DRAFT Eleni introduction… Say age etc.. then.. Eleni is one of my closest best friends and I have known her since year nine. One thing we have in common is that we were born in Greece. That must be one of the things that we mostly like about our friendship because it allows us to talk in Greek when in public avoiding anyone to understand our subject of conversation. I have recently asked her a few questions and found out more about her. Throughout this presentation I will use most of her sentences
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happened to me. Typically it all just went my way. But one year changed my perspective of everything. My elementary days were pretty simple, grades didn’t really matter too much. 5th grade finally came along and I was beyond excited to be the oldest. The school year started out amazing and I was ecstatic with how it was going. Then it all took a terribly wrong turn. First it was my dog, otherwise known as my best friend. Rex had stopped eating for a while and my family grew concerned. They took him into
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I have heard the old saying that dogs are man’s best friend. I don’t know much about dogs, but I do know a lot about cats. I have had a cat as a pet for at least 30 years. They are wonderful and I know I will always have one in my life. I think cats make the perfect pet because they are self sufficient, intelligent, and good companions. The first reason I think that cats make the perfect pet is because they are self sufficient. Cats can take care of themselves. When we take cats into our homes as
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the local Vet, whenever my animals get hurt I look up what it could be and try to help them get better and normal it helps but, depends on how big is the problem I can handle. To reach my goals, I realize that I must pursue an eight-year college education which will begin with Fall 2016 semester. I am very excited about my further and feel that with the opportunity your scholarship will provide, I can help many animals. My love for animals has been encouraged by my family. My grandparents have a farm
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people’s worst enemy. In John Steinbeck’s novella Of Mice and Men, the individuals of Candy, Crooks, and Curley’s wife demonstrate the theme of loneliness. Candy is old and disabled. He has no family, the closest thing to family that he has is an old dog. Crooks is an outsider, he is looked down upon because of his race and the fact that he is black. Curley’s wife gets avoided by everyone; no one pays any attention to her. She is marginalized because she is a woman in the 1930’s. These characters are
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” For me that door opened soon after my twelfth birthday when my family boarded a 747 headed to the Dominican Republic. This Spanish-speaking country would become my new home. (To be honest, I had lived there temporarily in elementary school, but hardly remember the experience.) Before our move, I had my life figured out. I would grow up in our typical suburban neighborhood, attend the newly constructed Huntsville High School, and live happily ever after. My parents’ decision to permanently relocate
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SUZANNE WHITE Copyright © 1986 Suzanne White. All rights reserved. 2 Dedication book is dedicated to my mother, Elva Louise McMullen Hoskins, who is gone from this world, but who would have been happy to share this page with my courageous kids, April Daisy White and Autumn Lee White; my brothers, George, Peter and John Hoskins; my niece Pamela Potenza; and my loyal friends Kitti Weissberger, Val Paul Pierotti, Stan Albro, Nathaniel Webster, Jean Valère Pignal, Roselyne Viéllard, Michael
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Mentor Profile Some people think dog breeding is irresponsible and the reason homeless pets suffer in shelters. Let me tell you about my canine mentor, Roxanne LaPaglia, owner of internationally known, Blazin's Bullmastiffs kennel. Roxanne practices responsible breeding programs, educates new owners about the breed and shows Bullmastiffs competitively in American Kennel Club events. Her program catches attention in Dog Fancy magazine during the 1980’s, as she participates nationally, with Bullmastiff
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Quillen University of the Cumberlands November 18, 2015 When it comes to loss, I have experienced quite a bit in my life, beginning at a young age. The problem is I don’t remember the specific circumstances very clearly and I am not sure how I reacted. The first deaths that I remember in my family were of my great-grandparents. I had 4 great-grandparents living on my father’s side of my family and it seems like they all passed away within a few years of each other. I know it is rare for people to
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scared the wheel looked very tall from the ground. We got onto the gondola a few minutes later, I started to calm down when the gondola starte to move upwards I saw all the attractions high up in the air. It looked so beautiful, I couldn’t believe my eyes. Nateth wanted to go to the gum wall, which I thought was pretty gross but we weren’t doing anything
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