David Ive’s Sure Thing: A Game of Chance Could you imagine a life where a ringing bell has the ability to reroute any of your conversations? Or where you have the option to make yourself compatible with anyone? Well‚ that is exactly what happens in David Ive’s Sure Thing. “Many of his works‚ features a central male-female couple trying to work out their relationship’s place in a larger and crueler world”. (Leah Green 1) Through the conversations Betty and Bill have‚ you come to realize
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About Me My name is ............................ I was born and raised in Queens‚ New York. Currently I am a full time college student at La Guardia Community College. My major is Criminal Justice. I am planning on transferring to John Jay of Criminal Justice after I earn my 45 college credits in order to join the New York Police Department Cadet ‚ my GPA is also good enough to be qualified on John Jay. I am currently a volunteer for New York Police Department Auxiliary. Since I was a kid I used
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Trying New Things Marcus Williams Ivy Tech Community College My brother and I are similar in a number of ways‚ but we’re completely opposite in how we feel about trying new things. He resists and often fears it‚ while I crave it. Trying new things has always been beneficial for me in the past. I enjoy exploring and testing my boundaries because you never know what you might like. Although I have to admit I didn’t always live my life by this philosophy‚ a couple years ago was
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Things Are Not Always As They Appear By Tammy Templeton I guess you could say that the mistakes that I make are my fault. And‚ I should take on the responsibility of the consequences of my actions. It seems that everyone wants to blame everyone else for their problems. They end up in trouble with the law‚ or with drugs‚ or financial debt‚ and then they want to blame everyone else but themselves. People don’t want to take a look at whom they are associated with and wonder how they got themselves
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in our lives and the direction of our lives are going. Some lead us in a good way‚ and others lead us toward a long‚ hard way. A few people have guided me astray from my path and have lead me to trouble. A majority of people I know who are more active in my life‚ have been the ones helping me find my path to success once again and try to make me stay there. I feel that most of the people on my life have lived by this quote from the Dalai Lama‚ "Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And
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This powerful quote from Paul Coehlo’s The Alchemist‚ is just one of the book’s messages that changed me. In this story‚ Santiago‚ a young shepherd‚ decides to give up his current life and follows his dream of finding lost treasure. By reading Santiago’s adventures‚ I was given the words to describe something I had always felt‚ the power to make my life what I want it to be. Through this majestic tale‚ Coelho provides the title for a work of art‚ but leaves it to me to paint the picture for myself. The Alchemist speaks abou
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Abstract Honestly I can say that high school‚ in general‚ shaped me into the person that stands before you today. High school challenged me‚ made me stronger‚ and taught to appreciate myself‚ despite others‚ and their opinions. My four year journey through high school either pushed me forward or held me back. I had many ups and downs‚ and plenty bad times outweighing the best times. High school challenged me‚ both mentally and physically‚ in various ways over the years as being a student. Rather
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I carry things that are a necessity for school. For example‚ I carry a backpack‚ and inside I have two pencils‚ a pen‚ and papers. One of the pencils that I carry with me I have like an emotional attachment to it because i have had it for three years and I feel like it’s my lucky pencil and must carry it everyday. Other things I carry in my backpack is Sunscreen‚ books‚ and a binder. These things are important because sunscreen is so I protect myself from the sun‚ the books I have for the classes
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the hardest thing to do….. Reality bites that the hardest thing to do in life is to decide which decision you should come up to… Life had tested me through different circumstances to come up to a verdict and never did i had any remorse.I chose it so I stood for it.However‚ life doesn’t stop from one decision you made.Once you have decided about one thing another situation will arise. Should I be happy for that?Well‚‚I guess so!!!Simply because it justifies that I’m still alive and kicking
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Jeff Jackson Instructor Barbara Manuel English 112 3 March 2013 Shell Shock: A Bloodless Battlefield A storyteller of war‚ Tim O’Brien‚ author of The Things They Carried‚ keeps the reader mesmerized with PTSD stories of the Vietnam War. This novel represents a compound documentary written on accounts of the Vietnam War. Many of the stories in this book encompass various examples of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. There are graphical depictions
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