Narrative/descriptive essay My most unforgettable flight experience I have been exposed to traveling ever since I learned how to speak‚ whether by boat‚ bus‚ or plane. Living in Kuwait‚ a country in the Middle East‚ my whole family and I did our best to visit our family and friends back home in the Philippines. I learned the basics of traveling from my father and through observation. As a child I had always been excited before boarding a plane and as someone who lives
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The book Mindset by Carol S. Dweck taught me many different interesting facts and knowledge about the human brain and how humans work together in society. There was a couple main facts and points in the book that were useful and that I could use to better myself. I often tend to be hard on myself about many different things on an occasion. In chapter two‚ I learned that failure is often necessary for success. I learned about the child Robert Martin who failed getting into a prestigious preschool
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view it on a literal level. Nonetheless‚ after analyzing the purpose‚ tone‚ word choice‚ and figures of speech and how they simultaneously work together‚ the reader is hit with a whole new perception of the poem. William Stafford’s "Traveling through the Dark" holds this characteristic. The poem is about a man driving on a narrow road at night and his internal conflict triggered by an encounter with a dead deer along the road. He immediately leaves his car and walks toward the
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grew up in Colorado‚ and before now I’ve never had any reason to leave. I can spend my summers hiking and exploring‚ and‚ when the wintertime comes‚ a skiing vacation has never required traveling more than a couple of hours. But this year‚ my parents have surprised my sister and I with the news that we will be traveling to Florida for a week-long vacation. As you can imagine‚ this came as quite a shock. Not only am I heading out of the state for the first time‚ but it is for a week at that! After hearing
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of a Traveling Salesman. Through Welthy’s imagery‚ she dramatize Bowman’s sense of his own loneliness‚ and the emptiness of his own human relationship. Welthy successfully achieve that by using visual‚ auditory and tactile imagery. Welthy starts the essay by giving a visual image to show Bowman’s loneliness. She says‚ “R.J. Bowman‚ who for fourteen years had traveled for a shoe company through Mississippi‚ drove his Ford along a rutted dirt path.” Telling the reader that Bowman is a traveling shoes
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Mark Jason Barias 2-13 Sept. 11‚ ‘13 Expository Essay I’m not really into travelling but I love to experience living in another country and discover new things. I always wanted to try something different. I have been to Malaysia last Christmas vacation. Honestly‚ it was the first time in my life going out of the country. I missed some of the fun visiting other countries because of my busy high school life. I am studying as a seminarian back then and my schedules just won’t
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From the article ‘Brainology’‚ Mr. Dweck argues about ‘Fixed mindset’‚“Many student believe that intelligence is fixed‚ that each person has a certain amount” (Carol S. Dweck‚ 2008). Fixed mindset makes learners afraid to challenge‚ reduces confidence. On the other hand‚ Mr. Dweck also talks about ‘Growth mindset’‚ learners who have positive mindset‚ believes intelligence is a potential that can be strengthened. Growth mindset helps learners to have a positive mind of learning and confront challenges
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Individuals with growth mindsets trust that their skills can be advanced via commitment and diligence while also believing that learning and resilience are essential for success. Almost all efficacious individuals have had these abilities‚ however‚ people with fixed mindsets believe that their abilities cannot be developed. They waste their time detailing talent or intelligence rather than establishing them‚ furthermore‚ they think that success comes from talent only. Growth mindsets can bring a lot of
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around the world are born then erodes into the ground. Death is unavoidable in life and can be sometimes be troublesome and may come to a surprise for some. In both “Traveling Through the Dark” and “The Groundhog” showcase death is something that needs to be accepted and move on through tone‚ literary figures and theme. In “Traveling Through the Dark”‚ the setting sets the tone for rest of the story. It gives off a really dark mood that is hard to ignore. In the very first two lines‚ it states it
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in Emerson’s opinion‚ a weakness: a sign of societal submission—the betrayal of one’s idiosyncrasies. Thus‚ it is only fitting that Emerson’s own work is rife with contradictions. One such tension exists between Emerson’s stark condemnation of traveling (as noted in “Self-Reliance”) and his vehement insistence that man must flee his chamber and seek Nature in order to find himself (as
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