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    Final American Literature paper The three works that I chose to write about for my final paper for this class are the “Way to Wealth” (1758) by Benjamin Franklin “The Raven” by Edger Allan Poe and “The legend of Sleepy Hollow” by Washington Irving. The reason that I chose to write about these three pieces is that they really stuck out to me the most in this class. The Way to Wealth stuck out to me one because I had never read it before so it was nice to read something new and it also made me…

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    “To Kill a Mocking Bird” by Harper Lee and “Nothing Gold Can Stay” by Robert Frost, they work together in showing how one thing that use to be accepted has changed due to time. These pieces challenged the status quo of the time period they are from along with today’s world with things still prevalent such as white supremacy riots and racial deviation. It might not be as bad as it once was, but we have a far way to come. “People generally see what they look for, and hear what they listen for.”…

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    to be prepared for anything that comes my way. This past year, a lot of things were thrown my way, but it made me learn a lot. This year I have many goals to be the best version of myself, I can be. To do this I need to start off with some changes and make some resolutions. I need to stop procrastinating as much because I leave everything until the last minute and it never really goes well. To improve my relationship with my family and friends, I will work on being more patient with everything.…

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    Martin Boyce Analysis

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    In what ways can the work of Martin Boyce be seen as an act of memorializing? INTRODUCTION This essay will serve to analyze four different aspects of Martin Boyce's work which can be interpreted as acts of memorial. It will explore methods of production, the context behind the work, materials used and the aesthetics of his installations. Insight from relevant theorists and critics, such as John Berger, Walter Benjamin and Nicolas Bourriaud, along with Boyce's own words, will be utilized and…

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    risen over if the tuition for a college student should be free. “Tennessee Is Showing How Free Tuition Community College Works” by Celeste Carruthers, “Free Tuition Is a Needless Windfall for Affluent Voters and State Institutions” by Michael J. Petrilli, and “The Problem Is That Free College Isn’t Free” by Andrew P. Kelly argue at the definition if having a free tuition could work. Meanwhile, “Obama’s “Free” Community College Scheme” by Michael A. LaFerrara, and “Free Tuition Can Boost Latinos…

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    The Toyota Way Summary

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    In the book, “The Toyota Way” by Jeffrey Liker, the author introduces that the 14 principles of the Toyota way could be divided into four categories, including “long-term philosophy, the right process will produce the right results, add values to the organizations by developing your people, and continuously solving root problems drives organizational learning”. From my perspective, I want to talk about them from three major aspects. I will talk about their system firstly, then continue to show…

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    all have forgotten is to just become young again for a while. Young people have fun, they experience so many things. And they always make the best out of it. Some adults have forgotten things like having fun, not being uptight all the time, and to make the best out of the situation. A good reason to why they have forgotten such things is that they now have to worry about a lot of other things that they don't have time to get some downtime. Let me tell you about being young. Not having fun…

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    technology, and economic activity into an area. The Industrial Revolution occurred in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Work was mostly done in the homes by hand because there were no machines to do the work. If often took much longer to manufacture one thing because a person could only work during the day, and they did not have the means to produce more than one thing at a time. Before the Industrial Revolution, people traditionally lived in small, rural areas. Their lives mostly…

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    leading to slow in doing things, work efficiency is low, but rather absent-minded at work, do it doesn't matter, for example, at work and at the same time play with mobile phones, a brush WeChat circle of friends, for a moment take a look at the news, not concentrate, lead to always is not in working condition, low efficiency of nature. Countermeasures: wholeheartedly with the working condition of high efficiency, therefore, want to quit the habit of desertion (TSR), at work, subconsciously…

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    want to be these things when they grow up. However, so many of us don’t become these things. We go to school and our told that things like math and science are the fundamentals of life. That E=mc squared is one of the most important things to learn in your life. But what does any of that mean to an artist, an actor, a writer? Nothing. Schools beat it into our heads nonetheless. Schools kill creativity. Schools kill creativity in a multitude of ways. One of the most prominent ways of doing that…

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