...There are many important and deep quotes including the one mentioned above are found in Walden chapter “Where I lived and What I Lived for”. We learn his experience and values from his writings. According to me, second chapter basically focuses on “beauty of nature”. Thoreau said “The morning wind forever 64 blows, the poem of creation is uninterrupted; but few are the ears that hear it.” From the quote stated above he basically says that our life ought to be comprised of basic things and not every one of the points of interest that lives around us. There are so many ideas and thoughts depicted in this quote such as how it feels to be able to wake up in the morning and able to feel the fresh air of nature. This gives us the ideas that author...
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...‘sharp, knife-like fangs’. This should have convinced me to stay away from the woods, yet I still found myself already about two miles past the splintered fence that separates the old town from the looming darkness of the trees. My watch read 7:30 PM and I knew I should head back. The sun was beginning its descent for the day and it would soon be pitch black. As I turned to leave a ferocious wind took my hat. I ran after it. When i was finally able to dive onto my hat I realised I didn’t know where I was. There was no longer a path-like opening in the trees. I was in the middle of a circle of trees so tall that not a single ray of sunlight reached the mossy ground where I stood. I was engulfed in darkness. The stillness of the woods that at first mesmerized me, now sent an eerie chill down my spine. But the bone-rattling silence was soon replaced by the moaning of the wind as it hit my frozen cheeks. I saw movement behind me and all my instincts told me not to look, to just accept my fate and close my eyes but I couldn’t. I reluctantly turned my head to stare into the dark, crimson eyes which stared back at me with a sickening hunger while it’s long tail wagged slowly back and forth. It’s arms hung loosely, almost reaching the ground below. I stood frozen until the terrifying wolf-like creature smiled with an open mouth, revealing it’s brown, decaying canines. It swayed towards me and I knew then that there was no hope. The drooling monster got down on all fours and...
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...For my community service I went to a church who donated to a charitable organization and I worked in the youth’s section. This was a great experience for me because I got to work with youth’s who were interested to learn. At the church we did different activities with each other, this was very interesting. We did different activities together which built a relationship as we bond and play. Helping in a youth group was exciting because I got to work and talk with people my age. I was able to help the younger children with their homework and I typed out documents. The attitude of the community was very positive. They followed the right pathway of God and represented the church well. I must say very proudly, that I didn’t occur in any problems during the different activities. The only problem I struggled with was dealing with the different attitudes presented before me. In a way this helped me a lot because it showed me how different people were in different ways. I did understand the different personalities and attitudes because everyone came from different family backgrounds. There interest with the people was well done; they made them feel welcomed and helped with any need they had. From this experience I did grow in many different ways, it allowed me to developed more conversations and help a lot of people out during their hard times. It also showed me that you can learn a lot of things from other people. This experience made a huge impact on my life, which can carry me throughout...
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...Period 2 October 26, 2012 Stepping out of comfort zone The warm summer breeze swept by bringing with it the delicious smell of hamburgers, hot dog, and chicken being grilled out in the backyard. As I ate my enormous hamburger, I sat still amazed at what I had accomplished that day. This was one of the best summer vacations I had spent with my cousin and it was one day that I would never forget. Beep! Beep! Beep! I opened my eyes and turned to look at the alarm 4:15 AM, just fivsse more minutes I told myself sleepily. “Come on wake up so you can eat something before you leave” yelled my mom from the kitchen. The morning felt cold so I put on some sweat pants and my favorite black and white long sleeve shirt. Half asleep I ate a warm, toasted, raisin bagel with a glass of milk. By 4:50, everything was packed in the car and we were ready to leave. My sisters, Patricia and Priscilla, half asleep wrapped in their blankets, walked to the car. The cold, fresh morning air hit my face as soon as I stepped out and I was suddenly wide awake. We were now on our way to Los Osos to spend the summer at my cousin Noah’s house. We entered the 10 freeway and it was completely dead, no cars were driving about it. After about an hour of driving the sun began to rise and it seemed to give life to the freeway, cars began driving onto it and before we knew it were stuck in traffic. My sisters woke up about nine so we took the next off ramp and went to nearby Denny’s to have breakfast. We all ordered...
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...Marilene Metayer The Social Mirror Assignment 1. What would others say about you that is generally positive? I am a generous person, I love to help someone that’s in need. My family and close friend would say I am to kind for my own good but I am a hard worker and I do not give up very easily. 2. What “constructive suggestions” would others offer to help you improve or change? I don’t have what you call a back bone, I don’t like to say no especially if I can help. My family or friend will tell me I need to learn to say “NO” it’s simple. Sometimes I go out my way to help others. 3. What do you most like about yourself? I am what you can say a go getter, I always want what best for me. I live life to the fullest, because tomorrow is not promise. My slogan inspiration “vivre la vie”. Which simply mean “live life.” I am currently taking care of my mother, and my 6 months old baby my sister kind of expects me too because of my background. 4. What do you most dislike in yourself and would like to change? My timid sometimes make me miss on opportunity, I hate rejection. And I have a big heart it seems the bigger the heart the easier it is to break in life. People take you for granted and use it to their advantages. 5. What beliefs to you have about yourself that limit you? I don’t really have a belief that limit me because I believe everything is possible you just have to put your mind into it. Majority of people believed they have limiting beliefs. As such...
