in our life controlled us we’d probably be more robots than human. The fact is‚ we control the direction of our lives and we chose the direction in which we want it to go. Forces out of our control come our way to reveal our character‚ and shape us into who we will be. In other words we have the will of choice. Choices we make often have consequences we are well aware of whether good or bad. Although at times we may feel as if we don’t have a choice‚ truthfully we do. They are called life decisions
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Leandra Antoine ENG 0101 Mrs. Janine Grosvenor – La Pierre October 1st‚ 2014 A Life Lesson I Have Learnt The tears rolled down profusely as I held the telephone receiver in my hand. My aunt was still on the other end‚ demanding that I immediately rush over to Grandma Mary’s house. At this instant‚ my gut instinct responded by tightening up indicating that something was definitely wrong. And it was only then; memories of her youthful days flashed across my mind‚ reminding me of her
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Some people say that the Internet provides people with a lot of valuable information. Others think access to so much information creates problems. Which view do you agree with? Use specific reasons and examples to support your opinion. Nowadays‚ the word “internet” is widespread all over the world. It is pretty funny if someone says that what is the meaning of internet. Internet really have big impacts on the world and the human mind. And from my point of view‚ it adversely affects to people‚ to
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Discrimination allows people to learn valuable life lessons. People never consider the pain that discrimination causes to the person being discriminated against or even worse about the pain that the person discriminating might end up with. We say people learn from their mistakes which may be true and this makes them realise their wrong doings throughout their life. Often people who discriminate becomes aware of their despicable error and learn to be less judgemental towards others. This is depicted
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A Lesson on Life By Jacob Schebler “Where the hell is the armor?” I remember asking myself as I lumbered up into the open back of a Humvee with canvas doors. By the looks on the squad and translators’ faces‚ they were asking themselves the same question. These days we kept our questions to ourselves‚ asking questions was not in the job description. Our job‚ at all times‚ was to do what we were told and do it fast. You see‚ up until this point we had traveled in the relative safety of our
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to concentrate better and complete things without many distractions. I come from a self made middle class family‚ coming up from the blue collar‚ working class‚ paycheck to paycheck life. Although I’m the first in my family to attend college‚ the values and traditions that were instilled in me throughout my life will always be a part of who I am and will not be lost. Now‚ I didn’t go to the best schools while I was growing up‚ but there were definitely noticeable class differences at the schools
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The Lesson In “The Lesson” by Toni Cade Bambara‚ the author writes about Sylvia’s childhood experience as a student. She is a young-immature‚ uneducated‚ and naive kid who doesn’t know much about life‚ but her teacher tries to help her by giving her a lesson of reality as well to the rest of her students. She describes her teacher as a lady‚ Miss Moore‚ with “nappy hair‚” “proper speech‚” and “no makeup.” Sylvia explains how she feels when she goes to toy store in Fifth Avenue. For example‚
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In the early stages of the story‚ Huck rejects the idea of becoming civilized. He believes it takes away the freedom that living in the wilderness provides him. Living with Miss Watson and the Widow‚ Huck grows up learning that society views slaves as property. As Huck and Jim travel further away from home‚ Huck’s journey becomes a coming of age experience. Meeting new people and seeing new things‚ it teaches Huck that the society he lives in is flawed in multiple ways. While Huck doesn’t know it
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Social Networking: A Valuable Vice Social networks can have both positive and negative effects on today’s teenager. Generation M2‚ tech-savvy children aged 8-18‚ spend a large portion of their day in front of various electronic screens. The social networking sites‚ Facebook‚ Twitter etc.‚ that teens frequent on their various electronic gadgets can offer a place for them to learn valuable internet skills needed for their future. It can also aid them in learning important social skills.
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“The Lesson” Edward Lucie-Smith About the Poet Edward Lucie-Smith‚ a British poet and art critic‚ was born in Jamaica in 1933 and graduated from Oxford University in 1954. He has lived in London since 1951‚ where he worked as an advertising copywriter (1956-66) and as an editor of books on art. Among his works of poetry are A Tropical Childhood (1961) and Confessions and Histories (1964). His important criticism includes Art in Britain 1969-1970 (1970)‚ Symbolist Art (1973)‚ American Art Now (1985)
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