English 1 Essay 7

Which is most important in writing dialogue from memory: accuracy, succinctness, or liveliness? Why? I think that accuracy is the most important when writing from memory. I think it’s important because an autobiography is about someones life, and if it has stories that never happened, or stories that did happen but the outcome is different then what actually happened. Accuracy along with the person is the core of the book. If you can’t get it accurate then why write it at all? Accuracy is just something that if it didn’t get written correctly when writing your autobiography, then it’s like your just selling a box filled with broken promises, empty dreams, and lies beyond compare. Just imagine you went to your best friend and told her that your actually working for the FBI, and your name isn’t actually your name, and that your moving to be replaced for more missions and that your whole life you’ve been lying to her. Yeah she isn’t going to look at you funny at all.

I do think that the other two are important, take succinctness for example. If it is something that wasn’t exactly life changing, but important that is when you would use succinctness. For the people who don’t know what this is, it’s when you give a detailed script in a very condensed form.

Liveliness is also important, if your at a party and it’s noisy, and crazy, you want to be able to capture the liveliness of it or it’s just a regular party where nothing really happened.

Personal Finance Essay 6

From last August (2016) to this August (2017) I have probably gotten $200-$250, all from babysitting, and raking leaves. Then this week I got about $12.50 from babysitting.

What do you expect to happen to your income over the year? Hopefully it will grow. I want to get a part-time job, which might be hard because I’m so young, and it needs to be in the morning. I want my income to at least double, by next August (2018). My parents are really supportive, and think that it will be a great opportunity to learn responsibility. I’m really excited to what this year will hold, and the opportunities that I can grab, before they slip away.

Business 1 Essay 4

How can the strategy of going the extra mile help me attain these goals? If I want to be successful, I mean really successful I need to go the extra mile in everything. My Church calls it, don’t have a mediocre attitude. It’s going to help me attain these goals because a lot of teenagers out there only do a mediocre job, so a teen with a really good work ethic is very rare these days, and that I think is where I will succeed.

Going the extra mile doesn’t mean just doing extra things, your attitude is what people are really going to see. If you’re working and doing extra things but having a really bad attitude, let me tell you people will not put up with that for long. Working with a good attitude, and going the extra mile will take you far in life.

It will help me attain my goals in life because going the extra mile at any age especially in the teen years catches the eyes of leaders. If going the extra mile catches the eyes of leaders so will having a bad attitude, just not in the way you want your boss to see you.

 

Business 1 Essay 3

What am I willing to settle for one year from now? I would be willing to settle for not being the best in math, I would give up time to become better in ballet, singing.

What am I willing to settle for on my 18th birthday? I would be willing to settle for a part time job, I want to have at least finishing high school, and I don’t know if college is for me yet.

What am I willing to settle for at age 25? I would be willing to settle for either finishing college, or it being my last year. I want to be out of the house, and I want to have a full time job.

English 1 Essay 6

How did Kourdakov use contrasts to strengthen his book? He used quite a lot, the first contrast, is the treatment of the Christians, and the ones arresting or the persecution party. Kourdakov and his men were paid very well for their work. As well as being respected, praised, and even at times feared by other comrads. While the Christians were shunned sometimes publicly, beaten sometimes to the point of death.

The second contrast is what Moscow said to him, and what he saw with his own eyes. The Communists told him that The Believers were all old fools, who were Christians from the October Revolution. Kourdakov saw something much different, there were young Believers, who were filled with energy, and life. One girl caught his eye, she had come to three meetings, and was beaten every single time, with the exception of the third. One of Kourdakov’s own men had shielded her from a blow.

The third contrast is the contrast in behavior, the Persecution party generally liked to drink, get so drunk they would ask themselves and their friends what had happened to them, and have parties. The Persecution party could get angry very quickly, and use their anger as fuel to beat up the Christians. However the Christians weren’t very ill-tempered, they were kind, had lots of courage, and never touched vodka, which Kourdakov described as youth’s demon.

This last contrast doesn’t have anything to do with the Christians actually. It is the difference between Communist ideology, everything he was taught was shown when he got his medal. There was a huge celebration that day, It was Lenin’s 100th birthday There was going to be a banquet, that would include lot’s of drunken men. Kourdakov was chosen to speech that day, was given a medal, and honors, and was named, “the top youth of the nation.” He said it was the proudest day of his life, and would never forget it. After the speech when everyone was drunk he saw a very, very drunk Comrade Orlaf saying, “Communism is the greatest curse known to man!” Kourdakov got scared, hoping no-one saw him, and feared for his life the next few days.

