Discuss How Lurie Uses Humor to Create an Entertaining Story “My Greatest Ambition” is about a young Australian boy of thirteen who has a dream of being a comic book artist. This dream is rubbished and scoffed at by everyone whom he knows. He has to keep his desire a secret from his parents as they give little or no support for such frivolous activities. However‚ the young Lurie follows his ambition and makes his first comic strip and sends it to a dying magazine. Seeing his work the editors
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of the qualities that contributed to my accomplishments. When I was in the third grade‚ I was labelled as the girl who “needed extra help” because I have an auditory processing disorder. That is why one of my greatest achievements is that I have not given up in my educational goals and that I am still continuing my education. Throughout my life‚ I recall hating going to school‚ especially because middle school and high school administrators tried to control my academics by telling me that I should
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A time when someone shared a special accomplishment or achievement with me was last year during track season. My team‚ my coaches‚ and I shared the accomplishment of being North Tier League (NTL) champions. Also‚ because we were North Tier League champions‚ we were recognized in the school yearbook and received an NTL patch for our varsity jackets. We won this title after we went the entire season undefeated in our league for both boys and girls. We were always prepared for what each team had to
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Inspiration motivates or drives you to do something. My mom has always been my figure to look up to. She has inspired me to be the person I truly want to be. My mom is a strong‚ kind-hearted‚ and successful woman who has always been there for me. She gives me her strength and love during everything. She is my idol‚ a woman who has taught me to stay true to myself and become the adult I want to become. Back when I was in grade 6‚ I was one of those kids who didn’t really care about school and
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My best accomplishments still lay ahead of me‚ but I am proud of everything I have achieved up until this point. I have accomplished a lot! I am the oldest child in a small family‚ I grew up with a single mother and a younger brother in less-than-ideal conditions. We were poor‚ and I suffered abuse from someone I should have been able to trust as a result of our vulnerability. To this day‚ I suffer from PTSD and it has been a struggle to work full time and go to school at the same time—but I
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Failure Failure is one word that no one wants to hear. It is something we all fear and hope to never experience‚ yet is a part of all our lives. We fail math tests‚ English essays‚ job interviews‚ progress reports; we all fail something. These are all easily measurable‚ tangible failures with calculable consequences. However‚ failure is defined as “a lack of success”. This “lack of success” extends much farther than just tangible actions. The biggest failure is when we fail ourselves. I fail myself
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Down in the locker room‚ one of my favorite coaches looked at my team and stated‚ “I’m sorry. I will not be returning next year to be your coach.” I sat there almost in tears‚ because at that moment my love for basketball almost left with him. Billy Martin was a favorite coach of mine. He loved each of us like one of his own‚ and treated all of us the same. He wanted each of us to succeed and would do anything to help us reach that. Coach Martin instilled in me no matter how talented a person was
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Samantha Walsh English 101 Ms. Clement 18 February 2013 Failure Nobody ever wants to fail. When people think of “failure”‚ it usually is negative. Failure is commonly viewed as disappointment or not reaching desired goals. More often than not‚ it is associated with losing. After we experience failure‚ it is our choice how to internalize the experience. I believe that after failure‚ most people choose to stop taking big risks and stop from daring to dream big and instead let the failing experience
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What were the two greatest successes and two greatest failures of the Wilson government 1964-70? This period of Labour rule is often marked down as a poor performance on behalf of the labour party‚ critically looked upon by many historians. There were many failings under the rule of this government however the circumstances they were placed in caused severe restraints in their options. Wilson had been voted into government with the promise of central planning and “the white heat of new technology”
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Failure is the state of not meeting an objective‚ and is normal for people to face throughout there life. I can speak on experience an event that had happened this past summer. After finals when my school had sent out final report cards‚ it was sad to see that my final average in my US History course did not meet the requirements to continue to the next grade. From there I had two options: to go to summer school and pass so that I may continue school at the academy or transfer schools and repeat
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