America’s gift to my generation is freedom. Mohandas Gandhi brought independence to India. He was later an inspiration for movements of nonviolence‚ civil rights‚ and freedom across the world. Gandhi was born on October 2‚ 1869‚ and died in 1948. The 39th president Jimmy Carter and his wife built The Carter Center in Atlanta. It’s a “fundamental commitment to human rights and the alleviation of human suffering; it seeks to prevent and resolve conflicts‚ enhance freedom and democracy‚ and improve
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Ever since I was young‚ writing has never been my strong point. I never divulged into the writing process as much as I have completed for this particular course called writing 101. The reason being‚ English was never my first spoken or written language. I am comfortable with speaking the English language however writing correctly and adhering to the writing process has always been a challenge for me. For once‚ I never had a clear idea of structuring an essay to reach a valid point. Without structural
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Conor’s first attack on Leslie when he choked her out after sex‚ instead of confronting him or calling anyone for help she made light of the situation. Despite how scared she was‚ “somewhere deep down in my stomach . . . there was a cold‚ hard feeling‚ a kind of fear I’d never felt before . . . My hands shook slightly under the covers” (Steiner 83)‚ she thought maybe it was kinky sex and climbed back in bed with Conor to hold him tightly until she fell asleep. Although Leslie was blind to what really
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All major writing projects begin with a mandatory trip to Staples for colored pens and packs of rainbow sticky notes followed by a coffee run at Quills on Cardinal Blvd. I get home and double check that everything in the apartment is clean since I struggle to focus in messy home. Once my ducks are in a row I color coordinate my writing tools across the coffee table and plop down into my fuzzy‚ green papasan chair. I turn on Pandora Radio to the Arctic Monkey’s station and set a kitchen timer to commit
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Writing has always been a reluctant process for me. When planning to write a paper I always write down all my ideas I want to talk about and my professor for advice too. I specifically think I did very well on paper one. I usually do not enjoy writing when it turns into an essay about a subject I have to pretend to care about‚ but I really did enjoyed writing paper one. From the six weeks of taking this class‚ I do feel like my writing has improved by becoming more structured‚ defined and straight
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As I review my work that I have completed thus far in this course‚ I find that I continue to make progress in each assignment that I write. In the first reflection‚ I expressed that I wanted to learn how to improve my grammatical errors‚ sentence fragments‚ and getting straight to the point. And this is something that I am consistently working on. For example‚ the assignment that I worked on that embodies what I need to improve on is shown the bad news memo that I drafted for class. I re-wrote the
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there in the hard seat of my desk and waited patiently. The scent of bleach was overwhelming in the room‚ but I knew by the second week it would be covered up by the smell of musty children and chalk dust. I could not wait for my new teacher to stroll up to me‚ eyes full of amazement‚ and give me my paper. I had worked hard on it for nearly a month during the summer prior to this new school year. My writing skills were top-notch‚ of course. Looking around the room at my new classmates‚ it was easy
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in Writing Writing is meant for people to properly convey their feelings‚ thoughts‚ hopes‚ and opinions. My own writing has its own strengths and weaknesses and it needs to become better and more affirmative. The weakness that I know that I have is knowing the proper grammar and writing style for what I am trying to portray. Though I am able to use rhetoric and analyze writing and show my thoughts. I need to improve my writing so people want to read it and can understand it. Part of writing is
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first it will make you miserable.” -James A. Garfield Honestly is the best policy. Being honest is one of the best traits a person could have. Telling someone the truth is sometimes one of the hardest things to do in life because occasionally it hurts other people‚ but in the end it’s the best thing for them and hopefully they will realize that. Being honest will make yourself feel better and in the long run it will help the other
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Birthday in China and Canada If there is only one day you should remember in your life‚ it will be your birthday. Birthday is important for people in most countries; they celebrate the birthday every year. However‚ there is much difference between countries in birthday. Such as China and Canada‚ they are difference in birthday dates‚ celebrating ways‚ and traditional meanings. One of the most obvious differences between China and Canada is their birthday dates. In China‚ most Chinese people could
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