requirements. Jamie Escalante was a new‚ influential teacher who made an impact on inner city students by simply demonstrating interest and faith. Jamie showed attention to the students outside of the classroom and did not give them the opportunity to make excuses. Mr. Escalante cleverly manipulated his students into success with various techniques‚ a majority of which would help me thrive in math class. Angel was a student‚ first introduced as a trouble maker. As the audience realizes that there is
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Life is full of ups and downs. Laughter helps to keep us cheerful. ’A laugh a day keeps worries away’ is a maxim one should believe in. A hearty laugh will help you cope with the pressures in life. It will improve your social skills and of course‚ make you look younger. Scientists are actively advocating laughter therapy as a medicine to combat problems related to the mind. The stress of modern life has cost us our laughter. Cut-throat competition and undue pressures result in stress-related
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A growth mindset entitles me to persevere‚ overcome‚ and persist through challenges which allows me to pursue academic and extracurricular achievement. There are diverse traits which set a growth mindset and fixed mindset apart. A growth mindset allows me to thrive when I learn from others and from my mistakes. I then use these thoughts to build myself and to strengthen my knowledge. With a growth mindset‚ I need to work vigorously to achieve success throughout school or in any activity. There is
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It is with great pleasure that I write this letter of recommendation for the truly exceptional Laila. It is rare to meet a student with as much compassion and self-awareness as Laila. Her resilience‚ positivity‚ and humor are especially astounding given the challenges she has overcome in her life. As a refugee of war‚ Laila’s strength of character has not only helped her adapt to a new home‚ culture‚ and language‚ but it also serves as an education and inspiration to others. Given the depth of her
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------------------------------------------------- What makes life worth living? ------------------------------------------------- At the point of hearing this‚ numerous started popping in my head! I live because of a lot of things. At first‚ I couldn’t quite get my thoughts together. So‚ I did some research. I must tell you that these words - “growing‚ creating‚ helping‚ realizing‚ playing and relating” are not my own‚ but from my research. Although that is the case‚ it fits perfectly for me
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There are many commentators in The Last Laugh (Pearlstein‚ 2016)‚ but the most notable are two of the Holocaust survivors: Renee Firestone and Robert Clary. They both recount their memories similarly to survivors of other tragedies as expressed by Tom Brokaw (1998) “they described the scene as calmly as if they were remembering an egg-toss at a sunday social back home.. and they almost never reflect directly on the bravery of the storyteller” (p.7). Both survivors captivate the audience and quickly
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What makes a good movie good? Name: Hilal Mohammed I.D no.: 61288 What makes a good movie good? I admire movies and cannot live without them. Some movies taught me important principles in my life‚ some created memories that will never get erased and some made me laugh so hard till I cried; that is why I love movies. However‚ there are several movies that I watched‚ but I do not remember their story at all. For a movie to affect me and stay in my memory‚ it should include three important factors:
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Through the character of Xanthias‚ Aristophanes claims that he does not “intend to make mincemeat of Cleon this time”. As this is during the opening of the play‚ the audience may assume that “Wasps” is not a serious critique of political matters at this time‚ however many relations of Cleon are named which does suggest a political target of importance. Aristophanes can be seen to seriously criticise Cleon during the debate between Bdelycleon and Philocleon. A distinct contrast of personalities and
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Cask of Amontillado What actions and characteristics of Montresor make him an effective villain one might ask? " I must not only punish but punish with impunity" (Poe‚ 1199). Montresor desires to punish Fortunato for an unknown crime against him. Montresor took his revenge on fellow nobleman Fortunato during a night of Carnival while he was drunk‚ dazed‚ and wearing a jester’s outfit. It would seem that it would be pretty hard to murder a man during a festive occasion. However with the proper
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class interesting were the unbearable challenges. From the very first day‚ Gina made everyone in class get into a circle and talk about ourselves. This was a challenge for me. I do not like talking about myself because I become nervous and don’t know what to say. Later on‚ she would say if we don’t do well on both tests‚ she’ll drop anyone who fails. Consequently‚ I had to wake up early in the morning just to study which never done before. She also made us communicate with each other as a group; however
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