A Vacation?

24 David Elazar Street
Holon, Israel
9 March, 2010

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The Manager's Office
"Bon Voyage" Tours
64 Ibn Gvirol Street
Tel Aviv, Israel
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Dear Sir/Madam,
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I recently went on a two-week vacation to Italy, organized by your company. I wish to express my deep dissatisfaction at the standard of the service I was forced to accept during what I thought would be a soothing vacation.

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Your brochure states that qualified guides take tourists on excursions to explore the charm of Italy. However, our guide's explanations were not comprehensible. Every basic question addressed to him was not answered, and he had a noticeable lack of tolerance.
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Furthermore, I was misled to believe that the hotel chosen was luxurious. Much to my disappointment, the service was poor and unkind. When I finally entered my room, I discovered the sheets were unclean and that the doors were broken and could not be locked. Moreover, when I went to the dining room, my hope to receive a fine meal was not fulfilled either.
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To conclude, our guide and accommodation were sub-standard and did not overlap to the promising details your ludicrous brochure contains. Consequently, I request an appropriate compensation within 14 days for the inconvenience I've encountered during my vacation. I believe it is high time you published far more accurate brochures, so that your future customers would not be led astray as I was.
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Sincerely yours,
Keran Auster
Displeased customer

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Excellent.

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Applying For A Job

24 David Elazar Street
Holon, Israel
January 28, 2010

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Greenhouse Organization
18 Strawberry Fields Street
London, England
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Dear Sir/Madam,
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Our planet is suffering. Huge icebergs progressively melt. The Ozone layer keeps on proceeding its steady decline. Weather forecasters report radical changes in the Earth's climate. These facts have always concerned me. The clock is ticking, and still millions of heads are stuck deep in the sand.

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I have been fascinated by our planet ever since I know myself. As time went by, I have acquired a fair amount of knowledge in the fields of Geography and Economy. I have also taken several advanced courses, which encouraged me to study the subject of Global Warming thoroughly.

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I am a hardworking and broad-minded person with an ability to get on well with people from all walks of life. I have outstanding communication skills, which I believe are highly essential, since the organization's ambition is to make people aware of the hazards of neglecting Earth.

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To conclude, I believe my qualifications make me fairly suitable to be a Greenhouse volunteer and help make our planet's future look a bit brighter. Therefore, I would be more than delighted to come to an interview at your earliest convenience.
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Best Regards,
Keran Auster
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Daphna

Virtual Insanity

Virtual schools have recently begun to gain ground, and we can see that more and more education officials are embracing the concept. Virtual learning enables the students to study via the Internet through lessons supervised by a certified teacher. The purpose is to alternate the traditional learning form of frontal lessons.

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Many students and teachers applaud the flexibility that online learning allows. Virtual schools are the light at the end of the tunnel for students, who have hardships enduring the pace of many of their classmates. The fact that every student studies individually with a teacher's online support makes the learning procedure far more enjoyable and productive for him.

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However, some decry the method's rising popularity. Opponents of the new form of learning say that virtual schools lack the fundamental social education brick-and-mortar schools provide. Moreover, students may encounter many technical difficulties, which will definitely disrupt the effectivity of the unique learning process.

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I, personally, consider the method of virtual schools as a highly distinctive form of learning for students living in the current age of developing technology. Nevertheless, I believe that virtual schools should not replace the beauty of the traditional method. To my mind, combining both methods will create a positive learning environment, where students have a golden opportunity to mingle education, convenience and fun.

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Very good, but you haven't ended it, for some reason.

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Daphna

First of All Be Rich. Then We'll Consider If You Deserve Being a Jew.

24 David Elazar Street

Holon, Israel
December 9, 2009

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Ms. Gilat Symon

The Principal Office

Kugel High School

1 Mota Gur Street, Holon

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Dear Madam,

Every year, students throughout the Israeli nation are given the opportunity to explore the harrowing history of the Jewish people under a magnifying glass by allowing them to be a part of a unique expedition to Poland. Many students wish to participate in this unequaled journey, but are compelled to relinquish this desire due to their parents' scanty pocket. Therefore, I would like to complain about the unreasonable price set for the trip, which prevents students from going through this life-shaping journey.

