Have you had any obstacle during your life and how did you overcome it? I think every person in life has had an obstacle in different levels‚ but mine is a funny obstacle and may be not so logical. When I was a little girl my mom enrolled me in a swimming course and it was all Saturdays‚ she wanted me to learn to swim because I was going to have that class on school and she was worried if one day a girl pushed me I was going to drown. I don’t like to swim and I was afraid to do it‚ I received three
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Throughout the texts‚ “The First Seven Years‚” the story of Jacob and Rachel‚ the poem‚ "I Wish I Had Said...‚" and the Time article‚ the common theme of love is treated similarly and differently. For example‚ in the Time article and “First Seven Years‚” both of the main characters are playing matchmaker and trying to find a person a spouse. Feld is trying to play matchmaker and find Miriam a young‚ good looking man to be her husband‚ but Miriam has different ideas‚ when she discovers Max is boring
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Written assignment - "The fun they had" "The fun they had" is a science-fiction short story written in 1951 by Isaac Asimov. The text has its focal points on the human behavior as a response to the development of technology - human dependency of technology and how it has become a necessity in order to live a normal life. The text expresses‚ how the progression of technology have lead to the closed and therefore more "efficient" school system that Margie is a part of. As she reads the "real" book
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Hello ! I’m Sam and I am running for sophomore class president! Most of you guys know me or have seen me around school‚ I mean I’m kind of hard to miss. But‚ to those of you whom I do not know yet‚ Hi IM SAM! I am an outgoing‚ loud person‚ with a lot of personality. I love to talk and meet new people. Okay let’s get to why I’m running and why you should elect me. I’m running for president because I love to see people working together‚ hand in hand to get things done. I love leaving school everyday
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Analysis of the extract from “The fun they had” The story under the title "The Fun They Had" was written by a highly prolific American writer‚ one of the three grand masters of science fiction - Isaac Asimov. The key in this text is lyrical. The theme is probably "the influence of technology on the process of teaching." In this story the author uses colloquial speech and jargonized words‚ such as “gee‚ I guess‚ I betcha“ here‚ to show us that these children are rather ordinary‚ and looks similar
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When I was on the swim team during my sophomore year‚ I became a leader and lead our swim team to victory. The first few meets that buffalo grove high school participated in‚ victory did not seem like a possibility. Fortunately ‚ with intense training from our new coaches and leadership skills from the older swimmers‚ we were able to turn that losing streak around into a glamorous victory. When the time came around for the practice 5 days before the meet. Ultimately my strategy was the 100 x 100’s
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Lessons Learnt and exit strategy: What are the crucial lessons of the DABHOL power project for other strategic initiatives in India? How do you address the risk inherent in such enormous global projects? How do you immunize against such risks? If you are proposing a new project of this nature what other strategic‚ financial and regulatory initiatives would you recommend for such projects to succeed? The crucial lessons learnt from the DABHOL power project are: 1. The dependence on a single
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The text I`m going to interpret is written by Isaac Azimov. He was an American author and professor of biochemistry at Boston University‚ best known for his works of science fiction and for his popular science books. Asimov was one of the most prolific writers of all time‚ having written or edited more than 500 books he published influential sci-fi works like I‚ Robot and the Foundation trilogy‚ The Naked Sun and Foundation’s Edge‚ The Intelligent Man’s Guide to Science which was the encyclopedic
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Great Depression ushered an era of economic hardship the likes of which was unparalleled by the rescission of 2008. The economic crisis was also followed by a rise of social injustices such as racial segregation and rise of groups such as the KKK; only worsening the situation‚ especially for African Americans. Though the UK of 2008 did not experience an abundance of bread lines‚ shanty towns or mass migration similarities are still clear‚ both crises shared the catalysts of a crash in the banking
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Winning a state level open water swim event was one of my proudest moments because it showed me that you should always try something even though you may not succeed; you might end up surprising yourself. Having confidence in yourself is important in anything you do whether you think you are adequate at it or not. Since I was nine years old‚ the youngest you can be to participate‚ I was in a day program at Castaic Lake called Junior Lifeguards. It is a program where‚ from the ages of nine to sixteen
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