Promise

In Adam Braun’s memoir and life guide “The Promise of a Pencil”, the speaker relates his journey of creating Pencils of Promise and the lessons learned along the way. He employs the rhetorical technique of flashback in a way that is both elucidating and memorable, establishing mood of unwitting self-indulgence in a tone that is both austere and sophomoric. Any college worth its salt has a motto, something to aspire to. At FIU it’s “Hope, Knowledge, Opportunity”. While sounding great in…

After some research I found the nonprofit Family Promise. This organization is nationwide but luckily we have one here in Savannah, as well as in Effingham. The organization…

countries to come America. They come to America with their dream and hope of a better path. The promises they believed this country would offer. While people need to face the reality, the American Dream promises a lot of opportunities and a better life because it gives a new beginning, it gives people a new way of life, and the reality is that it’s just a dream. The American dream comes with a lot of promises. In which people with no homes and poor lives can come and have a better life here.…

four stanzas that cover a period of years in this child’s life. This de-evolution is shown through his poems, his paper type, awards for the poems, and the changes in his sister. The poem’s name, “A Person, A Paper, A Promise”, tells you a person will change with the paper, but the promise should not. It starts with him as an innocent child and ends with the, now grown child, taking his own life. In the second and third stanza you notice the decline in the child’s mental health, his control…

We are in a race. Countries all around the world are fighting to dominate the global market. Japan, China, and India are taking advantage of the changing economy and the lack of American tenacity. It is our job, as Americans, to revitalize the American work ethic and propel ourselves into first place. Globalization aided by increased connectivity calls for heightened competition. The automation of skilled and unskilled jobs threatens the American workforce. The economy is changing to…

Promise of America The Promise of America, spoken in different languages all around the world but all the same meaning and destination. To come to this land of liberty and freedom for a new beginning and a new opportunity that has been seemingly unavailable. To receive justice, fairness, equality, and a lifetime of happiness. The Promise of America, prominently known around the world as a new beginning for anyone who steps foot on this land. An example of the Promise of America is the…

Discussion 1 America’s Promise Caring adults is one of the promise of the America’s promise, according to the organization, adult caring plays an important role in the children development. Although parents do care for their children but they need care from the other people such as the adults of their communities, schools and neighborhood. Adult care is most emphasized in schools because it can assist and guide the young students to get purposeful education and to select their career wisely.…

“Stay, I said”. With those three words Jane Hirshfield commands her surroundings as well as her entire body to stay alive in the poem “The Promise”. Hirshfield is literally trying to stop death from occurring all around her. She commands cut flowers to stay alive but they die. She commands a leaf to remain, but it reddens, knowing that it’s impossible to not to. Finally, Hirshfield tries the command on her body. It works for a while, but then her body starts to tremble like it’s ill. She desires…

TMGP 4 Pillars Good academic standing. Students who wish to take part in TMGP will have to maintain good academic standing with their high school, and meet admissions requirements for University of North Texas. Similar to the ISU 4U Promise this is not a merit-based program, and the only requirement is admission to the university (Bruma et al., 2017). Community service. This pillar will require students to participate in 20 hours of community service per year. The community service…

Many parents and children had conflict in the Great Depression times. Many times these children ran away. When the children would come back they would hopefully give their parents a chance. Just a Josh does in “No Promises in the Wind” by Irene Hunt. Like Josh I am much like my parents. I am much like my father because I have his temper, but I am like my mother because I don't like to be, or be by someone being yelled at. All of the men in my family has the “McCabe temper”. Which is when we…