The history of Thanksgiving day. The last Thursday in November‚ as you know‚ is a holiday in America. People call this holiday Thanksgiving Day. It is perhaps the most important day in the American year. People go to church‚ and families come together for the day. They decorate their houses with the fruits and flowers of autumn and prepare traditional American food: roast turkey‚ potatoes and pumpkin. It’s rather like Christmas‚ but what are people celebrating? What are they giving thanks for?
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First Day at School in a New Country My family moved to the United States when I was fourteen‚ and I learned I would be going to a new school just two days after we had entered the country and I wasn’t assimilated to the culture or the language. Even though I took lots of English lessons when I was in China‚ when I learned I would not be attending a bilingual school like the other new immigrants‚ I was extremely apprehensive. My first day of school in a new country was extremely nervous
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Haleigh Perez Organizational Theory & Behavior Dr. Fischer March 25‚ 2013 Spring Career Day I interviewed with Ms. Kay Scott‚ human resource coordinator‚ with Hyspeco at the career fair. Ms. Scott was extremely friendly and very helpful. Hyspeco is a full-service distributor with the capability of providing motion and control solutions ranging from components to complete design and fabrication. Their product line consists of a complete selection of hydraulic and pneumatic components
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Independence Day Of India Long years ago we made a tryst with destiny‚ and now the time comes when we will redeem our pledge‚ not wholly or in full measure‚ but very substantially. At the stroke of the midnight hour‚ when the world sleeps‚ India will awake to life and freedom. A moment comes‚ which comes but rarely in history‚ when we step out from the old to the new‚ when an age ends and when the soul of a nation‚ long suppressed‚ finds utterance.... We end today a period of ill fortune‚ and India
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In India‚ Republic Day honors the date on which the Constitution of India came into force replacing the Government of India Act 1935 as the governing document of India on 26 January 1950. The date of 26 January was chosen to honour the declaration of independence of 1930. It is one of the three national holidays in India. While the main parade takes place in the national capital‚ New Delhi‚ at the Rajpath before the President of India (currently Pranab Mukherjee)‚ the anniversary is also celebrated
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A day I will always remember is the first day of middle school‚ which was the first day of 6th grade. I was nervous and didn’t know what to expect‚ but I was also very excited at the same time. Everything was so new to me‚ the campus‚ the schedule‚ and the people. But the first day of middle school will always be a day I will remember. It was the first day of the 6th Grade and I was very anxious. I had been waiting for that day all summer. It all started when I got of the school bus. The
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SPORTS QUOTES The following quote library is provided as a service by Josephson Institute and its Pursuing Victory With Honor sportsmanship initiative. For more information on our campaign and materials‚ go to www.JosephsonInstitute.org/sports. The moment of victory is much too short to live for that and nothing else. – Martina Navratilova‚ tennis player If it is a cliché to say athletics build character as well as muscle‚ then I subscribe to the cliché. – Gerald Ford‚ 38th President Sports gives
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this team yet‚ and I needed to work on my game and tryout next year. I was devastated; I could not believe it‚ I had thought I deserved to be on that team‚ but the coach did not. Without that day‚ I would not be here playing basketball on a scholarship for Wheeling Jesuit University. That day taught me so much. I came into that basketball tryout overconfident‚ like I had made the team already because I thought I was that good. In eighth grade I was the man in basketball. I could not be stopped
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EARTH DAY SKIT: “How Earth Day Began” This skit can be performed at an Earth Day assembly for an entire school or a single class Scene 1: At Home________________________________________________ A student returns home from school. While eating dinner‚ she discusses her day with her parents. The end of April is approaching and her school [insert your school name] is preparing for its Earth Week festivities. Teachers and students have been talking about the week’s event and she can’t wait – excitement
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Brandon M. Silerio 8th The Day Of The Doctor “Through crimson stars and silent stars and tumbling nebulas like oceans set on fire‚ through empires of glass and civilizations of pure thought‚ and a whole‚ terrible‚ wonderful universe of impossibilities. You see these eyes? They’re old eyes… and one thing I can tell you‚ Alex: monsters are real.” (Doctor who personal quote “Night Terrors”) Doctor Who is a story where the main character‚ “the Doctor”‚ is constantly time traveling to explore
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