curious to know what impact my lifestyle may have on the Earth. For that reason‚ I have calculated my personal ecological footprint. Surprisingly‚ the results of the ecological footprint analysis were graver than I expected. According to them‚ it takes more than 4.5 global hectares to support my lifestyle. To be more precise‚ I need half of this area for energy production and about 30 % for crops. Food is the biggest area of my resource consumption‚ which is
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Summary of Foroohar‚ “What Ever Happened to Upward Mobility” In the passage‚ “What Ever Happened to Upward Mobility”‚ the author Rana Forhoohar talks about how America now is different from how America was back in the old days before the Great Reccession with its class differences‚ compared to now. The American Dream is ideal in which freedom includes the opportunity for prosperity and success‚ and an upward social mobility for the family‚ achieved through hard work in a society with few barriers
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The Eyes Are Not Here” [also known as “The Girl on the Train” and “The Eyes Have It”] is a short story by Ruskin Bond‚ an Indian writer. The story exudes irony. The story uses first person point of view. Not far into the story‚ the reader discovers that the narrator is blind but apparently has not always been. Riding on a train and sitting in a compartment provides the setting of the story. This story is an excellent example of situational irony which employs a plot device in which events turn
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homes with overgrown yards. People move in down the street and move out a few months later. There has never been kids my age‚ they are always too young or too old to be friends with. The one friend I had moved to Georgia 3 years ago. A theme I found in the novel is to not judge people‚ my community has helped me learn this. When there were kids my age‚ they were always boys. My brother would befriend them and sometimes they would let me tag along when they would hang out together. We would
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What I Want To Do In My Future In the future‚ I plan on graduating from high school and going to college to be a collision repair technician. I want to be a collision repair technician because I like to work on cars. When I watch T.V. and they work on cars‚ I start wishing that I could do that too. I love to help my dad work on his cars. I know it’s not a “girly” type thing to do but it’s what I love doing. A collision repair technician evaluates collision damage and performs body repair on
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There was no room for creativity‚ subjunctive writing‚ or free-thinking. As my favorite YouTuber always says‚ “If you are doing what everyone else is doing‚ you are doing it wrong” (Neistat). Through writing various papers in this class‚ I have learned that my voice as a writer is not limited to the standard academic paper. My biggest opportunity to show my voice was through the peer editing process. I was able to revise my peer’s paper in order to help them with organization‚ Modern Language Association
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My father inspired me to step into a world outside of my comfort zone. Terrified of being in large crowds‚ I discovered that fitting in with different people would be impossible for me. As a result‚ my regular life unexpectedly changed by the time I became a junior. With the recent news of racial violence‚ such as the deaths of Trayvon Martin and Michael Brown‚ I felt discomfort from being around my classmates almost every day. I chose to not have someone worry about how I feared being around them
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My first semester of nursing school my thoughts on nursing have developed and my nursing education has advanced. In the beginning of my first semester in August‚ I never thought I could learn so much in one semester. During the first week of nursing school‚ I never really thought I was smart enough to even be in this profession. As the weeks passed by I realized that I was smart enough for this and I just needed to learn how to study for the tests. Making the transition into the nursing classes is
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supposed to be named Rachel. It was a compromise‚ my mother told me‚ from what my dad had picked: Raquel. Growing up‚ I had a friend named Rachel that was nothing like me: soft‚ composed‚ and the sweetest smile. As it is hebrew‚ the name comes from the biblical name meaning “O Beautiful One” or “female sheep”. While this is nice and all‚ it was much more fitting for my friend. Never could or would I pick the animal the sheep to describe myself. My name means messenger. Originally from old english
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Chapter one is a very inspiring chapter and there are several factors that sparked my interest. In topic one It mentions how to manage your time wisely‚ for example‚ meeting time due dates for assignments‚ balance family time and study time and maintain the work schedule. Believe in yourself that you can achieve your goals is one of the major key factors in this chapter‚ for example‚ remind yourself daily that you are intelligent and capable of greatness will give you the drive to work even harder
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