non-smokers of the same age. Lung function continues to worsen as long as the person smokes‚ but it may take years for the problem to become noticeable enough for lung disease to be diagnosed. Smoking causes many lung diseases that can be nearly as bad as lung cancer. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a name for long-term lung disease which includes both chronic bronchitis and emphysema. COPD most often starts unnoticed in young smokers‚ and usually gets far worse before it’s diagnosed
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McGraw in “Bad Eyes” learns to express her emotions through the use of extensive metaphors that allow the reader to feel what she is writing. The metaphors create a bridge that helps us to understand what McGraw faces throughout her life. The reader gains insight to her troubles‚ fears‚ and growth‚ which creates a deep understanding of the text. Erin McGraw’s extensive use of metaphors‚ gives the reader access to her mind that would otherwise have been closed off. As you read her story‚ you are told
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One of the most world renowned speech‚ in Gen Z generation‚ “How Bad Do You Want Success?”. Eric Thomas’ motivational work has had a tremendous impact on the lives of young people‚ with this speech reaching 50 million views alone and counting since its accidental release in 2008. Its accidental release was nothing but opportunity‚ says Eric Thomas and his why in life comes all from opportunity. Eric Thomas was simply in a room full students with an amazing opportunity‚ and they just weren’t taking
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The Bad Trip It was October‚ 2012‚ when my uncle Dan was diagnosed with stage four cancer. Everyone was devastated‚ cancer is bad‚ but stage four is the worst. Mom was crushed‚ Dan was like a dad to her. So she went up to Batesville‚ Indiana for as long as it took for him to get better. Sadly‚ he passed two months into his treatments. The family and I suspected mom would be coming home soon‚ but that didn’t happen the way we suspected. Mom was leaving and she wasn’t coming back. I couldn’t believe
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Anxiety affects 40 million adults in the United States ages 18 and up which about 18% of the population. Growing up with bad Anxiety was not the easiest thing to handle. I use to be very self-abusive to the point I ended up finding out I had anxiety induced bulimia and little thing to some people might mean a bad episode for me like a test an addition or even reading in front of a class because I might mess up because of my dyslexia. But in my junior year of high school‚ I found a way to fight my
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Brad McNeil Crystal L. Finney ENG-111-103A June 28‚ 2012 Bad Nurses He was lying in his bed struggling to take every breath. The Hospice doctor said he wouldn’t live more than twenty-four hours now. Uncle Ralph’s chest sounded like a motor running because his lungs were so congested. We thought that suctioning out his lungs would help him to breathe a little easier so I volunteered to ask the nurse for help. Doctor Kinsley called for an available nurse. The one around the corner
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Are videogames “bad” ? Videogames are electronic games that involve interaction with a user interface‚ to generate a visual feedback on a screen. The systems used to play videogames are known as Platforms‚ these can vary from computers to machines made specifically for the purpose of playing. One of the most important parts of videogames (as a unit) is the Controller‚ which is the input device used to manipulate the videogame‚ which has changed throughout time‚ it started as a joystich and a button
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Post the "What We Think about Ants" chart where students can see it. Explain that you are going to read a story about ants that is fiction (define the word if necessary) but that together you are going to see if you can learn anything about ants by reading the story. Read Two Bad Ants aloud. Take time to discuss the actions of the ants as you read. When the story is over‚ ask some key questions about ants that will lead to factual information. Some examples of questions might be: • What did
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BAD HABITS Most of our lives depend on the habits we create. Habits define who we are. Whether they are good or bad‚ it is our decision to decide. There are quite a few bad habits in our world that people get so addicted to doing that they suddenly can’t control themselves and their mind begins to think that it is part of what you’re meant to do. Some people confuse themselves about what is a habit and what is not. Smoking‚ drinking and doing drugs are bad habits but‚ they come under a different
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Alcohol advertisements essay Nowadays‚ advertisements have undoubtedly become part of our daily life. They can be found anywhere: from fliers‚ magazines‚ televisions‚ to buses‚ walls or buildings. They fill our society with colorful pictures‚ vivid melodies and fancy videos. They adorn our world with their diversity and creativeness. However‚ as ordinary customers‚ are we ever skeptical about advertisements’ effectiveness‚ especially when their costs are extremely high ( for example‚ reports say
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