You must do things you think you cannot do Honorary guest‚ lecturers‚ parents‚ fellow graduates‚ good afternoon. I am your valedictorian Oshane Thomas and I am charging you today to do the things you think you cannot do. The important actions aren’t easy. They are hard because of our fears. No one is without them. One of my fears is being here today talking to you. On preparation for graduation‚ I was notified that I had to deliver a speech and the thought of actually doing it terrified me
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the song “Fly Over States‚” they hear the words “Just a bunch of square cornfields and wheat farms” and “ Who’d want to live down there in the middle of nowhere?” There are many reasons why people would want to live in the middle of the United States where Nebraska is located. Arts and Culture‚ Recreation‚ and Agriculture are some of the many reasons why Nebraskans love to live in Nebraska. Nebraska has many opportunities for Arts and Culture. The Pinnacle Bank Arena offers family friendly shows
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“From the interruptions‚ to make a new path‚ from falling‚ a dance step‚ from fear‚ a ladder from dream‚ a bridge…” Excerpt from the poem “In All‚ There Were Three Things” by Fernando Pessoa As human we have certain emotional traits‚ traits that make us unique. I like to call these traits inherent passions. These inherent passions are triggered when interruptions are brought into our life path‚ when a particular life event occurs and your perspective‚ your north suddenly changes. And so for me
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Character and Plot in "Why I live in the P.O." Plot refers to the arrangement of the story’s actions. Any story starts with an introduction in other words an exposition. Let us take Cheever’s short story "The Country Husband". This story started by describing a main situation‚ which had a big influence on the rest of the story. It described the airplane crash experience‚ which the main character went into. After that‚ the author described the main character’s family‚ their relations and the way
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In the literature How I live Now by Meg Rosoff shows how humans deal with emotions like Daisy’s depression and family relationships between Daisy and Piper that are established. Piper and Daisy and the rest of the foster family were sent to a barn. They were there for a few days then a chaotic battle started outside one night. Piper and Daisy were taken out of the barn. They were provided with food and supplies by one of the soldiers. The girls set a mission to go back to their original home. Piper
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This I Cannot Forget‚ by Anna Larina is an interesting guide to how people with knowledge were treated in the USSR. While reading this‚ however‚ one must remember that it is a widow’s memoir and not a guaranteed factual piece of Soviet history. Larina tells us in her preface that her purpose is to attempt to tell the truth‚ as best as can be remembered‚ and also states that‚ "Nikolai would approve of that aim" (38) in reference to her attempt to tell the truth. This is what I believe to be the main
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The purpose of authors writing literary works is to teach specific values and themes that they deem essential to put across to their readers. Francine Prose‚ the author of the excerpt I Know Why the Caged Bird Cannot Read‚ is just by being skeptical of using literary works to teach values because of the way many English classes target the values of the author rather than the literary work itself. By using the two examples of the novels Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain and Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
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Intercultural Research Paper: History and Theory The House I Live In by Eugene Jarecki is a documentary film about the war on drugs in the United States. It raises many contemporary intercultural concerns about the issue‚ but first it would be important to explain what cultural groups it highlights. We would first think about diving the war on drugs between drug users and law enforcement‚ but after watching this movie we can tell that there is a real intercultural issue amongst drug users and prisoners
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Extra credit: SOCI 2201 Name: Lauryn Tonou Sociological analysis of “The House I Live In” The incarceration system in the country has become predicated on economics rather than justice. Drug abuse is not a crime against the society‚ it is mainly medical as problem. Ethnic and racial prejudice rooted social control in American anti-drug policy. Those are arguments deftly assembled in the documentary by Eugene Jarecki with assistance from David Simon‚ former crime reporter. This documentary is
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Best Thing that I Never Had As we know‚ life is not always a garden with flowers. We often have in our hands some roses but that turn out to be with a lot of thorns in it. This is the interesting part of it and we are faced with hard tasks from time to time. The way we deal with these challenges defines who we are. Family is the closest union among people and it is the base column of our lives. Family is a holy thing and the starting point of success or failure in life. Our parents are the guidance
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