ding… ding.” I woke pretending I couldn’t hear it‚ because I didn’t want to get up. My mom was yelling at my sister and me‚ “Get up girls it’s time to go school.” I didn’t understand why she was so excited. I miserably dragged myself out of bed; I just wanted to crawl and hide and the blanket. It was a cold day in March 1999‚ I was fourteen years old‚ and it was my first day of school in America. I was scared. My sister and I got ready‚ but we were not happy. We knew we had to go to school‚ and mom
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As a graduate student in economics‚ it is much easier to have a conversation with you‚ rather than tell you my life story. Kirkuk‚ a city of 1 million people‚ is where I saw the world for my first time. It is a city rich in oil in Kurdistan-Iraq‚ also called the “black gold city.” Those are all nice facts but it still is not the best place to spend your entire life‚ there is plenty of corruption‚ political and security issues‚ etc. Because of this‚ I dreamed of coming to the United States
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Noah and Utnapishtim’s Wild Ride Almost every religion in the world has a story about the “Great Flood” which destroys the earth‚ and each teaches its followers a different story about this disaster. While the Babylonians have the story of Utnapishtim from the Epic of Gilgamesh‚ the Judeo Christians have Noah from the Bible. Both men save a few people and many animals. In these stories‚ Noah and Utnapishtim seem to have similar situations‚ but a further analysis shows how truly different the two
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The Ride of Steel has many safety features to keep the passengers safe. In the initial climb up to point A‚ 12‚000 moving parts make up the large gear and chain assembly that pulls the car to the top. There are over 40 sensors that monitor the climb so that
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Freedom Rides and 1967 REFERENDUM 12th February 1965‚ 30 university students from Sydney set off to campaign in country towns of NSW for the improved rights for Aboriginal peoples …Student action for Aborigines. Charles Perkins (born 1936) was the first indigenous person to graduate from a tertiary institution; he was also a talented soccer player who had turned down an offer to play for Manchester United. His childhood was spent away from his family in NT in a boy’s home in Adelaide. He suffered
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FLY Riding your bike is a thrill‚ well; if you like you ride your bike fast‚ down hills‚ or do stunts‚ like I do. But‚ the most important thing about biking is bravery‚ courage‚ and safety. You need to be as brave as a knight fighting a dragon‚ and as safe as a soldier in the army. You always have to lookout for pedestrians‚ cars‚ and other obstacles. The first thing you need to do when you get a bike is check the brakes‚ pedals‚ and tighten everything. Imagine this; if you’re going down a hill
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On My First Daughter and On My First Son Ben Jonson’s poems on the death of his children Ben Jonson lived in the English Renaissance period when childhood mortality was very high due to health problems‚ diseases‚ lack of medicines and unhygienic life conditions. He got married to Anne Lewis in the early 1590s. Their first daughter‚ Mary was born in 1593 who died only six months later. Jonson wrote his poem On My First Daughter upon her death. His first son‚ Benjamin‚ born 1596‚ died of the plague
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The first time in my life that I ever experienced true anger and fear was in the sixth grade. A little before Thanksgiving Break‚ I was diagnosed with malignant melanoma‚ a type of skin cancer‚ in my lower back. I had a mole there that was removed earlier that year‚ and the test results on it had come back positive. I did not find out until later‚ but when my mom sat me down across from her to talk‚ I knew something was wrong. It was then that she told me what was going on‚ and I broke down in
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As I woke up to the smell of French Toast and bacon while my mom was yelling for me to get in the shower‚ all I could think about was that days’ game. The moment I got to school‚ I immediately had to rush to the team meeting before class. While every other team meeting was the usual‚ brief‚ “Y’all stay focused today now. We’ve got a ball game to play‚” This one was different. It was homecoming‚ and we had to deal with all the distractions of the homecoming parade‚ pep-rally‚ and all of the alumni
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In the summer leading up to my first semester in college‚ my expectations were high. I assumed that all I had to do was study‚ attend my classes and I would breeze through the courses with ease. As I predicted‚ I began the fall semester effortlessly and my confidence was higher than before. As a student in the Honors College‚ I was presented with a mass amount of opportunities that I found it impossible to isolate myself from others which I always had a tendency to do. I began to participate in several
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