No History coursebook can school students better about the Holocaust enormities than the journey itself. Students must have the capability to pay a visit to the places of horror, where six million of their brothers and sisters were mercilessly brought to slaughter by the accursed Nazis. It is not righteous that a minor portion of students will receive a better education merely because their financial status is better than this of their friends.

At the heart of this delicate subject, I truly anticipate you take action to lower the price of this vital journey. It has been testified more than once that the journey teaches its voyagers lessons of love, brotherhood and peace. On the whole, I believe that it is the government's unquestionable duty to subsidize this journey, but since my request is unrealistic at this point, the least that can be done is cheapening the cost of the journey.

I look forward to your prompt reply.

Sincerely yours,

Keran Auster

Excellent work!

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Daphna.

R-I-P

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The Show Must Go On.

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A Summer's Reading

George Stoyonovich is the main character of the story "A Summer's Reading", a short story written by Bernard Malamud. Throughout the entire story, George endeavors to alter his sluggish behavior and become a level-headed person.

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George is a twenty-year-old boy, who lives in a humble New-York borough. Having negated the opportunity to earn education at school, unemployed George cannot apply for an honorable job. He usually spends the afternoon hours reading second-rate magazines, but when the evening comes, George meanders along the streets in order to flee from his tangled reality. The apathetic environment George grows up in makes it tremendously difficult for him to blossom and prosper in life.
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George has a very convoluted personality. He is amazingly passive and immature. He dismisses every single opportunity to make a significant change in his life. He dislikes being under the supervision of dictating teacher. Regardless of this, he wants to be highly esteemed by the neighborhood people. But, all of a sudden, George opens his eyes and realizes his mistakes thanks to his neighbor, Mr. Cattanzara. Being the single person to be thoughtful of George, he spreads positive rumors across the neighborhood. This fuels George with confidence, and eventually, helps him begin a new chapter in his own book of life.
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At the beginning of the story, George wasn't a character I could cherish much. George permitted himself to tell a lie more than once, until at length he became addicted to lying. I also belittle George's passiveness and desire to blossom without earning it decently. Striving for success without hard work corresponds to trying to harvest where you haven't planted. Though, as the story evolved, I learned to love George for the fact that, finally, he brought himself to change. I felt supreme happiness and tranquility as George headed towards the library, leaving the remnants of childish George behind him.
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The Boy Who Was Arrested For Knowing Too Much

We were all raised on the probe that gaining knowledge is not a crime. Well, Vikas Swarup shatters this well-known myth in his engrossing novel, Q&A. The book's suspenseful plot and distinctive structure spellbound me and conquered the highest rank in my own list of 1001 books I must read before I die.

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The novel narrates the life of Ram Mohammad Thomas, an 18-year-old orphaned boy, who becomes the first contestant to correctly answer dozen random questions on "Who Will Win A Billion?". The TV producers, who do not have a billion rupees to reward the winner, have the boy arrested by the police, for reaching the jackpot in a corrupt manner. Truth to tell, Ram managed the entire quiz because each question prompted a different flashback to a genuine event that occured in his turbulent life.

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The author attempts to uncover the underbelly of the Indian society we tend to avoid without devoting a second thought to this vile issue. Homophobia, brutality, decrepit living conditions and racism are merely needles in a haystack Swarup wishes to enveil in his book.

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Q&A is, beyond doubt, one of the most remarkable books I have ever read. I highly recommend this book, as it is much more than a worthwhile activity to pass the long afternoon hours with. Q&A is a mirror shaped into a book, which reflects badly on us as a society.
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Great, although I believe your third paragraph needs some clarifications.

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Daphna.