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...When I was asked to write this, I was a bit overwhelmed because as I started reflecting on my life. And I was even more overwhelmed when I realized that, in the perspective of a full life. Nevertheless, I’ve adopted a few simple philosophies that have helped me get through life. Trust your instincts: Your instincts are there for a reason. So LISTEN TO YOURSELF!!! Recognize that feeling in your gut when something is off. Or let your instincts lead you to the right decision in an extremely difficult situation. It’s not always easy to trust them, and I’ve always found that, for some reason, the voice in your head called “logic” will try to hush those instincts. Logic will talk you into playing it safe and may rob you of opportunities. If I had listened to myself saying I lacked experience required to tackle the leadership positions. I would have lost the chance to positively impact myself and others, and I’d be a very different person right now. I’m not suggesting you dismiss your brain altogether. Just consider going with your instincts first, then incorporate logic second. “But what if my instincts are wrong?” Well, they will be sometimes, but you must possess the belief in yourself to allow those instincts to shine through and the confidence to act upon them. Which leads me to point #2… Live confidently: We all know someone that lives life with confidence. Can you picture him or her? In the most trying situations they can be calm, cool and collected. And their presence...
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...My Bio March 21st 2011 Hi my name is Regina C .Livingston, I am a single Mother striving to make Excellence! I have 3 loving Children. My oldest Daughter is 23yrs old and is currently in College to achieve her LPN degree, she has 3 children. My son is 21yrs old and is working and soon to be starting College. Last is my youngest Daughter 17yrs old, whom is currently in 11th grade. I am a very strong, hard working young Lady. I always keep priority 1st .I live a Christian base Life and I put no one before ‘God ‘! Keeping God 1st in my Life is what I have always done. This makes Life easier to live for! I live my Life to the Fullest and do not take my Life for Granit. I Love to sing , if I like a song after I 1st hear it ,the very next time I hear it I know the words . I am an Administrative Asst /Clerk at my Employment! I complete my jobs in a timely fashion. I have very excellent Customer Svc skills and I am very honest. I don’t have or make time for small talk while working, it’s strictly Business. If I make a mistake, I take full responsibility of my own actions. I am a people person and I get along with everyone, and treat everyone with respect when it’s due. I have always been open to discuss any concerns that I may have up front .I am attending school to further my Career to achieve my Associates and my Bachelors , and one day have my own Business in the same Logistics field that I am currently in ! This will allow me to advance more. Thanks Ms.R....
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...Jonathan Schonsheck Option 1 Step # 1: I, Camillia Lamar, a student at Le Moyne College, will attend a two hour tutoring session at the Academic Support Center in the Noreen Reale Falcon Library every Saturday and Sunday until the end of the semester in order to receive higher grades in my Religion and English classes. Step # 2: Circumstances: A college student experiencing some academic challenges. Aim: Receive higher grades in my classes. Mean: Attend tutoring sessions. Step # 3: Could I, Camillia, a student at experiencing academic challenges, will this maxim a universal law? Would I, Camillia, be content to live in a world where this maxim is a moral requirement, when I consider it in the perspective of a tutor? Yes I, Camillia, would be content to live in a world where this maxim is a moral requirement because in the perspective of a tutor, I would want to help others knowing that I have the ability to help. Would I, Camillia, be content to live in a world where this maxim is a moral requirement, when I consider it in the perspective of a professor? Yes I, Camillia, would be content to live in a world where this maxim is a moral requirement because in the perspective of a professor, I would want students to improve my skill. Would I, Camillia, be content to live in a world where this maxim is a moral requirement, when I consider it in the perspective of a parent? Yes I, Camillia, would be content to live in a world where this maxim is a moral requirement because...
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...Final Essay California, and Florida are similar in some ways but difference in others, per example The beauty of California if I compared to Florida it is the Mediterranean, tropical weather, its vast ocean front waters, the beauty of its coastlines, the Agricultural land, and the reaches of the Employment opportunities, all in contrast makes California more desirable place to live than Florida. Introduction California is one of the best and desirable places to live in the world. In the winter of 1987, I was living in Florida city, one morning I got up to go to work, the day was very nice from one minute to the next the sky started to get dark, darker clouds cover the sky. People at the trailer park was so fearful, they started to run to shelter places, they were right that day, it rained so hard, and it was lightning and thundering, the winds were so strong that, it could take a tree up from his roots. The people who did not have enough time to run to the shelter place, suffer very big loss, the next day I went to the town to look around, the little city was devastating, windows from business broken, trees were laid on the streets, cars were upside down, and broken homes all destroyed, it was a disaster that I will never like to re-live again, and it was a big experience in my life. I. First main point. California’s tropical weather makes life enjoyable, when the rain is falling it rains so smoothly that it is hardly any lighting...
