Natalie P Connell 7 Indicate a person who has had a significant influence on you‚ and describe that influence you. It is my strong philosophy that healthy competition in life‚ can help guide a person to a successful future. And for me‚ that competition came from my older sister‚ Nicole. Even though my sister is two years older than me‚ I have always strived to be equal with her. This was apparent in the past when my sister and I were enrolled in swimming lessons at our local pool. I was
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Want To Be When I Grow Up ‘What Do You Want To Be When You Grow Up?’ Is A Typical Question That Most Elders Ask Their Children.In The Past Choosing A Proffesion Was Easy The People Used To Follow Their Ancestral Proffesion.But In Today’s Generation Selecting A Proffesion Is Not An Easy Task.Everybody Needs To Work Hard To Get A Proffesion Of His/Her Own Choice‚And With Many Unemployed Students Everybody Has To Join The Rat Race.But For Me Being A Scientist Is The Only Goal Of My Life. When I Was In
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“This is hard. Harder than I expected‚ even with your help. But I have been practicing‚ and my preparations go well. I am coming to save your friend’s life‚ and my own.” This is a quote from the first note Miranda receives from the anonymous person in the book When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead. A 12 year old girl named Miranda lives in New York City in the 1970’s. She gets notes from an anonymous person who can predict the future. The notes ask her to cooperate to the directions given in order
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to become a journalist. The following essay originally appeared in Ms. Magazine in 1986‚ under the title "Just Walk On By." Staples revised it slightly for publication in Harper’s a year later under the present title. The particular occasion for Staples’s reflections is an incident that occurred for the first time in the mid-1970s‚ when he discovered that his mere presence on the street late at night was enough to frighten a young white woman. Recalling this incident leads him to reflect on issues
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In “How It Feels to Be Colored Me‚” Zora Neale Hurston reveals that despite the existence of racism and discrimination‚ she does not “belong to no race nor time” (Hurston 3) because she has pride in being herself‚ regardless of her color. Hurston recalls several memories from her childhood‚ where she “lived in the little Negro town of Eatonville‚ Florida” (1) up until her thirteenth birthday. Even at this young age‚ Hurston mentions that the only difference she saw between whites and blacks was
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children to devote myself to!...I want to be useful or bring enjoyment to all people‚ even those I’ve never met. I want to go on living even after my death! And that’s why I’m so grateful to God for having given me this gift‚ which I can use to develop myself and to express all that’s inside me! When I write I can shake off all my cares. My sorrow disappears‚ my spirits are revived! But‚ and that’s a big question‚ will I ever be able to write something great‚ will I ever become a journalist or a writer
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In the article‚ “It’s Hard Enough Being Me” written by Anna Lisa Raya. Anna Lisa struggled with her identity while she was an undergraduate student attending Columbia University in New York. She’s the daughter of a second-generation Mexican American father and a Puerto Rican mother and grew up in Los Angeles‚ California. Anna Lisa‚ all her life has identified herself as a Mexican. However‚ now that she’s in her new environment in college and having to identify herself with a broad term
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I was asked from the time I could talk “What do you want to be when you grow up.” My answers were always changing depending upon whatever new fad or hero I was into at that time…Nascar‚ Teenage Ninja Turtle‚ GI Joe‚ Fireman‚ Cowboy‚ Football player…it wasn’t somethin I seriously thought about at the time‚ except football‚ as to what I could make a living at doing or what would make me happy in the future…it was all about what made me happy at that moment…but then I started getting older and the question
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In many countries there has been an increase in social problems involving teenagers in recent years. Many people believe that this is due to modern lifestyles because parents spend more and more time at work and have less time to supervise their children. To what extent do you believe this is true? There is no question that standards of behaviour have fallen among teenagers. The popular belief is that the principle cause is that parents are unable to supervise
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Mistakes Were Made Have you ever wondered what kind of actions would be classified as a mistake? When are you able to actually say that it was a “mistake?” As the days go by‚ we watch as others make mistakes or even experience them ourselves. A mistake can be as simple as something said to someone or one stupid decision that can change everything. Everyone makes mistakes‚ no one is perfect. We all have friends that we watch make stupid decisions everyday. You can tell them time after time that they
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