Бикбаева Вика АН-112 “A little adventure in the forest”. (after H.G. Wells’ short story tale “The treasure in the forest”). I remember when I was a kid my friends and I quite often went to the forest. There was fresh air‚ we could hear songs of the birds or the rush of water. There we had a clear space among the trees where we fried potatoes and sausages. It was the end of august. It was exactly the fish season. My best friend and I went to our favorite place which was near the road. There were
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A cherished treasure After the semester examinations‚ I decided to conduct a show and tell session for my students. It was to be on the following Tuesday so that they would have the weekend to prepare for it. My students were very excited when they heard about it and were chattering nonstop during the rest of my lesson. I was really looking forward to the show and tell session. The weekend came and I was doing my weekly grocery shopping when I ran into one of my students‚ Marianne. It was rather
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Trash or Treasure You’ve got clutter and you know it‚ piles and piles of unused items. Full of junk in attics and closets‚ overflowing of papers everywhere‚ unused items‚ clothes that are never worn‚ useless gifts that’s just collecting dust. But the question is why do we keep all of these things? Do they hold a special meaning to us? Do they bring back a lot of memories? What is treasure and what is trash? Trash or clutters are unused things that are piling up and just taking
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Taylor Darden October 18‚ 2010 AP Language Arts Essay Lost Treasure There are a countless number of times when I heard that everyone should appreciate what they have. I never listened. I was young and naïve and now know that I should have listened. A person never knows what they have until they have lost it. They don’t know how valuable it is until it is out of their grasp. I have lost a lot of things I considered valuable‚ mostly material things that I could always replace. The person
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Another Mans Trash is Another Mans Treasure For my treasure I picked my diamond bracelet. If I were to wear the bracelet it would fall off my wrist‚ a wide gap is left between the silver chain and my skin. When the sun hits the bracelet‚ which lays on my desk it glows. Diamonds wrap all the way around the chain and are about the size of a ladybug. This bracelet was given to me in the spring of my junior year in high school. As I opened the package I received in the mail‚ I pulled out bubble wrap
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When Does Greed Become Too Much? In 2008‚ employees within a failing firm on Wall Street were given $16 billion in bonuses. That seems outrageous‚ doesn’t it? Anger was the response of the American people indefinitely. However‚ if they had done further research they would have realized that the $16 billion in bonuses was merely half of what the company gave out in bonuses during good times. Many of the reporters telling the story discussed the issue of rewarding the greed of the employees with taxpayer
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Greed in the Necklace Since time immemorial‚ the desire for wealth has been a natural and ubiquitous feeling. This is apparent in The Necklace. While Malthilde is attractive‚ lives in a middle class home‚ and has a caring husband‚ her desire for wealth destroys any contentment she might have. When she goes to a party‚ she borrows a diamond necklace from a rich friend so that at least she will look rich. Tragically‚ she loses the necklace. To cover up‚ she buys her friend a new necklace‚ but has
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the obsession of greed and or materialism in society? Also thinking about the Bibles perspective and say about these problems? What about the historical context of a very popular short story‚ “The Necklace” and the morals (which would be greed and materialism) that this story teaches? So maybe society has more to talk about than what kind of makeup was worn during the event of the Oscars. The Historical context‚ The twist from The Necklace‚ and the obsession over items and greed is growing and becoming
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Pose. Click. Post. This is how we do pictures in the digital world now. Gone are the days when we have those film strips and have them developed and placed in photo albums. But I have one‚ which compiles pictures I had in high school and recent pictures in college. I started to keep this album since third year high school but I started compiling since grade school. When we transferred to San Fernando in La Union‚ I lost most of my pictures. I became frustrated and from there I stopped. It was in
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Cost Accounting Issue: Toddler Treasures’ Chief Financial Officer‚ David Reed‚ has decided to adopt a standard costing system. The company needs to determine price and quantity variations from the materials used and purchased to detect any unusual deviations from its benchmarks. Recommendation: Standard costing is a great tool for this company and they must continue to use it. It will aid in helping management analyze actual costs versus standard costs. The variances that can be
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