...It was a hard time for me to be only eight years old. I could see hardship around me but couldn’t do anything about it. The hardships plowed through us like we were made of tissue paper. No matter what I did and what reserves of strength I tried to draw upon, they weren't enough. I was not big enough. I was not fast enough. I was not good enough. I come from a joint system family that is typically common in Pakistan. My father has 3 brothers and 4 sisters and he is younger among the all. We were having a prefect life with my paternal grand-father, my parents, uncles and aunties. We all faced the death of our grandfather that effects on everyone at some instant. But my father didn’t imagine that his life would have been affected the most....
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...Appointment of Head Boy/ Head Girl 2015/2016 PLEASE READ THIS CAREFULLY BEFORE COMPLETING YOUR APPLICATION FORM Background information Featherstone High School is committed to developing a wide range of opportunities for students throughout the school to develop their leadership skills and to take on the responsibility of planning, managing and delivering their own projects. Many students take on these roles quietly and steadily without many people being aware of what they are doing. Some roles, however, attract a much higher profile as the student(s) involved represent the school as an institution and all other Featherstone students in general. Head Boy and Head Girl are possibly the two roles with the highest profile and they are selected each year from Year 12 students. Their role includes : • Speaking at public events (such as Awards Evenings and Assemblies) • Representing the school (and especially their Key Stage) to the wider community • Liaising with specific members of staff such as the Head and Deputy Head, the Director of Sixth Form, senior members of staff and the Enrichment Co-ordinator • Working closely with and supporting TLRs for each year group and the School Council • Contributing to change/ improvement in by being involved in working groups, meetings etc A Deputy Head Boy and Head Girl will also be formally appointed and applicants are asked to state whether they wish to be considered for these posts. They will...
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...Speech I believe the role of head girl is more than just a badge and a title. It means being a good leader and representative of the school, respecting your friends and peers, being trustworthy, and having pride in our school community. I’d meet the challenge of being head girl but I would approach it with enthusiasm and determination, an open mind and everyone’s best interest at heart. If I am elected as head girl I will make sure everyone feels comfortable and included and is doing the right thing, that preps and new students always feel welcome, I am willing to be open to listen to people's ideas and opinions, and that the school grounds are always clean and tidy. Even if all these things mean giving up my lunch times and recesses, I am willing to dedicate my extra time that I have into being school captain and to the responsibilities that come with this honourable title. Now, I have to admit that I don’t know everything, and I also know I’m not the smartest, sportiest or the tallest candidate for the job but I will promise you this, if you vote for me elected, I will put everything I can in to the role of school captain, because being a leader would not only be a huge honour but it would be my biggest pleasure. I will do whatever is needed to help our school and the people inside it, I am overflowing with ideas and ways to make our school a better place. This role demands time, effort, organisation and confidence as well as dedication. I cannot think of anything...
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...10th March, 2016. MR WILSON STUDENT LEADERS/YEAR 13 PREFECT POSITIONS Dear Mr Wilson, I am writing this letter in application for the position of Year 13 Prefect. This position is a vital part of the school system and acts as a helping hand to the school and its students. This role is a leading demonstration of the school’s abilities and I feel that I am ready to take on such responsibilities. Having addressed fairly large crowds, I am now a clearer and more confident communicator. This will not only help me manage large groups of people but also help me in carrying out requests to improve the school community. One key element of this position is to assist the staff in running the school smoothly, however there is more to the position. A prefect is looked up to by younger pupils and is there to set an example for others to follow. In the 3 years that I have been at St Christopher’s School, I have seen past prefects carry out their duties and as a younger pupil then, I admired how much effort they put into these duties, thus making me learn from them. I will therefore utilise what I have learnt to become a successful prefect. Helping students’ progress through school is possibly the most important feature of a prefect’s duty. Volunteering to work with younger pupils in my previous school not just academically but also socially has given me an insight into this vital role. Assisting whoever is in need, whether they're troubled by academic or personal problems is essential...
