I was a changed person by the intervention by my teacher Mrs. Mathur. I stood under the archway of the main gates and gazed back at my school in farewell. The building shimmered in heat haze like a scene of of a dream. How different it had been when I was enrolled in it. I fancied myself an astute observer of people. Impatient as mustard seeds sputtering in oil‚ that’s what you are! My mother would exclaim every time I would come back from school and start playing right away. I wouldn’t study until
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I was not active this week. One reason I was not active was because at the time I felt I did not need to be. Another reason I was not active was because I have graves disease‚ and even when I did exercise after getting treated for having graves‚ nothing I did help me lose weight‚ I would try my best to lose weight‚ but every time I went back to the doctor I have gained more pounds. I have talked to my doctor about the problem I am having and they said it is normal‚ and that with graves disease some
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In the poem by Emily Dickinson "It Was Not Death‚ for I Stood Up‚" the main character has just lost a loved one and feels such devastation that cannot be put into words‚ but could only be described as "not" something. She feels such loss at her loved one’s burial‚ that his "burial reminded [her] of [hers]". He has been a huge part of her life‚ so when he dies‚ that part of her dies also‚ and is buried with him. She cannot put the feeling of devastation into words‚ for if pain can be described‚ it
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Elizabeth I reigned for over 45 years (1585 - 1603). She accomplished this feat by making some very important decisions that would change England forever. Many of these decisions created great uproar from the general public; others would leave her with many supporters. Elizabeth’s predecessor‚ Mary I‚ had married Philip II of Spain before she died. Once Elizabeth came into power Philip asked for her hand in marriage. Philip offered to aid England with their war with France (England was losing badly
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Was Mary Bloody or Misunderstood? Mary became Queen of England in 1553‚ after she executed Lady Jane Grey. Source A‚ in the textbook‚ says that “There were bonfires and tables in every street and wine and beer and ale”‚ this is an account from the diary of a Londoner at the time Mary became Queen‚ and so it is quite reliable. Mary mistook this celebration to mean that the people of England were glad they had a Catholic Queen on the throne. So she set about trying to turn the country into a Catholic
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I was thinking about myself as to who am I ? When I self-introspected a bit‚ I realised that like every individual I am a person who loves independence. But when I actually looked outside‚ I found that this independence is a figment of our imagination. One question that came to my mind was that even after several years of independence‚ are we really Independent ? During the formative years‚ I was under the guidance of my parents and was totally dependent on them. Their influenced has made me
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When I rescued Lin Tse-hsü I could hear the pitter-patter of rain pellet ting the rooftops of the stone buildings‚ which the English had constructed‚ but I‚ Bry-wong‚ was not here to be cold nor wet‚ which I was. I was here to rescue Lin Tse-hsü‚ who was an official from Canton. Lin Tse-hsü was captured by the English because he helped lead the opposition to England. The East India Company shipped tons of opium‚ a drug from the poppy seed‚ to China. Lin Tse-hsü has written a letter to England’s
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a story that no one can beat‚ When I say that I saw it on Mulberry Street.” “I swung ’around the corner and dashed up through the gate I ran up the steps and felt simply GREAT!”. And to Think I Saw it on Mulberry Street‚ who ever knew that you could create a big story from a Plain horse and wagon. Anybody can make an amazing story from anything ordinary. All you need to have is an imagination. While other people think‚ you can’t make an amazing story from something ordinary. When you create a story
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to move. To me it was a huge change in my life‚ it wasn’t gonna be the same once we were gone. All the memories would be left behind and we would make new ones. When I found out we would have to move I was upset. We had worked so hard to make that house look how we wanted it to. We built things that we hoped would stay there for a while‚ but when we were told we had to move everything we built we wouldn’t be able to take with us. I could feel an empty feeling in my stomach when I thought about us
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One rainy school morning‚ when I wake up to get ready for school‚ I decide to come up with a plan to quit school. You see‚ I absolutely despise school. It is my least favorite thing in the world. I know “I have” to go but I just can’t anymore. The homework is too much‚ the waking up early is too much‚ and the teachers are too much. This is why I need to come up with a plan to quit school. After school‚ I go home and sit in my bed and think of my plan. Stage 1- Before I go to bed I make sure my
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