“My Teacher, My Hero” "No one saves us but we ourselves-no one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path, teachers merely show the way." Gone were the days when we spent our late nights indulging in comic books featuring our generation’s greatest heroes, sneaking past our bedtime to read Superman’s latest issue under the sheets while holding a flashlight, running around the house with our fists in the air and a cape zooming through our backs. Nowadays, all we have our noses stuck on are
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Memorial Series DREAMS IN ISLAM - A WINDOW TO TRUTH AND TO THE HEART Imran N. Hosein MASJID DARUL QUR’AN LONG ISLAND NEW YORK USA Copyright @ Imran N. Hosein Published by Masjid Darul Qur’an, 1514 East Third Avenue, Bayshore, NY 11706, USA. Tel: (516)665-9462 First published 1997 This new edition 2001 For my beloved daughter Hira May Allah bless her with good dreams Ameen! CONTENTS Preface Introduction Dreams in Pagan Arabia Dreams in Christian Arabia Dreams in the Qur’an:
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shortcoming when it comes to matters such as finance, education, or health. Recently we can’t help but hear some homeowners justifying their delinquency by saying that “it is not my fault that they gave me a loan that I can’t pay.” Better yet, any student will use this to justify their failing, “I got a bad grade because my teacher is impossible to please and he hates me.” And the best one that we all have heard of is, “I am fat because McDonald made me.” Why many of Americans not afraid to take
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classes. And I agree with people who call this book “the book of ideas”. Moreover, it is for prepared readers, who can see all those ideas which the author wanted to express. - That’s it I defenetly agree with you. Even though I can not call it one of my favourite books, but the problems which the author raises are worth mentioning. And all of them will be always urgent. - for example the theme of the Lost Generation in the book. - could you please remind me what this theme is about? unfortunately
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Jeremiah Mertz American Lit Is the American Dream Still Alive F. Scott Fitzgerald and William Faulkner are commonly considered two of the best writers of the twentieth century. Their novels depict the lives and struggles of people and give insight into the life of the early 1900's. Their stories often concern the American Dream. In these stories it seems that both these authors are saying that the usual concept of the American dream does not result in happiness and is false. Many people associate
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The United States of America is known as the land of opportunity, “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed, to me: I lift my lamp beside the golden door.” (Emma Lazarus). As the United States were built from immigrants looking for a better life and throughout the U.S history waves of immigrants from people who come from the same country or have similar religion, such as the European
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just society. Plato's Utopia appears, at first to be an excellent idea. However, his perfect society is less than the ideal, even from the contemporary perspective. Aristotle, through "The Politic” attempted to understand the nature of man in a "realistic" view. What Plato called ideal, Aristotle called unfeasible. He tries to make rationale judgment in the management of his ideal of a society, through understanding human behavior and logic, making it what he would deem a more realistic society.
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My student, Haile Selassie was born in Ejersa Gora on July 23, 1892 in a mud hut. His birth name was Lij Tajari Makonnen and was the son of the Harar governor, Ras Makonnen. I, too, was born to a scholarly father. Tajari grew up observing the importance of good ruling and understanding how to rule. Therefore, before he was even elected he knew the high expectations set for rulers. In 1928, at age 36, Tajari Makonnen appointed himself as king. Then, two years after, he was named emperor and changed
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split down the middle. From my ideologies and mannerisms, to how I presented myself to the public, there was never a time I was completely American or Indian. I was taught to speak Malayalam and English simultaneously and became fluent in both by the time I was in kindergarten. When I was growing up, I always struggled to find a way to balance the two. For example, in high school, I hated having to eat Indian food for dinner every day, so I would try to go out and eat with my friends. Now in college
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Chosen Audience: I chose to write to anyone out there interested in a military love story tragedy. This is meant to entertain and fill my audience with emotion. Love Means Forever From birth, Jaquelyn and William were attatched at the hip. Their mothers, whom were best friends since early childhood always said their children would be best friends. The two young women Aly and Gracelyn met in elementary school one chilly fall day on the playground. They were born and raised in a small
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