When I was little‚ being compared to my older brother Michael was one of the greatest compliments I could get: “You’re becoming quite the artist‚” my mother would say. “Just like Michael.” Michael was smart‚ athletic‚ funny‚ and artistic. Of course being compared to someone like that would fill me with pride. Now‚ I consider it an insult. When somebody compares me to Michael‚ they use it to hurt me: “You’re so lazy‚ just like Michael.” Or even more hurtful “you’re just like Michael”. So what brought
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With Life‚ Have Joy “I’m at the hospital … the doctor thinks Jo might have had a stroke.” In the middle of July of 2003 my grandmother‚ Josephine‚ suffered from a stroke causing the loss of movement on her left side. No one really knows what caused her to have a stroke‚ but it’s narrowed down to two events. During that summer my grandmother and I were visiting a nursing home. She is an ordained minister and was going to deliver a message to the residents. On the way in she tripped over
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Natural Disaster What is natural disaster? A natural disaster is a sudden event that causes widespread destruction‚ lots of collateral damage or loss of life‚ brought about by forces other than the acts of human beings. General cause of natural disaster 1. Significant physical damage or destruction‚ loss of life‚ or drastic change to the environment. 2. Extensively defined as any tragic event stemming from events such as earthquakes‚ floods‚ catastrophic accidents‚ fires‚ or explosions
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My Happy Place Life can be a very scary subject especially when you are just a teenager in high school‚ are in all AP classes‚ up to your neck in homework‚ have extracurricular activities‚ and try to manage a social life. Although life does throw people and places at you that can help you relieve this stress and be in ultimate bliss. For me that place is my Grandma Lesvia’s house back in my home town of Eagle Pass. When I was little‚ my parents were always fighting every other day‚ so I would
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viewpoints of this argument really come from each group’s interpretation of the verbiage that makes up the Second Amendment. One group takes a universal human right to bear arms approach‚ while another group takes an approach that makes the Second Amendment a propositional statement. The viewpoint of universal human right to bear arms indicates that this right is more of a natural right to the human race rather than a right given to you by your country. This interpretation of the amendment seems to
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Right to Bear Arms “We should not blame a gun itself for any crime or any acts of violence‚ any more than we can blame a pen for misspelling a word.” Proven by this statement belonging to Robert Bennett but even more notably by the malevolence of the world’s past‚ time after time it has been proven that guns do not kill people; in fact it is the people themselves that do. Remaining stationary and innocuous until a force and a finger consciously pulls the trigger‚ a gun is and will always remain
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The Arms Race leading up to WW1 The great war of 1914 was one of the bloodiest conflicts modern man has yet experienced. Its consequences reached far from the battlefield and into the towns‚ homes and families of the soldiers. There are many arguable points one could debate regarding the origins of WW1 but much guilt resides on the part of the arms race. An arms race can best be described as one country adding a portion to its military then a neighboring country
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Washington’s Farewell Address: Review and Response George Washington’s Farewell Address was published On September 19‚ 1796. In his address‚ Washington began by heeding the citizens of America to hold fast to the Union and the Constitution. Washington emphasized the necessity of staying unified as a nation‚ claiming that their independence and longevity was centered around being unified as a nation‚ which meant abandoning feuding political entities within the nation. He continued his letter by
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• Narrative tasks may require you to write a story or part of a story; they may also ask you to write a true account. The purpose of your writing is to entertain the reader through the situation you have imagined and also to explore that situation and the characters involved in it • Remember how much time you have in the exam. Don’t try to write too complicated a story. Examiners want quality not quantity. • Don’t fill your writing with direct speech; it causes problems with punctuation and it’s
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Ever heard of the expression “love hurts”‚ it really does. What is love? To me Love is something you can’t live without it or with it. Love is something that gets you hyped up when you look at special someone‚ it’s something that makes butterflies fly in your stomach when you talk to talk to that special someone‚ it’s the last thing you think about before going to bed. Have I have been love? Of course I have. It was a dark morning‚ so quiet you can hear pin drop‚ it was the first day of summer
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