Background information was obtained from a social/development history form‚ an interest inventory and interviews with Bailey Stanton; Bailey’s mother‚ Abigail Stanton; and Bailey’s teacher‚ Ms. Elizabeth Thatcher. Bailey’s mother‚ Mrs. Stanton‚ reports that Bailey is a thirteen-year-old seventh grade female attending Hope Middle School in the Valley County School district. English is the primary language spoken at home where she lives with her mother‚ father‚ and two sisters age fifteen and seventeen
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in the United States‚ as the United States Supreme Court ruled that the U.S. Constitution guarantees the right for same-sex couples to marry in all 50 states‚ as of June 26 of 2015. (“50 States with Legal Gay Marriage” procon‚ 1 July 2015. n.p. Web. 5 December 2015). Values‚ morals‚ and attitudes are shaped upon religious commitments. The churches in the Christian community have come upon how to respond towards gays and lesbians and a viewing of how the Bible interprets homosexualiy. The Bible at
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Name: XXXX 3rd Period AP Lang/ Ms. Catienza Yellow – Student Green – Teacher Argumentative Essay – Neal Gabler To avoid the exposure of entertainment would be difficult. Whether it’s the Hollywood blockbusters‚ the television sitcoms‚ the young adult novels or the music pumping through your speaker‚ entertainment is everywhere‚ serving as the portal to the world around us. Neal Gabler’s assertion that entertainment has the capacity to ruin our society holds some truth‚ but I believe that it
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Argumentative Essay In 1985 Joe Simpson and Simon Yates made a wild decision to climb Siula Grande a mountain in Peru. Simon and Joe were determined to be the first team ever to successfully climb the west face of Siula Grande. When successfully reaching the peak of the mountain‚ they climbed down via the north ridge‚ and that’s when trouble took take its place. Joe slipped and broke his leg‚ leaving Simon with no choice but to slowly reel Joe down the snowy mountain‚ worse came to worse and
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Beyonce is an unstoppable force in entertainment. For years she has been charming her loyal following of fans with her award-winning music and show-stopping personality. Even her husband Jay-Z calls her the "greatest living entertainer". While he might be a bit biased‚ she’s at least in the top 10. Speaking of top 10‚ here’s a list of 15 shocking facts about this celebrity. 1. BEYONCE HAS CELEBRITY DREAMS BEYOND THE STAGE It’s not uncommon for musicians to become actors and the other way around
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Although some say that autism can’t be cured‚ and research should be spent on other disability’s‚ that research should be spent on autism because it is a serious disability. Many blame genetics for autism‚ but in many cases‚ genetics has nothing to do with it. Other disabilitys aren’t as serious or as prevelant as autism‚ so why do they get more funding than autism? Children affected by autism should grow up knowing that people are trying to find a cure for them‚ that people are funding the research
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Christian Smoot Mr. Nesbit English 101 March 1‚ 2013 Argumentative Essay In today’s economy‚ I believe that violent video games do promote violent and more aggressive behavior amongst our children. Parents need to step up and monitor what type of video games their kids are playing. You never know what type of effect the games can have on our children. All kid isn’t typically influenced by violent video games but we don’t know how our kids’ minds are. I read an article on The Shooting at Columbine
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It is said‚ “Psychiatric medications kill more Americans than street drugs.” The highly alarming fact is: While the United States only contains about 5 percent of the world’s population‚ it is said that we consume 75 percent of the world’s prescription drugs. Patients all over the United States are taking medications on the wide growing list of the DEA scheduled medications. Among that list are benzodiazepines and a long list of other antidepressants and minor tranquilizers. Any psychiatrist will
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The TSA (Transportation Security Administration) search people at airports. That is their job. Sadly‚ they are very bad at their job.Their highly intrusive searches have driven kids to tears‚ to do what? See if the 6 year old clutching onto his mom for dear life sobbing is packing a gun? Well‚ yes and nothing can be done to stop it. The TSA should not be gotten rid of… just reworked completely. Planes have gotten more advanced over the years and now have criminals. See how airport security Isn’t
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$598.5 billion dollars. The second largest federal discretionary spending is the government‚ which is only 6% of the spending with $72.9 billion dollars (2). To add on‚ discretionary spending represents less than one-third of the total federal budget (5). Obviously‚ with all this spending‚ the U.S. is at the top of Global Firepower (GFP) list with Russia on the second place (3). There is a total of 4‚999 military bases around the world‚ including U.S. and the number of people working in each military
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