Liisa Steinwedel 6094157 Professor Langston ENG 1100 PP 4 November‚ 2010 Is Technology Always Beneficial? Thinking back to my grade ten English class‚ I cannot help but remember the time my teacher read my friend’s essay aloud. The whole essay sounded great‚ it had a strong argument and used exemplary grammar‚ until I heard the word ‘LOL’. The entire room burst out laughing‚ knowing perfectly well that using informal slang in a formal essay is inappropriate. What does this improper use of
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In ALWAYS RUNNING‚ Luis J. Rodriguez offers a loosely organized but thoroughly wrenching account of his experience growing up in and around Watts and the Las Lomas barrio‚ just east of Los Angeles. Rodriguez‚ a poet and journalist who now resides in Chicago‚ was born in 1954 in El Paso‚ Texas. His parents‚ recent immigrants from Mexico‚ soon migrated to the Los Angeles area. There‚ Rodriguez experienced the indignities of poverty‚ prejudice‚ and nearly unchecked police brutality. Joining a gang and
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than 450 active gangs made up of different races. In 2005 LA had 600 members that were white and only 11 gangs is from. But in LA there are 21‚790 members that are Hispanics and there are 264 gangs made up by Hispanics. The title of my main work is Always Running by Luis J. Rodriguez is about the gang in La and he lives in a struggle environment‚ racism occurs in his lifetime. Despite the school board’s recent sentiments regarding the lack of value that fiction provides‚ fiction should remain in the
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Book will always exist We are living in a century of technical progress. More and more new gadgets appear in our everyday lives. If I had been told ten years ago that I would be able to check e-mails‚ listen to the music and read electronic books with the use of only mobile phone‚ I wouldn’t have believed it. Nevertheless nowadays it’s as easy as abc to read a book through computer‚ mobile phone or a special e-books reader. Major IT corporations raise competition for the invention of the most
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long term. Argument 3 : It helps the business to operate more effectively in the future. Counter Argument 2 : It creates unhappy employees‚ lowers employees morale and motivation to work. Thesis Statement : Is is important for businesses to always have the policy that the customer is right because it will retain a company’s image‚ uphold its reputation‚ leads to a higher profit and enables the business to operate more effectively. Topic Sentence 1 : Retain a company’s image and reputation
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Hope is Alway to Be Found Hope is everywhere‚ it could be around the next corner someone takes‚ or it could be a little harder to find‚ buts it’s always there. Hope always leads itself into the right direction‚ so people just have to follow it in its foot steps. Thus Hope is everywhere it is hope is endless‚ hope is there when you need it most‚ and hope needs no reciprocation. Hope never ends‚ when it needs to be found‚ it will be found. In the Lady‚ or the Tiger written by Frank R Stockton Hope
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“How to Revise an Essay” When revising an essay it is alway great to take a break from your essay before you revise you paper. Remember to seek the opinion of your classmates and allow your classmates to revise your essay. A great way to check your content in your essay is to state your thesis in a sentence. Remember‚ when revising your essay that your thesis is clear. You should make sure you have enough example to support your topic. When revising your essay remember to look for changes that may
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Philippines were more laid-back and reserved. Despite the fact that I grew up in a place where traditional and conventional values were practiced‚ influences in society such as the media‚ still played a role in growing up. Therefore‚ teenagers did not always stay true to the advice of their parents. Parenting is an intricate subject. Some guardians believe that being a strict parent to their children will allow them to stay on the right path and grow up as responsible adults. However‚ strict parenting
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Shameeka Choice English 131 Dr. Jordan Lying is not always healthy Lying to a person of any age could truly cause harm mentally and psychically‚ based on the lie being told. Do you realize by telling a child he/she is adopted could put him/her at risk of everything he/she truly believes in? The consequence of constructing a lie can result in various kinds of loss. One of the most destructive types of lies which can lead to loss is one of omission in which important details are not
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The incredible inspiration‚ Pablo Picasso once said‚ “He can who thinks he can‚ and he can’t who thinks he can’t. This is an inexorable‚ indisputable law.” Pablo Picasso was a very successful painter‚ sculptor‚ printmaker‚ ceramicist‚ stage designer‚ poet and playwright who led a very odd life with some extremely interesting aspects. Picasso was an artist with many fields but painting was his forte. His most famous masterpiece is the Guernica‚ which is a very abstract and surreal painting. Another
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