My fault we can’t afford nicer things? While I would see the other kids getting picked up by their parents after school while I’m waiting on the school bus to take me home. At times it hurt‚ especially when I had to teach myself everything a father figure should have. Life without a father or in a single parent household has a burden on children‚ but it’s something that many children face in America today. It’s sometimes the reason why kids grow up and stray the wrong direction in life and then they
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................... 3 Figure I.1 LVDT............................................................................................................. 3 PART I: CHARACTERISTICS OF AN AC LINEAR VARIABLE DIFFERENTIAL TRANSFORMER (LVDT) .................................................................................................. 5 THEORY .............................................................................................................................5 Figure A1.1 Equation .........
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the steeds in their stalls Stamp and neigh‚ as the hostler calls; The day returns‚ but nevermore Returns the traveler to the shore. And the tide rises‚ the tide falls. Pee Paragraph : I think this poem is trying to tell us that when you have got ups or downs in life‚ you can’t do anything to change what has happened and you just to just carry on. I thought this because when he uses ‘The tide rises‚ the tide falls’‚ it makes me think of something that has ups and downs because the movement of the tides
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The poem "Cross" by P.K.Page describes the sorrow of witnessing a stony couple who can barely remember why they are angry with each other after a week-long battle. They won’t discuss it or resolve it because "neither/can come to that undemanded act of love-/kiss the sleeping princess or sleep with the frog--/and break the spell which holds them each from the other." So the couple ends up like "two on a desert island‚ back to back‚" an emotional chasm dividing them which neither is willing to bridge
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The poem that was chosen was “Stone” by Charles Simic. Charles Simic argues that it is better to be as simple as a stone‚ than being energetic and some other kind of creature or object that has action in its life. The narrator is telling us that his idea of perfection or tranquility is being a stone‚ lying there‚ doing nothing for eternity. He prefers this over being something like a tiger or something with action. In the beginning of the poem‚ Charles Simic says the he would go straight to doing
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Parents can be held responsible for developing good eating habits for their children. Fixing eating habits during childhood provide a solution for limiting obesity. If bad eating habits are developed at a young age‚ weight problems can become more predominant later in life. Worley takes a different approach to obesity in her article. “Fat and Happy: In Defense of Fat Acceptance.” Worley describes how her experience at the National Association of Advance Fat Acceptance convention changed
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miss Antonios and my fellow classmates. Today I am going to explain to you how I used at least one form of intertextuality in my poem called ‘chilling with the boys’. I used various language techniques to create my rap poem; this includes juxtapositioning‚ hyperbole and a simile. The first technique that I am going to explain that I used to create my distinctive rap poem is juxtapositioning. “Dad comes by my room‚ and thinks I’m studying‚ quickly go to my desk‚ and act like I’m doing homework
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First the Land Was Ours Yellow M 260 The Family Man Yellow M 61 Life-Cycle Blue L 86 Doctor to Patient Blue L 231 Prison Alphabet Blue L 150 Reflections on a Benevolent Dictatorship 1. What opinion is Dawe expressing through this poem? That dictatorship is bad 2. What is the character reflecting about? The character is reflecting about a benevolent dictatorship‚ and how it resembles people who are incapable and live in a mental home. And about all the bad things that had
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for the Ideal Figure The desire for the ideal figure starts from such a young age in people in today’s society. Young teens believe that in order to be happy‚ beautiful‚ and successful their body must be thin. The media puts an emphasis on the body figure most models have and the body that would be considered as ‘in.’ The value society has on this figure leads many teens to anorexia‚ bulimia‚ and depression. The emphasis and power the media has on this is dangerous to teens. Most models seen in
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A Poem For Best Friends This is a poem for best friends. You © Margery Wang I still remember the first day we met We were too shy to say much at all It’s funny to think back to that time Because now we’re having a ball! They say that true friendship is rare An adage that I believe to be true Genuine friendship is something that I cherish I am so lucky to have met you. Our bond is extremely special It is unique in its own way We have something irreplaceable I love you more and
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