The Swimmer The short story “The Swimmer” is about an unnamed woman‚ whose personal life we are not really told anything about. She sits at her desk in a tiny office in her house from where she can see the river that runs close to the house. It is a hot summer day and after a while the woman cannot stand the heat anymore. She decides to drop the work that she is in the middle of and go swimming in the river instead. Standing in front of the river she shortly let her fear for the river take over but
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Inherit the Wind‚ based on the famous "Scopes Monkey Trial" in the small town Dayton‚ Tennessee‚ was written by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee. The play was not intended to depict the actual history or the proceedings in the Scopes’ trial but it was used as a vehicle for exploring social anxiety and ant-intellectualism that existed in the Americas during the1950s. Lawrence and Lee wrote the play as a response to the threat to intellectual freedom presented by the anti-Communist hysteria of the
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How to increase your marks Andrew Fuller Getting better marks has a lot to do with how you approach studying. The twelve most powerful ways to increase your marks don’t involve you working harder but they do involve you working smarter. 3.Put off pleasurable activities until work is done. This is a painful one but if you play computer games before you get down to studying‚ the levels of dopamine in your brain lessen and you will lose the drive and motivation you need to study effectively. Work
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Welcome to Friendship Christian School’s graduation ceremony of 2019. This is a very important time of our lives‚ so I would like to start by thanking the people who have helped us reach this point. Firstly‚ I would like to thank my parents for being willing to make many sacrifices to allow me to attend such a wonderful school. It is because of their sacrifice and love that I have been able to receive a complete and well-rounded education that will help me have a successful future. Secondly‚ I would
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I cannot believe such puny mortals could have done something like this to me. They have taken my best livestock‚ blinded me‚ and tricked me into a complete fool. Of course‚ I knew that something like this would happen eventually. It was foretold. I first met the mortals in my cave after taking my sheep to a nearby pasture for their daily grazing. It took me a some time to realize that they were there. I had finished the chores in my cave‚ and was prodding at the fire when I saw them. “Who are
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Name ________________________________ A Microscope in the Kitchen I grew up with buckets‚ shovels‚ and nets [1] waiting by the back door; hip-waders hanging in the closet; tide table charts covering the refrigerator door; and a microscope [2] was sitting on the kitchen table. [3] Having studied‚ my mother is a marine biologist. [4] Our household might have been described as uncooperative. Our meals weren’t always served in the expected order of breakfast‚ lunch‚ and supper. Everything [5] was
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Once inside Winter’s Hall‚ Harper ran straight out to the yard to check on her new kitten to find Kiyaya had got there first. Harper rushed over to the dumpster but Kiyaya stopped her. Harper could tell from his gestures he wasn’t telling her good news about the kitten. Harper didn’t hear Saskia enter yard until she spoke. “Hello! You looking for yer kitten? Tough luck‚ the Director had it removed by animal control earlier‚ he said it was too near the kitchen and could bring in fleas and whatnot…”
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Athletic It was my first year of high school and I thought about playing sports but never told anyone. All my friends were already into sports and I didn’t even understand it. First‚ I thought I would be too shy to play anything‚ I don’t like a crowd of people. Then I thought my weight and height would be a big issue‚ I didn’t even think I could get pass try outs. Everywhere I would go I would always be the shortest person. Eventually my thoughts changed. After being in school for about a month I
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Chapter 41 (pg. 158-161) Questions 1. Page 158 = Who does Maniac bring to the party? What do you think is motivations are for doing this? A: Maniac brings Mars Bars to the party. I think that the reason he brings Mars Bars‚ to the party was to show the people at the McNabs party that black people are not mean. 2. Page 159 = How did Maniac convince his guest to come with him? A: Maniac convinces Mars to go to the party by showing Mars how good was the
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My journey with an ACL Friday 26th of February: This was a very important day for the team‚ we needed to win to keep our chances of playing Met 1‚ playing against Knox 2 at Slater Reserve who whooped us in the past year by 14 points. It was one of the most physical games of basketball I’ve ever played. In the last quarter with a minute and thirty seconds‚ was when the shocking accident happened. We were up by a couple of points‚ and doing our full court press to apply as much pressure as possible
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