Pluto is not a planet For my whole life I have been taught that there were exactly 9 planets in the solar system. I had learnt this at a very young age and the number 9 had often been stressed to me. I can’t believe the amount of tests that I had failed on the subject because I had failed to remember one of these planets. My excuse had always been‚ "No! That’s not a planet!". If I had forgotten Saturn then I would say‚ " Oh sir! Saturn’s not really a planet‚ it’s yellow and everyone knows that
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The Independent Lifestyle During my short existence on this planet I’ve become the type of person that I have wanted to be. To this day‚ I hold no regrets about my actions because I know that every decision I have made in my life was my own‚ and whether good or bad I have had complete control. Don’t get me wrong‚ I do face outside pressures from circumstances around me; however‚ I consider those circumstances and continue to make a truly original decision. Although overwhelming‚ I have
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Fear is something all humans share. This unity of having fear connects all of us together‚ along with many other things. Fears themselves are not universal‚ and every human may have different fears. In the novel 1984 written by George Orwell many common fears are brought into perspective‚ many of which I can say I fear myself. While the question asked for the implications of the ending‚ for me to fully understand the ending I must start from the beginning. The concern about the truth of history
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Baseball The summer that I was seven‚ I spent most of my time playing backyard games with my brother and our neighbors. They were all at least three years older than me and I was the only girl‚ but I had lots of fun‚ and in my second grade mind it made me feel cool since they were big fifth-graders. Our favorite game to play was baseball since my brother had gotten a set of bases and a plastic bat and a whiffle ball for Christmas. We would set the bases up in my neighbor’s front lawn and if the
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Downstairs from Meme’s is a basement apartment that Meme’s mother fixed up and rented to a Puerto Rican family. Louie’s family. Louie is the oldest in a family of little sisters. He is my brother’s friend really‚ but I know he has two cousins and that his T-shirts never stay tucked in his pants. Louie’s girl cousin is older than us. She lives with Louie’s family because her own family is in Puerto Rico. Her name is Marin or Maris or something like that‚ and she wears dark nylons all the time
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What is radiology? When people here the word radiology they think x-ray. To me‚ radiology means more than just taking an x-ray. Radiology is a science dealing with high-energy radiation that is used to treat and diagnose disease. Radiology technologists have more to do than just take an X-ray image of the body. Some tasks a technologist have to be able to perform include; taking their time to protect patients and themselves from radiation exposure‚ diagnosing a precise image of certain body parts
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“And‚ now…it is time to announce the winners for Problem 3‚ ‘Pandora’s Box‚’” said the Odyssey of the Mind World Finals master of ceremonies in his most resonant voice. He was about to name the top six high school teams in the world! My team sat in utter suspense‚ hoping our names would be called. We had worked harder this year on our problem solution than ever before. We grasped each other’s’ hands and sat‚ feeling full of both excitement and anxiety and waited. Finally‚ the announcer spoke again:
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It only takes violence or words to change this world‚ cops have families too.It makes no sense‚ they kill their own color‚race‚religion. We the people start looking down to them because of their omnipotent actions.Instead of looking at the color of someone’s skin why don’t they look around at the damage that they will be doing.This story pertains to when I had a frightening experience and how I changed after this. It was a gray cloudy day outside‚ I was entering 5th grade‚my sister preschool‚and
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That is me. It is October as I am writing this‚ so naturally my anonymity will be presented under the guise of a spooky skeleton. Here are some fun facts about me. I know you care‚ because you clicked this. And are still reading. I was born on January 11th‚ making me a Capricorn. Capricorns are often thought of as the fathers and business people of the zodiac. I falsely identify with this. I do‚ however‚ identify as a half visionary‚ half pessimist. I view my ambitions as dreams because I tend
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The Importance of Family Families are a basic foundation in all human communities around the world. Healthy individuals within these healthy families are at the centre of a healthy society. It is therefore in everyone’s best interest to help create a positive environment for all families. The family unit has changed over the years but its importance is still quite relevant. Both success and failures are faced with much more love and intensity when you have a family unit to fall back on. Family
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