Lesson Learned “Opportunities don’t happen‚ you create them.” Chris Grosser I remember getting off the yellow school bus that morning feeling very anxious. While walking towards my school’s office‚ my mind began to drift. My mother’s conversation with me that night began to slowly repeat in my head. I knew this was a great opportunity and getting accepted would make her happy. In order to get accepted into the career center there are requirements that I had to fulfil. These included a 2.0
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Sample Persuasive Essay Prompt: The South Kitsap School District is instituting a no-tolerance ban on student cell phones and personal electronics while on campus during school hours. Write a persuasive essay supporting or opposing this new policy. Introductory paragraph Attention Grabber: Currently‚ over 90% of all American middle and high school students own either a cell phone or a personal MP3 player and a recent USA Today survey found that 98% of teenagers admit to using their cell
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Zinn 5 Paragraph Essay In “A People’s History of the United States‚” by Howard Zinn‚ Zinn states “To emphasize the heroism of Columbus and his successors as navigators and discovers‚ and to deemphasize their genocide‚ is not a technical necessity but an ideological choice. It serves-unwittingly-to justify what was done‚” this quote is true to all extent. True‚ Columbus and his followers founded Central America‚ but they were obviously not the first or the “native” Americans would have not been
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in this classroom environment. Issues have been studied that have caught the attention of the class and made them consider things that perhaps were not contemplated before. Over the past semester‚ one series of lessons have stood out to me more than any other. That particular set of lessons revolved around the issue of racism. <br> <br>Racism has taken on a new comprehension within my thoughts and mind over the course of this semester. I had always considered racism a baneful idea and an even more
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Camelot; winter would be upon them soon. However‚ things were going better than Percival could have hoped for. Rion was adjusting to life in the castle he had new friends his own age and loved his lessons. “I like maths and science the best‚” the little boy had declared after his first day of lessons. “No‚ maybe writing and reading. Or Latin… I like Latin a lot! Sir Geoffrey of Monmouth says if I work very hard‚ I can learn Greek‚ too! Can I tell you something in Latin?” Percival chuckled. “Go
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The lessons we take from failure can be fundamental to later success. Recount an incident or time when you experienced failure. How did it affect you‚ and what did you learn from the experience? A time that I experienced failure was when I first learned how to ski. When I first learned to ski I fell down every second and crashed into trees. I was cold‚ tired and sore but my dad would let me quit. Every time I fell down he would pull me up‚ help me fix the mistake that I had made and have me keep
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Narrative Paragraph Each person is different‚ so it varies on each individual. Usually‚ one has to practice whatever it is they are trying to learn. For example‚ if playing a game you should read instructions if there are any. Retaining this information is one step in the process of learning the game. Once you actually ’play’ the game you get an understanding of it. After this is accomplished‚ you may continue ’practicing’ until you are satisfied with your progress. So‚ let me tell a story of my
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I learned a lesson all the way back in first grade‚ and that lesson has stuck with me ever since. I was coming in from recess‚ and I was talking to a friend of mine off to my left. Unfortunately‚ I was not watching where I was going. I kept barely taking glances of what was in front of me‚ and that was a huge mistake. Someone was running behind me‚ and wasn’t watching where they were going either. As I approached the building I heard yelling‚ but thought nothing of it. After all‚ recess had just
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Odysseus: Lesson Learned In the Odyssey‚ Odysseus goes on a journey that lasts twenty years. He is faced with many challenges and must overcome these challenges if he is to get back home to his son and wife he has left behind. Along the way Odysseus learns about himself and learns many truths. When he returns home he is a wiser man because of what he has seen and also by what he has done himself. Odysseus is a very strong man but Odysseus learns that even the strongest men sometimes have
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and use it. 2 II. Formula for an Essay Basically‚ the writing expected of students in college is of one type that can be used for all disciplines. This handout generally focuses on the basic‚ "formulaic" nature of the college level essay and its components. THIS IS THE PROCESS & ITS PRODUCTS: 1. BRAINSTORM: Write down whatever comes to mind about the topic. 2. A.A.: AUDIENCE ATTRACTOR: This is the first sentence of the opening paragraph which catches the reader’s attention‚
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