because I couldn’t think of one tradition off the top of my head that was special and unique to my family. I sat there and wondered‚ should I tell the truth and reveal the fact that my family doesn’t have any traditions? Should I make one up and fake my way through the entire thing just to get a good grade? Should I take someone else’s family tradition and call it my own? As you can probably tell‚ I was completely stuck. I feel as though my family traditions are ones that are shared with other families
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Imagine being an outsider since you were four. Imagine seeing your whole life change so suddenly‚ and for the worse. Margot‚ a nine year old girl‚ has been emotionally damaged from the atmosphere she lives in. All Summer in a Day by Ray Bradbury depicts a future in which it is possible for humans to settle on a different planet‚ specifically Venus. The weather on Venus is a large component of the short story‚ as it never changes. For as long as the children living there can remember‚ Venus’ clouds
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It was June 15‚ and in two days I would be turning thirty. I was insecure about entering a new decade of my life and feared that my best years were now behind me. My daily routine included going to the gym for a workout before going to work. Every morning I would see my friend Nicholas at the gym. He was seventy-nine years old and in terrific shape. As I greeted Nicholas on this particular day‚ he noticed I wasn’t full of my usual vitality and asked if there was anything wrong. I told him I was
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Shannon Mancuso May 27‚ 2013 I close my eyes and try to visualize a place‚ but where? There a so many possibilities. I can imagine my work place and see and feel the commotion of living in a fire station‚ or I could imagine my home in Mayaguez. Where should I go? I think and my mind seems to wander‚ I hear my kids and I try to refocus. Wait‚ suddenly my mind goes back the house I grew up‚ closing my eyes I am there‚ all my senses seem to have come alive. Leaving my eyes closed I take it all in. The
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a suburb of Philadelphia... right? And what did "JTOP" even do? That question cannot be answered so easily. JTOP was a chance for bright kids who love learning…to explore. Every meeting‚ every task‚ every debate felt like a new adventure. One day Maggie came home from school and informed us of hearing about trepanation‚ the practice of cutting holes into one’s skull. This was creepy... yet fascinating. Why would anyone willfully drill a hole into his or her head? What would that be like? So
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Vacations are the best time to relax and enjoy and I eagerly wait for my summer vacations every year. Every year my school closes in the middle of the month of May and reopens by the end of June. Annual exams get over and the results are declared. This time I got promoted to class nine from class eight. After the hard labor for the examinations‚ I wanted some rest and also some refreshment. Hence I put aside my books for a few weeks. Next day morning I went out to play with my friends. It was
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The Best Change in My Life Blair Woods November 10‚ 2012 ENC 1101-284 In this essay you will read about an event that happened in the year 2007. This was the event that had changed my life forever and for the better. I found out I was pregnant when I was in my second year in college. This event completely changed the outlook on how I look at life and I believed my life was over‚ I thought it was a very unacceptable thing for me. However little did I know that the life I was living had me
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A wonderful holiday. I like traveling. I’m very thankful to god because giving me a family that loves to travel. When I go for traveling with my family‚ there are a lot of interesting place that we visit. Between traveling at bigger city and go traveling at Island‚ I will choose the Island to travel. I don’t like travel at bigger city because it was so noisy and a lot of pollution. Enough for me to live and always trapped in the traffic jam especially when I’m go back home to my own town Johor
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Holiday Traveling A report was recently published by "ABC.com" stating that holiday traveling will increase by two percent from last year‚ and high gas prices will not affect the millions of Americans from traveling. With gas prices topping $3 per gallon in some regions‚ Americans will compensate by traveling less‚ and "Families will travel closer to home. They will travel for fewer days‚ and they will save money by staying in less-expensive hotels and eating in cheaper restaurants‚ but they will
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Book –my best friend Charles W. Eliot said “Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors‚ and the most patient of teachers.” Book is the best friend‚ a human being can have. Book is a friend that is never disloyal. Books are our friends for life as because they never reject‚ never go or come‚ never fight and never blame us. Books make our life easy to lead as they inform us about various ways of leading life. Books are informative
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