THEME The title of this short story “Two Kinds” is describes the theme of this story. The mother had stated that there are only two types of daughters. “Those who are obedient and those who follow their own mind.” (pg 412) Jing Mei did not understand the truth or meaning behind that declaration until after her mothers death. Jing Mei realized that her mother only meant that she could be an obedient child by listening to her mother while at the same time follow her own heart and want her own prodigy
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Jakob and Wilhelm Grimm wrote the short story “Godfather Death” in the early 1800’s. “Godfather Death” is a short story illustrating how one’s greed can overtake anything in life. The story speaks of a poor man that has twelve children and a thirteenth on the way. The poor man finds Death and asks if he will be the godfather of his thirteenth child. Death gladly accepts and takes the child as if he were his own‚ making him a well-known famous doctor. The doctor tries to cheat death not once‚ but
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Do you remember your first day in the university? Well‚ I remember my first day I was waiting all the summer to start at the university and my new life. I felt happy because I was going to start studying what I want but at the same time I was very nervous because it was my first day in the university and I didn’t know any person so welcome to my life as a college student that change my life forever and also the best experience in my life. In the first day I was lost and I had to ask one person
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Name: Chelsea Walsh Topic: Breakfast Proposition: Students should eat breakfast. General Purpose: To convince. Specific Purpose: Statement of policy. ATTENTION STEP I. Opening Statement of Interest A. Reason (s) to Listen B. Speaker Credibility C. Thesis Statement Begin with an Attention Step that is an: Opening statement of interest (use one or more of the following): * A rhetorical question * A startling statement * A quotation * An illustration
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Public transport is a fantastic idea. It’s cheap‚ it’s accessible‚ it’s safe‚ it’s quick and it’s better for the environment. If this is the case‚ then why is it that it’s still vastly underutilised by the general public? Well‚ the description above is wrong. All of these positive statements have actually turned public transport into a nightmare. Whilst on public transport‚ all I feel is misery and anguish at the prospect of the journey continuing and wondering why I left my car at home. The worst
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TO MAKE A GOOD PRESENTATION YOU NEED TO plan it to the last detail write out the presentation in full time the presentation to fit the available time reduce the script to notes of the most important points (it is from notes only that the presenter should give his/her final presentation) rehearse the whole of the presentation ‚ not just bits of it let the audience see your better qualities from the start be able to create a positive emotional atmosphere structure the presentation correctly focus
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Q-1) DESCRIBE YOURSELF Ans: I’m a people person. I really enjoy meeting and working with a lot of different people. * I’m a perfectionist. I pay attention to all the details‚ and like to be sure that everything is just right. * I’m a creative thinker. I like to explore alternative solutions to problems and have an open mind about what will work best. * I’m efficient and highly organized. This enables me to be as productive as possible on the job. * I enjoy solving problems
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In nowadays education system‚ the grades of students in each subject is determined by their achievements. But some students may not agree with this as they think they have worked very hard to finish the works‚ but since they have low skills ‚ they can’t achieve high grades and this is unfair to them. I think high grades should be given to achievement rather than effort because the grade is given according to the quality of the work but not the quantity. The aim of doing a work is to see how
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Working Mothers All mothers are working mothers‚ but those who have a career away from home have an extra challenge in their life. In many families today‚ mothers continue to work because they have careers that they have spent years developing. Some mothers need to work to support their family. I’m against working mothers because she will be bad mood most of the time‚ she will not have time for her home and children‚ and can’t have fun time because she is busy every weekend. The first
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Assessed Task CU1531 Engage in personal development in health‚ social care or children’s and young people’s settings Your assessed task for this unit is explained below. Your completed task should be uploaded on EDI and your Assessor will give you feedback (usually within 5 working days). The time (e.g. 1 hour) which you will see next to each task‚ is a guide to how long the task should take you to complete. This excludes research and reading time which you will need to do in addition to ensure
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