window. If you look at the container closely‚ you can see a faint sign scratched into the paint that reads “Sharon High Sailing.” Four years ago‚ inside that grimy old container‚ I met my team. They were motley group of individuals‚ the valedictorian‚ a jock‚ the chess team captain and a boy on the verge of failing out‚ but they all had one thing in common‚ a love for sailing. On my first day‚ I never would have thought that these people would become some of my closest friends‚ but after just one
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In a large town there was an old woman who sat in the evening alone in her room thinking how she had lost first her husband‚ then both her children‚ then one by one all her relations‚ and at length‚ that very day‚ her last friend‚ and now she was quite alone and desolate. She was very sad at heart‚ and heaviest of all her losses to her was that of her sons; and in her pain she blamed God for it. She was still sitting lost in thought‚ when all at once she heard the bells ringing for early prayer.
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A woman is sitting in her old‚ shuttered house. She knows that she is alone‚ every other thing is dead. The door bell rings..... She carries herself up on her feet‚ reaching for her walking stick. Slowly she walks to the door and open just a little that it is just clear enough for her to see who is at her doorstep. Standing before her eyes is a man‚ with scars and wounds all over him. Emotions filled her lungs as she was staring at the man‚ she feels that she knows him and they have a very
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Thump‚ Thump‚ Thump went the heart of our six-week old baby. The feeling was indescribable. “Awwwe‚ do you hear that?” “Yeeees‚” my husband said‚ tipping his head and smiling. Two weeks later was our prenatal exam. “What’s happening?” I said. “I’m not hearing anything quite yet‚” Dr. Dykowski said as he turned up the monitor‚ still searching for a sound‚ the sound of life‚ of our baby‚ but it never happened. Finally‚ he stopped‚ “I’m sorry.” The ache was deep‚ and I was having trouble absorbing
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The Forgetting‚ written by Sharon Cameron is a story about a young girl named Nadia‚ who is found in a great deal of trouble when she realizes that it’s up to her and Gray‚ the handsome young glassblower‚ to save their city from a memory washout that occurs every 12 years. The story takes place in a fictional city call Canaan where all things are pleasant up until the twelfth year when the Forgetting occurs and everything that is not written down is forgotten. The city of Canaan is portrayed as
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survive the first week of college! Beginning a college career can seem intimidating for most of us until we learn to properly manage our time. It can often feel stressful and overwhelming. However‚ when you organize your time efficiently‚ most of that stress and feeling of being overwhelmed can be eliminated. Being prepared for class does not just mean bringing your textbooks‚ paper‚ and writing instruments. Of course they are important‚ but it would also be advantageous to read over the first chapters
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Summary Tears of a Tiger is the first book in Sharon Draper’s Hazelwood High trilogy. The novel begins with a brief newspaper article about a fiery automobile accident in which one Hazelwood High student‚ Robert Washington‚ was killed. The article also notes that Andrew (Andy) Jackson was injured in the wreck and that he had been drinking and driving. The next chapter consists of a flashback locker-room conversation between Andy Jackson and Robbie Washington from the night of the accident. The boys
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GE1134 Movies and Psychology 2017-18 Semester A Story Book Name: Po Hok Lam SID: 54038529 Course: GE1134 – C01 The movie chose: Her Part1: Summary of the movie In a high-tech near future‚ Theodore who writes beautiful letters for ones with difficulties in expressing their thoughts‚ is walking through the last stage of his divorce. Introverted Theodore is in limbo after ending the relationship with his long-time love‚ Catherine. Theodore cannot get satisfied with fulfilling both
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there watching it with her. Along with being able to experience other people’s occurrences an overactive imagination can be pretty handy with organizing and rearranging various things. I can rearrange my room a thousand different ways in my head faster than I could physically rearrange everything in my room. It’s melodious being able to imagine anything whenever‚ but an overactive imagination isn’t all fun and games. My Mom also has an overactive imagination making it easy for
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In Survival of the Sickest‚ Dr. Sharon Moalem explores how harmful hereditary diseases that are still around in present day have survived through generations. He begins his journey into the world of medicine‚ genetics‚ evolution‚ and the influence of environment when he started looking into his grandfather’s strange love for donating blood and later his diagnosis with Alzheimer’s disease. Beginning at the age of fifteen years old he was determined to find answers and make connections. It wasn’t until
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