Riordan is the #1 New York Times bestselling Author of the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series‚ the Kane Chronicles‚ and the Heroes of Olympus. He is also the author of the multi-award-winning Tres Navarre mystery series for adults. For fifteen years‚ Rick taught English and history at public and private middle schools in the San Francisco Bay Area and in Texas. In 2002‚ Saint Mary’s Hall honored him with the school’s first Master Teacher Award. While teaching full time‚ Riordan began writing
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Emily Dickinson’s poem “I like to see it lap the Miles”‚ is greatly comparable to Elizabeth Bishop’s poem “Manner”s “I like to see it lap the Miles” is about a train that is moving along a track in the mountains‚ while “Manners” is about a grandfather teaching his grandchild about manners while driving a wagon. Within both of the poems there is a theme of new technology‚ however the authors describe this theme from contrasting perspectives‚ with Bishop being more hopeful of the future than the fearful
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Kerr Craige Disillusionment of Ten O’clock The houses are haunted By white night-gowns. None are green‚ Or purple with green rings‚ Or green with yellow rings‚ Or yellow with blue rings. None of them are strange‚ With socks of lace And beaded ceintures. People are not going To dream of baboons and periwinkles. Only‚ here and there‚ an old sailor‚ Drunk and asleep in his boots‚ Catches tigers In red weather. This poem was written by a man named Stevens Wallace. Stevens Wallace
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How I Learned to Cook I want to tell how I began to learn cooking‚ and how I succeeded in this. When I was a child‚ approximately eight‚ I wanted to make a present for my mother. She was working hard and came back home late. So‚ I decided to cook for her a kind of food named ravioli with cottage cheese. It‚ like other kinds of food‚ has its rules of preparation. I didn’t care about them‚ and I did what I thought was correct. It’s a funny story. Each time
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DISCOVERING MYSELF BEHIND THE WINDOW. “Head‚ Heart‚ Hand” is the motto of the school where I had my Junior High School education. Five years later‚ I deemed it a great honor to have been specially invited to deliver a speech on behalf of my year group. I arrived on the premises of this great school which played a no mean role in shaping my very personality and philosophy of life. As I looked through the Head teacher’s office where I was hosted prior to the commencement of the day’s celebration‚ I could
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Lindsey Paul Ms. Nero ENG 1113 24 June 2014 Finding Myself in the Service of Others I realized the world was evolving when I went on a trip to New York City with my former high school classmates. The amount of homeless people on the streets in Times Square blew my mind. It made me feel very fortunate for the life that I have. When it was time to go home‚ my best friend and I came up with an idea for a club at our school. We teamed up and started a club called FCCLA. It stands for Family
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Cunningham 1 Ronnie Cunningham Morse English 111 03 Oct. 2013 How I Learned To Swim Learning something new can be a scary experience. One of the hardest things I have ever had to do was learn to swim. I was always afraid of the water‚ but I decided that swimming was an important skill that I should learn. I also thought it would be good exercise and help me become physically stronger. What I did not realize was that learning to swim would also make me a more confident person.
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09/27/10 Ms. Adams AP English language How I Learned to Read For me learning to read was an extensive and boring experience; I took reading for granted and never suspected of the great knowledge that was hidden in every book‚ I thought was useless; the revelation came afterwards. It all started at home. I was about to be five years old and my mom was teaching me how to write my name. In my head I understood nothing of what I wrote but as far as I know that was my name‚ which would follow
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poem “Song of Myself” by Walt Whitman has many different themes that involve Whitman himself and the nation he lived in. Whitman writes about life and death‚ equality‚ self appreciation and many other ideas. If I had to write the song of myself with my own themes and ideas they would be a relevantly similar to Whitman’s. The first theme I would write in the song of myself would be to live the life you’re given and use all the opportunities you’re provided with wisely. The second theme I would write
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I used to believe I was a good writer. Throughout my elementary school education‚ creative writing dominated curriculum which allowed my extremely creative mindset to thrive. In middle school‚ I developed an elitist mentality about my writing ability. Believing that I reached my academic peak‚ I felt no need to sharpen my writing skills‚ causing me to become close minded to critique or other writing styles. Upon entering high school‚ I still clung to the idea that I was the best‚ but after my first
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