“I knew this was my moment.” “Dear diary‚” I started to write on one of the blank pages of my diary. For the past few months‚ my diary has been my only companion. These pages are where I write my stories and let my imagination run free while I pour my heart out on each page. I continued to write. “I’ve decided that‚ for today’s diary entry‚ I’ll write a story. A story I have never had the courage to write. But lately‚ it is all I have been thinking about. I need to get it out of my head and
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Garcia.Session 1.Journal As a thirty-three year old‚ I truly believed that I was too old for college. After high school‚ I was in a home situation that required I enter the work field right away. I made excuses for not attending college‚ often blaming it on money or time. The more years that passed‚ the more I embraced those excuses. I told myself‚ ?It had been too long since I was in school‚ I don?t remember any of it?‚ ?there?s no way I could do it?‚ ?I?d have to start from the very bottom‚ and it will
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Whitman’s first poem “When I Heard the Learn’d Astronomer” reflects transcendentalist beliefs of nature. In this poem an average person is politely listening to an renowned astronomer lecture about stars as the astronomer expounds through equations and number and odd pictures that seem to have little to do with stars. The listener becomes confused and nauseous. He promptly leaves the class where he looks up and experience actual stars. This poem explicates that while scientific calculations can quantify
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Before I Was Born Have you ever meet a person who raised a child by herself‚ worked two jobs and almost got robbed. Do you know someone that survived a house fire and now has 3rd degree burns. And someone who almost killed a kid. My grandma is awesome she is from Mexico right now and she currently lives down there. She was born in 1939 when she was six her mom died. She was living with her dad‚ he also died‚ but she was 15 when this happened. She lived in Mexico city
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I Knew This Was My Moment I was sitting on a chair‚ tied up‚ in an isolated cabin. I felt very weary as I had just opened my eyes after a deep sleep. I had no idea of my sleeping hours‚ days or even months! It was damp and frosty inside the place. This wood cabin‚ if I were to use one word to describe it would be ‘UNKEMPT’! Spider webs clouded every corner‚ refuse scattered all over‚ hordes of flies buzzing around it‚ scavenging for sustenance. A pungent smell arose from a stale‚ discarded
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World War Ⅰ was a war that affected the whole world‚ it caused many countries to go bankrupt and created more than one new rivalry between countries in the process. Eighteen different countries involved in World War I‚ and that is not counting all of the colonies belonging to the involved countries that were forced to give financial and/or militaristic support. There were situations that led up to and caused World War I but three of the main reasons were Balkan nationalism‚ entangling alliances‚
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Was Charles I the architect of his own downfall? Charles I became King of England‚ Scotland and Ireland since 1425 until 1449 where a civil war took place because of Charles wrong decisions he kept making. A civil war is regions within the same country‚ this civil war begun because of religion‚ money‚ and power. He didn’t care about these‚ which sadly leaded him to his own execution. First of all‚ Charles made his subjects and Parliament turn to his new religion‚ which was blindly Catholic‚ however
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I learned from a young age that life is tough and it’s not a given. Coming to the United States from Gambia in 2005 on a cold winter day this country was nothing like what I had expected. It is assumed by all Gambians that America is the Holy Grail but that is not accurate. From my first day I have had to go through hardships to fit in. My accent was very thick. My teeth were out of place and the kids at school didn’t hesitate to comment on it. I consider these hardships as something that many people
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Valley Forge Essay If I was a soldier in Valley Forge I would have had to think every little detail out before I made my decision. Would I be better off leaving? Would I have a good chance of staying alive if I stayed? I wouldn’t just jump into the decision without thinking everything through. Most likely I would have quit‚ and here are the reasons why. In Valley Forge at this time it was cold‚ freezing actually. They had no warm clothes and even if they did it was torn to shreds. People around
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Story Review For this week reading‚ I chose to read "In Cuba I Was a German Shepherd" by Ana Menendez. As long as I see the title of the story‚ it draws my attention as there are many catchy and interesting words in one sentence such as Cuba‚ German and Shepherd. After reading the title‚ I was so eager to understand how the author combine all these totally unrelated words to make the title of the story. Of course‚ I know about Cuban Revolution and a lille bit of German History. However‚ look at
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