English 1113 Composition I Fall 2008 Professor: Laura Gray‚ Ph.D. Phone: 918-343-7593 Office: Downs Hall 102 B Email: lgray@rsu.edu Office Hours: (appointments encouraged) Monday and Wednesday 9-10; 11:30-2 Tuesday and Thursday 10-11 Friday 9-10 [pic] Course Introduction The first semester of college writing provides a foundation for the academic writing you will be expected to do throughout your college tenure. This course will help students: 1. Recognize and implement writing
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What concerns me about the world? There are many things that concern me about the world; there is poverty‚ war‚ and fighting over objects while there is no respect for the people. Our society has its views and mentality backwards‚ “People were made to be loved. Things were made to be used. The reason why the world is in chaos is because things are being loved‚ and people are being used.” (Unkown) I question the world powers‚ United States‚ Russia‚ United Kingdom‚ France‚ People ’s Republic of
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“The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.” I agree to a great extent that when helping others one can find learning about themselves in the process. Gandhi’s quote advocates that in order to discover the essence of who we truly are as people you can’t be selfish. Helping others is humbling and allows people to see things from a different perspective. Additionally while helping other people‚ it can lead you to change aspects of yourself for the better. Others
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All About Me Kenneth Lai Period 2 9-1-10 I never thought that if I sat down to write about myself‚ the result would be this. My name is Kenneth Lai and I was born at Kaiser Hospital in Berkeley‚ California on November 10‚ 1993. I live with my Mother‚ aunt and uncle in San Leandro‚ California. My mother and father divorced when I was about three years old and as a result‚ my Mother and I have lived in many different places. My mother works in a lab of some sort‚ making materials to cure eye
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and to be a journalist‚ it can costs quite a bit of money. According to my research‚ the costs for college in journalism vary. Like I stated in my second paragraph‚ there are different jobs with different prices. Me‚ being only a freshman in high school‚ I am still not quite sure about what I want to be still. The average cost for just an average journalist is $12‚127 for public colleges offering journalism classes. (http://www.ehow.com/search.html?s=how+much+money+does+college+cost&skin=corporate&t=all)
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doctor’s office is never a fun experience. Probing‚ poking‚ and trying to decipher what the doc writes on your prescription can be confusing‚ however‚ the most upsetting part is what goes on behind closed doors. Big Pharma‚ chapter 3 of Lies the Media Tells Us‚ explains the PR tactics of drug companies. James Winter explains these tactics used to persuade doctors to use their brand. In some cases these doctors can get free vacations‚ cars‚ front row seating for a basketball game‚ and a stack of cash.
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Symbolism in Edgar Allen Poe’s The Tell-Tale Heart In Poe’s "The Tell-Tale Heart"‚ the narrator claims that he is not "mad" but his behavior tells a different story. He is truly determined to destroy another male human being‚ not because of jealousy or animosity but because "one of his eyes resembled that of a vulture- a pale blue eye‚ with a film over it" (1206). The narrator sees the man with this ghastly eye as a threat to his well being‚ but it is he who is a menace to his own being. He kills
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change my mind about my ways. I commit my ways to you. Thank you for forgiving me and cleansing me of all that is not righteous. Come into my life‚ comfort and guide me to live for you from now on. In Jesus Name Amen."Lord Jesus‚ beginning today‚ I ask you to become the Lord of my life. I believe that you died for my sins and rose again from the dead. Lord‚ I confess that I am a sinner and I repent‚ and so I change my mind about my ways. I commit my ways to you. Thank you for forgiving me and cleansing
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student from Czech Republic and I am applying for college preparatory boarding school in USA. This is my short essay (100-200 words)‚ topic is "Tell us about yourself and why you would like to become a part of our school family." My story is similar like the story of thousand of other children: My father struggled with alcohol and drug problems which caused him to leave my mother and me‚ so I grew up with only my mother. Nevertheless‚ I realized what I want from my life. Throughout my life‚
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characteristics’ of a product and we’ll see how strong advertising affects people’s life values and desires. We can also point some functions of advertising that will help us to understand what influence it has and what exactly it reflects. By informing us about a new product or a new service advertising assists its’ popularization‚ not only like "know more - buy more"‚ here we can define two sides at the same time: increasing and demand‚ and supply. "Buy more - than produce more". A kind of educational thing
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