lived there their entire lives and devoted themselves to Mother‚ Sri Aurobindho and Auroville Ashram. I visited the Matre mandir where we all were allowed to sit and be with ourselves in the quietest room where you could hear one’s breath. They took me to the “enchanted” forest which was their school’s project from the past 32 years which they grew from barren land. As I have lived a city all my life you never get to see and feel such calmness. I also saw a few 70 year old women riding bicycles! Never
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major part of me. Abundant of things come to mind when I think of what Americanism means to me. I think of going out of my way to help my community learn more about the subject. Additionally‚ when loving my country comes to mind‚ I think of the people serving and fighting in the military for America. For instance‚ I think of the many brave men‚ and women that served in the military to risk their lives for your freedom. Americanism is important part to my life. This is important to me because it is
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a family quite early in life making my dream seem as if it would never become a reality. Now here I am some 20+ years later living my dream. I can’t say that it was a struggle to get here because i have a very supportive wife who has been pushing me to do this for many years. Up until now I would come up with every excuse in the book why I wasn’t able to go back to school. I guess I finally ran out of excuses because here I am taking college classes. We are supposed to talk about some aspect
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WHO INSPIRES ME Some people think that for someone to inspire you the person still has to be alive. Well in my case I just recently lost the person that inspired me the most. My father‚ he was the person whom I asked about money‚ about how to get better at playing golf and about anything else I needed help with. Wesley Doolen Morgan was a sensitive and caring man‚ who didn’t like to show emotion much. He never said “I love you” to us‚ but we all knew he did. When we needed help with buying school
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Jasmine Tran Ms. Brzowski English 2 PDP - Period 1 09.12.2012 Seminar Notes: Bless Me Ultima 1. Bless Me Ultima fits the description of "magical realism" because the story talks a lot about a curandera named Ultima. As we all know‚ a curandera is a healer. Rudolfo Anaya portrays Ultima as this old lady who has magical and spiritual powers. She seems to bring life to things around her. "When she came the beauty of the llano unfolded before my eyes‚ and the gurgling waters of the river sang to
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LaPorsche Pennie “SUPER SIZE ME” Super-Size Me is a perfect movie to watch to understand the benefits and harms of certain eating habits. It teaches us about the dangers of fast food and it also explains what foods to eat‚ how much of those foods‚ and ways to maintain a healthy weight. When I first heard of the movie I thought what could go wrong he’s eating 3 meals a day he has no health problems how bad could it be but I was totally wrong. Morgan Spurlock challenged
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scared she would pull me right off my sled. I remember thinking that that wouldn’t happen but I guess I will go last. I always went last on something we’ve done before but always went first for new things to do. The smell of the air smelled like pine it was a wonderful smell to catch in the air. I was ready to get on the sled when I slipped and fell stepping into my sled causing us to move forward and me flying off into the snow pile next to us. Laughing about what had just happened my brother screamed
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Characterization - Celia behind me “Celia behind me” is a Canadian short story published in 1984. Nine-year-old Elizabeth is the narrator and main character of the story. Elizabeth is a very insecure girl with a low self-esteem. She is afraid of being bullied and therefore she bullies Celia to protect herself and her reputation. In addition to that‚ she is aware of the real state of things because she knows that if it was not for Celia‚ she would be the next victim. This fear results in victimization
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“Supersize Me.” “Each day 1 in 4 Americans visit a fast food restaurant.” (VivaVegie) Most people know how bad fast food is for you‚ but still eat it. Morgan Spurlock’s “Supersize Me” did a thirty day experiment‚ which involved eating McDonald’s for every meal. To begin with‚ America is the fattest nation in the world. When it comes down to it‚ the fact that there are so many fast food restaurants‚ you can never get away. I have heard many people say that you should not eat fast food‚ but just
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Celia Behind Me The themes in this story are all related to adolescence and the problems that come with it‚ as in gaining acceptance amongst friends and classmates as well as victimization‚ problems with one’s parents - a constant split between two minds concerning one with what is right or wrong. The relationship between the parents and their child is also discussed in this story as well as the parents’ roles in the upbringing of their children. Many children are victimized in the modern society
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