Hostel life is not without its disadvantages. The rich students get sufficient money from their parents and therefore spend lavishly. The poor boarders also urge their parents to increase their monthly allowance and spend their hard earned money on luxuries. The company of the rich also makes them pick up their bad habits. They start smoking. Some of them take to intoxicants and thereby ruin themselves. Another great defect in hostel life is the mismanagement on the part of the warden. The food
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IT’S THE BUTCHER! An old woman was lonely. She decided to get a pet. She didn’t have much money so she went to a second hand pet shop. She saw many animals: a three legged cat‚ a dog without a tail‚ fish that could only swim backwards and a beautiful bird that could only say one thing‚ “Who is it?”. She decided to buy the bird. She bought a cage for her bird and went home. She put the bird by the door and went downtown to do some shopping. While she was gone‚ a man knocked on the door
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coach and innovator‚ in December of 1891. James Naismith was a physician from Canada and attended McGill’s University in Montreal‚ Canada. He introduced the game of basketball when he was an instructor at the Young Men Christian Association Training School in Springfield‚ Massachusetts. He created the game because he wanted to think of something the kids would be able to play during cold seasons‚ in a small area. He wanted to come up with something where you wouldn’t have to be the strongest but have
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The theme of It’s Kind of a Funny Story by Ned Vizzini is life is filled with problems‚ but you need to work through them‚ and learn about yourself. An example of this being the theme is while Craig is in the hospital he discovers his love for art after realizing how much he enjoys art Craig decides to go to art school instead of his original high school. By adding this the author wanted the reader to recognize Craig making concrete plans for his future. This showed that Craig learned about himself
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The Raccoon & The Squirrel (The Priest Story) Once upon a time deep in the forest lived a raccoon named Simon who is a mischievous fellow that steals food occasionally from the farmer’s land. On every full moon Simon would quietly sneak into the farmer’s land and steal some of the ripe vegetables and fruits leaving his home unguarded. While Simon is busy stealing food‚ Ruphis the squirrel who recently moved into the forest noticed Simon’s daily routines and started to loot Simon’s home and takes
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Funny things kids can do: Kids are like little angels who always do funny and naughty things. They make funny faces that make everyone laugh. For example:one day a kid went to zoo with his father. The kid started to tease a monkey. He wanted him to copy him but when it did not worked out the kid hit the monkey with a banana and was going away when the monkey grabbed his pants through the cage and pulled him back. The kid tried to run away. He was successful in running away but unfortunately he lost
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In the Lake Side School of history‚ dark and gloomy stories ruled the school. These dark stories gave the students the fear and discipline that would never have come came to normal students. why? But in the midst of all the students‚ there was one student named Billy Longnose who wasn’t the average Lake Side student. For one‚ he often roamed the school’s underground passages that had long been abandoned by students and staff.how does this compare to normal students there? The tunnel floors were mostly
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Best Kept Secret At a dinner party‚ several of the guests were arguing whether men or women were more trustworthy. ’No woman‚’ said one man‚ scornfully‚ ’can keep a secret.’ ’I don’t know about that‚’ answered a blonde woman guest. ’I have kept my age a secret since I was twenty-one.’ ’You’ll let it out some day‚’ the man insisted. ’I hardly think so!’ responded the blonde lady. ’When a woman has kept a secret for twenty-seven years‚ she can keep it What A Gesture Two men were playing
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“azucar” meaning sugar in the Spanish language. She was the first female salsa mega-star and today she’s known as the Queen of Salsa. She was raised in the neighborhood of Santo Suarez along with 14 other siblings. She was the second of 4 children. Life in this neighborhood was very brutal and rough growing up as a poor child especially for Celia because she was very small and skinny. Although Celia’s father believed that she should become a teacher because it was more common for a Cuban woman at
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My expectations for “Funny In Farsi” were set very high. I predicted that it would be a deep‚ profound book that was enlightening and revealed a lot about persian culture. I was surprised to find a witty‚ light hearted book instead‚ that focused a lot more on the transition into the american culture‚ rather than the Iranian culture itself. However‚ I’m still really liking the book;it’s delicately written‚ with great hints of sarcasm and humor‚ to the point where it had me actually laughing out loud
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