Korinne Sciorsci Writing Studies I Mr. Gomez Reflective Essay During my first writing studies class in college as an English major I feel like I have accomplished a variety of goals I once thought were unattainable. I have not only grown as a writer and a student‚ but as a person as well. I feel that through my experience of this English course‚ I have gained the knowledge and confidence it takes to step out into the real world. I learned a lot in this composition class. I learned about how
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it has on our lives. Much like this event‚ one of the biggest aspects that Dillard addresses and looks into‚ if not the main aspect‚ in Pilgrim at Tinker Creek specifically‚ the chapter The Present is whether or not the world and nature have a higher purpose and meaning in the everyday lives of people. This chapter specifically deals with the importance of the present and what it may add to the idea of life’s meaning. Dillard describes numerous experiences she’s had in the past to portray the bond
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In the introductory paragraph to this essay about essays I will tell you that you don’t need an introductory paragraph‚ at least not of the 1) topic sentence 2) structural methodology 3) thesis statement varity that we were all taught in high school. What you do need is That Thing; maybe a question‚ a fear or a fury. It makes your blood boil. It’s all you can talk about when you sit down with your friends over a glass of wine or two or five‚ or maybe you can’t talk about it with anyone‚ just your
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Religious Discrimination. Mary‚ a devout Roman Catholic‚ worked for Dillard Department Stores. Dillard considered Mary a productive employee because her sales exceeded $200‚000 a year. At the time‚ the store gave its managers the discretion to grant unpaid leave to employees‚ but prohibited vacations or leave during the holiday season
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turnover to be different for a grocery store chain versus a department store chain. Calculations based on data from given case for Winn Dixie and Dillard: | Gross Profit Margin | Expense to sales ratio | Net Profit Margin | Inventory Turnover | Asset Turnover | Winn Dixie | 27.50% | 25.42% | 2.08% | 7.2525 | 4.5267 | | | | | | | Dillard | 34.87% | 32.13% | 2.73% | 2.4191 | 0.9797 | Gross profit margin: [Gross Margin / Net Sales] For a departmental store that sells‚ high
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Living Like Weasels Based on what you know‚ how can people learn how to live their lives from weasels? Weasels live their lives simply. Dillard admired the simplicity of the weasels life. Weasels live naturally in the wild. Life could be easier if people could learn to go through the steps in their lives without thought the way a weasel uses instinct to survive. Weasels are calm animals.” A weasel doesn’t attack anything; a weasel lives as he’s meant to‚ yielding at every moment." (70) Weasels
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for the benefits it gives the mother and baby. Cook and Marsden seem to overlook how there are people in public who accept mothers who choose to breastfeed in public and how the public’s negativity discourages mothers to breastfeed altogether‚ but Dillard addresses how even though the public have a negative view on breastfeeding in public‚ they choose to not let it discourage them for their babies’ better wellbeing. Nursing mothers join to show the public how it is not offensive and whether they like
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Elizabeth Bishop was born on February 8‚ 1911 in Worcester‚ Massachusetts. Bishop barely knew her parents because her father died of Bright’s disease only eight months after she was born. Her mother was never able to cope with the death of her husband‚ and had a nervous breakdown‚ eventually going insane. She was removed to a sanatorium when Bishop was just five years old (David). Most of her early years were spent with relatives‚ who she said took care of her because they felt sorry for her. Later
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In “The Lesson” by Bambara the author’s method of recreating the narrative in the present tense allows for a greater emotional link towards the main character. While in “The Chase” by Dillard the memory is vividly retold in the past tense which creates a gap between the reader and the main character. Thus‚ for Bambara‚ the dialect in the story is concurrent with what she would have heard and said in the past‚ for example‚ “...she was black as hell‚ cept for her feet‚ which were fish-white and spooky
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surprising like these two teams who played on a Friday night Ely Tigers and Dillard Panthers. A series of people who wasn’t able to attend wonder what really happened and just how great of a catch it was when Donnel Wilson caught the winning touchdown pass. (The introduction of Football DBQ) A student in Ely high school wanted to know what really happened and so he interviewed some people. One of the interviewer from Dillard High school Demetrius Johnson who they played on Friday told him "We were
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