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"Mum, I HATE salad, I don 't want to eat salad!!" He says as he slams his hands down on the dining table. The youngest is hardly getting any attention because the oldest is throwing an epic tantrum over something that he hasn 't even tried yet. It 's really not uncommon in our house. I try to keep my calm. "Don 't focus on the things you don 't want to eat, focus on the things you do want to eat. Maybe start with some chicken." I say as I turn his plate so that the chicken is in his face and not the dreaded salad. He hates salad. My partner is looking at me like sympathetically. I tried to tell him when we met that my kid takes salad hatred to the extreme, I am not sure he believed me. Now he does, but he insists we need to "break the habit". This just just a normal night in our house. We try to eat our meal but the older of the two boys is continuing to discuss his disdain for salad. He chews, gags and spits it out. The younger one tries to mimmic him and we try our best to teach him it 's not right without triggering the older one even further. He 's very sensitive at meal time. Between bites of our own and watching the time on the clock get closer and closer to bed time, we try convince him that salad is good for you and tastes nice. the pleas fall of deaf ears. The meal is over, except for him of course. He is still sitting there, because he hates salad. My partner, who isn 't his biological father, takes him outside onto the curb with the piece of corn that 's been…

family we have grown up hearing that anything less than an A isn’t good enough. I don’t blame my parents for pushing my siblings and I, but this standard has been engrained in my mind since day one. It might take a little more work than expected to allow myself to take risks and mistakes in that area. Especially because it not only means a lot to myself, but also to my parents. But the work towards an optimalist state is never over. And I need to learn how to let life takes it path, and not…

Tim O’Brien’s novel The Things They Carried is a story with seemingly no plot, however, upon closer look you will realize that this novel is filled with many reoccurring themes and patterns that give the novel a much deeper meaning. The last 3 chapters have a way of tying the book together with the beginning and give meaning to the questions he poses about what a true war story is. The three main patterns present throughout this novel are the concepts of war and life as a soldier being…

The “maze runner” is mainly about a community set in a dystopia about numerous males trapped in a maze and they are being tested on how they escape. A Universal theme is central idea found within a story or passage. It also represents a message or lesson the author wants to convey. In this story, the author uses universal themes to develop the story in a unique way. The author uses strong males, heroic scenarios, odd elements and social cohesion. The story uses strong males to show how the…

The amazing band that I chose for this project is called Daft Punk. The album that I chose from this band is called Random Access Memory. The album came out in May 17, 2013. Daft Punk produces electronic music. The music in this album though is very upbeat getting you excited and making you want to dance. However, if you’re ever tired, this album has some relaxing music too. In the band, there are two men named Guy Manwell Decristo and Thomas Bangualtor. The two guys play bass, drums,…

The Forbidden Joy of Independence In the short story of Kate Chopin “The Story of an Hour” she shares a story about a woman named Mrs. Mallard with heart trouble who finds out her husband has been involved in an accident and died. She is in disbelief and later realizes that it is a new start for her to actually have freedom, but then later finds out her husband did not die and she dies of a heart attack. The author shows the process of her disbelief turning into actual relief by describing the…

First, a confession: Prior to taking this class, I was not attentive with understanding the requirements, so I will not pretend otherwise. As a student who didn’t enroll in college until my mid-thirties for reasons besides desire or ability to learn, most classes I’ve taken thus far have been very interesting to me. This one I must say, had me challenged, but not in a way I enjoy. Within my professional development, I have worked in operations and logistics for nearly two decades, but lack…

CodeName Zero In Chris Rylander’s novel, CodeName Zero, he describes the life of one kid that thought nothing exciting or peculiar could possibly occur in a place as calm as North Dakota. His name is Carson Fender, a regular student that goes to a regular middle school called Erik Hill Middle School. He’s a troublemaker at his because he sets pranks all over the school. His excuse is that he says North Dakota is way too boring. Some people don’t blame him, the principal kind of thinks thats…

From the General History of Virginia to the Of Plymouth Plantation, both of these stories involve the journey to the new world. Although these stories have few similarities such as, where they came from; the help they received in the new world when they were in trouble; and how they felt on the way to the new world; they also had their differences. Some of the differences that these two stories held was their purpose of why they went to the new world in the first place; how they treated each…

stereotypes can go well beyond the story and truly have an effect on all the readers that read it. Not only that, but it is evident that Valdez knew this could happen and in doing so created something very spectacular with all the stories that he wrote in the regards of stereotypes. On the other hand, “The Rocking-Horse Winner” is on a different end of the spectrum. In this story, it can be seen how greed is a truly evil thing and how it can destruct a family. In his article “Allegory and The…