the GET bus. The cost to use the GET bus is not a significant factor because she gets a free GET bus monthly voucher from a program at the local career services center. I interviewed a 22 year old Hispanic male student‚ named Joey. He regularly rides the GET bus on Mondays‚ Wednesdays‚ and Fridays to go to Bakersfield College. He finds the GET bus transportation system convenient because any other means of transportation (taxi‚ or carpooling) would be more expensive for him. He says he is able
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Randi Mitchell 5/1/13 Ride Along Paper I went on my ride along on Tuesday‚ April 30 with the NM State Police. I rode along with senior patrolman Israel Rodriguez. I had a lot of fun and think I learned a lot about how law enforcement actually works. The officer showed that he is always thinking about the law and how he has to be very careful in what he does so that he doesn’t get god evidence suppressed in court because he makes a small mistake. He said that it’s hard enough to get evidence admitted
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MY FIRST PLANE RIDE ALONE My internal organs thumped against my chest as I dragged my bag along the floor and into the corridor. As I walked into the hall‚ I glanced up and notice the sign I could get on. My entire body could barely hold itself together with the anticipation of the dream come-true event about to take place. I said to myself‚ “I’ll soon be in the air alone without my family”. I slowed my pace to further enjoy what was happening. Swarms of people walked around me knowing that one
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I’ve decided to base my Oral Presentation on “The Taxi Ride” (by P.E.R.) on the main character and on some of her characteristics. My presentation will try to focus on a sort of recapitulation of the reasons Helen Jones’ life appears to be significantly praiseworthy. Having so much to grief about‚ Helen’s behaviour was commendable since she was loving in all her roles (as a mother‚ as a wife‚ as a grandmother‚ as a housewife) and‚ despite her routinary life‚ she would not complain but keep her pains
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Think about tone‚ literary structure‚ specific examples + quotes The Sorrow of War is a semi-autobiographical novel by Bao Ninh‚ in which he implements a non-linear narrative structure to tell his story of his survival from the horrible trenches of the Vietnam War. This book is written in a stream of consciousness with frequent shifts of narrative point of views juxtaposed with descriptions of recent events and of the distant past. Plautus‚ a famous Roman playwright of the old Latin period once
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Prince Henry and Zheng He Comparison Throughout history‚ many people strived for glory by exploring new lands. They hoped to leave an impact while gaining money and success. Zheng He of China and Prince Henry of Portugal‚ both set out on maritime expeditions. Prince Henry is widely known and remembered while Zheng He is recognized for being a eunuch. Both used maritime travel to gain economic influence‚ power and success for their rulers‚ and to successfully gain economic dominance over the new
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Nicholas Allen History 122-005 March 30‚ 2016 Paper 3 In the book The Sorrow of War by Bao Ninh‚ he tells the reader about his experiences in the Vietnam War. First‚ Ninh shows how the Vietnam War impacted the Vietnamese soldiers and the traumatic experiences and emotion hardships they had to go through. Secondly‚ the Americans also had traumatic experiences like the Vietnamese soldiers but the American soldiers had different traumatic events that messed with there emotions. Finally‚ the Vietnamese
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of a single rock left out of the goddess Nu-wa’s repairing of the sky‚ is one based on a magico-religious dream world. The rock is found by a Buddhist and a Taoist who take it down to the mortal world where it lives out a human life‚ that of Jia Bao-yu‚ before attaining Nirvana. Once a rock again‚ a Taoist copies the inscription on its surface ’’from beginning to end and took it back with him to look for a publisher’’. Cao Xueqin’s emphasis on dreams can be seen in the alternative titles for
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on the street if they knew who Zheng He was? Why do people not pay attention to such a huge part of world history? Zheng He was a Chinese fleet commander and was famous for the seven voyages that he made between 1405 to 1433. His voyages should be celebrated for several reasons. Firstly‚ he invented several innovations in nautical architecture. Secondly‚ wherever he went‚ he was always respectful to the native people and did not expel or colonize them. Thirdly‚ Zheng He travelled incredible distances
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We are finally headed home. It has been a long journey but we have accomplished a great deal. As you know‚ I was fortunate to be placed on Eunuch Zheng He’s flag ship‚ a treasure junk which is like a floating city with over 1‚000 men. It is enormous and very luxurious‚ with grand accommodations for the imperial envoys. The body of the ship is brightly carved‚ with an animal head and glaring dragon eyes in the front and a dragon and phoenix pattern in the rear. The bottom holds of the ship were
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