sort of knowledge that ultimately gives the characters their individual strength. In the reading “Superman and Me” Sherman Alexie describes his childhood and growing up as an Indian
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