But for some people‚ their childhoods are looked back on in sadness and remorse. In the poems "Looking For Dad"‚ "My Grandmother" and "The Sick Equation"‚ the narrators explore the darker sides of childhood. Each poem tells a different story‚ but are all about tragic memories from shattered childhoods that will scar forever. "Looking For Dad" is about a boy who’s father leaves home. I think the author chose the title because not only does it explain the main theme of the poem‚ but the phrase "looking
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My Most Valuable Possessions The world today is full of ways to keeps us busy‚ distracted‚ and stressed. We all have to find ways to manage these in our lives‚ often this happens because of special items in our lives that have a special importance to us. Maybe these items are very different from person to person. For me‚ my most valuable possessions are my family and friends‚ my health‚ and my self-confidence. Each one has a unique quality that helps me to manage the distractions and stresses
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The Most Embarrassing Day in My Life When I was in Form four‚ my school held an English elocution contest. I was really horrified when I was chosen as one of the participants. For the next few days‚ I searched model essay books for a suitable topic to speak on for I could never had written my own speech even if my life depended on it. Eventually‚ I chose a topic on pollution because at that time‚ everyone from the man in the street to the top ministers were talking about it. After that‚ I memorized
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Summer‚ Rains‚ Early Autumn‚ Late Autumn‚ Winter and Spring. Actually there are summer‚ Rains and winter. But we can feel the delicate shades of difference between Early and Late Autumn‚ or between spring and summer. Of all these seasons‚ I like summer the most. This may seem Stanger‚ but it is a fact for me. Let me first narrate the good and the bad sides of the seasons clearly. In summer‚ the heat becomes oppressive. It causes physical hardship that sometimes become unbearable. We feel easily
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My Grandmothers Jewelry Box An object I found to be most significant and interesting is my grandmother’s jewelry box. This jewelry box has been an important object in my life since I was a little girl. Whenever I glance over‚ incredible memories dance in my head of my grandmother and me. I chose to write about this jewelry box because it’s so important to me. Ever since I was a little girl I wanted nothing more than to be like my grandmother. My grandmother’s jewelry box rests
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A felon on the loose and an old grandmother may not seem to have much in common but looks can be deceiving. In A Good Man Is Hard to Find the author‚ Flannery O’Connor‚ introduces two characters that are very self-driven and relate to each other through their common traits. The Misfit and the grandmother share major characteristics that coincide with the story such as selfishness‚ brashness‚ and determination. Their lifestyles are polar opposites with the Misfit living a lawless‚ heartless‚ and detached
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good thing for society as a whole when we are inspired by others and are ourselves an inspiration to ohers. So who has inspired me? Well‚ as a young person there were many people who inspired me. I didn’t have a particularly easy childhood‚ as I grew up in relative poverty and my parents divorced when I was aged 8‚ after a traumatic marriage. Still‚ I managed to developed a fairly positive‚ life is a "glass half full" attitude‚ due in the main to positive people who inspired me. Some of them were
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My Most Memorable Day There are lots of memorable days in my journey on earth but there is one that stands above all others. It comes up to my mind every now and then ‘First day of school’. It all happened long ago but I remember it as if it just happened yesterday. It was 24th February 2006‚morning 6:00 am when my alarm started ringing loudly. I jumped up excitedly not being able to stand. It was my first day at Da Vinci International School! I was going into KG1 (FS1 as they call it in Dubai)
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My Pivotal Person The name of my mother is Eva Bangura but I normally call her “aunty Eva”. She is dark in complexion and of average height. My mom is forty six years old but she looks ten years younger than her age. She has three children of which am the eldest. My mom enjoys cooking and cleaning which are her hobbies she is a teacher by profession. She is also a person with a good sense of humor. My mother is kind‚ hard working trustworthy and most of all she knows how to handle difficult
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It is a pleasure to nominate Dave Giles for the "Most Outstanding Person" award. He is a former alumni of Carl Sandburg College. My first impression of Dave came in 2012 when he gave hands-down the best speech on the importance of education that I had ever heard. He truly enjoys spending his time helping the community’s youth. He has also continued to live up to that impression of being a passionate man who is optimistic‚ supporting‚ and is as committed to children as he is to bettering our society
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