high school and going to college he took the easy path and became a mechanic. A couple of years later‚ young and clueless‚ he met the wrong people and decided that he wanted to live extravagantly like them. He kept his job as a mechanic to cover up what he was doing on the side. We moved to a nicer house and bought luxurious cars‚ my sister and I had everything we could ever dream of. As he became more powerful in the drug industry our perfect little family grew apart. Although he fully supported
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have always intimidated me. That is most definitely the number one reason I gravitated to Billy Collins‚ “Schoolsville”‚ as easily as I did. This poem is a humorous and slightly absurd take on his days as a Professor. Collins has described his style as being‚ “suburban‚ it’s domestic‚ it’s middle class‚ and it’s sort of unashamedly that” (Poetry Foundation). His dry sense of humor‚ slight hopelessness‚ and obvious stereotypes are what really caught my attention while reading this poem. Even though
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Abortion is truly a cruel action in this world that we as of right now allow. I know this is an arguable statement‚ but I can say I completely disagree with the predicament. Abortion is the ending of a pregnancy by removing a fetus or embryo before it can survive outside the uterus. In my opinion‚ it doesn’t matter if the baby isn’t born yet he/she is still a living human. Abortion is not only cruel but murder. The life of a human being begins right at the moment of impregnation‚ so abortion is
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Maycomb’s ‘Unusual’ Disease In the fictional town of Maycomb‚ Alabama‚ the residents seem to have all been infected by the same disease. Harper Lee‚ the author of the very famous novel‚ To Kill a Mockingbird‚ has used several ways of portraying this idea and is able to convince readers that her characters really do have some sort of ‘illness‚’ an illness which affects people’s thoughts on how others should be treated. The novel highlights several issues including racism‚ childhood‚ injustice and
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Liberal vs Conservative Debate Opening Statement- Punishment or rehabilitation? 2/3 of prisoners reoffend within 3 years of leaving prison‚ and usually end up coming back with a more serious of violent offense. (Punishment Fails. Rehabilitation Works.‚ James Gilligan‚ 2012) Incarceration is not meant to be fun whatsoever. The purpose of punishment is to show denunciation for the offender’s wrongdoing‚ and to clearly sentence his criminal actions. We punish to retribute; not to help a person change
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species‚ and themselves as well. An example of this is the hermit crab and the sea anemone. “Hermit crabs use their pincers to tap sea anemones. Once bother‚ the same anemones attach themselves to their hermit crabs’ shells. The crabs then give the anemones rides along the bottom of the ocean. In exchange for the free ride‚ the anemones protect the crabs from octopuses and other predators.
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Unusual festivals in Spain La Tomatina La Tomatina is a food fight festival held on the last Wednesday of August each year in the town of Bunol near Valencia in Spain. Thousands of people make their way from all corners of the world to fight in this ’World’s Biggest Food Fight’ where more than one hundred metric tons of over-ripe tomatoes are thrown in the streets. The week-long festival features music‚ parades‚ dancing‚ and fireworks. On the night before the tomato fight‚ participants of the
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The essay about capital punishment in the United States of America. “There are some crimes that deserve the capital punishment.” Nowadays when one hears about recent news‚ filled with constantly growing reports of crimes and atrocities he may wonder whether we live in a world where strong moral principles and justice fades. The causes of such situation may be diverse‚ ranging from weak and incompetent law or the state of society which promotes the pursuit of material wealth at all costs. It
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My Unusual Vacation After a year’s savings and many months of planning‚ it was finally time for my vacation. Travelling has always been my passion because by the age of 17‚ I had already been to exotic places like India‚ Jamaica‚ Ethiopia‚ Australia‚ and Malaysia. So when a friend of mine suggested that we go to Durban I was very excited because of the fun recreational activities‚ the beautiful scenery in a pleasant location‚ and the economical lodging available South Africa turned to be different
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Myers‚ D. G. (2000). The funds‚ friends‚ and faith of happy people Schwartz‚ B. (2000). Self-determination: The tyranny of freedom. American Psychologist‚ 55‚ 79–88. Seligman‚ M. (1991). Learned optimism. NY: Knopf. Seligman‚ M. (1994). What you can change and what you can’t Seligman‚ M. E. P. (1995). The effectiveness of psychotherapy: The Consumer Reports study. Seligman‚ M. E. P. (1996). Science as an ally of practice Seligman‚ M.‚ & Csikszentmihalyi‚ M. (2000). Positive psychology: An introduction
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