Essays Tagged: "time together"

Christmas, Retailers, and the Santa Claus Conspiracy. Familiar essay about the holiday season that I'm kind of proud of. Personal essay

Well it looks like it's that time of year again, when colourful lights are hung on trees, families spend time together, and retai ... ays that have lost their meaning to commercialization. Forget the memory of Jesus Christ, now's the time to pay homage to the almighty buck.Nowadays when someone thinks of Christmas or Easter the idea ... nice of the retailers to care enough to tell us what our loved ones want and deserve without taking time to think of themselves. It's thanks to wonderful people like them that we can go out and do our ...

(4 pages) 116 2 2.6 Dec/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing

The Importance of communication Skills in a Relationship - a simple essay written in my 1st year (Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana, SLO)

ause they are so very much in love. However, as the blinding effect of romantic love wears off with time, they become more aware of these disturbing traits, flaws or vices of their partner's. Though f ... ough founded on love, most relationships rely on good communication skills to get through difficult times, which are bound to occur as the partners spend more and more time together.In such times unde ...

(2 pages) 193 2 3.3 Sep/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing > Persuasive Writing

Untraditional Traditions

Nontraditional TradtionsWe live in an age in which it is hard to spend time together as a family. Many families today wonder if having quality time together is a thing of ... s an impromptu tradition. The two neighbors needing to repair the wall after the winter chill, find time to converse with each other about what's on their minds.For example, every Sunday my dad makes ... nner except on Monday. Then, he leaves the restaurant earlier than usual, and hurries home to spend time with his family. His family knows that they can depend on this, and they celebrate with a speci ...

(3 pages) 81 1 4.6 Jan/1996

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community

Homeschooling

hildren. Home Education allows for more individual learning styles. Families are free to spend more time together while learning together.In the early years of this country, most children were educate ... rade above that of their public/private school peers. The gap starts to widen in grade five. By the time home school students reach grade 8, their median scores are almost 4 grade equivalents above th ...

(3 pages) 134 0 4.4 Oct/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education

"Lord of of the Flies" by William Golding

hat they are on an uninhabited island, Ralph sets rules for everyone to live by. After a little moretime together on the island Ralph and Jack begin to develop a dislike for each other, which turns ou ...

(4 pages) 53 0 5.0 Dec/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > "Lord of the Flies" by Sir William Gerald Golding

Science fiction story about a kid being abducted and never seen again

.J. always enjoyed going to work. He and his uncle were very close, and they always had such a good time together. Construction was also something R.J. had enjoyed ever since he was little, even if it ... and take her shower. She wanted to get an early start today; she had a ton of things to do, and no time to waste.When she got out of the shower, she went downstairs to clean the dishes from R.J.'s br ...

(5 pages) 61 1 4.4 Feb/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing > Poems & Short Stories

Character Analysis of Sylvia from "A White Heron"

o deeply about. She could not understand why this man would do such a thing. However, as they spent time together, Sylvia found this man most charming and delightful. In the short story, "A White Hero ... of money into Sylvia's simplicity disrupted her sense of loyalty to nature. However, as they spent time together, Sylvia found this man most appealing. Her virgin heart that lied dormant, vigorously ...

(5 pages) 154 0 3.6 Mar/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

"Family Traditions" I had to write about an important family tradition.

We live in an age in which it is hard to spend time together as a family. Many families today wonder if having quality time together is a thing of ... as an impromptu tradition. The two neighbors needing to repair the wall after the winter chill find time to converse with each other about what's on their minds.For example, every Sunday my dad makes ... nner except on Monday. Then, he leaves the restaurant earlier than usual, and hurries home to spend timewith his family. His family knows that they can depend on this, and they celebrate with a specia ...

(3 pages) 190 1 3.0 Oct/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing

Mr. Perfect?

nd could not be more perfect. He was the best friend of my friend's boyfriend, so we spent a lot of time together. In fact, too much time. Around this time mike started to change- for the worst. Mike ... break up with me. No big problem though. I thought he was just very angry and needed some cool-down time. Soon after we would break up, he would come back to me apologizing and asking me to forgive hi ...

(4 pages) 45 0 2.0 Nov/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues

Hidden Barriers to Communicating in Multicultural Business.

portant assertions that I personally, and I know most of us in the J08 class have learnt during our time together, is what is stated at the bottom of the first page of this article - "we must know our ... cultural way. The decisions we make and the decisions other people make are all affected by this sentiment. How different cultures view our decision making or actions taken, or how they explain our ac ...

