No more… Hello? Is it on... Hello, this is Gemma Roswell… I’m, uh… recording this from my bathroom… I don’t even know if anyone will ever listen to this… but, oh well; now I’m just wasting tape… I didn’t think it would be so hard to talk to a machine… but let’s just get this over with… I wanted to say I’m sorry… to my husband… to my family… and... Especially to my late son… Jacob. Maybe if I had made different choices… different choices… maybe it wouldn’t have ended so… sour. [Crying]
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Drew Bybee Chronicle 7 Col105B05 Growth mindset- Go outside of comfort zone, willing to learn People with a growth mindset believe that intelligence is a muscle Encourages us to accept challenges Helps us learn from mistakes People with growth mindset believe that hard work can help overcome difficulty Self- people work hard and can overcome difficulties Culture- It is proven that Japanese and Chinese are more likely to have a growth mindset Society- Society can affect
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Is ignorance bliss, or is honesty the best policy? This question could be up for debate after reading Irwin Shaw’s The Girls in Their Summer Dresses. Michael and Frances, the two characters in the story, are a married couple walking hand in hand along a New York City street. “Look out,” Frances said. “You’ll break your neck”, she said, insinuating that Michael was looking at another woman. What kind of person doesn’t look at other people as they pass? As the story evolves, we see that the couple
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English 121 Justice Wrobleski Essay #1 Spring 2015 My Perception of the Good Life Everyone has their own view on what success means to them. Some people believe that money and/or expensive material items determine how successful a person is. Other people believe that success is measured by how happy a person is with his or her life, by measuring their job satisfaction or their family life. I believe that a person is truly successful when he or she has lived their life to the fullest
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“I will not fall for you all at once. No, I will fall for you gradually—falling for the little things. Like the way you laugh mid kiss sometimes, and look at me like you can’t believe what is happening. Or the way you reach over in your still sleep-fogged state and pull me close to you as if you cannot keep me close enough. Or simply the way you look at me when we laugh; laughing with you is my favorite. It’s like looking directly into your core and seeing how truly vulnerable you can be; laughing
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ENG Persuasive Essay To Move Out On My Own or Stay At Home? I live at home with my parents. I live for free, I pay no bills. The refrigerator is always full, my clothes are always clean as a matter of fact I constantly come home to find new clothing on my bed, compliments of my mom. I have an IPhone 6 Plus and have never paid a phone bill. I have my own bedroom with Direct TV and my own bathroom. I pay no rent. I have a 2015 Audi A3 with full insurance coverage
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Bored to death Meaning/Usage: Very bored You've got to be kidding Meaning/Usage: This is used when a true statement is ridiculous. Sick and Tired Meaning/Usage: Used when you no longer enjoy something because you have done it too many times. Call it a day Meaning/Usage: Used to express that the work day is over. Get on one's nerves Meaning/Usage: Used when someone or something is bothering you. Couch potato Meaning/Usage: Used when someone watches too much television. Feel blue Meaning/Usage:
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If I got locked away And we lost it all today Tell me honestly would you still love me the same? If I showed you my flaws If I couldn't be strong Tell me honestly would you still love me the same? Right about now If a judge 'for life' me, would you stay by my side? Or is you gonna say goodbye? Can you tell me right now? If I couldn't buy you the fancy things in life Shawty, would it be alright? Come on show me that you are down Now tell me would you really ride for me
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Two days have passed, as well as thousands of Jews. "What an easy job," I had thought. After all, how hard could it really be to tell people where to go? Well, it is really hard. I split communities, friends, and families apart. I lied. It's not just really hard; it's the most heartbreaking thing anyone could do. I hold a gun, and every prisoner fears me. Why do they all listen? One after another, they follow along, without asking questions, without fighting back for themselves. Boom! Another one
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Early in my working career, I was offered a job at a downtown pub that had a reputation for being rough. I’d never entered the establishment prior to this, but I heard the money was good, so I gave it a shot. My initial perception of the clientele, before I had even begun working, was that they were street people, gang members, sex workers, and other low-class, low-income people. I assumed I would have to be on guard much of the time, and put on a hard attitude in order to not be perceived as too
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