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...back in L.A. this weekend, she’ll be here Friday night, and you did not hear that from me.” “Thanks for the head up, she didn’t mention that when I talked to her thirty minutes ago.” “I guess she wanted to surprise you.” “Yeah, maybe one day I’ll surprise her.” “I doubt it.” “Me too.” Libra hangs up, Robbie does as well. He goes back observing Tamara, her cohort. Kate is usually traveling, even though she as well as Robbie have homes in Los Angeles. It’s rare for both to be in town at the same time. Robbie, as expected, is looking forward to the weekend, time for this assignment to be over. Robbie kicks back, peeks at his wristwatch, peers out one last time at Tamara and her companion. The two completely unaware of the reality that their life is about to be changed drastically. CHAPTER 5 The Daring, Devoted, Defiant Delight Later That Same Day Stretched next to the beach is the scenic PCH, better known as the world famous Pacific Coast Highway, just more than three hours later, the beach as usual was packed with the usual collection of motley mortals. Tourists, surfers, pubescent teenage girls, in opalescent vivid, sparse bathing suits, all were there. Robbie is ripping it in his victory red Audi A5, cruising in the fast lane headed north. Robbie's sunglasses hide his eyes, he’s ironically dressed in his U.S. naval uniform, which is his cover. The radio blasts to the American soul-pop duo Wild Belle’s ‘Dreamland,’ as Robbie enjoys the drive with the top down. Robbie embarks...
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...VESPASIAN ROME’?S EXECUTIONER Robert Fabbri read Drama and Theatre at London University and has worked in film and TV for twenty-five years. As an assistant director he has worked on productions such as Hornblower, Hellraiser, Patriot Games and Billy Elliot. His lifelong passion for ancient history –? especially the Roman Empire –? inspired the birth of the Vespasian series. He lives in London and Berlin. First published in Great Britain in 2012 by Corvus, an imprint of Atlantic Books Ltd. Copyright ©? Robert Fabbri 2012. The moral right of Robert Fabbri to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act of 1988. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior permission of both the copyright owner and the above publisher of this book. This is a work of fiction. All characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author’?s imagination or are used fictitiously. 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. ISBN: 978-1-84887-912-6 (Hardback) ISBN: 978-1-84887-913-3 (Trade paperback) ISBN: 978-0-85789-676-6 (eBook) Printed in Great Britain. Corvus An imprint of Atlantic Books Ltd Ormond...
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...wedding a couple weekends ago that in my sense of adventure you trusted me in any situation, from snowshoeing a mountain and sledding down, to standing below me while I‘m chain sawing 80ft up above you. I have to tell you how I got started and became the guy you share these crazy adventures with. Skydiving one time has changed my perspective on life to be sure. Just starting out in a new job and trying to figure out what life was about and where I was headed. I decided it was time to mix things up, do something I didn’t think I had the guts to actually do. Go jump from a perfectly good plane attached to someone I didn’t know, that is an “expert“ in the area of falling from great heights (more than once!) . I had been in a plane only two or three times sight seeing, without the urge to open the door no less. The sky is a cold, crisp aqua marine with thin wispy clouds. The walls are a cold steel grey. Rivets hold everything together. A faded tan leather seat, cracked from years speed, pitch, heading and Altitude. A small window on my right side above my head provides the only meager view on the ascent to a totally new view on life. It’s dark behind me where the Instructor waits patiently for the call to go. There’s a small poster on the sliding door that says “Humpty Dumpty was pushed” with a picture of him falling (the irony of which, will hit me in a moment). The wind is leaping in and out of the plane as we speed toward our goal of 10,000ft. The man kneeling in front...
