“Growing old is mandatory‚ growing up is optional” No matter how old you are‚ or how far you have traveled‚ there is always something that reminds you of growing up. Maybe it’s a specific smell or eating a certain food. That said‚ we have all changed a lot in our lifetime; we acquire new jobs and learn new skills. Most importantly‚ we mature and take on more responsibility. All of these changes in our lives occur gradually‚ but they start at specific points in time. Those events alter our outlook
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Reconciliation In "Up the Coulee‚" Hamlin Garland depicts what occurs when Howard McLane is away for an extended period of time and begins to neglect his family. Howard’s family members are offended by the negligence. Although his neglect causes his brother‚ Grant McLane‚ to resent him‚ Garland shows that part of having a family is being able to put aside negative feelings in order to resolve problems with relatives. Garland demonstrates how years apart can affect family relationships‚ causing
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and fellow friends. The topic of my speech today is “STAND UP”. In this speech I will be talking to you about the necessity and importance of making a stand in our communities. I now come to the first part of my speech. In this part I will explain that making a stand and standing up for what we believe is important and is a necessity. Making a stand in the community is a necessity and responsibility that everyone‚ both young and old‚ needs to be involved in today‚ tomorrow and forever‚ and we
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When I Reflect on the person I am both personal and as an professional‚ the Army’s seven core values fits perfectly within these molds of traits in which I have grown and developed. To become a member of the most elite organization has been a dream of mine that I have had for over ten years. I have waited long enough‚ and now I am ready to have that career as an Army Officer. I am ready to pursue my greatest honor to support and defend the Constitution of the United States of America; a dream in
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Tears of a Tiger by Sharon Draper Anthony Avila ENG 3 Honors Period 3 The novel Tears of a Tiger is about a high school student named Andy Jackson going through a life of pain and guilt. The story begins with a newspaper article on an accident that killed a basketball player named Robbie Washington. They were all coming from a party and they have been drinking. Andy was driving the car and his three friends‚ Robbie‚ B.J‚ and Tyrone were the passengers. When the accident happened the Andy
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When I Grow Up.. “Being ‘grown up’ isn’t as fun as the idea of growing up.” -AmberGrace Seguin Remember when we were young and all we could think of was growing up and getting to do ‘grownup’ things? We spent our whole childhood thinking of what we would do when we finally ‘grew up’‚ and here we are‚ almost completely grown up and we still haven’t made up our mind of what it is we will do when we grow up. We’ve painted this pretty little picture in our head of what it’ll be like when we eventually
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Descriptive Essay Rubric CATEGORY 4 3 2 1 Student Score Title Title is creative‚ sparks interest and is related to the topic. Title is related to the topic but needs to be more creative. Title is present. No title present. 4 Introduction (Organization) The introduction is inviting‚ states the main topic‚ previews the structure of the paper‚ and includes a well-written‚ clever lead that is related to the essay’s topic which attracts the reader’s attention. The introduction clearly states the
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The Seven Years’ War essentially made up of two struggles. One of the two struggles was centered on the naval and colonial conflict between Britain and its enemies‚ France and Spain; the second‚ on the conflict between Frederick II (the Great) of Prussia and his opponents: Austria‚ France‚ Russia‚ and Sweden. The naval and colonial war proved a great achievement for Britain‚ a reflection of the strength of the British navy–itself the product of the wealth of Britain’s expanding colonial economy
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Interestingly‚ the seven commandments are significant throughout the whole novel‚ as they provide the reader with a checklist which they can use through out the novel to see the treacherous behaviour of the pigs‚ and the fact that they change the seven commandments multiple times throughout the novel shows their total lack of morals‚ ‘Muriel‚ reading over the seven commandments to herself‚ noticed there was yet another the animals had remembered wrong’. The fact that the animals regularly just
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The 1997 Teamster strike against UPS was not simply a victory‚ but a smashing victory for the US working class and therefore offers many valuable lessons for today’s labor militants‚ both with respect to the strategic orientation and the day-to-day tactics. UPS is a “Fortune 500” company‚ meaning it is one of the most profitable in the nation‚ boasting of a $1.15 billion profit margin prior to the strike. In 1992‚ the workforce was evenly divided between full-time and part-time workers‚ but by 1996
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