“Never give up” When someone says you cannot do something‚ it’s only a better opportunity to prove them wrong. Tearing my ACL was one of the worst days of my life. It was my senior year in high school‚ my last year to prove a point. I was hoping I would be recognized‚ I wanted to show that it was my turn to make something out of myself. I went up for the ball and “WHOMP!” My leg flew forward. I fell to the floor more shocked then in pain. I didn’t know what to do. I called my mom and she rushed
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The first decades of the twenty-first century were full of overcoming obstacles. Prodigy by Marie Lu‚ Hatchet by Gary Paulsen‚ The Lost Hope by Rick Riordan‚ or The Water Knife by Paolo Bacigalupi. What do these four stories all have in common‚ other than their dystopian category? They all are full of hope that leads to perseverance and in the end overcoming the main conflict. Each one of these stories had an obstacle some character(s) had to face. From taking down corrupt governments to life or
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The Lost Tools of Education by Jann Julia M. Dadivas Modernization continues to evolve through technology. And while education‚ the vital social process by which the traditional aspects of a culture are transmitted to the emergent generation‚ copes up with modernization‚ it vies to evolve with it as well. But up to what extent has education been affected by technology and modernization? When formal education started to occur in classrooms‚ the first tools used to record lessons were sticks on
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Ivy Davison October 25‚ 2013 Prof. Brodin Pergamum Reflection The Lost Letters of Pergamum “You did not renounce your faith in me‚ not even in the days of Antipas‚ my faithful witness‚ who was put to death in your city--where Satan lives.” (Revelations 2:13). In “The Lost Letters of Pergamum”‚ by Bruce Longenecker‚ he takes the name found in Revelations and creates a fictional character in a world based two thousand years ago. Antipas is a Roman Civic leader who learns much about Christianity
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‘Namesake’ by Jhumpa Lahiri and the picture book: ‘The Lost Thing’ by Shaun Tan. Lahiri explores the importance of shared values and experiences in a relationship for it to prosper rather than the need for social interaction. This notion is shown through the relationship Ashoke and Ashima forge throughout their life. Despite having an arranged marriage‚ without having
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Winners Never Quit How many of you are living your childhood and adolescence dreams? Two years back I went to Arbaminch University to give a bridge design course and on my way back in a plane‚ a 9 year old kid sat beside me. His mother and elder sister sat one step behind us. After some acquaintance‚ I asked him "What do you want to become when you grow up?" He replied "I want to become a pilot." Then I asked him "What about your sister?" He said "She wants to become a queen." The girl’s
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7 Good Reasons to Give Back Improve Your Health and the World Around You By Leanne Beattie‚ Health & Fitness Writer According to the Giving USA Foundation‚ charitable giving in the United States reached an estimated $295 billion in 2006—a new record. The record-setting donations included $1.9 billion from Warren Buffett‚ paid as the first installment of his 20-year pledge of more than $30 billion to four different foundations. But you don’t have to be rich to make a difference. Millions of ordinary
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Back of the Bus Theory Daric M. Grant Psy/103 February 28‚ 2011 Sonja Hamilton Back of the Bus Theory Why do African Americans still continue to sit towards the back of the bus 60 years later? It is a very baffling question that deserves an answer. History tells us through well scripted documentation dating back to the civil rights movements of Martin Luther King Jr. and Rosa Parks; that African Americans were determined to be treated as equal human beings and demanded
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world history. Leaders initially create a facade that they will reform a region to the benefit of the people. However‚ once they reach a position of power‚ their promises to the region are not fulfilled. These leaders refuse to relinquish the power given to them. They control the power by giving a false appearance of themselves to the people. Similarly‚ knights in medieval times had a reputation for being chivalrous‚ though this was not the case in many instances. Knights would sometimes plunder
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A wise man once said‚ “In order to know yourself‚ you have to know those who came before you.” That man didn’t just say those words; he lives by them‚ and I know this because that wise man is my grandfather. In 1996‚ he immigrated to the United States with the sole purpose of caring for me and my sister. The decision to leave behind 65 years of family history and relationships was understandably difficult‚ and my grandfather was forced to fit his entire life into two suitcases. The first one he filled
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