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    she writes: “Hi Kathleen‚ for a start‚ I want to say that your video ………helpful and I admire the work that you’re doing”. Thank you Sarah‚ hú hú. “Here is my question: How can I overcome my fears on public speaking?” and I wrote that to Sarah and I have this long email but I’m going to just read to you what I wrote to her and I share with you the same things that I told her. I hope that will helps you overcome any fear that you might have at public speaking. Speaking to the world is not just fear

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    Lauren McFall Mr. Gossett English 10H-4 March 17‚ 2008 You are What You Eat Throughout the past twenty years‚ obesity in the United States has drastically increased. Currently‚ one-hundred and seventeen billion people in the United States are obese. Out of those people‚ three-hundred thousand people die each year because of complications due to being over-weight. One out of every four children in the average school in the United States is over-weight. In an effort to combat this growing

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    In every Journey there are obstacles to overcome Inner journeys often compel the individual to contemplate challenges faced throughout life through a continual process of self reflection. This process can be seen in the following texts‚ Dante’s Inferno & Kublai Khan by samuel taylor colleridge. Each text reveals self reflection whereby leads the person to question themselves. Secondly they both indicate that there are challenges in life metaphorically or allegorically represented in the imaginative

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    The Chronicle Review October 3‚ 2010 What Are You Going to Do With That? Katherine Streeter for The Chronicle Review By William Deresiewicz The essay below is adapted from a talk delivered to a freshman class at Stanford University in May. The question my title poses‚ of course‚ is the one that is classically aimed at humanities majors. What practical value could there possibly be in studying literature or art or philosophy? So you must be wondering why I’m bothering to raise it here‚ at

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    1. What is Tannen’s purpose in writing this essay? What does she hope it will accomplish? From what I gathered Tannen’s purpose was for us to comprehend the importance of communication in the work field. How the simplest verbal functions can be interpreted in many different ways. “Conversation is a ritual” I find so much meaning behind these four simple words‚ the article in its entirety are summed up by these word. Tannen wants to enlighten us to remember that our words are powerful. I believe she

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    Hall-Evans 1 Susan Hall-Evans S. Fong English 1a 09/25/2014 What Makes You Happy? Advertising is tricky. The challenge facing most advertising groups is creating the allure to get the consumer to buy their products. In advertising the lay out is just as important as the context of the ad. The advertisers use all forms to entice us: color‚ typography‚ catch words‚ and of course things that appeal to our vulnerabilities. These catch words are words which are

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    What makes an American an American? Is it the accent‚ the clothing‚ the fact that you can speak the English language‚ or is it the fact that you were born on American soil? I believe it’s certain characteristics that set us apart from other countries. The fact we are self-reliant‚ and competitive‚ and the compassion we bring to others are some‚ of many‚ American characteristics that help set us apart. These are the three characteristics that I have chosen to write about. Our self-reliance

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    Evaluate a significant experience‚ achievement‚ risk you have taken‚ or ethical dilemma you have faced and its impact on you. Follow no one else’s path instead make your own and leave a trail for others to follow. Life is like a race and we are its runners. And in this race of life there are to be many obstacles and sharp turns to come and bring us down. Opportunities and challenges will come and pass. But one decision has made a huge impact on my life‚ so significant that I have many opportunities

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    Roger Chillingworth: Overcome with Revenge? Can a person be so overcome with revenge that they lose all practical knowledge and become a monster‚ seeking only their enemy’s destruction? Nathaniel Hawthorne creates this intriguing character in his novel entitled The Scarlet Letter. Throughout the book‚ the reader will be fascinated by how quickly revenge can take control of a person’s life. Roger Chillingworth first enters the story when he finds out that his wife has

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    Reap What You Sow

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    You reap what you sow” means that there is an effect for everything people do or say‚ and that the effort a person puts into something will be rewarded appropriately in this life or the next. People use this phrase as a reminder to be kind and work hard. Although the phrase might have roots in early Christianity‚ it appears in some form in other religions and also can be applied in non-religious situations. Seeing bad people succeed sometimes makes people who follow this general doctrine have emotional

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