This experience made Kourdakov lose his faith in Communism, and made him believe in himself. He made himself “god” and only focused on rising to the top.

Personal Finance Essay 5

Is it immoral to be wealthy? I don’t think so, because if someone works hard, and earns their money justly then they have a right to the money that they work for and earn.

Is it unjust that some people have more wealth than you? I say no to this as well, because normally they have worked hard to get to the position that they are in, and aren’t going to roll over just because someone doesn’t make as much money as them.

You also have to think of the future, and what Communism will do to us if we move towards it in the future. If the richer people just have to give the less fortunate people whatever percent of their money, it will have these effects.

A. It will teach the less fortunate people to be lazy, and that the richer people will be their source of income. Some people may still work and be productive, but a large percent will continue to do nothing, and will not get a grip on what the real world is supposed to be like.

B. The richer people will wonder why they’re working so hard if they just have to give it all up to people who are lazy. So they will stop working, and the less fortunate people will wonder what happened when their money stops coming, then everyone’s living on the street because they can’t pay the bills, all because of this thing called Communism.

What moral limits are there on how how a person can gain wealth? There are some limits whether they are illegal, or just plain stupid. Illegal equals stealing, illegal poker, or illegal betting. Stupid equals, Jumping off high cliffs, or just not using common sense.

 

 

English 1 Essay 5

Kourdakov was a Communist, and the KGB wanted him and about 20 other people to go find the Christians, beat them up, and throw them in jail. Kourdakov and his other men where going to go find them, and get the pastors.

When they arrived at the cottage, all the soldiers armed and ready to raid the house. He peeped a look through the window, and saw some men sitting in a circle, and singing Russian hymns. Instead he found himself politely knocking on the door. When someone opened the door, they were ready to fight, but found themselves looking at a man who was smaller than all of the soldiers. “Are you the police?” he asked. Kordakov didn’t know what to do, so he said. “Yes,” whispering as if to not break up the meeting.

Here he was a huge man working for the KGB, with about 20 other armed men, to come arrest them all. The men were short, and he was whispering as if to not disrupt the meeting.

The man said, “We aren’t breaking any law, it says so in here that any, religious act can be performed.” Again Kourdakov didn’t know what to do, so they ended up just arresting the 2 pastors, and didn’t beat anyone up.

Kourdakov was confused, and said he would rather be in a bar against 20 men with switch knives, than have this awkward, humiliating conversation again.

When they got back to the camp, their leader behind the operation was mad. “Why didn’t you at least bust some brains?” He asked fuming. “They weren’t fighting back.” Kourdakov protested weakly. “We have to use different methods, with different people.” His boss didn’t care, “They are our enemies, our biggest threat, I don’t care what they were doing, we have to wipe them out.”

So Kourdakov and his men where trained, they went back to butting heads in bars, and all their hearts were turned to steel.

Before all this when he was training cadets, one of the cadets committed suicide. Not wanting to deal with the public, he said that the cadet was drunk and fell off the ship. Alcohol was a big problem in the navy, and it was common for sailors, and cadets to die from being drunk.

When he was training cadets, if they started slacking off, he had the authority to take them out of the navy, and put them into the army in the lowest rank possible. That made everyone scared of him, and didn’t want to get on his bad side. As well as being put into the army, he would have a long unwanted talk with them, then publicly shame him in front of the entire corporation.

 

 

Personal Finance Essay 4

Steve Jobs was a businessman, entrepreneur, co-founder of Apple, and was part of Pixar.

His parents had too put him up for adoption, and he was raised in San-Francisco. He went to Reed College, but ended up dropping out six months later.

He went to India, and began messing around with psychedelic drugs, but stopped soon after he discovered them.

In 1976 when he was 21 years old, he helped co-found Apple. Jobs and Wozniak started in Jobs garage. The next products he invented had flaws, and IBM surpassed Apple’s selling rates significantly, and Scully thought that Jobs was hurting the company, and was slowly pushed out, until he was let go 1985.

When he left Apple he started NeXT which is a computer platform company, sold to companies, for a higher education, and business platforms.

His first fully animated movie, Toy Story which was a huge success, helped Pixar because Jobs was so financially stable. He also helped Pixar by putting in over $50 million in other popular movies like The Incredibles, and Finding Nemo.

