What kind of impression do you want to leave on the world? Would you rather be remembered for your property or your actions? For many‚ this is a difficult choice that they struggle to make. The late Chip Ellis‚ however‚ didn’t falter for a moment when deciding how he wanted to be remembered. He once proclaimed‚ “A hundred years from now it will not matter what my bank account was‚ the sort of house I lived in‚ or the kind of car I drove...but that the world may be different because I was important
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think of Ellis Island‚ you usually think of a historical landmark. But Ellis Island has a long and interesting history to it. Back in the 1800s‚ Samuel Ellis owned Ellis Island. He made the island into a picnic place for the Swedish. It was purchased in 1808 by the Federal Government to be used as a Government Arsenal Fort. The need for immigration was first realized in 1847 when a severe potato famine in Ireland led to thousands of starving people storming into New England and New York. Ellis Island
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Ellis Island‚ established in January 1st‚ 1892 opened as three large ships wait to land. 700 immigrants passed through Ellis Island that day‚ and nearly 450‚000 followed over the course of that first year. Ellis Island located in Upper New York Bay‚ was the hope for over 12 million immigrants‚ making the Ellis Island as the country’s busiest immigrant station from 1892 until 1954. Workers tested immigrants in the Great Hall shown in the picture to see if the foreigners were eligible to work in
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William Ellis was born in Salford‚ Greater Manchester in the United Kingdom. He was born on August 24‚1794. He was born to two hard working parents. William was a missionary in Hawaii and he was also a famous writer. He made a big impact on the people he was a missionary to and has many well-known books that have been published. His books are about his life as a missionary and his wife. I picked him because all of the places he visited were interesting to me. They were interesting because I like
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Elli: Coming of Age in the Holocaust The book Elli: Coming of Age in the Holocaust provides much information on what happened during this time. It is a biography by Livia E. Bitton Jackson. Livia Jackson was thirteen when she was taken to Auschwitz. After liberation‚ she completed high school in displaced person camps in Germany. In 1951‚ she traveled to the U.S. on a refugee ship and completed her higher education‚ later receiving a Ph.D. from N.Y.U. Since‚ she has taught at several colleges
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people coming to Ellis Island to have enough space to support them. This was not entirely the staff’s fault‚ however. As reported by Renee C. Rebman‚ Ellis Island had over 800‚000 processed passengers in 1905 alone‚ not including first and second class who had the privilege of going through at a different time than steerage (21). With such an immense number of immigrants coming in one year alone‚ it became burdensome on the staff to manufacture enough space for everyone. Since Ellis Island was so congested
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“ The streets are paved with gold-they aren’t paved at all‚ and I am expected to pave them” This quote above makes you think of the times that immigrants arrived to America via ship to Ellis Island. The way I think of this quote is that yes i’m coming to America to start a new life‚ but it wont be easy at all. The streets have everything a person could want. Near me I have malls‚ restaurants‚ movies‚ jobs etc. and really‚ I don’t have to work incredibly hard to get these things‚ because thank
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and five both tell the story and account of Deborah. Even though they both are about the same set of events‚ there are still very glaring differences in them. The first is that they are different types of literary genre. Chapter four is merely a retelling of the story of Deborah‚ while chapter five is “The Song of Deborah and Barak.” They both tell the story of what happened‚ they just have different literary styles of doing so. Also‚ the song of Deborah is incredibly poetic in nature and it even
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In the article from “Sponsors of Literacy”‚ Deborah Brandt compared two children from two different families‚ and how each of them have been affected when accessing and developing literacy because of the environment of family. One‚ Raymond Branch‚ was born in a rich family and lived in resourceful town. Different from Branch‚ Dora Lopez‚ was born in a poor family and lived in the same town as Branch but poor resourced environment. Although these two children had grown up in the same town‚ environment
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In chapter six of Strategic Writing Deborah Dean honestly admits the difficulty of teaching students the importance of revision. Dean concedes that‚ “most [students] resist revision” (148). It’s difficult for to students to view their writing from another perspective (Dean‚ 148). Revision often isn’t viewed as an opportunity to improve‚ but as a mindless writing chore you have to go through at school (Dean‚ 148). Peer review has failed many students when it comes to improving their writing (Dean
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