My Interview with Aleida Garcia‚ M.Ed. Our assignment was to interview a person who I felt could have a positive impact on me as a student. I decided to interview my aunt Aleida Garcia‚ who is a teacher and attended school at Temple University. I chose to interview her because she had struggles similar to mine. I am a single parent trying to balance effective study habits‚ with my life as a mother and the interests of my two year old child. I know that by putting some good study habits and strategies
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Dear Obama‚ My name is Jane Doe. I am an 11th grade student from Knoxville‚ Tennessee. Do not let my age fool you. I am well aware of the atrocities happening within our government. I am writing this letter to you‚ because I have a few concerns with our government today. I am concerned with the start of the war in Syria‚ the possible cancellation of Social Security checks‚ and the eavesdropping on our personal communication devices. First off is the war in Syria. As you probably know‚ it is
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Scout’s Negative Impact from Aunt Alexandra and Positive Impact from Atticus and Maudie The time difference from the Great Depression setting of To Kill A Mockingbird and present day is rather large‚ but that does not change the lessons that are learned or taught in the novel because some of the problems that existed back then still exist now. Scout gets to experience the feeling of prejudices and how it affects the lives of others. Scout does not know much about the events that are happening or
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Aunt Ana’s might enroll Leah (now Ivette) and Jacob (now Jacques) in the nearest little public school. She uses the papers we brought it with us from París which they were legitimate with false names which my friend Gilbert’s dad had given us. I had 13 years. Aunt Ana couldn’t register me at the primary school of a single class. I felt sad; I figured I might help the farm. The next day after our arrival a man came to aid Aunt Ana. It soon autumn begins‚ and Aunt Ana’s farm needed support. Help out
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Dear Diary‚ Tonight was . . . weird. Totally weird. The film was lousy‚ but Marcia came too‚ so I thought it would be better off she came along.. I hate when guys get drunk. For a start‚ it ’s totally against the law‚ then all the arguments‚ the fights(HATE FIGHTS) . . . It scares me‚ and if people with their knives . . . I just don ’t like getting involved. Neither does Marcia‚ much. I was watching the movie then they came. The greasers. The annoying graces‚ Strange greasers. Not like
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”Dear Friend” (?): Culture and Genre in American and Canadian Direct Marketing Letter Md Rishad Zaman 001100341 Professor Neil Stubbs Introduction to Academic Writing Section WRIT 1000B 17 July 2013 In “”Dear Friend” (?): Culture and Genre in American and Canadian Direct Marketing Letter”‚ Roger Graves examines how English speaking Canadian people are different from Americans‚ and how business communicators need to identify those differences to be
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I’m not really sure what compelled me to spend the summer with my aunt; perhaps it was my overwhelming curiosity or the fact that I love children. In any case I had agreed to live with a woman I had only met several times throughout my life‚ but really all I remember about her from those short visits were her red toes and the way she spent money. She would visit about every four years and every visit she would always spend a pretty penny on my sister and me. I‚ of course‚ was not used to spending
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Mrs. Slater- Victoria ‚ Victoria ‚ come in will u ??? (Victoria enters) Mrs. Slater – Im amazed at u. how u can gallivanting about d street with ur grandfather lying dead and cold upstairs. Mrs. Slater- get off n wear ur blacks ur Aunt Elizabeth and Uncle Ben r coming to talk about poor grandpa affairs. (Victoria off‚ bell rings‚ henry enters) Henry- I am wondering If dey will come at all.when u n Elizabeth quarreled she said she d never set foot in ur house again. Mrs. Slater- Elizabeth
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Adrienne Rich’s poem ‘Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers’ is about how Aunt Jennifer is becoming fragile and potentially old‚ but Rich used the idea of Aunt Jennifer’s tapestry and the tigers as some form of release‚ as the poem suggests that she is tightly governed by her husband. The phrases ‘massive weight of Uncle’s wedding band’ and ‘sits heavily’. Later on in the poem‚ in the last stanza‚ Rich uses the ring as a metaphor again‚ ‘still ringed with ordeals she was mastered by’. By using the word ‘ringed’
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Dear Mom‚ Happy Birthday!! You don’t look a day over 50‚ and you get even more beautiful with each passing year. I am so thankful that God created you as my mom and the grandmother of my children. You have been my backbone ever since I came to this world. You are truly the most loving‚ thoughtful‚ selfless‚ compassionate‚ caring‚ giving‚ amazing woman that this world has ever seen. You make me want to be a better man. You constantly amaze me in the ways that you care for others before yourself.
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