The history of Thanksgiving day. The last Thursday in November‚ as you know‚ is a holiday in America. People call this holiday Thanksgiving Day. It is perhaps the most important day in the American year. People go to church‚ and families come together for the day. They decorate their houses with the fruits and flowers of autumn and prepare traditional American food: roast turkey‚ potatoes and pumpkin. It’s rather like Christmas‚ but what are people celebrating? What are they giving thanks for?
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First Day at School in a New Country My family moved to the United States when I was fourteen‚ and I learned I would be going to a new school just two days after we had entered the country and I wasn’t assimilated to the culture or the language. Even though I took lots of English lessons when I was in China‚ when I learned I would not be attending a bilingual school like the other new immigrants‚ I was extremely apprehensive. My first day of school in a new country was extremely nervous
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August – The Independence Day of India By Devansha on November 30‚ 2011 in Essays The great dream of our freedom fighters‚ nationalists‚ and revolutionaries was realized on 15th Aug. 1947‚ when India became free and independent. It was an epoch-making event of great significance‚ which ushered in an era of liberty‚ self-rule and prosperity for our nation. Since then 15th Aug.‚ has been celebrated all over India as our Independence Day. It is a national festival-a day to remember our bygone patriots
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Clara’s day This short story "Clara’s day" by Penelope Lively is about a girl‚ Clara‚ who suddenly took off all of her clothes and started walking naked around at her school. After this sensational episode she was told that she had to meet "the Head" after school. They talked about Clara’s reasons for doing what she did‚ because as the Head said on page 53 line 1-2‚ "..you aren’t really like that‚ are you?"‚ and Clara agreed that she wasn’t. Naturally Clara’s parents‚ or in this case‚ mother was
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Independence Day Of India Long years ago we made a tryst with destiny‚ and now the time comes when we will redeem our pledge‚ not wholly or in full measure‚ but very substantially. At the stroke of the midnight hour‚ when the world sleeps‚ India will awake to life and freedom. A moment comes‚ which comes but rarely in history‚ when we step out from the old to the new‚ when an age ends and when the soul of a nation‚ long suppressed‚ finds utterance.... We end today a period of ill fortune‚ and India
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Wrong. Slavery still happens all over the world in the form of human trafficking. This $32 billion business exploits humans and takes away basic rights. Human trafficking is modern-day slavery‚ and many organizations are trying to stop human trafficking because human trafficking devalues human life‚ and permanently damages victims. The dictionary definition of human trafficking is‚ “the illegal practice of procuring or trading in human beings for the purpose of prostitution‚ forced labor‚ or other
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this team yet‚ and I needed to work on my game and tryout next year. I was devastated; I could not believe it‚ I had thought I deserved to be on that team‚ but the coach did not. Without that day‚ I would not be here playing basketball on a scholarship for Wheeling Jesuit University. That day taught me so much. I came into that basketball tryout overconfident‚ like I had made the team already because I thought I was that good. In eighth grade I was the man in basketball. I could not be stopped
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Day 1 1. Retro Christmas Decorating Ideas for the Home You can learn about some retro Christmas decorating ideas for the home from this article. Check this one out! If you are feeling bored already with the decoration of traditional Christmas‚ maybe it is the right time to bring the decoration to the next level. Yes‚ you can always try something new. Through this article‚ you can find some retro Christmas decorating ideas for the home so that you can bring a new fresh look to the entire room. This
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Name _____________________________ Date ____________ Period _______ Completing the Square Day 1 For each expression‚ find the number you would add to make it a perfect square trinomial. Leave fraction answers as improper fractions (no mixed numbers or decimals). Then factor each trinomial. 1. x2 + 10x + _______ 2. y2 – 6y + ¬¬¬¬_______ 3. z2 – 8z + _______ _____________________ _____________________ _____________________ 4. x2 + 12x + _______ 5. x2 – x + _______ 6.
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The Day of the Dead (Día de los Muertos in Spanish) is a holiday celebrated mainly in Mexico and by people of Mexican heritage (and others) living in the United States and Canada. The holiday focuses on gatherings of family and friends to pray for and remember friends and relatives who have died. The celebration occurs on the 1st and 2nd of November‚ in connection with the Catholic holy days of All Saints ’ Day and All Souls ’ Day which take place on those days. Traditions include building private
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