What were you afraid of when you were a child ? There were many things that I was scared of when I was little. Some of the fears I acquired were due to prevailing gossips and unfounded tales talked about by the people who were close to me - friends‚ cousins and my parents. But as I mature into my teenage years‚ I realised the folly and absurdities of my fears. In fact‚ some of them were so ludicrous like lurking monsters under my bed and demon-like character that brutally attacked anyone
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C D B B C A B General Comments There were 4022 candidates with a mean score on this paper of 15.58. This was a fall from the corresponding exam last year in 2008 when the mean was 18.00. 11 candidates gained full marks. Three questions proved relatively easy i.e. more than 80% of the candidates chose the correct answer‚ and one proved relatively difficult i.e. less than 25% of the candidates chose the correct answer. Comments on specific questions There were four questions where more candidates selected
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When you deserve each other “In vain have I struggled? It will not do. My feelings will not be repressed. You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you.” Hearing Mr. Darcy’s strong admiration‚ Elizabeth’s astonishment was beyond expression. In spite of her deeply-rooted dislike‚ she could not be insensible to the compliment of such a man’s affection. But why Elizabeth refused him so tough‚ with so little endeavor at civility? Was this refusal merely because Mr. Darcy’s disagreeable
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When You Were Young by The Killers The music video of When You Were Young by The Killers shows the story of a young woman’s tragic marriage through flashbacks while in the present she is about to jump off a mountain and kill herself. It is set in the present (video made in 2006) in a small town somewhere in Mexico. This is shown by the ethnicity of the actors and the costume which is relevant to place‚ being Mexico and the props like beer and phones which is present to the time period. The video
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I am a very optimistic and determined person. We’ve all heard about the girl raped‚ abused‚ or even in foster care right? Luckily‚ I was neither of the those. Although just because I have never been that girl doesn’t mean I haven’t had my own struggles and obstacles I have had to overcome. Obstacles that made me who I am. The ones that gave me my identity. My obstacles started as a baby. I was conceived when my mother was only thirteen years old. She lost custody of me and my older three siblings
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English 1118-54 Online 19 October 2014 Explication of “When You Are Old” by William Butler Yeats When you are old and grey and full of sleep‚ And nodding by the fire‚ take down this book‚ And slowly read‚ and dream of the soft look Your eyes had once‚ and of their shadows deep; How many loved your moments of glad grace‚ 5 And loved your beauty with love false or true‚ But one man loved the pilgrim soul in you‚ And loved the sorrows of your changing face; And
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SYNTHESIS ESSAY #2 “Why fit I when you were born to stand out?” (Dr. Seuss). In both short stories “Learning the Language” by Karen Connelly and “Boys and Girls” by Alice Munro‚ the authors address the theme of Alienation. In “Learning the Language” a foreigner named Monsieur Nolan is ridiculed for being different and all he wants is to fit in. In “Boys and Girls” the narrator wanted to break social normalities and be accepted as unique‚ which is why alienation is a 2 way street
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A TIME WHEN I RAN AWAY I’ve had enough of my life. Everybody at school jeers at me and constantly bullies me. Even the teachers pick on me‚ because I’m not exactly the brightest student. Everyday I go home battered and bruised yet my parents still don’t take a second look at me. I may be shy‚ but I’m also mysterious‚ curious and after some thought‚ and quite a lot of beatings‚ I decided to try something new‚ to run away from home. I’ve been travelling for ages now‚ with no insight of where I’m
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You and I In life‚ everyone has their own set of moral values and ethics by which they abide. These values are different and original to everyone but just because we have different morals and values‚ does that make us wrong? In terms of Oedipus‚ his morals and ethics are very different from many people and in many ways would be frowned upon. In Oedipus the King‚ Oedipus has to make many hard and difficult decisions throughout the book but there are 3 that stand out to me. They are when Oedipus
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(Portfolio Task: Module 3) When you ask a patient to plantar flex a foot‚ what changes occur within the muscles involved? According to Maitland (1977)‚ the movement of foot in which ankle is bent is termed as Plantar Flexion. Posture where one stands on his/ her tiptoes or gas pedal of a vehicle is pushed‚ plantar flexion takes place. Through plantar flexion‚ ankle muscles and calf are relaxed so that they can properly work. The term “Plantar Flexion” is used to describe the movement of toe in
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