AN INTERESTING PERSON I ONCE MET During the last school holidays. I often went out for walks in the evenings‚ and the beach was one of my favourite choices. It was there that I met an interesting person. He was sitting under a coconut tree where a fishing boat was moored. His gaze was fixed on something far away‚ something as far‚ perhaps‚ as the horizon. He was hardly aware of my approach. But‚ as I halted my steps‚ about two metres away from him‚ he turned and greeted me with a toothless smile
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Short Story Assignment How I Met My Husband- Alice Munro Alice Munro Alice Munro was born 10 July 1931. Alice attended the University of Western Ontario. She left university when she married her husband James Munro. Alice moved to Vancouver with her husband and they opened a book store. Alice began publishing her work in magazines and grew to publishing her own books. She is now 82 years old and lives in Wingham‚ Ontario. She has four children and is still married. Alice is a Canadian author
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Pages:100-200 Question: How has this story met/defied your expectations?/ What character decisions have you agreed with? Disagreed with? Why? Condie‚Ally. Matched. Dutton (Penguin) in November 2010. Print. Quarter:1 Journal:4 Pages:100-200 Question: How has this story met/defied your expectations?/ What character decisions have you agreed with? Disagreed with? Why? Alex Habib Horn English 10 10/24/2012 In Matched by Ally Condie my expectations were definitely met! A friend of mine
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_I Wish I Never Met Him_ Two years ago‚ I met this guy online. He lived really close to me and we talked one night for a couple hours. He seemed like a really nice guy‚ but he wanted me to go to his house right off the bat‚ so I lost contact with him. Well‚ fast-forward to about seven months ago and I found him on facebook‚ so I added him as a friend. At first‚ I was just wanting to be his friend‚ but we started talking online‚ then he started talking about sex‚ then he started talking about wanting
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shades of gray. Cold and colorless was the world around me; I felt so alone. Something was missing‚ Until you came into my life. Your eyes sparkled with a joy I’d never felt before. Your smile lit up everything around you. You opened my eyes‚ showing me the beauty of this world; A world I want to share with you. When I laugh‚ you laugh too. When I cry‚ you comfort me. When I fall‚ you’re there to pick me up. You understand how I feel; You’re sensitivity‚ endearing. We’re made for each other
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Turning my face to a nearby window‚ I began to watch the dance performed by the raindrops. I took a momentary distraction from this image by picking back up my 4B charcoal pencil and skilfully tracing over a faint pattern. I put my pencil aside and spotted the weather outside. I was sorry for the people outdoor who were not allowed inside‚ regarding ‚ once‚ I was stuck external‚ too. I had only very recently found comfort in this classroom ; in this comforting place I call my refuge. Thanks to my obstinacy
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Here to take care of you and protect you for long as they live. An equipped with powers far greater than‚ any comic book hero. You’re probably wondering who is this person!? Well this superhero is called Minerva‚ but I call her mom. She is an amazing hero here to love and help me whenever I need her. My mom is 45 years old but has the energy of a 20 year old. She is tall‚ a women who isn’t afraid to strut her stuff in a nice pair of heels. She has short black hair‚ and brown eyes that can definitely
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Mother to infant bonding is one of the most powerful and cutest that shows how much the mother loves her infant. Mother and Infant bonding could be achieved through many forms‚ for example breast feeding‚ skin to skin contact‚ and ect. Mother and infant bonding is an evolutionary process that happens slowly and effectively through the pass of the days without them realizing it. Is amazing how the simplest act could create a strong bond between the mother and the infant. For example eye to eye contact
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by the courts.[11][12] In the later stages of his career‚ Gates has pursued a number of philanthropic endeavors‚ donating large amounts of money to various charitable organizations and scientific research programs through the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation‚ established in 2000. Mother Teresa Mother Teresa founded the Missionaries of Charity‚ a Roman Catholic religious congregation‚ which in 2012 consisted of over 4‚500 sisters and is active in 133 countries. They run hospices and homes for people
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Drug Addicted Mothers More than 1 million children are exposed to drugs or alcohol during pregnancy according to The National Institute on Drug Abuse. Each year about 221‚000 of the women who become pregnant consume illegal drugs and most of these children are born addicted to the drugs themselves. These mothers cannot give their children the proper care. Many drug-dependent parents abuse their children both mentally and physically. There is action that needs to be taken to prevent this on
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