I woke up this morning to the sound of my alarm clock‚ charming like church bells when it strikes noon. I open my eyes; it’s bright from the early morning sun gleaming through the cracks of my blinds‚ bouncing off the four walls. As I lay in my bed thinking about today’s chores‚ they run through my head like a batter just hitting a home run. I finally motivate myself enough to walk down a flight of stairs that feels like a lifetime to go down. A silence breaks through the dusty air that I feel is
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My Obsession I remember back to when I was a child‚ in which I would constantly dream of flight and its characteristics of freedom and serenity. Throughout my younger years I collected miniature model airplanes of metal and plastic‚ longing to be the pilot of the real machine; this obsession continued until the day my grandfather introduced me to radio controlled flight. My grandfather and I visited his model airplane flying field where he effortlessly controlled a piece of machinery which my
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times during the Holocaust‚ and particularly refer to the Jewish understanding of the holiday. Jewish history tells us about how the Jewish people lived from the time when they appeared up to the present day. The nation is like a big family‚ and a large family can be compared to a tree. This is the way that the Jewish people formed. It exists for more than three thousand years. They used to have their own country called Eretz Yisrael‚ in which the
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Everyone’s America is different. My version of America is Detroit‚ but that doesn’t apply to everyone. America is like a little sister. Sometimes I love it‚ while other times it only causes me frustration. Generally‚ it is a bittersweet thing‚ but it becomes something I learn to live with. Many things have changed since Martin Luther King was assassinated. As African Americans‚ we’ve progressed and strived bit by bit for equality. As Americans‚ we’ve regressed and only created a negative persona
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Green Writing about Literature 3 June 2012 COM1102_AutumnGordon_Wk5Essay The theme of Cathy Song’s “The Youngest Daughter” is about the youngest daughter of six growing old along with her mother. The title on the poem is also ironic because Song uses imagery to show that the daughter is no longer young. Song also uses using imagery daughter’s skin tone lacking sunlight to symbolize the isolation the daughter has because she is caring for her mother. The mother and daughter have a co-dependent
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“My Old House and My New House” My old house was my better than the new house that I live. The reason is because this house was quite different in comparison to living in the one I live now. Comparing the two houses is like comparing an apple to a pear‚ which is totally different in look‚ shape‚ and color. I have noticed the similarities between the two and how they differ from each other; the differences are: The old house was more bigger and the house
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My Dad’s Old Truck My dad bought a 1989 red/gray Nissan Pathfinder truck. When he got the truck‚ he hit a turkey with the grill that was crossing a yellowish brick road. Since he has owned it‚ its value has gone down considerably‚ even though he has spent more money fixing it than he paid for it. If it was worth as much money as it has cost to keep it running we could sell it and buy a newer car. It’s a red/gray 4x4 truck with off-road tires. Also‚ it has hunting lights on the top of the roof.
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Goals for My Senior Year My three goals for my senior year are to save money‚ get involved‚ and graduate. I need to save my money for my senior dues‚ prom‚ and other important things that are going to go on this year. I want to get involved in school this year with sports‚ activities‚ and volunteering for things. This will all lead up to the most important one of all graduating and being successful. So now I’m going to tell you how I plan on doing all of this by the end of the school year starting
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these attitudes but was unable to make a public statement about them -- that is‚ until I formed my own PAC to advocate for the voting rights of sixteen and seventeen-year-olds within my city. This all began in December 2014‚ when I read an article by Neil Howe on Forbes.com about the traits of the generation that would be born after the Millennials. Since opinions differ on the start date of that cohort‚ I could be part of it. Sixteen-year-olds like me who were born in ‘99 would be included in the
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Dear Diary‚ My name is Faustina and I am ten years old today. I received this diary as a birthday present from my paedagogus. Technically he not actually mine but my little brother Scipios. However Clement my brother paedagogus spends just as much time with me as he does with Scipios. Clement is terribly educated and speaks Greek so well. I’m jealous. My mom however tells me that this is because Clement was actually born in Greece and was brought to the great city of Rome. However in her
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