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    Cited: Dickens‚ Charles. “Book the First: Sowing.” Hard Times. Harmondsworth: Penguin‚ 1969. 46- 53. Print. hooks‚ bell. “Paulo Freire.” Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom. New York: Routledge‚ 1994. 45-58. Print. ---. “Talking Back.” Living Languages: Contexts for Reading and

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    It is important to be on time for everything‚ but it is extremely important to be on time at your place of duty. There are are countless reasons to be on time at your work place. The main reasons are professionalism‚ dependability‚ and it builds success. Another reason it is important to be on time is that it shows that you have a sense of responsibility and take your obligations towards others seriously. Being late to work not only affects you but it can also affect your co-workers/battle buddies

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    Part-Time Indian

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    In Sherman Alexie’s the Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian‚ Junior‚ the Native American teenager and protagonist‚ has trouble reconciling his past to his present. When given the opportunity to leave the reservation to pursue a better future‚ Junior finds that it is hard to leave his past behind. The community on the reservation doesn’t want Junior to move forward to a better and more rewarding future because they feel betrayed by his actions. Junior struggles trying to make a new future

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    Murdering of Innocents

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    Chapter Two: Murdering the Innocents Chapter Two begins with the introduction of Thomas Gradgrind‚ "a man of realitiesŠfacts and calculations." He always introduces himself as Mr. Gradgrind and spends his time in constant cogitation. He is the Speaker‚ previously unnamed and he now takes it as his duty to educate the children ("little pitchers before him"). He identifies a student‚ called Girl number twenty‚ who replies that her name is Sissy Jupe. Gradgrind corrects her that her name is Cecilia

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    Leisure or Free Time

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    Leisure or free time‚ is a period of time spent out of work and essential domestic activity. It is also the period of recreational and discretionary time before or after necessary activities such as eating and sleeping‚ going to work or running a business‚ attending school and doing homework‚ household chores‚ and day-to-day stress. The distinction between leisure and unavoidable activities is loosely applied‚ i.e. people sometimes do work-oriented tasks for pleasure as well as for long-term utility

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    Charles Dickens is a writer that is expected to choose the names of his characters to match their personalities. One could even explain them being innocent atrocious or even inattentive. Take Thomas Grandgrind for instance‚ he is a man of realism a hard teacher that worked his students like machines hoping to produce some graduates. Then there is Mr. M’Choakumchild‚ he is a very atrocious man ‚ some say he even look like an ogre. So now we move onto Cecilia Jupe aka Sissy Jupe. She is different then

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    Once Upon a Time

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    ONCE UPON A TIME THE speaker in this poem reminisces about a time when people were sincere and caring in their dealings with one another; he speaks regretfully about the present time‚ when people are not like before. He seems to feel that people have lost the innocence and openness which he now sees in his young son; he wants to regain that innocence. The poem starts with the well-known words "Once upon a time"‚ suggesting that what the speaker is going to say is a fairy tale‚ something so far-fetched

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    The Sandwich Factory Essay

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    The Sandwich Factory By Jason Kennedy The main theme of the short story The Sandwich Factory is the mechanization of human beings. The plot takes place in 1994 at a sandwich factory and we meet the narrator who works there. Through him we get the impression that the employees are no longer considered humans or individuals‚ but just one of many. The factory threatens to turn human beings into machines by thwarting the development of their emotions and imaginations and in the end of the story the

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    Managing Time Essay

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    Managing Time In today’s society‚ many people are finding it difficult to find time for their family when they are so caught up at work. At times‚ it could also be that people are with their family more often that their work starts to slack off. In the story‚ “Contents of the Dead Man’s Pocket” by Jack Finney‚ Tom has it difficult spending time with his wife‚ because he is caught up in his work. The theme of this story is time management between work and family can be complicated. A similar

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    My Father The most influential person in my life is my father. No matter the time flies‚ he is still the person I am familiar with. Although time will make him get older‚ time can not destroy his vitality. Although he is not the richest person in the world‚ he is the greatest father in my life. Although I fell down a lot in my life‚ he always influenced me to get up. He has influenced me to realize the good and high education which will make me to reach the successful life in my future rather

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