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Tag Archives: young
Staying Young
Teaching. Some people argue that teaching is not only a tiresome profession, but an unrewarding one as well. That the rewards are not that great, and that it is one of the most unappreciated professions. I have to agree to … Continue reading
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Tagged age, aging, beginning, benefit, day, dreams, education, finance, girl, happy, ideas, job, jobs, kids, life, little, love, memory, minute, money, morning, night, old, passion, personality, reward, rock, school, Simone De Beauvoir, student, students, study, sugar, teacher, teaching, work, years, young
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The Voice Of Change
As you may all know by now, I like to start my day waking up early to read and have my coffee. I stopped reading the newspaper lately. I realized that on days I do not read the paper, I … Continue reading
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Tagged advice, beauty, book, books, change, children, compassion, culture, e-book, Ernest Hemingway, ethics, film, future, good, Jersey Shore, John Grisham, Leo Tolstoy, life, movie, news, newspaper, noise, novel, people, read, reading, reality tv, script, speak, story, teenagers, tv, University, values, voice, words, writer, writing, young
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L’Esprit D’Escalier
Have you ever been misunderstood in your life more than once? Well I have, more often than I have been understood, especially as a young adult. I am not and never have been an introvert. On the contrary, I was … Continue reading
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Tagged activity, adult, commitment, community, courage, crush, dream, dreams, experience, feeling, feelings, fire, friend, friends, grateful, heart, honesty, hope, knowledge, learn, life, lost, Maya Angelou, opinion, opportunity, Paulo Coelho, people, regret, relationship, self, single, society, spirit, town, truth, volunteer, wish, young, young adult
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Rendezvous With William Saroyan
“Well for God’s sake, what’s that lousy Armenian son of a bitch doing here?” stated Ernest Hemingway. The more I tried to hush him, the worse it got. Finally Saroyan’s companion… began to come back at Ernest. I am not … Continue reading
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Tagged Academy Award, Amazon, Amazon UK, Anjar, Armenian, author, bestseller, book, books, change, drama, e-book, English, Ernest Hemingway, high school, humans, innovation, journalist, Lebanon, library, life, Mark twain, news, Nobel prize, notebook, novel, Paris, play, publisher, Pulitzer Prize, read, reader, short story, story, theme, William Saroyan, writer, writing, young
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Rendezvous With Robert Fisk
In December 10 2005, Robert Fisk was in Dubai for the signing of his book ‘The Great War For Civilization’ in the Jashanmal bookstore in Emirates Mall, the mall with the indoor ski slopes. I didn’t want to miss him … Continue reading
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Tagged Amazon, Amazon UK, Anjar, Armenian, audience, Beirut, bestseller, book, books, bookstore, children, civil war, Civilization, December, Dubai, e-book, home, honesty, husband, independent, indoor, journalist, kids, McGill, Middle East, news, notebook, opinion, Paulo Coelho, publisher, read, reader, reading, Robert Fisk, story, style, University, war, young
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“Fight, fight. That Is Life.”
Oscar Wilde wrote: “Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.” When I was young and still in school I was such an idealist. … Continue reading
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Tagged abuse, beginning, bliss, book, books, children, civil war, coach, cruelty, D.H. Lawrence, dark, death, destruction, dream, emotions, existence, fight, friends, happiness, life, love, news, Oscar Wilde, paradise, parent, peace, people, priest, promise, read, relationships, soul, story, successful, teacher, truth, wealth, words, young
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Hardest Way Of Earning A Living
When I was in high school in our village in the east of the Bekaa Valley, we learned Armenian, English and Arabic. Of all the essays we used to write in these languages, I loved to write in English the … Continue reading
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Tagged Albert Camus, Anthony Trollope, article, bestseller, book, books, character, classic, classroom, course, e-book, English, Ernest Hemingway, essay, experience, feelings, high school, Honore de Balzac, ideal, Leo Tolstoy, lesson, library, magazine, Mathematics, Maxim Gorky, news, newspaper, novel, organize, read, senses, story, student, teacher, treasure, write, writer, writers workshop, young
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I Wish You All A Happy Bleeding
My son came to my room the other day while I was reading and said, “I am happy with the way I organized my library this time. I sorted my books out and arranged the shittiest all on one shelf … Continue reading
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Tagged article, bestseller, book, book club, books, character, classic, context, course, creative writing, dogma, e-book, Ernest Hemingway, experience, feelings, ideal, lesson, library, magazine, mature, news, newspaper, novel, novels, organize, rare, Ray Bradbury, read, senses, Stephen King, story, treasure, William Saroyan, write, writer, writers workshop, writing courses, young, zest
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