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...underlying message is that women are just as humans as men and they have the same yearning desire for freedom as the men in their life (Chopin, 1894). The story of Mrs. Mallard Louise Mallard is the major character of the story. She is represented as a fair and calm woman along with little indication of being strong. She was suffering from heart disease and that is why the death of her husband was disclosed to her after much hesitation. Her character envelops a mixture of happiness and grievance. It can clearly be observed when she got the news of her husband’s death. Despite of going into shock, she dramatically cried hard for a time (Jamil, 2009). Owing to the fact that she had a heart trouble, she must had went into shock, however, she was calm and started considering the new opportunities her life may pose her. She welcomed some mysterious things appearing to her from the sky and her actions show that she was feeling immense independence after her husband’s death. She was overjoyed with the fact that she could lead her life without any domination (Seyler, 2009). At start, the weaker side of her character was portrayed, whereas, in room alone she was stronger and her heart was full of energy knowing the fact that she was free. Her weakness returned when she realized that her husband did not actually died. The news quickly took her life. Doctors claimed it death due to joy, however, it was death due to shock of snatched freedom at once. Due to the fact...
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...Research Paper (Everyman) 3-8-2013 Mikeal Anderson Everyman is a metaphorical play that illustrates the value of life and death. Everyman was written by an anonymous author, but many believe that it was a priest or monk who would normally write morality plays. Everyman is a character that is supposed to represent your everyday human. In the story God decides that Everyman has become obsessed with wealth and other materialistic things. Resulting in Him teaching Everyman a lesson which is death. Death can be treated and perceived differently in many societies due to religious and moral beliefs. In the story, the author sees death as just important as life. The message that can be taken from this story is that death does not care who you are. It is impossible for anyone to escape death. The author sees death as a man’s final stand, in which there is no return. No man knows when death will come aside from God, so no man can prepare for it. The characters that the author use are to represent realistic characteristics that a lot people have and lose throughout their lives. Good deeds, knowledge, discretion, strength, Everyman’s five wits and beauty. The story begins with Death approaching Everyman to let him know that his life is coming to an end. In response, Everyman tries to bribe Death by giving him a thousand pounds but he declines by saying if he wanted wealth all wealth could be his. Death also tells him to find someone to accompany him on his journey. Everyman...
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...When it comes to matters of thermodynamics, which is the study of energy and it’s transformations, there are two laws that apply to everything in the universe. These laws, known as the 1st and 2nd laws of thermodynamics, describe the flow of energy throughout an ecosystem, and also how the process of transferring energy provides the means to sustain life within it. The rainforest is a very complex ecosystem that contains many different species of animals, insects, plants, and trees. The 1st law states that an organism can not create the energy it needs to survive on it’s own and therefore must capture it from it’s surrounding environment, i.e., photosynthesis. During this process, solar energy from the sun absorbs into the plant and vegetation population, converting the chemical energy into sugar. Insects and animals in turn eat the plants, and then use that very same sugar as an energy source to power their movement. This is called biological work. The energy remaining is given off as heat and released back into the environment from which it originated. This ensures that the amount of energy present in the environment is always the same, as it is borrowed and returned, but never lost. The 2nd law simply states that the amount of energy that can be used to do biological work within the universe may decrease over time, however because it is both borrowed and returned, the total amount of energy present will not decrease, and therefore will always be the same. The rainforest...
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...01/10/2012-2nd paper Cold Nightsky I think of death as a transcendence to another state of being, that even after death I will keep on existing. At least I hope and live my life as such, since I love living, therefore I must keep on existing.. I must admit that I don’t think I would be in a healthy mental state to write this paper, if I really had pondered about the thought of death as an ending. I believe one would think of death in a real sense, either when they end up in a position of losing their health, or having a disease which is likely to make them feel death is near. Plato’s quote “the distraction of body on soul ” in this case would influence one to ask himself more serious questions and find real answers , instead of the ones he would ask himself, in his comfortzone of body and soul in harmony. Dying and being transformed into something else as particles in soil or whatever form that might take, is inevitable. Our physical existence will definitely become something else but our soul, will be separated from it, finally “splitting itself from the body” as Socrates interprets. From that moment on, our soul will no longer be disturbed by other effects such as time, and this state would be “all that a philosopher (a mortal) would ask for” he adds. But how is it that the soul lives on when the body dies? I can think and philosophize about things and happenings I have acquaintance with , how is it possible that the soul can keep thinking in a form without the...
