to School after 30 Years John Hulka ENG 121 Melissa Holmberg February 9‚ 2011 Sitting here‚ as a new student in an on online college course‚ reflecting back the past 30 years is really something. It is funny how fate (and bad decisions) will put you in a situation that you never thought you would be in‚ until it slaps you in the face. I never thought too much about school. I certainly did not think I would find myself in college‚ much less so late in my life. Let me start
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English Creative Writing – My Life As A Pencil I am just lying there‚ minding my own business‚ when a short‚ 3 foot‚ snot nosed child comes and puts me up his nose‚ and then looks around with the most obvious smirk on his face. This is the daily abuse I have to deal with in my life as a pencil. Meet me‚ HB‚ I’m red and black and pretty average-sized to be honest. I’d be taller if it wasn’t for you! Yes I know‚ I’m just an ordinary HB pencil‚ how can my story be interesting? Seriously you need
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remember I have wanted to be a police officer. I’m sure‚ as a little boy‚ what first caught my attention were the flashing lights and sirens on the police cars. It could have also been then the facts that police officer were permitted to carry a gun and had the ability to run red lights. This is why as I grew up and played games like cops and robbers‚ I was always the police officer. During my teenage years‚ I later joined the police explorer program and really started to learn about police work.
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developing my career and helping where I am most needed.” But this fails too‚ it’s far too sycophantic. So you sit there‚ stroking your chin and saying “Ummm…. Ahhhh… Um…..” You have to admit it‚ you just don’t know what you want in ten years time. So you garble this part of the interview like every other candidate. Personally I reckon I got turned down by one company once because I blurted out “I want to be more intelligent‚ more healthy‚ better read and a better cook.” In 10 years time you
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intellectually unable to contribute to their own defense‚ according to a juvenile-justice study to be released today. The study‚ directed by a University of Massachusetts professor‚ found that one-third of the 11-to 13-year-olds studied and 20 percent of those 14 or 15 years old had levels of reasoning and awareness comparable to those of mentally ill adults judged not competent to stand trial. And in examining 1‚400 males and females in four jurisdictions‚ researchers concluded that age
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My aim in life – To be successful (having attained wealth‚ position‚ honor) A solid belief system can take us a long way. Success has a belief system and when we can master such a system we are through half way to a successful life. Everything happens for a reason. Successful people believe that there is a purpose behind every event or situation. Whether it’s a lesson to be learned or a change in your life’s direction‚ they believe that whatever happens was meant to happen. Thus‚ they make
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plans for my school life is the first thing I need to do at present. First of all‚ as a 9th-grade student‚ I give priority to taking good care of studies because the outcome of it will have a great effect upon which school I am going to choose. Time is especially important and valuable to me ‚ so I pay more attention in class‚ ask teachers questions more often‚ and talk about schoolwork with classmates after school. These ways can not only increase my school grades but also improve my learning efficiency
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My learning experience I think my learning experience start from the time when I was young. I live with my grandparents. My grandfather was a lieutenant colonel in Indonesian army‚ therefore‚ no surprised if I have similar daily activity like a soldier‚ full of rule and discipline but less in physical training. He uses is rules to build my attitudes and habit. Among thesse rules are‚ I should wake up at 6 am every morning including holiday otherwise he would throw a glass of water on my face. Also
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Throughout my life‚ music has always been a major influence. It has the power to change my mood when I’m feeling down‚ but the thing I find most intriguing about music is that it doesn’t always end up improving your mood: like all forms of art‚ it imitates life‚ which is not always portrayed in a positive light. The musicians that I admire most have the versatility to induce several different emotional responses in the same piece. This quality is present in most of the wide variety of music I listen
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My family and I lived in a cozy nest that kept us warm throughout the cold days‚ but the nest was becoming crowded with all my growing sisters and brothers. One afternoon‚ while mother went out searching for food‚ we kids were a bit squished‚ and got into a little fight. Apparently I was the unfortunate one who got shoved out of the nest. Little did I know what an adventure the day would become. I had never been out of the nest. Mother had always warned us that it was dangerous in the outside world
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