In order to consider “I exist because I think” or ”I think because I exist”‚ I would define the “I exist because I think” as “I think” is the cause of “I exist”. This implies “I think” appear before “I exist” and cause “I exist” to happen. In the other side‚ “I think because I exist” would be “I exist” is the cause of “I think”. This implies “I exist” appear before “I think” and cause “I think” to happen. In terms of logic‚ I would say “I think because I exist “ is more appropriate. It is because
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Kevin Coffman College Composition 2 Mrs. Johnson March 8‚ 2013 Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been? The story‚ “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been” is a very interesting short story written by Joyce Carol Oats. Her story begins in the summer‚ and 15-year-old Connie spends much of her time lounging around the house‚ going out with friends‚ and meeting boys. One night a strange guy makes a threatening gesture to her in the parking lot of a local drive-in restaurant. She thinks nothing
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What Are You Proud Of? By: Mulki Abshir Certain things happen in your life that you never forget; sometimes they’re happy moments‚ other times sad moments and sometimes they’re even powerful moments like when it’s your turn to be bullied. I’ve always thought that when your friends or you get bullied‚ by ignoring the bully would make them leave you alone but I realized it just makes things worse. It was 3rd grade in Elementary School‚ a year that I realized something important. So far
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Do You Believe In Aliens Are we alone or do you believe in aliens? Most people would say no in public‚ but in truth most do believe. A survey was taken of 29 people; they were asked one to three questions depending on their answer. Question # 1‚ “Do you believe aliens exist?” out of 29 people asked 24 said yes‚ they do believe aliens exist. Those 24 went on to the next question‚ Question # 2‚ “Do you believe aliens have visited Earth (even if just to fly past)?” of the 24 that
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Trevor Jones Professor. Gagliardi AAA101 September 29‚ 2014 The Misconception Growing up as a kid I thought I was a pure kinesthetic learner‚ because I was good at sports. My father constantly reminded me that I was a natural athlete. Both of my parents were gymnasts growing up and participated in lots of sports through high school. Unfortunately I found out I was not a kinesthetic learner whenever I reached my junior year of high school. I assumed I was a pure kinesthetic learner
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Catches You and You Fall Down tells the story of Lia Lee‚ a Hmong child with epilepsy‚ whose tragic downfall reveals the dangers of a lack of cross-cultural communication in the medical profession. At the age of three months‚ Lia had her first seizure caused by the sound of a door being slammed shut‚ by her older sister Yer. Their parents‚ Foua and Nao Kao believed that the sound of the door had caused Lia’s soul to flee‚ they called her illness “qaug dab peg”‚ which means “the spirit catches you and
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"Many a man would rather you heard his story than granted his request." ~ Phillip Stanhope‚ The Earl of Chesterfield The greatest gift you will ever give or receive is simply – to listen. The act itself requires patience‚ on some levels even a bit of endurance‚ and though a modicum of empathy is always helpful as well‚ it really very simply comes down to our willingness to put our personal feelings‚ opinions and beliefs aside‚ if only to allow someone
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What Are You Proud Of? By: Mulki Abshir Certain things happen in your life that you never forget; sometimes they’re happy moments‚ other times sad moments and sometimes they’re even powerful moments like when it’s your turn to be bullied. I’ve always thought that when your friends or you get bullied‚ by ignoring the bully would make them leave you alone but I realized it just makes things worse. It was 3rd grade in Elementary School‚ a year that I realized something important. So far
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William Butler Yeats “When You Are Old” is a tribute to deeper love‚ an obvious interpretation of a poem that contains the word “love” five times in twelve lines. However‚ it is specifically the speaker’s personal analysis of what he imagines “love” to entail. It represents an elderly woman reminiscing of her younger days. A past lover whispers to her as she looks through a photo album. This is a very somber‚ regretful and resigned poem. It has a quiet‚ dreamlike feeling to it. And uses uncomplicated
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You Fit Into Me Margaret Atwood writes in a vivid‚ witty and often sharply discomfiting style in all of her literary works. To call her a feminist author is in a way selling her short as her work‚ while often centered on issues of gender‚ has also focused on Canadian national identity‚ Canada’s relations with the United States and Europe‚ human rights issues‚ environmental issues‚ and the Canadian wilderness. The poem that I chose to analyze is a very short poem consisting of only four
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