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...would have been forever lost, the glamor of its poetry never felt even in vague suggestions, and the delicate melodies never perceived. As a friend suggested to me when grief was most oppresive: "You shall always remember her as a child." How beautiful I felt it was! For nothing but poetry could give such a feeling. In such a moment, reason would have destroyed me with consummate triumph; for if I had tried to explain why God had snatched away from me the thing I loved best in life, I would have allowed reason to rob me of sorrow to show me the way to a more beautiful, more full, and nearly perfect life. Sonia shall always live in my memory as a child who wonders why the stars shine in the sky and the rain drops from heaven and the grass grows on the wayside; as a child who finds all things pure and true in her innocent eyes. I shall look in those eyes and see so much confidence and faith when I feel that I am losing my own faith and confidence. I shall draw from my memory of her a child's enthusiasm for life when my heart is heavy and my eyes are dim with age. This is my ideal;...
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...her mother that she made her vows to herself that her life would be different life, and made her decision that the best way to avoid that to go back to school, but she accepted at Humanities Preparatory Academy as public high school which they did not know she is herself as homeless. She did become more intelligence student and loved to learning she can do. At last, she finally accepted to enter into Harvard University after her 15 different of scholarships already awarded. Liz felt her parent made her feel loved and understood that her parent had disease that prevented them from giving her more than they did. Her father, with whom she is close and has developed AIDS,. Liz does not feel she has moved past of her childhood rather she stayed her part of everything about who she is. She has learned from her experiences and looked her new life. She now is brilliant and intelligent education and person. She can share with all the people how she felt her experience about her homeless life. About Murray Barr, I hadn’t known very well about his life, but I do know Liz’s life than Murray. I read his article which is showing no real reason why he was homeless considering he was ex-marine. He just did not like to attempt to make a change his life because he just did not want to help from someone and want to stay on the street till God take his life after he dies. I think that he had no self-control and became his way of life where he was able back to drinking and living on the streets...
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...Learning expectances is a part of life that every individual will face as they go through life. Some Parents who have a child with a disorder or disability may find it to be challenge. It human nature to compare your children against other children from the day they are born. When parents find out the diagnosis of their child having Autism, you start to blame yourself, and child world will shift. Some of the problems that exist with Autism frequent trips to the bathroom, acting out in a classroom setting, and having to speck with teachers about Autism Some other problems that exist with Autism is delayed speech, lack of ability to focus and learn, social and emotional development with peers. Autism can strain and stress family members. Parents may find this problem difficult to discuss with outsiders. Grant funding for individuals with Autism recognizing there are multiples needs for children with Autism, such as bring awareness to communities who are impacted by Autism. Grant proposal award is in the amount of $600,000 with 27 organizations in need of funding helps with therapies and treatment services in Texas. Low- income high school students with ADS diagnosis and those that take care of them are able to receive help from Insurance resource centers, grant funding to help cover others needed. One of the problems find with services is transfer from security of federally mandated services to public school services, adult services, and post secondary educations. These problems...
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...realize what we were craving for. There are things that are not meant for you, things that are not fitted in your personality, and things that were not written in your life on earth. Thinking every day of what you want or what you really don’t need. Sometimes we wish things that we know we can’t have. We have to accept that not all people or even you were destined in what you want to be. There are millions of purposes for why it’s not meant for you. The unexpected never is and that’s life. No one could predict. No one could change what’s done. Every second past was part of our history. Every breath you take is something affect in your environment. Every time you make them happy was a moment for them. Your goals and plans are not the things that God will give to you. There’s always reason why. We can’t ask nor knew about it. Things that are not meant for you have a replacement. Replacement that is better in your future. So you don’t need to depress yourself on what’s not destined to you. Never give up on what you started for. There is one thing for you that you need to be patient for you to achieve it. Don’t just think that when you’re out of time or out of your mind you give it up. Try harder than you try. Try the best of best. Try to work on it. Don’t just let your goals see you crying for it. Sometimes in our life, God is trying to test us how your faith works to him. He makes us depressed and tired of trying and trying. As long as you can, try and try until you reached what...
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