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    In the three stories, ‘The Darkness Out There’, ‘Compass and Torch’ and ‘My Polish Teachers Tie’, the writers present peoples relationships. Although they all look at different types of relationships they have similar messages and hidden meanings that are conveyed using complexity and language. For example in the three stories the writers include messages telling us not to judge other people. In ‘The Darkness Out There’ we learn that the characters that Sandra initially judged were in fact the

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    Chloe Hopwood My Polish Teacher’s Tie During Carla’s voyage of discovery, she begins to lean a lot of things about herself which she had never come to realise were her main characteristics which together, all created the self conscious woman she is. Ashamed of her career, Carla is portrayed to under estimate what she is capable of. This assumption is created from the extrinsic feedback others give her and the way they fluctuate their personas. ‘Oh, er- Mrs, er- Carter’ Showing very little knowledge

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    youth. This is what the story “My Polish Teacher’s Tie” by Helen Dunmore from 2000 is about. It is about the protagonist’s life as a Part-time catering staff and how her life develops. Half polish, uniform, a blue overall and a white cap with the school logo on it. Carla is a single mother working as Part-time catering staff, for £3,89 per hour. She doesn’t dislike her job, but she isn’t positive about it. She thinks she is lesser than her “colleagues”, the teachers, who are professionals, while

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    Helen Dunmore Analysis

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    herself through objects. For instance ‘wiped my surfaces’ the use of the pronoun suggests that wiping the surface is all she is. It can also symbolically show that she is trying to ‘wipe’ away the status she holds. To exemplify this further, ‘the bird… sang and sang until it died’ this is a powerful image of a free creature that is trapped until it dies. This is representative of her being silenced by her father as he prevented her from learning polish.

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    For my third writing assignment, I decided to attend the Writing Center for the first time. The Writing Center is at the O’Leary library in the third floor. You should do an appointment for a secure spot, but you can go and if they have availability when you go and you can they’ll set you up with someone. When I went in the Writing Center there was a student working there and I told her that I wanted someone to view my Book Report for my Politics class. I went to the Writing Center with the hope

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    well as adapt to the use of textbooks, essays, assignments, and test. Typically, in high school my teachers gave me rubrics that were the blueprint of my assignments and a grading system that limited my potential because it taught me to do only enough to get by. High school teachers spent their time directing me on procedures instead of teaching critical thinking, which would be the reason later for my unpreparedness in college. High school writing was simpler and straight-forward in contrast to

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    of my assignments and grading system. As a result, I was limited from showing all my potential and only did enough to get to by. High school teachers spent their time directing me and students on procedures instead of teaching us about critical thinking, which would later be the reason for my unpreparedness in college. "Put your thesis here or this comma or period should go there" was the only thing I would hear in my English classes throughout high school never was I told to write my assignment

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    The “before it fail” portion of the line speaks to the fleeting and fading of the young girls’ beauty due to age. The speaker then says that they will “cry with my loud lips and publish” this line referencing the proclamation of a young lady’s beauty by either a courtier or in the case of royalty, that same proclamation by the people whom serve under a princess or queen. To publish would be to spread out and distribute

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    chisel the wrong way, he keeps pointing the chisel towards himself. This is a very dangerous thing to do as the chisel can slip and cause a serious injury. Ed has ignored the safety rules he was taught at school, perhaps he should have listened to the teacher during

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    or break the chance to gain employment in the medical field. At Carrington College the dress code includes grey scrubs with the Carrington logo, and closed leather or leather-like shoes. It is a requirement that nails be kept short, with clear polish (if any), and that males with facial hair keep beards and/or mustaches neat and clean. Women’s hair is pulled away from their faces during lab, and jewelry kept to a minimum. A wedding ring is allowed, earrings that do not dangle, and a watch with

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