January 12th 1957 Journal Entry 1 Hello‚ this is my first journal entry. I suppose I should introduce myself; my name is Thelma Jean Mothershed-Wair‚ I am 17 years old and I was born on November 29‚ 1940‚ in Bloomberg‚ Texas. My parents are called Arlevis Leander Mothershed and Hosanna Claire Moore Mothershed. My father is a psychiatric aid at the Veterans Hospital‚ and my mother is a homemaker. I also have three sisters and two brothers. We all live together in Little Rock‚ Arkansas‚ United
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The Poisonwood Bible Critical Reading Portfolio Entry Section I: Significance of Title The Poisonwood Bible is a book about the reactions that can be made with the burden of collective guilt; to be specific‚ to our complicit guilt as citizens of the United States for the misconduct by our nation in the Congo. The Poisonwood Bible is an allusion of an event that triggers the life of a family to be burden with guilt in the Congo. The title of the book is what describes the whole book. The Poisonwood
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4.2 Changes in the Sequence of Senses in an Entry. Any language is vulnerable to changes at all its levels‚ so the core meaning/ historical meaning becomes no longer the commonest one. This shift of meaning is typical of basic words of everyday use and the reason for this can be the more frequent use of one of the senses. A proper example for this can be a word ‘see’ (v). In LDOCE 5 (2009) the first sense is “to notice or examine someone or something using your eyes”‚ the “ability to see”
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University Entry Criteria: Co-Curricular Activities It has been highlighted in the press for quite a few weeks now. The Ministry of Higher Education‚ Datuk Mustapa Mohamed has further confirmed and clarified that co-curricular activities will make up 10% of entry requirements into public universities from this year. You can read reports from the various news sources here‚here‚ here and here. I’m in full agreement that co-curricular activities (CCA) should be part of the evaluation process although
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Woodrow Wilson delivered his now-famous War Message to Congress on April 4‚ 1917. Four days later‚ Congress declared war and the United States became a formal partner in the war to end all wars. As the Wilson administration was to discover‚ however‚ declaring war and making war were two very different propositions. The former required only an abstract statement of ideals and justifications and a two-thirds Congressional majority; the latter required the massive mobilization of virtually every sector
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Napoleon’s Diary – Snowball gets chased out of the farm Dear diary‚ I was so sick of Snowball. Walking around like he was the higher authority on this waste of land we now call Animal Farm. I knew the dogs were ready for the treacherous idea that I had planned. Ever since Snowball had started to take charge of the farm‚ I took the nine puppies and trained them to be man-eating monsters that will attack anyone or anything I tell them too. Snowball was a so-called test subject for these dogs to
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1038 A.D. Dear Diary‚ I cannot help but find myself thinking about the three witches prophesies. Part of me thinks it is complete nonsense that I will become king of Scotland. The other part of me thinks it could be so. To accomplish the position of king I would need to commit murder. My dearest Lady Macbeth urges me to control my own future and murder Duncan to obtain the position. But to imagine myself‚ dagger in hand‚ scares me. Our plan seems foolproof but‚ if we should fail‚ I will surely
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It was October of 1917‚ I was eighteen at the time and Jordan was sixteen‚ when I met Gatsby. In those times my family was doing really well financially and life was simple. When I wore clothing the color white was always my favorite. On the day I met Gatsby in fact I was wearing white and he was wearing his uniform. We hung out for a while and I could see in his eyes that he wanted more than friendship. It took a while for me to start having feelings‚ but it was to late. He was enlisted and left
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Although I enjoy every aspect of psychology‚ my interest in psychology first ignited through reading and learning more about brain disorders‚ deviancies in the brain structure‚ and how these different conditions can impact human behaviors. Therefore‚ my long-term research interests revolve around these subjects. However‚ I understand that studying brain disorders on an undergraduate level is a realistic scenario. Thence‚ my possible research interests for the Psychology Honors Program are studying
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Luck is on Wiesel’s Side"I am too old‚ my son‚" he answered. "Too old to start a new life. Too old to start from scratch in some distant land…" (9)This scene where Elie’s father rejects his son’s request to liquidate everything and flee from the place where the extermination of Jews may occur‚ reminds me of a vivid conversation I once engaged in‚ with my two former North Korean grandparents. The Korean War (1950-53) and the Holocaust (1938-45) are in most aspects different‚ however‚ there is a heartbreaking
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