WHAT SUBJECT DO I LIKE BEST? In school‚ of all the classes I have to take‚ I like P.E. most. Why? There are three simple reasons why I love it: there is no homework‚ it helps me stay healthy‚ and last‚ it is quite relaxing to learn. First‚ the homework part‚ for me‚ it’s a dream comes true when there’s no homework for me to do. I am kind of obsessed with homework. I open my eyes thinking about homework‚ I eat thinking about homework‚ I even take a bath thinking about homework. So it’d be nice
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In Engstrom’s piece‚ “Yes… But I Was Drunk”‚ ideas regarding speech communities are expanded on‚ more specially the speech community of college aged people. It discusses how the way people talk about experiences influences and is influenced by social change. It then dives into the perception of college drinking and how alcohol consumption does not merely lead to bad decisions‚ but instead explains how certain habitual ways of speaking normalize underage drinking and justify bad choices. This same
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— but not all — protesters were young. Many young protesters‚ particularly in the later phases of the movements‚ were not of the ‘new’ middle class. The last few years have seen a steady growth in middle class activism around social justice. This was exemplified in situations like the Jessica Lal case where middle class protests combined with media coverage to impact events. Such consciousness also peaked when ordinary citizens thronged Anna Hazare’s anti-corruption satyagraha. Many such cases have
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I looked up at the black sky. I hadn’t intended to be out this late. The sun had set‚ and the empty road ahead had no streetlights. I knew I was in for a dark journey home. I had decided that by traveling through the forest would be the quickest way home. Minutes passed‚ yet it seemed like hours and days. The farther I traveled into the forest‚ the darker it seemed to get. It was very hard to even take a breath due to the stifling air. The only sound familiar to me was the quickening beat of my own
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attention and greater community awareness. His illustrious poem Advice to a Son will be analysed‚ resulting in a comparison of other sources from pop culture which similarly complement and explore this confronting youth issue. The poem can be interpreted as being about the influence and strain parents put on their children to reach unattainable expectations‚ sometimes leading to the diagnosis of a mental illness. THEME/ YOUTH ISSUE: Advice to a Son is about the dangers of parental demands‚ rather than
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In the memoir When I was Puerto Rican by Esmeralda Santiago‚ the author recounts her childhood. Also referred to as "Negi‚" Esmeralda shares the various stages of her upbringing throughout Puerto Rico’s various cities‚ including Macún and Santurce. After dealing with several uprooting experiences‚ multiple schools‚ and even more challenging periods of adjustment‚ Negi is ultimately uprooted once more. After several years without commitment‚ Negi’s mother Ramona decides to leave Esmeralda’s father
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There was a time back in grade school when I was people had the unjust judgment of who I am as a person because I was a little different from everyone else. I have always been bigger in size than most people and that hasn’t changed today. I would wear different attire than other people because of the area I grew up in and the size of me. I would also be into hip hop music because of who I grew up with; however‚ I was the only one that only listened to hip hop because everyone was raised to
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The Business System: Government‚ Markets and International Trade Chapter 3 Reporters: Masaga‚ April B. Sebastian‚ Jo Ann D. Reyes Marvin Sergio L. Globalization The process by which the economic and social systems of nations are connected together so that goods‚ services‚ capital and knowledge move freely between nations. Economic System The system a society uses to provide goods and services it needs to survive and flourish. Economic Systems The economic system accomplishes two basic
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Philosopher Thomas Hobbes argued that government was best if it was autocratic‚ an all-powerful sovereign. To understand Hobbes’s reasoning‚ it is crucial to first understand his view on man’s conditions in an anarchic environment. In Hobbes’ perspective‚ man’s life in the state of nature was “solid‚ poor‚ brutish‚ and short” because man is selfish and violent. Without institutions to provide security‚ man was always in a constant state of war. These anarchic conditions compel men to look after
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Kevin and I went out for a year‚ and‚ during that time‚ we fought until we got sick of it. We fought about the stupid things all couples fight about‚ but the main thing that came between us was something that other couples probably don’t have to deal with. We constantly argued about whether I was too Americanized. 2. Kevin and I both came to the United States from Korea five years ago. Although we had this in common‚ we had different points of view on everything. He would ask me why I couldn’t be
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