As I sit here now writing this journal‚ I can’t help but feel how brilliantly ironic it is to write a whole journal on the topic of how I write. Besides that though‚ I guess I should begin. Writing‚ for me‚ has always been somewhat of a friend and a home. It’s been a companion through dark times‚ and a place I could go no matter how I was feeling. I have a deep love of the written word‚ and a great respect for anyone who puts pen to paper. (Or‚ in the new age of “handy-dandy” Chromebooks‚ anyone
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Films of the Year 1978 The Dawn of Superman and…the Dead? The year 1978 was an excellent year for film. Some notable movie titles that are still popular today are; the peppy musical Grease‚ The first Halloween movie‚ which has had numerous remakes and sequels the most recent having been released in 2009. Along with these classics there were two that stand out‚ Superman: The Movie and The Dawn of the Dead. Both these movies have survived into the twenty first century‚ becoming icons of the 1970’s
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Letter of Joy To which degree do I expose my distaste for writing technical or academia worthy essays? I could tell you that I had a horrendous experience which scarred me for life that on occasion demands psychiatric attention but that would be wishful thinking and a false presentation of myself. Maybe I can illustrate how over the many years from kindergarten to the final senior year of high school has my permeable brain been bashed with constant rules‚ regulations and format guidelines that
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for me and my learning ability. Around kindergarten I had trouble with my English courses and my reading skills‚ I had such a problem that some teachers thought that it would be best for me to be placed in the special education class when in reality it was just a delay in my learning. Both of my parents had known that the problems I faced with reading and writing were only because I was so young. they would make me read a ton of books in order to catch up with the other students. It took me a little
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The Joys of Home Before I am going to start my speech‚ I would like all of you to think of a person who possesses my following criteria. She is a supplier of strong wifi connection‚ sufficient people’s basic needs‚ and a strong and powerful flow of warmth. (3 sec) It’s our HOME! In my mind‚ home is not just an apartment‚ instead it is like a mysterious and colorless magician who manages to link all my family members together‚ back me up in times of hardships‚ and turn my frowns into smiles whenever
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Brandie Torres Rogers ENC 1102 11 September 2013 The Joy that Kills Kate Chopin’s short story “The Story of an Hour” is a story about a woman‚ Mrs. Louise Mallard‚ who has just learned the news that her husband has died in a tragic train wreck. The most significant line of the story is the very last line that hints at the theme of the story as well as the overall irony of it. Kate Chopin’s story talks about approximately “an hour” of time where Louise learns that her husband has died to the time
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The film Waiting For Superman is a film directed by Davis Guggenheim that talks about the public school system in the United States.This film uncovers the many ways in which education in America has declined. Rather than following largely on statistics and expert opinions‚ Guggenheim focuses on five students whose names are Anthony‚ Bianca‚ Daisy‚ Emily and Francisco.Viewing the students struggles and triumphs in the school settings where there are no easy solutions to the issues that affect them
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Reading and writing are two skills we learn early on in school‚ they are the basic tools teachers and parents instill in children‚ meaning that as someone who’s spent 14 years in school‚ I have had a lot of experience with reading and writing. Thinking back on my early school days in 1st and 2nd grade‚ I didn’t care for reading or writing. There were so many other things on the forefront of my mind like recess and lunch that learning just fell in the background. It wasn’t until 3rd grade that I
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City of Joy” was a great movie in making me aware of the world’s needs. There were a lot of disturbing elements for younger children‚ but viewers from the United States or other first world countries will be prompted to count their blessings. Three lives become intertwined in the City of Joy‚ a very poor area of Calcutta‚ India. Joan Bethel also known as “Pauline Collins” runs a free clinic there. Max Lowe also known as “Patrick Swayze” a disillusioned American Surgeon who is set up‚ robbed and beaten
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Waiting for Superman Waiting for Superman is a documentary that attempts to show inequalities in what is supposed to be a fair public education system. The film is primarily centered on five families and their attempt to secure a better education for their children. The movie shows several hardships the families have to endure and somewhat ironically‚ the most emotional moment for me involved one young girl not being allowed to attend her elementary school graduation because her mother fell behind
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