want to know why my mother never allowed me to go down Cedar Crest Drive. I’ve heard many stories about a haunted house down there. The stories‚ however‚ have varied. I heard somebody had been gruesomely murdered in there. I also heard that a young man had starved himself to death. I heard he literally looked like a skeleton when they took him out. There were two general consensuses though. One was that these things happened many years ago. The other was that nobody has seen anyone come into or
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Childhood Memories Can Be Positive Reinforcement My favorite childhood place was at my grandparent’s house. My grandparent’s last name was Mountain. Their property had the nick name‚ “The Mountain House‚” I remember wonderful memories of spending time there with my family; eating grandma’s famous potato salad‚ tasting grandpa’s fabulous barbeque ribs‚ and most of all eating those wonderful Mountain family cherries. The sounds and smells are truly alive in my memory. These memories are incredibly
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years ago I made a trip to Cape Town South Africa‚ and it was one of the most memorable trips of my life. The excitement of the unknown grew with each passing hour spent in the air‚ high above the earth. Though my sons and I had a planned five day excursion‚ I still couldn’t stop wondering what might still lie ahead. Would it be something about this new culture I was about to experience; or would it be something more‚ something about me? After clearing customs and retrieving our luggage‚ we still
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Family Time The living room‚ or family room‚ is generally considered the main gathering area in most homes due to the television being located there. However‚ this is not the case in the more than one hundred year old‚ light grey‚ two story home in which I live. The main attraction of this particular living room is the comforting atmosphere and warm fires that take place in the wood-burning fireplace. Upon entering the living room‚ the golden honey colored
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Sitting at my desk at home‚ a crushing feeling crept up on me. I didn’t know what to think. I’m not going to make it‚ am I. It was already midway through junior year of high school‚ and having just calculated my GPA requirements for many of the colleges I had wanted to go to‚ I realized that my grades were not even close to what I expected them to be. I guess I had been in denial for so long that I let them slip this far. How could I have let this happen? Where was my mind when I needed to study
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against essay of having a pet Pets have accompanied mankind since the dawn of history. Allegedly‚ the domestication of animals begun along with the Neolithic Revolution (approximately between 10-12 thousand years ago). Some people either hate or love this accompaniment. For sure‚ there are various disadvantages and advantages of having a pet‚ which I will try to point out in my essay. In my opinion‚ one major advantage of having a pet is that they can replace people and become one of our nearest
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children" so that everyone was included with no discrimination to race. Children of both genders were also recognized as victims of trafficking. On February 14‚ 2002‚ the Polaris Project was founded by Katherine Chon and Derek Ellerman. After learning about the issue‚ they began to envision a society where modern day slavery is eliminated. The Polaris Project has become a leading non-profit organization‚ working to stop human trafficking. Today‚ President Obama declared January to be Human Trafficking
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are comfort‚ cost and respect. I believe that allowing mufti in schools is in the best interest of the students and families. Comfort is one of the leading reasons for preferring mufti to uniform‚ because let’s face it‚ in order for students to be able to gain a decent education‚ they must feel comfortable. The main aspects of this are; feeling comfortable in your own skin‚ and being comfortable across all four seasons of the school year. Self expression is a basic human right. The years
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One of the most notable reason is the effect it has on both your mental and physical health. With mental health‚ the use of marijuana can “affect a person’s memory‚ IQ‚ judgment‚ and problem-solving skills. There are many cases‚ linking the use of marijuana to the increased chance of
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to. It may not be the biggest of many bedrooms‚ but when you walk in the white oak door you see the four walls painted a tan color. There is also white trimming lining the walls. Everything in my room is white‚ black‚ or tan. If you are to look to your left when you walk in you see a black 20 inch flat screen hanging on the wall‚ and below it there is a black oak dresser with a bunch of random accessories on the top of it. There is another door along the north wall that is an entrance to my walk
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