When people hear how I quit my job as a lawyer after six years of corporate work‚ they assume I burned out and fled the nine-to-five (or‚ more accurately‚ the nine-to-midnight)‚ leaving contracts‚ negotiations and lawsuits behind. In reality‚ I long had aspired to travel the world for a year‚ inspired by a documentary I saw in high school about trans-Siberian trains. Staring at the screen‚ watching birch trees and snow and a railroad track running for thousands of kilometres‚ I resolved to take
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Professor Jennifer Emery College Strategies 07 March 2011 How I Spend my Time … Okay‚ so I am going to attempt to write about how I spend my time. My days are not typical; I would have to write a book to explain how my time is spent‚ so I am going to dive into this analysis and hopefully you will get the idea of how my time has been used since starting college. One day I was a wife‚ the next day I was a mother‚ and then I woke up one morning a college student. Let me tell you‚ being
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How I lost my Youth. I did not know how my last second decision to join the Navy would haunt me for the rest of my life. Where I went from being an innocent kid that was invincible to the world‚ to bleeding for my country and losing lives of friends. There were moments that led up to this unforgettable situation. It started with General Quarters‚ which means to man your pre-assigned battle stations‚ once at your battle station; you must look for all targets while preparing your weapon. Then after
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Harris Professor Mathewson English 132-01 September 24‚ 2012 How I Broke My Wrist I thought I was going to play a friendly game of football until something bad happened to me. I broke my left wrist and it hurt really badly. I learned that breaking a bone is very painful and recommend that everyone avoid anything that could cause you to get hurt in serious way like breaking a bone. It all started on the weekend when my brother and I were really bored. We decided to go up to the athletic center
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19 March 2014 How I View Failures In life‚ no one wants to fail at anything they do because they think failure leads them nowhere. They think failure is embarrassing and they usually given up trying to finish what they started. Sometimes people fail due to their own faults such as not studying for a test‚ therefore that person will fail. But other times it may not be their fault in failing. An example would be in a competition where someone gets picked as the winner and the other person doesn’t
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As I walked down the hallway‚ it seemed endless. I could not feel my feet hitting the ground‚ nor notice anyone around me. I just walked. The smell of the place was intoxicating. It reminded me of insulin or disinfectant spray. I entered her room; it was dark. The sound of beeping machines echoed in my ears. I walked to her bed. She was sleeping soundly. Her body was frail and looked as if she was bone covered with skin. She was weak and tired. The cancer had been eating away at her‚ slowly
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How I Met My Husband Donielle Miller Eng 125 03/02/2014 The story of “How I Met My Husband” by Alice Munro (1974)‚ is a story about a young naïve farm girl that had very little education or money‚ she was hired as a worker for a wealthy family. She finds love where and when she least expected to‚ all the while she was maturing into a lady. Edie get her first encounter with men and romance. The story is told in first person point of view‚ through the eyes of Edie and
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In the short story “How I Met My Husband” by Alice Munro the structure of the plot and the conflict work in unity to reach the conclusion. This story has a sympathetic protagonist dealing with a relatable conflict‚ suspense‚ and a twist ending that may keep the reader thinking after the last lines have been read. The protagonist in this story‚ Edie‚ is a timid person who is always doing whatever makes other people happy and never says what she wants. She describes herself as “shy” (Munro 127)
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In the short story How I Met My Husband by author Alice Munro‚ the setting takes place in a small country town around the end of WWII. It is easy to tell that Edie feels a little out of place in the Peebles’ house since they are new to the country and are more wealthy than Edie’s family. When Edie was describing her job she says‚ “Mrs. Peebles had an automatic washer and dryer‚ the first I ever saw‚” (Munro 220). This quote shows how not many people were able to afford luxuries like modern day conveniences
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HOW I SPENT MY SUMMER VACATION MY SUMMER VACATION STARTED ON APRIL 13. DURING HOLIDAYS‚ I WAS READING STORY BOOKS AND I SAW SO MANY CINEMAS. THEN I WENT TO DIFFERENT CLASSES TO ENHANCE MY KNOWLEDGE SKILLS DURING HOLIDAYS. ON MAY 1 WE STARTED OUR JOURNEY WITH MY FAMILY TO KOLKATA. IN KOLKATA I SAW SO MANY PLACES LIKE VICTORIA MEMORIAL‚ JAINT TEMPLE‚ UNDERGROUND METRO RAIL‚ SUNDER BANS ETC.. I STAYED FOR THREE DAYS IN KOLKATA. THE FOURTH DAY I LEFT FOR NEW JALPAIGURI. FROM THERE I WENT TO DARJEELING
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