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...have concerns of how technology will impact the following generations to come? If so then this information is for you? Technology has become the one main component in our daily lives, it is the one thing we turn to every day. The way we talk to people, the way we make a sale, the way we run our business's, the way we listen to music, the way we buy and sale stocks, everything we do in our daily lives is ran by technology. Look at what I am doing right now, I am doing this essay on my lap top which is recommended to have in college these days. No writes out their essay's by hand any more, its all through computers and technology which is disappointing in a sense, because its the easy way out of things as I see it, I am not saying that technology does not have its benefits it does, but what ever happened to the old classic hard working satisfaction people use to do, people managed fine and did many great things before there was technology like there is today, Its laziness the easy way of doing everything, if their is an easier way of doing things, where people can do things faster but with less work, they will develop it, but what about the long term affects of all this, dont people see what is happening to our society? Doesnt people know the consequences this is having on our lives? With more technology, and less bodily movements this planet is being tooken over by machinery and electronics and less being ran by civilization, soon civilization will be only...
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...When I hear the word Suburbs I think of the housing area right outside a major city with people in middle to upper-middle class living in homes that are all the same shape and style. To me the suburbs are where people can live near the city but commute into the city for work. There are many stereotypes that come to mind when I think of the suburbs many were discussed in the book, the book describes, a small town atmosphere, overscheduled parents and children, safe gated communities, and two working parents (Palen, 135). People that live in the suburbs are there to start families and have a safe place to raise their children outside the high crime in the city. The book explains that living in the suburbs were cheaper in the past where “closing...
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...This paper is going to be about the area that I just moved to Jacksonville, North Carolina and about how diverse the population around me is. This paper will also talk about the different races and issues that come about with having such diverse amounts of cultures in the community that I live in. This paper will also talk about other issues that come up in my community that might not happen in other communities being that there are two military bases in the city that I live in, along with many others in the surrounding area. The community that I am living in currently is somewhat a different kind of community. I have only been stationed here with my husband and children for three months and I am learning many new things about the area. Not only does this community have many different cultures and races but people from all over the country. The reason that Jacksonville, North Carolina has such a wide range of cultures is partially because this is a town that is full of military men and women. I live within ten miles of Camp Lejeune Marine Corps base and Marine Corps Air Station New River. There are many different kinds of people in my community. There are many who do look a lot like me, and there are others who don’t. There are many women that are military wives out here where I live and they are around the same ages as myself and also have children. I do not have trouble finding people much like myself out here. There is also one thing most of us have in common with...
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...foreign land so they can live the “American Dream” gave them and their future family a better opportunity to live a successful life. As the first American-born generation in my family, my family and I appreciate everything that our country has done for us. The American flag, one of the most prominent symbols of America, waves high and proud as a welcome sign to the world. To me, the American flag means more than just stars and stripes. It symbolizes freedom the United States gives to its citizens, the pride that Americans have towards their country, and the sacrifices soldiers have made to keep the nation safe. When most immigrants think of America, they picture a country where people have the...
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...Cultural Context The cultural context refers to the type of society in which a text is set-it’s structures, values and day-to-day rituals. Comparing the texts I have studied under Cultural Context mode involves entering the world of each text and comparing the ways in which the lives of the central characters are influenced by the worlds in which they live. The three texts I have studied are Lies of Silence (LS) by Brian Moore, Plough and the Stars (PS) playwrite by Sean O’Casey and Il Postino (IP) directed by Micheal Radford. These novelists, dramatists and film directors obviously employ their own distinctive narrative techniques. I was interested in studying a significant range of similarities in the way LS, PS and IP deliver their respective tales. The setting is easily comparable in all texts. IP was set in a small island off the coast of Italy around the 1950’s. Communism was the main political headline in this text, where a famous Italian poet, Pablo Neruda, was exiled from his own country and forced to live elsewhere for a short while due to the fact he was a communist. During this time also, Europe was struggling to cope from World War II. PS was set in Dublin, 1916. The Easter Rising was at stake. We receive an insight into the lives of the Irish people during The Troubles. There was also a feud between Socialism and Republicanism. LS is set in Belfast in the 1950’s when the Northern Troubles were at its climax. The setting in this text is dominated by the deep-rooted...
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...the connections made with people, places and the larger world. It is these connections that influence where we search for meaning in our lives and ultimately where we belong. The Simple Gift (TSG) verse novel by Steven Herrick illustrates a protagonist journey through alienation to belonging through the building of relationships. It is through these relationships that he connects with the town. He searches for belonging through his relationships which creates connection with Benderat. “I Still call Australia Home” by Peter Allen, shows us the connection that people have had with a place. When people find real meaning it’s when they belong, this song illustrates a connection with a place and the finding of this creates belonging. Herrick’s verse novel TSG shows us how the characters have created connections with people, and places. These connections influence where the characters search for meaning in their lives and where they belong. When Billy in the poem “Old Bill” says “Would you believe his name is Bill” Billy felt an instant connection just through their names. Steven Herrick uses the same names suggesting that old Bill is a mirror of Billy and that Old Bill is who Billy could become. Old Bill has started to become a father figure for Billy. The connection that Billy and Old Bill have, has created a sense of belonging in each of their lives. Peter Allen’s song “I still call Australia home” exposes us to the realisation that we can belong by just having a connection...
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