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    the past tense must unfortunately a thing of the past.” (258) Underfunded Schools Forced to Cut Past Tense from Language Programs is an article from The Onion that jests at the common and ridiculous budget cuts schools are presenting day to day. In summary‚ the article is about a fake school cutting past tense from the school’s program. They deploy high humor to create a visual truth about how these budget cuts are chopping down our children’s education. The text mostly consists of wordplay and irony

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    together‚ as the characters lives eventually overlap. The central conflict of Plainsong is that 17-year old Victoria Robideaux‚ the protagonist‚ becomes pre-maturely pregnant. The conflict is person vs. society; Victoria struggles as she finds herself abandoned and being helped by one of her teachers‚ Maggie Jones and two strangers. Due to circumstances Victoria is forced to live with the McPheron brothers (old bachelors)‚ who have worked all their lives on their farm in isolation. The protagonist’s conflict

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    First Time I Cut Myself

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    twelve and scared of failure the first time I cut myself. I had just fought with my parents when I saw it -- a razor on my bathroom counter. I had used it earlier in the week to shave my legs. I picked up the razor‚ I washed it‚ meticulously scrubbing at the sharp edges to wipe off any vestiges of bacteria I could see. I brought the blade to my wrist‚ and SLASH! I had done it. I cut myself‚ and seeing the rivulets of red running down my arm‚ a four-year addiction began. I was fifteen and tired

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    truth should always be told‚ whatever the cost.” It’s clear that in life you run into lies and you run into the truth but when is it morally ethical to not tell the truth‚ and when is it okay to lie? The truth has caused a plethora of controversy worldwide instances where it is concealed and when it is exposed. Subsequently the truth seems to always be told‚ when it is and even when it is not needed. In the medical realm the truth should be told‚ although in the past it has been covered up. Medical

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    Ha Penny

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    were 600 boys at reformatory; about 100 were from 10-14 yrs of age. The department expressed the intension of establishing a special institution more like an industrial institution. There‚ the small boys turn instinctively towards affection and some of them control them naturally and easily. The secret relation with them were a source of continuous relation with them were source of continues pleasure to author. The boys after 14 yrs of age were allowed for outing. So the would take some boys who are

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    What are the different ways stories are told in Ceremony? Find and explain an example of two of the following four: 1. Stories told in memory. 2. Stories inscribed in the landscape. 3. Stories told in mythological time. 4. Stories understood differently by different people. Please respond in a word document by Wednesday. In Ceremony‚ stories are told by memory. His memories are both painful and healing in a way. Painful in the sense that remember Josiah and Rocky makes Tayo feel sad‚ guilty‚ angry

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    Donald Trump's Tax Cuts

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    president-elect‚ Donald Trump‚ has proposed tax cuts both for corporations and individuals. His proposed plan calls for a corporate tax cut of 20%--from current 35% to his proposed 15%--and personal income tax cuts for all classes. These tax cuts are intended to boost the American economy by creating more jobs and increasing the GDP. Although whether or not the tax cuts will actually bring forth those benefits will be proved overtime‚ it is predicted that such drastic tax cuts will have a global economic

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    Just a Dream

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    Have you ever wondered if this is reality or is it all just a dream? There are those days where you never want it to end‚ where if it were a dream you’d never want to wake up from it. Then there are those days that you wish and hope that it would just end‚ desperately trying to wake up‚ to escape. How about a day that was so wonderful that you were scared that it was just too good to be true‚ that it might not be reality after all? It was a fine autumn day that Ethan promised to hang out with me

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    The Cricket Boy

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    The Cricket Boy (A Chinese Tale) A long time ago‚ cricket fighting caught on in the imperial court‚ with the emperor leading the fad. A local magistrate in Huayin‚ who wanted to win the favor of the monarch‚ tried in every way to get him the best fighting crickets. He had a strategy for doing so: He managed to get a cricket that was very good at fighting. He then made his subordinates go to the heads of each village and force them to send in a constant supply of

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    Zheng He

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    Davis Columbus and Zheng He: A Comparative History Zheng He. Zheng He was born in the year of 1371. He was born in a small village which he stayed with his family. The first 10 years of Zheng He’s life were spent in what is now China’s Hunan province. Everything was going good until one day a group of tribes men came and raded the village which Zheng He and his family resided in. This group of tribes men were known as “TheMing”. On this day‚ Zheng He witnessed his father getting

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