In 1997 Jobs saved Apple from bankruptcy, and Apple merged with NeXT. Jobs found himself CEO of Apple again in just a few months after the merge.

Jobs worked with Jonathan Ive and together they produced iMac, iTunes, and iTunes store, Apple Store, iPod, iPhone, and the iPad.

Diagnosed with a Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumor in 2003, which is a type of cancer, Jobs postponed his surgery for 9 months, and had a successful surgery in 2004 to remove it. He died on October 5th 2011, he was 56.

One of the reasons he was so successful was because he never gave up. Even after Apple fired him, he started NeXT from practically nothing. He was successful because he never gave up, giving him perseverance, and strength. He never let his cancer hold him back.

English 1 Essay 4

    These are some major turning points in my life.

    I was six when I decided that I was going to invite Jesus into my heart. I told him I was a sinner, and that I wanted to change, and let him be the boss of my life. My parents had told me that we as humans were sinful, and that the separation from God was so big that we couldn’t get too him on our own. That was why Jesus came down on earth, and died on the cross for us. I have changed my ways, and have let him control my life, I have still messed up, but God forgives us no matter how big or how small. I got baptised the next Sunday.

One of the most difficult things that I went through was in sixth grade. I was the only sixth grader at my church, so when it was time for me to move to the youth section, I was very nervous. Everyone there was friendly, and welcoming, but I just couldn’t seem to make a real connection. I started to feel sad and lonely, and was having lots of mood swings. I would see my friends together having fun, and I felt excluded. It wasn’t anyone’s fault that I felt this way, I was just growing, and felt alone. Then after a while I started really having fun, because everyone there was so nice. It also helped that I knew that most of my friends would be joining me the next year, and I got to do a lot more things with them, like going to parties, and swimming. It also helped that I joined the youth worship team, so I felt more secure. I got to be part of the orientation with my friends, so that I could show them what we did in there.

This one isn’t as big as the others, but it still was a change. I started ballet yesterday, and it was a challenge. I wasn’t expecting to be thrown in the middle of things as quickly. It was so much fun though. I used the bar, did plie’s, and had so much fun. My friend from church is in the same class as me, so it makes it one hundred times better. My teacher is also very fun, she teaches it in such a way that it makes me want to do ballet. My feet did hurt a little bit after ballet, but i’m sure i’ll get used to it. My recital is in May, and i’m super excited but nervous. My teacher hasn’t told me what the costumes are going to look like but i’m sure they’ll be beautiful. To be honest i’m not that good yet, but this is going to be a way to learn perseverance, and hopefully I will get better balance. I really love it and hopefully next year I can continue to do ballet.

 

 

English 1 Essay 3

What is the story I remember the most from, A Bus of My Own?

The most memorable story was the great pin-ball incident. Lehrer’s father was going to a meeting, and Lehrer started to play pin-ball. He had never beaten it more than two times and he wanted to try to beat it more. So he put a coin in, and he had begun to play when he beat it. He got to play again, and he beat it over and over again he had beaten it but the more he played the more he needed to go to the restroom. But he didn’t want anyone to take his spot, so he kept playing when finally he couldn’t take it. The waterfall started to gush out, and he kept playing with a wet spot on the floor. His father came out and, he ran to the restroom. His father came in knocking on the door, and asked. ” Son did you make that thing on the floor? The janitor is cleaning it up.” Lehrer didn’t answer so his father said. ” Fine stay in here for as long as you like, I’m going home.” Lehrer finally came out and they went home.

What was it that grabbed me? It’s a funny story, also is kind of relatable to what teens will do to win a video game. I feel very relatable to this story because I have a record of loosing to games like what he was describing. When I finally won one I was full of joy even though I had only won a bouncy-ball, it felt great knowing I had actually won.

What did he do that made it grab me? It was the first chapter and I had no idea what this guy was like. He made a great introduction displaying that he knew how to be funny, but also add some drama to it. It was like a really addicting TV show that you can’t stop watching, because you want to know how it ends.

He writes it in such a way that is just different. It draws you in like a paradise, a paradise that you never want to come out of. Then when you finish it, you just feel like sighing because you wish there was more. Something he is very good at is describing what he is doing, and what his surroundings look like, so it makes you feel like you were there when everything was happening. He describes smells, like once when he got on an old bus he said it smelled like, oil, and burned cigarettes.