for myself, who will be for me? And if I am only for myself, what am I? And if not now -- when?" -- Hillel "Come my friends, 'tis not too late to seek a newer world." -- Tennyson "If you understand, things are just as they are; if you do not understand, things are just as they are." -- Zen proverb "If the only prayer you said in your whole life was, 'thank you,' that would suffice." -- Meister Eckhart "There are two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as
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appear in your actual test. You should become familiar with this list before you take the computer-based TOEFL test. Remember that when you take the test you will not have a choice of topics. You must write only on the topic that is assigned to you. People attend college or university for many different reasons (for example, new experiences, career preparation, increased knowledge). Why do you think people attend college or university? Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer
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Our world has changed so much and so quickly over the past fifty years not just technologically but socially as well. Fifty years ago the thought of two people of the same sex getting married was un heard of, the topic of mental health was a taboo subject which everyone believed to keep secret….but now it is encouraged to share our stories. Not only our people sharing their stories with their friends, they are sharing them on a global scale and starting a conversation. Demi Lovato has been an active
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I sit behind them every day. They always smell like the forest. It’s kind of this clean, fresh smell. I don’t know… It’s so entrancing. Their wavy, black hair always has this perfect curl that goes down their neck. I seem to always lose my concentration during their violin solo. It’s just… beautiful. I can’t keep my eyes off them. Catherine: They?! It’s more than one person?? Courtney: I mean, it’s not more than one person... It’s hard to explain. Catherine: We’re best friends!
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The story of Hazel Grace and Augustus Waters proves and exposes the realistic lives of what people with cancer experience, the love two people can share, and the depressing truth of death. John Green was able to capture the truth behind these three phenomenons through his own personal journey with a young girl named Esther Earl in which he helped her face cancer, love, and death. There is time when the word “cancer” is too heavy of a word for some people to pronounce, knowing people who
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When you tell a bunch of young adults that their first two years at a community college is going to be free, the idea of saving money and getting your free education towards your degree sounds awesome. Yet many won’t really take to consideration the situations they will be in when they enroll in the community college route. It is easy for the many people across the nation to agree with having free college, but the idea is to achieve their goal toward there degree. The many situations that will become
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the house. “How is George?” “He is out now, but he’ll be back soon.” “That’s wonderful,” she says. About three minutes later, she’ll look puzzled: “But George…” “He’s away at work, but he’ll be back later.” “I see.” “And what are you doing here? I mean it’s nice, but…” “We’ll do things together.” “I see.” Sometimes I try to count the number of times she asks me these questions but I lose track. I remember how it began, five or six years ago. She was 66
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fill in for them, would you? We as a society get asked this question multiple times throughout our lives, this statement would be known as “the bystander effect”. Fundamentally, the bystander effect is most likely to occur when a group of people witness a situation, where a person is in distress and requires assistance. According to the theoretical model of diffusion of responsibility, people are less likely to intervene and come to the assistance of someone because they feel less responsible (Garcia
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Finding New York SUSANNAH GRIFFEE T he Port Authority, Central Park, subway stations, Broadway, Coney Island, Brooklyn Bridge, Downtown, Times Square, JFK: Colson Whitehead’s essays tunnel into the heart of New York City, revealing it to be both a bastion of cruelty and an alluring symbol of hope, both an executioner of dreams and a mother of new beginnings. Whitehead writes about the city as if it were human, and about its people as if they were buildings. Yet these personifications constantly
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websites such as Facebook, and video game consoles with internet capability at a much younger age. When used for education, the advancing technology is a huge positive influence on the brains of kids. While these are all ways that people communicate with each other in today’s age, the question is ‘how is this affecting children’s social ability to develop friendships or communicate in person?’ Wartella argues, “E-mail and chat rooms have changed how young people communicate with each
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