Farmer Doug was lying in the corner of his blazing barn‚ crouched down‚ quietly weeping while his severed leg was spurting blood. Through his cries of pain‚ he could hear the nightmarish moo of his beloved cow‚ Betsy. As her footsteps drew close‚ he could only ponder how this happened. How could he have been so stupid? What did this? Who did this? Finally it hit him‚ it started that week when he took the cows for their first bath in the newly cleaned river. It was a sunny‚ happy day; his cows
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How hard do you think it would be to go from being dirt poor to very rich in life? Gatsby grew up a poor man and his parents died giving him lots of money. He then set goals to make more money. Doing so made him lots more money which made him a goal oriented person. Jay Gatsby from The Great Gatsby does deserve his title. The main reason Gatsby deserves his title is because he is very goal oriented. For over a year he had been beating his way along the south shore of Lake Superior as a calm-digger
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MOTHER TERESA In my English assignment‚ I was asked to do a report on someone or things that I am interested with. So‚ I decided to choose Mother Teresa as my role model to accomplish my task. To me‚ a role model is someone you want to emulate or hope to be like one day. Besides that‚ a role model is also someone who has inspiring actions or words. However‚ I feel that a role model needs to be honest‚ kind-hearted‚ humble‚ and caring. Therefore‚ I choose Mother Teresa as my role model because
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to describe what I view as a "perfect world" and how things would be and the way they would be run. In my perfect world each child will be born into a household where everything will be taken care of including food‚ shelter and education. Each child will then be brought up in a healthy living environment. The child will then begin his or her education‚ which will be fully paid for‚ the child will complete a tertiary education and will be fully qualified to pursue any career they want to because
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scorpions” by Nancy Farmer is a Fascinating stoy that should be read by all age groups. The story takes place in a in a country called Opium‚ a strip of poppy fields between the U.S and Mexico Matt is a misunderstood boy who is treated like trash just because he is unique After an encounter with some kids‚Matt finally learned the truth about who he was or what he was. He was a clone but know just any clone ‚ the clone of a rich power hungry man called El patron. Matt is sent to a house where a woman treats
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Kayla Riggs 3rd period James Farmer James Farmer Sr. was born June 12‚ 1886 in Kingstree‚ South Carolina. His parents were former slaves‚ Carolina and Lorena Farmer. Farmer was very smart as a child‚ receiving straight As all the way up to the eighth grade when he attended McLeod Institute. Farmer’s education ended despite his promising knowledge because there was no high school for African Americans in Farmer’s community. His record drew quit attention from the local community leaders
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Imagine having a diet that consisted mostly of cereal‚ fruits‚ and vegetables and meat was only eaten on rare occasions. It would get boring‚ right? Well that’s how the Ancient Romans lived. They had grains and cereal at their main disposal and if they had a garden or field so they could plant crops then they were set. Other than that they bought their food from the market place. They only meat when they had money or on special occasions. Food traditions and what they ate in Rome are similar and
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Rereading America‚ Malcolm X gave details on how he learned words‚ and practice his writing skill by copying words from dictionary. “I had written so much at one time‚ but I’d written words that I never knew were in the world. Moreover‚ with a little effort‚
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For some time working mothers have been blamed for the neglect of their children‚ the breakdown of the family‚ and the decline of our society. Rather than the female workforce consisting mainly of women who either have adult children or are childless‚ recent decades have witnessed a growing proportion of employed women with children‚ especially young children Recent statistics show that 42 per cent of mothers with children aged newborn to four years are employed. The question we
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Growing up Poor I did not realize until about the 5th grade‚ what being poor was all about. From kindergarten until then‚ kids didn’t really pay attention to what you wore to school‚ what type of home you lived in‚ or what your parents did for a living. What mattered was how nice you were‚ that you shared your toys‚ and took turns on the playground. Fifth grade started a whole new chapter in life. It started with a new school with both familiar and unfamiliar faces and with that‚ new challenges
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