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    kind to one another and the steps necessary in graduation speeches. Both writers state that acting in kindness, ultimately leads to new freedoms and creates an enlightened human being. In the Commencement Speech, “This is Water: Some Thoughts, Delivered on a Significant Occasion, about Living a Compassionate Life,” Wallace claims that people are naturally self- centered. (235) We only tend to see the world as it relates or pertains to us. Wallace’s speech is meant to change the graduate’s perspective

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    justice system." (SPA, 2015). Additionally, SPA Director, Tim Kittel, participated in an interview on ABC radio where he spoke about the proposed legislation and more broadly about the challenges faced by people with communication impairments. Post-graduation professional pathways for developing advanced knowledge & competency required

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    Chalee For this unit I chose the book Wonder By R. J. Palacio. I will be discussing the overall theme of the book which is kindness. Wonder by R. J. Palacio tells the story of ten-year-old August. The boy was born with a face that isn't exactly normal. His eyes were one inch lower then they were supposed to be and he was born without a chin. He has had countless surgeries one of them being taking some of his hip bone and transferring it to where his chin should be. Over the years, because of his

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    Critique of “Legally Blonde” “Legally Blonde” is a wonderful musical because the colorful scenes gives audience a visual enjoyment, and the beautiful music gives them a fresh acoustic experience. “Legally Blonde” is presented by Performance Riverside and RCC Fine & Performing Arts. It is directed and choreographed by Roger Castellano, and the musical director is Dennis Castellano. I went to watch this great show, which was performed at RCC’s Landis Performing Arts Center, on September 27,2014 at

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    most of the books we read in this class and I especially loved the movie we watched called “Marie Full of Grace” or “Maria Full of Grace” (I can't really remember). This man was so funny and he always just started flaming kids, but in the very fancy way. Class was very interesting and the discussions were always funny, but also very substance based. This class was honestly the highlight of my day, but I think it also depends a lot on the people in the class. People who had Mr. La Bonne 4th or 5th

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    graduating class of 1996, Nora Ephron brilliantly embroiders a message of women's empowerment and determination by strategically incorporating rhetorical devices. Nora Ephron, a graduate of Wellesley College, class of 1962, took her time providing a speech that demonstrates her viewpoints on the evolution of women’s roles in society and the importance of ignoring those roles, and taking charge of one’s own life. By incorporating hypophora, and anaphora, and a specific tone, Ephron is able to compile

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    Graduating from school is only one of the essential tools for a young person to have a successful life. A person endures many long years of schooling, and then the graduation day finally arrives. That special day is one of the most momentous days in a young student’s life. Happiness and sadness are the two emotions a person will feel on that special day. A student will experience happiness because of a significant milestone that was completed in the student’s life. The sad emotions will arise because

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    A funny thing happened to me when I went on my first spring break, I got married (and yes the kind with the ring, paper, and shoving the tongue down the naive guy 's throat after answering a question with I do). I know what your first question might be, and no I wasn’t in Las Vegas (which I would have asked the same thing myself). I know what your second question might be, and no I’m not some rich heiress who father is a billionaire and has money coming out of his butt (and middle class would be

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    in the year of 2010. She took everything from, interviews with refugees to the conversations with fellow journalists in the squares of water colored comics. The charisma of this kind of depiction was that it made everything look very obvious. The speech bubbles were a lot more appealing to audiences than the exhaustive texts and photographs. Earlier comics were generally

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    “If I was ahead of the class on Graduation Day and made a speech and won the Ne Plus Ultra Scholastic Achievement Citation, then we would both have come out on top, we would be even, that was all. We would be even” (52) This is the start of the metaphoric war Knowles portrays in the novel. Gene begins

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