Principal’s welcome speech on 40th Anniversary Inauguration Ceremony dated 7th February 2009 Dear Guest of Honor‚ Brother Patrick‚ Reverend Brothers‚ Distinguished School Principals‚ Friends‚ Parents‚ Old Boys‚ Teachers‚ and Students‚ On behalf of the school‚ I have great pleasure to welcome all of you to the 40th Anniversary and Open Days Inauguration Ceremony of Chan Sui Ki (La Salle) College. It is a day of rejoice because we will recall together a lot of touching stories we had experienced in CSK in the last forty years
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JABBERWOCKY Lewis Carroll (from Through the Looking‐Glass and What Alice Found There‚ 1872) `Twas brillig‚ and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe: All mimsy were the borogoves‚ And the mome raths outgrabe. "Beware the Jabberwock‚ my son! The jaws that bite‚ the claws that catch! Beware the Jubjub bird‚ and shun The frumious Bandersnatch!" He took his vorpal sword in hand: Long Lme the manxome foe he sought ‐‐ So rested he by the Tumtum tree‚ And stood awhile in thought
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Sitting cross-legged on the bay window at home‚ I study my canvas. A toddler sits in her pram‚ brown curly locks flying in all directions. Her cheeks are dimpled and her smile is gummy. Her hand holds a rattle‚ but she’s looking at me intently. At first glance‚ she’s exactly the way I remembered her when I first saw her while vacationing at a hill-station. (something not quite right about this sentence) My eyes linger on hers; the curve seems just right‚ the pupils a lovely hue of green-yellow‚ her
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Andrew Vargas Mr. Meltreger 4/10/13 In the summer of 1932‚ Franklin D. Roosevelt‚ Governor of New York‚ was nominated as the presidential candidate of the Democratic Party. In his acceptance speech‚ Roosevelt addressed the problems of the depression by telling the American people that‚ "I pledge you‚ I pledge myself‚ to a new deal for the American people." In the election that took place in the fall of 1932‚ Roosevelt won by a landslide. The New Deal Roosevelt had promised the American people
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-Frederick Douglass was an African-American social reformer‚ abolitionist‚ orator‚ writer‚ and statesman. After escaping from slavery in Maryland‚ he became a national leader of the abolitionist movement from Massachusetts and New York‚ gaining note for his dazzling oratory and incisive antislavery writings. In his time he was described by abolitionists as a living counter-example to slaveholders’ arguments that slaves lacked the intellectual capacity to function as independent American citizens
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Process Paper For this year’s I.P.‚ I picked Frederick Douglass to be my topic. The reason I picked him was because he was a great man and a well known abolitionist figure. He dedicated his life to opposing slavery. I have always admired Douglass since my first grade teacher told my class about him. Once I researched a little about him‚ mainly the time period of his life‚ I realized he was a perfect choice for my I.P. topic. He interested me and I could easily get plenty of information on him
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my birth date like most other slaves‚ for we were never told. I did measure myself today though and I have grown two inches in the past year‚ bringing my height to an impressive five feet. I found an autobiography written by a man by the name of Frederick Douglass over four years ago now‚ but never read it because I never knew how to read. Luckily my master’s daughter‚ Mary‚ has taken a liking to me and has been teaching me how to read over the past years‚ despite her father’s disapproval. A few
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Frederick Douglass once said‚ “If there is no struggle‚ there is no progress. Those who profess to favor freedom‚ and deprecate agitation‚ are men who want crops without plowing up the ground‚ they want rain without thunder and lightning” (Think Exist). Frederick Douglass‚ a man born into slavery overcame numerous obstacles to eventually become a chief abolitionist as well as a diplomat. Frederick Douglass got his hands on a book entitled “The Columbian Orator” and introduced himself to the word
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In Frederick Douglass’s autobiography The Narrative Of The Life Of Frederick Douglass: An American Slave. He elegantly depicts his journey of learning to read and write in the seven years of enslavement by the Hugh family. In order to argue the effect of slavery on literacy and the importance of literacy. In his first paragraph Douglass explains how he first acquired his literacy skills with “no regular teacher” but would be taught by his mistress. Who at a one point supported Douglass’s education
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Term Paper Frederick Douglas By: Elijah Strickland Elijah Strickland A.P. World History December 7‚ 2012 Frederick Douglas Timeline 1818 Feb Frederick Douglass is Born 1824 Douglass Moves to Plantation on Wye River 1826 Douglass is Sent to Baltimore to Live with Hugh Auld 1827 Sophia Auld Teaches Douglass to Read 1829 Douglass Begins Work in Shipyard as General Assistant 1831 Douglass Learns of Abolitionist Movement
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