Arslaan, Ibrahim, Kai, and Ashley. You are the greatest friends a person could want. You are each so different and unique that you make friendships a never-ending joy. Thank you for all the times you asked, "What ever you are doing now, will change you're life forever" Don't ever stop being just who you are. Who can forget my beloved parents? You have been there for me not only when I needed you, but when I wanted you exactly at the right moment of time. Dad even though we don't really see eye to
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movies where they would run into minor problems. At the start of senior year I thought I had everything I could have wanted. I kept everyone I knew since freshmen year as close to me as possible. Then came one day where people started to fade away from me. I thought to myself that maybe everyone was just busy, including me. I had volleyball and music rehearsal to worry about so I didn’t
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“A dream is something that fills up the emptiness inside. The one thing that you know if it came true, all of the hurt would go away”. If this is the attitude of the population, then we are all destined to disappointment. Dreams do not necessarily make you happier; dreams are something you long for, but who is to say we know what is best for ourselves? We are all biased to our own desires. We all long to do things in our lives, thinking that if we were to achieve our goals then our lives would
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it any more. The country mouse prefers to be poor and happy rather than be rich and afraid. (82) Commentary: In my opinion, the story is quite interesting and inspiring in general because it teaches us a life lesson. To me (=I think), the ending seems the most interesting part of the story. This is because in the end the country mouse suddenly realizes/learns that he does not want a rich and dangerous life, but a simple and happy one. I like this part because it also inspires us/leads
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The quote explains how if Juliet doesn't go to Saint Peters church on Thursday morning he will drag her there. Lord Capulet also tried to put a guilt trip on Juliet to marry Paris. "I tell thee what get thee to church a Thursday or never after look me in the face. Speak not, reply not, do not answer.(Page 813) The quote is explaining how if Juliet doesn't marry Paris she will never be allowed to talk to him ever again. "Hang thee, young baggage. Disobedient wretch!!" (813). Capulet is calling her
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students so they want to: learn, read, think critically, create, collaborate, and ultimately become lifelong learners and leaders. This is no easy feat. Yet when a child begs for more reading time, dives enthusiastically into a research project, or makes a cross curriculum connection that genuinely excites them, I guarantee a teacher is smiling! Similarly, effective educational administrators purposefully and deliberately seek to create a climate and culture that promotes and perpetuates ongoing learning
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teenage boys in Sierra Leone, Africa, throughout the homicides from the rebels throughout other parts of Africa. This book can bring different moods to you as you read such as, sad mood, anxious thoughts too of what’s going to happen next, and even a happy mood towards the ending. In the first couple chapters, the book gets into introducing the five main boys who tells their life of being a teenager during the homicides in Africa, and the way they live day by day. They describe the condition of the
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carnivals with your parents and begging them to let you go on the bouncy castles and rides? “Mommy! Mommy! Can I please go on the bouncy castle!” and then getting to go and asking again. “Mommy! Mommy! One more time, pretty please!” Well, that was never me when I was growing up. And it was not until last spring when I stepped into a bouncy castle obstacle course for the first time. Think about getting to go on a bouncy castle obstacle course for the first time. You are excited and pumped to see what
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individual and how they define it. Aristotle also states “happiness can be acquired from learning, discipline, chance or from something else.” Does happiness come from external good? While reading, I reflected on my thoughts of happiness and what makes me
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open-minded? Well to make it short being open-minded is witnessing or being a part of something that is outside of your comfort zone, it’s basically breaking the boundaries that you've set up yourself. Everyone has their own perspective, what they believe is right and wrong, and how they act upon themselves and others but hardly do they ever question themselves. Question whether they are happy with their life, if they happy with their values and beliefs, and if they are happy with how they view the
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