(4 pages) 161 0 4.0 Dec/2003

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

Marriage A Big Decision! this is a story which tells about todays culture in Asia. Parents want their daughter marry where they want and it sometimes ends up in sad results.

n he brought him up, he became my good friend, we are almost the same age, we used to spend all the time together, we were close friends, we started sharing our feeling. He used to ask me one question ... I realized that I love him, may be he takes good care of me that's why, or may be I have spend more time with him than I have spend with myself, or may be I know him more than himself and he knows me ...

(4 pages) 28 0 3.0 Feb/2004

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law > Issues

Anticpation is about 9-11 a creative writing piece about a firefighters strugle to survive. short story

words but it was still impressive. I kissed each picture as a daily routine. I didn't have a lot of time to spend with the two of them. The time I did spend was always precious and some of the happies ... iest days of my life. A wife of 15 years and a high school sweet heart Ashley and we spent a lot of time together. I moved my head in a down ward sense in hope of falling asleep. My eyes caught my wat ...

(7 pages) 37 0 3.4 Feb/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays

Women's Rights and Abolitionism and how did the abolitionist movement aid women's rights advocates in their fight for suffrage?

Women's Rights and AbolitionismElizabeth Cady Stanton, a long-time advocate of women's rights, in a speech to the American Anti-Slavery Society said, "Yes, this i ... Anti-Slavery conventions brought together some of the brightest, most eloquent men and women of the time. Together they discussed and debated the basic principles of human rights: justice, liberty and ... on July 19-20 of 1848. At the landmark convention, Stanton and others proposed a Declaration of Sentiments, largely based on the Declaration of Independence. In it they presented a list of facts that ...

(4 pages) 212 1 4.7 Mar/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers

Mary Shelley: Her life influence in Frankenstein. Mary Shelley's life hardships show up subtley throughout her novel Frankenstein.

e two were quite the couple; both were intellectuals and had had a knack for writing. Most of their time together was spent writing letters to each other. Wollstonecraft already had an illegitimate ch ... Shelley at her house, this was not where she first encountered him. Mary met Shelley for the first time when she was at her mother's gravesite. Although the two were attracted to each other, neither ...

(5 pages) 111 1 4.3 Apr/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors

Fun in the mud

er all the joys of my childhood. I remember running through the sprinkler with my dog in the summer time, jumping on the trampoline with my friends in the fall and sledding down hills with my family i ... just so happens to be the way that I met my best friend Fia and it is the way we spent most of our time together. My loyal companion lived across the street from me so everyday, when it was warm enou ...

(4 pages) 40 1 4.0 Apr/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Language Studies > Writing

Friendship

both universal and a deeply satisfying experience."2. A date is an event in which two people share time together. The first step to making a decision is respecting your personal values and beliefs, a ... end(s), living with boyfriend/girlfriend, living with husband/wife, etc. Often both sexes take more time considering all of their options before committing to a living arrangement.5. Dual career coupl ...

(2 pages) 74 0 4.0 Apr/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays

Verse analysis of Psalm 119:1-8

read happy. Notice theseChristians are happy to walk in the way of the Lord. They are havinga good time together. When we have a good time in the Lord then weencourage others to get what we have name ... we can forfeit to the Devil is our joy. When we do so westop others from wanting what we have.Is it time for an examination of your own heart? Are there areas inyour life where you are choosing to for ...

(3 pages) 36 0 3.7 May/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith > Christianity

Before Marriage

Times have drastically changed over the past fifty years. Remember Ozzie and Harriet? The Cleavers? ... ook care of the house while the man went to work to financially support the household. During these times life was much simpler and less complicated. There was not nearly as much stress on the family ... y unit and marriages suffered less from the burdens of finance and social values.Relationships took time to develop. It was necessary for an entire family introduction and approval for two young peopl ...

(3 pages) 69 1 4.7 May/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues

How does the internet affect the organization of the firm in the transportation industry - including a brief case study how e-markets may enter SCM

rely heavily on third-party logistics companies and their ability to get all the components just-in-time together ready for production and then the products to the markets. Before 9/11 supply chain ma ... TICSAccording to the Institute of Logistics and Transportation (www.iolt.org.uk): "Logistics is the time related positioning of resource, or the strategic management of the total supply chain. The sup ...

(18 pages) 628 1 4.4 Jun/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics

Hurston's 'Their Eyes Were Watching God': How is the relationship between Pedro Romero and Lady Brett Ashley like/unlike the relationship between Vergible "Tea Cake" and Janie Woods?

e two relationships both involve similar age differences, the couple's separation, spending lots of time together, and lots passion which dissolves at the end. The most important similarity bet ...

(2 pages) 19 0 3.0 Feb/2005

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American