Just after noon on Tuesday‚ April 20‚ 1999‚ I was preparing to leave my downtown Denver office for a meeting when I noticed the red message light flashing on my phone. I worked for the state of Colorado‚ administering training programs for people with disabilities; my meeting was about student scholarships‚ and I figured the message might be a last-minute cancellation. But it was my husband‚ calling from his home office. His voice was breathless and ragged‚ and his words stopped my heart. "Susan—this
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Do I deserve ?! The idea of obtain a scholarship‚ provoked me to think hard why I deserve this scholarship more than the others. However after careful analysis‚ I believe I really deserve it. Let me briefly summarize who I am and why I deserve this scholarship and then follow it with my argument. My name is Jose Pereira.I migrated from Brazil to the United States of America in March‚ 2007. Although I found myself in a new complex world‚ with a challenging language I had to learn from
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I belong to that classification of people known as husbands. I am a husband. Not too long ago‚ while I was mowing the lawn‚ I was thinking about it and decided that I too‚ want a husband. Why do I want a husband? I want a husband whose whole life revolves around me. Everything he does or says should have some significance to me in one way or another. He should put me at the center of his life and I should always be first on his list. Not his friends‚ not his siblings‚ and definitely not his
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In "Why I Want a Wife‚" Brady offers hypothetical criteria for an ideal wife in a satirical commentary on how the work of wives is often taken for granted. The humor of the essay lies in its structure: on the surface it seems to accept the criteria it puts forth‚ while the meaning actually operates in the recognition that the narrator is being sarcastic. Using writing as one of her tools for activism‚ Judy (Syfers) Brady has established herself as a supporter of the women’s movement since she began
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entertaining‚ and admirable. First what I love about baseball is that it is an active sport. I used to play baseball when I was younger and enjoyed it very much not only did it keep me active but I felt very compelled to win for my team because we all have one thing on our minds and that is to win and in a sport like baseball your teammates can help you out alot. Being active also leads to good health‚ it’s good to know that while I play my favorite sport I am also keeping in shape and being productive
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Why I am a Teacher Linda Furtado Grand Canyon University: Edu 310 April 9‚ 2011 Education Exactly Where I belong Why do individuals select teaching as a profession? Reasons of becoming a teacher are as diverse as the subjects that will be taught. Motives range from inspirations drawn from a favorite teacher to a sense of commitment owed to a community or nation. I sit here pondering to myself‚ why do I want to become a teacher? I didn’t even really like attending school as a youth.
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I remember how much I hated being Catholic when I was younger. My mother wanted my siblings and me to understand the importance of going to church‚ the same way she was raised to be. I learned to understand that people stayed and left the Catholic church for their own reasons . When I was younger‚ I wanted to be part of a different religion. Sunday school required children and parents to be at the church an hour and a half before mass started. My brother and I dreaded going to Sunday school so
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him/her personally. In my case‚ I know find it easy to declare who I am. One could say I am just another one in a sea of faces. Talking‚ laughing‚ doing what I need to do and what I am told. I am not an assertive person because oftentimes I think negatively. I am just like any typical student and teenager. I do everything the same way I do every day. I have friends. I experience every suffering a student can imagine and I also felt all the best I did were just never enough. If one would
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influence over America’s youth‚ it is easy to understand why so many people have problems with hip-hop and rap music. It is often said that rap and hip-hop music is misogynistic and praises violence. Also‚ it is argued that this genre of music deepens generalizations and stereotypes about the African-American community. Just how Tom Bissell describes his love for videogames in the essay titled Extra Lives: Why Video Games Matter‚ as “an extra life” I too have a passion for hip-hop music and use it as
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Why I want to be a Teacher There are many different reasons why people become teachers. Some become teachers because they think it’s an easy job. Some like the benefit of being able to work half the year. Other chooses the benefit of actually being a positive influence in a child’s development. The reason I want to be a teacher is simple‚ I want to be able to impact a child life the way was impacted by my teachers when I was younger. This is the biggest reward for me. And‚ the pay is really as
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