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"For Michael"

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I just wanted to stay caught up in it. I feel that often times there are minutes that pass us by that we pay no mind to, some that we even wish away, but seldom there are a few that we just want to stretch on infinitely. As if we could make...

0 Likes | 2 comments | 836 views | Narrative Nonfiction | June 22, 2018

"The twin called anxiety"

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“What’s it like?” I looked up at him from the piece of string I’d pulled from the cushion and had been intricately spinning between my fingers. My initial feeling was of anger; does he think I’m naive enough to believe I’m the...

1 Like | 2 comments | 702 views | Narrative Nonfiction | June 22, 2018

"WHY WE NEED TO REVISE THE EDUCATION SYSTEM"

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Attention Getter: AG Statement: As we are all in this class right now, attending a four-year university, we all know how important a good education is, and how essential it is for our success. A...

0 Likes | 2 comments | 738 views | Speech | November 4, 2017

"THE BURDENS OF SOCIAL OBLIGATIONS: OSCAR WILDE’S “THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST”"

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The Burdens of Social Obligations Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest is one of his most famous works, as it is a satirical play that’s purpose is to ridicule and expose the ridiculousness of Victorian society. While...

1 Like | 1 comment | 2281 views | Essays | November 4, 2017

"COLERIDGE/WORDSWORTH : PREFACE TO THE LYRICAL BALLADS"

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In Wordsworth and Coleridge’s selection from page 296 of Preface to the Lyrical Ballads, the two men are explaining that one can find beauty, fascination, and excitement in something as natural and simple as nature or a conversat...

0 Likes | 0 comment | 1164 views | Essays | November 4, 2017

"ALFRED TENNYSON’S"

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Tennyson on the Struggles of Love and Loss Throughout the course of reading Victorian poetry, there is a pattern that can be found within the context; a problem that one faces, whether in themselves or within society, and a desire or deman...

0 Likes | 1 comment | 846 views | Essays | November 4, 2017

"MY PEDAGOGIC CREED-EDFI 300"

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Pedagogic Creed Throughout this class, we’ve covered about every aspect of the education system that could, and most likely will, affect us as future educators, from governmental issues to societal ones. While we read from various author...

0 Likes | 0 comment | 986 views | Essays | November 4, 2017

"PUDD’N HEAD WILSON ESSAY"

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The Tragedy of Pudd’nhead Wilson Mark Twain’s The Tragedy of Pudd’nhead Wilson, taking place in the mid 1800’s, is full of prejudice’s and stereotypes that we recognize, sadly, as a social norm in a southern society at t...

1 Like | 0 comment | 927 views | Essays | November 4, 2017

"APPLYING THE QUESTION OF SOCIETAL VALUES TO ALBERT CAMUS’"

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PROMPT: What violations of societal values underlie Meursault’s conviction? Is there any evidence suggesting that Meursault accepts responsibility by the novel’s end? The Stranger Taking place in Algeria in the 1940’s, Alber...

0 Likes | 0 comment | 1073 views | Essays | November 4, 2017

"APPLYING THE QUESTION OF HUMANITY TO HARPER LEE’S"

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To Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee’s, “To Kill a Mockingbird”, is one of the most famous and classic pieces of literature today. The novel depicts a society in which black people and white people are segregated; racism is alive in th...

0 Likes | 0 comment | 1110 views | Essays | November 4, 2017

"Rope Swing"

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“Here I go…I’m really gonna do it!” She screamed, knees bent, grasping the rope between her tiny hands. “You’ve been saying that for the last five minutes! The longer you wait the worse it is!” He laughed back at her, already...

0 Likes | 1 comment | 824 views | Realistic Fiction | October 11, 2017

"How do I edit one of my posts?"

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To edit a previous post, click "Profile" in the upper right hand corner of the website. This will bring you to your profile page with all of your previous posts. In the bottom right hand corner of each post, there is an "Edit" button next t...

3 Likes | 0 comment | 980 views | General | July 19, 2017

"Chapter 1. (idea #2)"

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Contrary to what one might believe, silence can be the most deafening sound in existence. Nothing makes your ears burst like standing in complete silence, stillness reverberating around you, bouncing back to hit you with a force that could...

0 Likes | 1 comment | 887 views | Realistic Fiction | June 17, 2017

"Because It’s Safe"

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“I just don’t understand why she’s still with him. Everyone can tell he’s not right for her.” “You don’t understand because you’ve never been in a long term relationship, Jaime.” “Um, ouch.” “I’m not ins...

1 Like | 0 comment | 906 views | Realistic Fiction | June 8, 2017

"PHILOSOPHY PAPER ON UTILITARIANISM, PLEASURE, HAPPINESS AND EXPERIENCE"

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Utilitarianism, Pleasure, Experience and Happiness The Principle of Utility (or the Greatest Happiness Principle) “holds that actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote happiness, wrong as they tend to produce the reverse of...

0 Likes | 0 comment | 993 views | Essays | June 8, 2017