If I Stay‚written by Gayle Forman is a story about a girl called Mia Hall‚ Mia 17 year old in her final year of high school and is amazing at playing the cello‚ she has a very loving and surrportive family. She also has a upcoming rockstar boyfriend‚ Adam who is very involed in Mia’s life. One snowy day Mia and her family desided to take a family drive out in the country‚ but all of a sudden they are hit by an oncoming vechice when causing a car crash. Mia is the only person in her family who surives
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Working Class‚ the ones that specializes in trade are seen in many parts of this country. Let it be a mechanic fixing your vehicle‚ the construction workers laying out roads for the public‚ or even the farmers who raise and bring food to our tables. All these different jobs‚ while required for society and communities all across the world‚ are usually frowned upon by many‚ sometimes outright shunned‚ and seen as a ’last resort’ when it comes to partaking in that particular field of work. However‚
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(2003) article focuses on the problematic relationship between working-class families‚ and modern education systems‚ which is being redefined under neo-liberalism policies. Connell explores this issue in relation to an Australian reform‚ which was created with an intention to make upper secondary education more inclusive‚ in particular ¬– through more extensive vocational education opportunities. Connell explains that the level of which working-class youth’s needs have been met‚ or neglected throughout
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“To Sleep under the Stars”. “...Stars” is a brief story that focuses on Cecilia‚ an excited sixth grader‚ who is agitated to attend her field trip to the planetarium. Cecilia’s mother denies the trip because of a visit to her mother after surgery. In this story‚ we learn to be more selfless in the matters of family. At the beginning of the story‚ Cecilia is arguing with her mother to go to the field trip. Unfortunately‚ her mother is denying her from going. She is finding ways to stay home from
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Matthew Lowe September 7‚ 2014 Mr. Gretes English Paper 100 Feet Under “You miss one hundred percent of the shots that you don’t take”‚ a quote by Michael Jordan. As human beings‚ it is in our nature to disagree with change. We would rather use and do what has been done already rather than take the chance and start all over. If I would not have taken the chance to start scuba diving when I was offered‚ I would have missed out on some of the most amazing moments in my life. By getting out of my comfort
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“Nothing Gold Can Stay” by Robert Frost focuses on the idea that nothing lasts forever. The poet uses a central metaphor and personification to express his idea. The poet uses figurative language such as controlling metaphors‚ personification‚and allusions and is specific in his choice of words. “Nature’s first green is gold” (Line 1) is the first line the is the main example of the controlling metaphor. The color green is compared to gold‚ which is precious. What he means by this is that things
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Gage October 5‚ 2013 Gun Control America has the highest gun homicide rate‚ the highest number of guns per capital and the highest rate of deaths due to assault. On December 14‚ 2012‚ 20-year-old Adam Lanza brutally shot twenty children and six adults in a mass murder at Sandy Hook Elementary School in the village of Sandy Hook in Newtown‚ Connecticut. This sandy hook shooting is one of the most recent tragedies in America which brings politicians and citizens around the country talking about
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boyfriend. He was at the same university and the same faculty as me. One day we were in the same class‚ and the instructor asked to do a group project‚ I chose him to be my partner and he didn’t mind. He took my phone number‚ and then we started working in the project. First he sent me a message on whatsapp asking me about the project‚ we talked about it for only 20 or 30 minutes‚ and then we talked for hours about ourselves. We talked about all the pretty things. We got very close and our love story
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If I Stay by Gayle Forman‚ is an heart wrenching story about seventeen year old Mia and the power of her internal choices. The conflict being‚ Mia suffers a horrible car accident; resulting in her having a out of body experience. Mia witnesses the aftermath of the crash and events in the hospital. Mia shares detailed anecdotes about her family and her love story with a guitar player named Adam. Mia then has to make the decision whether to stay and live‚ or leave and die. As she battles emotionally
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