As I sit here now writing this journal‚ I can’t help but feel how brilliantly ironic it is to write a whole journal on the topic of how I write. Besides that though‚ I guess I should begin. Writing‚ for me‚ has always been somewhat of a friend and a home. It’s been a companion through dark times‚ and a place I could go no matter how I was feeling. I have a deep love of the written word‚ and a great respect for anyone who puts pen to paper. (Or‚ in the new age of “handy-dandy” Chromebooks‚ anyone
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A respectful relationship means having someone to lean on‚ when you’re broken and down. It means being with someone who will go out of their way to lift you up and still hold you in high regard‚ no matter how far you have fallen‚ and the kind of person to make you laugh and smile no matter how badly you hurt. I have come across many bumps in the road of my life and didn’t have a clue what to do. It’s not all bad times either:It can mean having someone to play basketball‚ softball‚ football and
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article 4 nola.com Gulf of Mexico oil spill’s environmental impact expected to be profound‚ long-lasting Published: Friday‚ May 07‚ 2010‚ 8:26 PM As the "Miss Brandy" shrimp boat skimmed rust-colored clumps of oxidized oil from Chandeleur Sound‚ seagulls from a flock circling nearby dived beneath a light oily sheen on the water’s surface to feed on a school of minnows Friday afternoon. "The fish are probably coming to the surface because they’re dying from the oil‚" said Larry
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Most of all I do not like patriotism very much because I have some negative associations with it. It reminds me of flags‚ war and football. I have to think about people being proud and admiring their country – sometimes in a quite naive way. I do not think that pride is completely bad. Pride is good for one’s self-esteem and so is patriotism. Pride is alright if it improves the own self-perception. But I don’t like it as soon as pride makes people look down on others. This is arrogance. Sadly
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book characters are not immortal. The comic book never deal with question of the hero dying what happen next. Normally superhero do not do drugs‚ drink and respect authority. John did shrooms‚ smokes cigarettes all the time‚ and sometime most of his stories end with him binge drinking so he can forget all of the mistake and decisions he made‚ but the ghost do not let him to that. The comic raise the question what would someone do when they are give an expiration date on their life? Will someone do nothing
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Freedom. What is freedom? Freedom has many different meanings to everyone‚ but this is how the dictionary defines freedom; the power or right to act‚ speak‚ or think as one without hindrance or restraint. Now‚ as I said‚ there are other meanings to the word freedom. In the webster dictionary there are over 6 different meanings just for the word freedom. Some pertain to racism or Civil Rights. Others associate it with topics such as abortion or gay marriage. Freedom is such a broad overused term.
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Have you ever wondered what living in America actually means? To many people being an American is a title filled with sacrifice and courage. To others it means having a democracy style of government‚ or to be living the American Dream to some it may mean being free. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion and most of them are not wrong‚ but the question still remains? What does America mean? Does your America entitle freedom and equality‚ democracy or does it entitle honor and integrity. When the
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Freedom Freedom can be defined in several ways‚ depending on the situation this term is used in. Sometimes‚ freedom is defined as a “political right.” Other times simply as “the quality or state of being free” (Merriam-Webster). Other people might define freedom as a privilege that is fought for. Although these definitions are all for the same word‚ they are different in their meanings. The definition of the word freedom can be as a political right‚ the quality or state of being free‚ or a privilege
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II 30 August 2016 What America Means to Me America means a lot of things to me‚ like freedom‚ safe‚ brave‚ equal‚ and responsibility. The reason I picked these things is because I think they are all very important to this country. The reason why I picked freedom is because in America‚ you have the right to do and say whatever you want. For example‚ the phrase freedom of speech‚ which means that someone’s right to say something is protected within certain limits. What that means is that someone can
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once famously said If liberty means anything at all‚ it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.’ This sentence sums up the very essence of free speech; it is‚ as Orwell believed‚ the mother of all civil rights. Without the unconditional freedom to offend it cannot exist. Ideas are‚ more often than not‚ dangerous things. There is little point in having freedom of speech if it only defends the most popular and innocuous of opinions. The freedom to offend can perpetrate racial
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