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    lather and nothing else

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    People must make a choice to resolve their problems when they are in trouble of their own inner conflicts. In the short story “Lather and Nothing Else” by Hernando Tellez‚ the barber conflicted himself because he must make a decision whether he killed the Captain Torres or not without danger. The barber’s first decision for resolving the conflict was simply to kill Captain Torres because Captain Torres was on a foray against his fellow revolutionaries. This would be a natural way of thinking for

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    Why You Should Buckle Up

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    Why You Should Buckle Up By Jaden Barling 7B Why you should buckle up is a good question. People never do and then they end up getting seriously hurt or have died. I was always told “buckle your seat belt” but that saying has died down the last few years. People are too worried about being comfortable than being safe. Which one would you choose? In 1984 the law that you had to wear a seatbelt was established. But only about 16% even wore them. And in 1985 complying seatbelts rose to about 57%

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    Write about a time when you experienced a serious clash of loyalties. I have never been so emotionally pained for my entire life. Sara and I were friends since primary. We immediately clicked. We shared interests‚ hobbies‚ and developed a deep trust and loyalty for one another. I shared my most sacred thoughts and secrets with her and she did the same with me. We went places together. We hung out together. We enjoyed being around each other. It was the kind of close life-long friendship which is

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    Give Someone Advice

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    If you were to look back on your high school years‚ what advice would you give to someone beginning their high school career? If I were to look back on my high school years and give advice to now students‚ I will tell them never wait until college to do anything. You should stay curious all the time‚ cultivate a passion for something‚ have fun with learning‚ and pick at least one club and join in. Stay curious all the time. I think a high school student should be stay curious; or become curious

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    Situate Yourself

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    Situate Yourself I have never really noticed my oppressions and privileges until we did the Privilege exercise I didn’t notice how little things were thought to be privileges. I knew my life had barriers such as my race and but I figured the way people treated because of my skin tone was “normal.” I was born in Denton‚ Texas when my mom was only 16 years old. My life growing up was different then somebody whose parents were 25 or 30 my mother had to grow up fast to raise a baby. My dad of course

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    Where do you see yourself in 5 years: Probably this is the most challenging question in the near future of my life. But in my opinion finishing University with a degree as good as possible will be the best start you can have. Also I think it is very important to have the best basis you can reach for your future life and what would be better than an outstanding result at University. Furthermore I would probably try to finish graduate classes. Right after this big step there will be several ways

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    Titile: Someone Like You Author: Sarah Dessen Date of Publication: 1998 Number Of Pages: 281 I checked out this book titled Someone Like You by Sarah Dessen. I chose this book because I read a different book by Sarah Dessen and well the last book was good and somewhat interesting. But I also chose this book because a friend of mine recommended it to me and because this author writes good girl teen fiction books. The author of this book is named Sarah Dessen and was born in Illinois on 1970

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    Lather and Nothing Else

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    well he killed obviously killed rebels "The day when he ordered the town to line up on the patio of the schoolyard to watch the four rebels hanging there‚ I crossed his path for an instant. But the spectacle of the mutilated bodies prevented me from concentrating on the face of the man who planned the whole thing‚ the face I now held in my hands." and the main conflict is when his razor was just over the right spot over his neck‚ "the great vain"‚ whether or not to kill him‚ whether or not

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    The movie “The Day The Earth Stood Still” is more of a propaganda film with themes than a science fiction film because its sci-fi characteristics almost feel like an afterthought. The movie is set in the early 1950’s‚ when American’s showed deep concern towards Communism. Fear of the unknown‚ which was associated with Communism‚ is also a major point of the film and it exploits this theme with knowing veracity. In most respects‚ Klaatu is the epitome of this fear‚ and the characters of the film

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    Next Time Will Mash You

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    Next Term‚ we’ll Mash You By Penelope Lively Do you know about violence or bullying‚ or just heard about before? If you have or want to hear a short story about this kind of story‚ you might lie down and read this. In the text ”Next Term‚ we’ll mash you” we hear about this boy Charles who get threatened by some guys at his new school‚ because he is the ”new member.” How bad can it actually be? Next Term‚ we’ll Mash you is about a young boy named Charles who is sitting in a car with his parents

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