will be considered when I select major. First of all‚ I place great emphasis on doing voluntary works. I was a member of Community and Volunteer Service Group for three years in secondary school. During those three years‚ I participated in a multitude of voluntary works such as cooking stuffed dumplings for the needy‚ making origami for a rummage sale‚ visiting the old and so on. I enjoy doing different kinds of voluntary works because of the sense of satisfaction that I gain from helping others
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Why I Want to be a Fire Fighter Being a Firefighter today is a demanding and dangerous job. From mixed views of the profession from the public‚ all should respect what danger a firefighter faces day in and day out. Being a firefighter is more than just putting out fires. They have many more calls such as EMS and car accidents not including all the false calls. What possibly could drive this writer to risk his life day in and day out for people he doesn’t even know? Well this writer will be a future
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Frederick Douglass "How I Learned to Read and Write" During the 1800’s‚ the institution of slavery was still ongoing in the few slave states left in America. Slavery was still proving to be unjust and unfair‚ not allowing for African Americans to be considered equals. However‚ some slaves were able to overcome the many restrictions and boundaries that slavery forced upon them. In Frederick Douglass’ essay “Learning to Read and Write‚” Douglass portrays himself as an intelligent and dignified
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the play King Lear by William Shakespeare and the memoir Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom‚ the two main characters King Lear and Morrie Schwartz both experience a major downfall within their lives. Each man endures their hardship in their own way‚ but Morrie Schwartz epitomized the correct way to live life – the way we all should. King Lear viewed aging and death as a time to be unburdened and carefree‚ and family as servants who should obey his every command. He viewed life in a selfish perspective;
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theories. In this sense‚ their agreement has more to deal with a similar decision to include certain relationships and distinctions. During their essays‚ both writers introduce different relationships between authors and readers. In Woolf’s “How Should One Read a Book?” section‚ presents an amicable relationship at the initial reading but it dwindles once a reader finish. Unlike Woolf‚ Ricoeur presents a separated relationship from the start‚ especially explaining how he tries to treat the “author as
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Never forget why you do what you do and who you do it for‚ and make sure everything you do honors that. What I’ve seen happen often times (especially in… yup‚ you guessed it: the education reform movement)‚ is that intentions start out good but the sword starts to swing the other way when money‚ power‚ and statistics are valued over the lives and humanity of students. “Kids first” and “For the kids” becomes merely rhetoric‚ as people jump to enact radically dangerous and untested policies that do
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shout or carry on. Instead‚ let it go if it is a minor matter. If you must say something or disagree with someone‚ do so respectfully with a calm tone of voice. When you want to quiet down others‚ yelling and shouting makes it worse. Simply say‚ "May I have your attention please" until they listen. Thirdly‚ avoid trying to be the center of attention all the time. People will notice that you want attention and it will make you look childish. Remember that people will enjoy listening to your contribution
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On the cover of If I Should Die Before I Wake I put Hilary in her hospital bed reliving some of the events in Chana’s life. There are images of children being questioned by Nazi’s‚ families being taken to the ghetto or concentration camps and people behind fences. Beneath the title there is also a heart rate which represents Hilary’s cardiac monitor while she’s in the hospital. My favorite character in the book is Anya. Anya is one of Chana’s younger sisters. I like Anya because despite
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Should I invest in Silver? Silver is something many people are now wondering if it is a better investment than other forms of precious metals. This article will look at some of the basics of investing in silver and whether or not it should be of interest to those with long-term investment ambition. How you can invest in silver? There are three different ways to invest in silver. Buying silver bullion directly is the first and most obvious way. This can be done through coin and precious metal dealers
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After I read the short story‚ “Tuesday of the Other June”‚ the exclusion picture‚ and watched the music video‚ “Invisible” I think that the theme of all of these texts is that bullying is never rewarded with kindness. In the story‚ “ Tuesday of the Other June” by Norma Fox Maser‚ June T. is being bullied by June M. and nothing changed until she stood up for herself. For example‚ on page 7‚ the text says‚ “‘No‚’ I said again‚ because it felt so good to say it. ‘No‚ no‚ no‚ no.’” This shows that
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