"Serving in Florida" by Barbara Ehrenreich‚ is an effective essay derived from Ehrenreich’s book Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America. This essay is a personal reflection of Ehrenreich’s experiences working "under- cover" in low paying‚ blue collar jobs in Florida. This essay is a descriptive narrative that shows how hard it is for low paid‚ working class Americans‚ to make it in the world. Ehrenreich vividly describes her experiences and sends a message to the reader that many working
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Loyola University. A school I want to be a part of. Loyola was the first school I visited‚ and one always remembers the first school that they visited. As my mother and I walked through the polar vortex‚ we encountered another daughter and her mother. We introduced each other‚ and it ends up that we used to live in the same area of Chicago; Oak Park. She told me that she was already accepted and was greatly considering committing. I started to get excited at the idea of being accepted to college
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started off as a lecturer at the University of Indonesia (majoring in engineering). Little did I know that the experiences of a lecturer could someday develop into a multi-national company. I was lucky to witness and‚ indirectly‚ be a part of its growth. Having gotten involved at a very young age‚ my interest in the business world continues to evolve into an academic preference‚ indicated by my choice to take business major as my undergraduate study in the University of Pelita Harapan. Meanwhile‚ when
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Why do you feel that Seattle University is a good match with your educational goals? Seattle University’s Jesuit teaching makes this college one of my top choices. My approach to education is eerily similar to Seattle University’s mission statement. I thrive best in an environment that focuses on educating the whole person through academics and spirituality. Since faith is a key component of my life‚ I want an education that views intellect and faith in a complementary way. Combined with Seattle
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One day in Florida‚ two nine-year-old kids are playing in the park. The birds are chirping. The sun is shining. A dead body is rotting. The kids‚ Quentin Jacobson and Margo Roth Spiegelman‚ run home to tell their parents. Quentin wants to push the whole finding-a-dead-body thing from his mind‚ but Margo finds out the man killed himself and wonders why. Nine years later‚ Margo Roth Spiegelman‚ who is now eighteen‚ comes to Quentin’s window in the middle of the night. They haven’t really hung out
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Serving in Florida is an essay written by Barbara Ehrenreich that is a first-hand experience by the author in the world of working minimum wage jobs. The author tried to balance two low paying jobs in order to make ends meet. Ehrenreich mainly uses pathos‚ or the emotional appeal‚ in her essay to persuade young adults to go to college and strive for high paying jobs and uses ethos‚ the ethical appeal as the secondary rhetorical appeal in her essay to convince her readers that she is indeed a credible
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Specific Purpose: To inform my audience about the state of Florida Central Idea: Florida has crazy weather‚ family oriented activities and Adults only activities. Introduction I. Imagine leaving your home with your family on a beautiful Saturday Morning in FL. You and your family are going to Walt Disney World and then later that night you and your spouse are planning to have an adult night on the town at the City Walk. Then all of sudden rainy weather comes out of nowhere and ruin your plans
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I believe that masters’ degree offers me an excellent opportunity to further my learning in a more challenging environment and to deepen my understanding of the knowledge and skills I already had at my undergraduate level. I am keen on all aspects of business‚ but am particularly interested in finance and management. Through my previous studies I have change from physical science to social science and I have increasing interest in economic impact of the world’s economy‚ My undergraduate studies
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Barbara Ehrenreich I could drift along like this‚ in some dreamy proletarian idyll‚ except for two things. One is management. If I have kept this subject on the margins thus far it is because I still flinch to think that I spent all those weeks under the surveillance of men (and later women) whose job it was to monitor my behavior for signs of sloth‚ theft‚ drug abuse‚ or worse. Not that managers and especially "assistant managers" in low-wage settings like this are exactly the class enemy. In
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Crowder AMH2070 – September 30‚ 2014 Women in Florida Originally extending over what is now the southeastern United States‚ but with no defined boundaries‚ Florida was a component of the Spanish colonization of the Americas and the expansion of the Spanish Empire. Wide-ranging expeditions were mounted into the surrounding area during the 16th century‚ but Spain never exercised complete control over Florida outside an area of what is now the State of Florida‚ southern Georgia‚ southern Alabama‚ southern
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