“Before You Were Mine” by Carol Ann Duffy "Before you were mine" is a poem written by a daughter about how she imagines her mother ’s life ten years before the daughter was born. The author describes the photo of her mother with two of her friends. They “shriek at the pavement” and seem to be sharing a joke‚ young and lightsome (line 4). She knows that the thought of having a child one day doesn ’t occur to her mother when she was young and had a lot of dreams. Now remembering her own childhood
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Do you think advertising to children should be banned? Why or why not? It is an established fact that companies might benefit from right understanding of the children’s role in purchasing process. It is considered to be the case adults are loyal to those brands which they are used to enjoy in their childhood. Moreover‚ getting elder‚ children may influence their parents quite deeply. Parents tend to work more and earn more to make up the deficiency of the time to spend with their children by making
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Why do you think people attend college or university Education is a very important part for human life‚ that is why people spend their time in educational field‚ which starts from Kindergarten to College. When students finished high school‚ they need to make an important decision either to continue studying‚ which means attending college‚ or to start working and planning for their life right away. However‚ many students choose to go to college because some of them think that they can increase their
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I’d first like to address Group 4’s question which questions‚ “Why do you think that the majority of people who have a disability have always been poor‚ powerless‚ and degraded?” Disabled persons are part of the biggest minority in the world‚ and naturally the minorities get less benefits than the majority. United Nations Enable states that “Persons with disabilities are routinely denied these basic rights: Receiving an education‚ Living independently in the community‚ getting jobs‚ even when well
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Do you agree watching television is waste of time? Most people agree that television is one of the most important inventions of the past century. Opinions vary as to its value‚ but no one can deny the great effect that television has on society. Many people in the world cannot live a day without the television. I think watching television can be beneficial if we do not abuse using it. Firstly‚ television is one of the greatest educational tools of all time. Documentary programmes about foreign
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“ENTREPRENEURS ARE BORN‚ NOT MADE” What do you think? When we talk or debate about if the entrepreneurs are born or made‚ we need to think about what makes an entrepreneur‚ what are his objectives as an owner of a business‚ what should be his main skills and what kind of challenges and tasks he needs to face when running out a company. The word entrepreneur‚ originally from the French verb “entreprend”‚ means “to undertake”. An entrepreneur is the person who undertakes a business. He is someone
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Song-hui Yang (2009012940) Prof. Dr Christelle Davis Advanced English Composition 15 April 2013 What Do You Think of Korean English Education? Since the development of transportation and communication made the whole world a global village‚ English has become a compulsory subject. Most countries focus on English education to maintain friendly relations between the other countries. Again Korea also has focused on English education. In Korea ministry of education there are some of the goals
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Do you think that foreigners are the reason for unemployment in the UK? (6m) In this essay I will discuss whether foreigners are the reason for the rise in unemployment in the UK or are the youth to blame. Unemployment has risen from 7.8% up to 8% from 2011 to 2012. This is determined by the adolescence becoming too particular in what occupations they take up. Also not as many students are not getting enough A*-C grades for GCSE’s; therefore not enough qualifications for jobs. Also‚ recession plays
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Vaccines are one of the greatest developments of the modern world. They have allowed us to all but eradicate small pox and protect our children from other horrible diseases which used to kill hundreds of children every year. There are people who believe that vaccines are in reality harmful and refuse to vaccinate their children. Others refuse to vaccinate due to a religious belief. This is a dangerous trend that is driven by conspiracy theories and false data‚ has lead to out breaks of easily preventable
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QUESTION: Do you think Lincoln is an idealist? Why or why not? ANSWER: I consider Lincoln to be more a far-sighted wise man than an idealist his significant contribution to the racial equality throughout the United States as well as other parts in the worldwide. At the beginning of the movie‚ we could see some black corporal requiring higher army status directly from President Lincoln who is also confused by the issue. Apparently‚ he knows the urgency of abolishing negro slavery which would
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