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    Columbine Shooting

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    Columbine Shooting On April 20‚ 1999 two young men from the city of Littleton‚ Colorado went on rampage causing a massacre. In total there were thirteen casualties; twelve students and one lone teacher. Preventing violence in public areas such as schools‚ airports‚ malls‚ etc. security must be increased. Violence can happen anywhere therefore security in schools and public places should be increased. In our society

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    School Shootings

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    Most students at college campuses are worried about exams‚ homework‚ social relationships‚ family‚ and financial responsibilities. School shootings and school violence are not at the top of the list of concerns for these same individuals. Looking back nine years ago this was also not of concern for the students at the campus of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University that April morning. No one is prepared for tragic events and no one is ever expecting them to happen. They happen in a

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    Shooting an Elephant

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    Shooting an Elephant by George Orwell The short story‚ Shooting an Elephant by George Orwell was written about Orwell’s experience in the early Twentieth Century. At that time India was ruled the British. While he was there‚ he had to do something that had caused some ethical conflicts in him. Orwell’s job was to kill an elephant that had ran rampant in lust throughout a village in Burma. “It had already destroyed somebody’s bamboo hut‚ killed a cow and raided some fruit-stalls and devoured the

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    Shooting An Elephant

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    NOTES ON SHOOTING AN ELEPHANT 1) colonialism in "Shooting an Elephant." * George Orwell wrote this essay when England ruled Burma as a colony---much like it had ruled America during the colonial period. Colonialism occurred when many European nations simply took over countries because they believed their culture was superior to the native culture. The ideas of social darwinism‚ or survival of the strongest nations and/or people‚ played a large role in the domination and subjection of countries

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    Zits finally started understanding things about his father that he had never known before. He now knows why his dad left his mom. He now knows his dad loves him‚ and most importantly he knows his dad leaving him was best for Zits. Zits would be able to feel some peace understanding his father’s actions. Zors was his own father. Zits transformed back into his own

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    Guideposts to grow wealthier no matter what happens in a world of increasing change and uncertainty:     1. Rich Don’t Work For Money     Most of the college graduate students today are dreaming to be an employee-nurse‚ doctor‚ teacher‚ bookkeeper‚ accountant‚ etc. Only few assume to have their any kind of business. They choose to be a permanent employee than to be an employer. They study more or less than 15 years of their life to have a secure job with high paying salary and benefits on

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    My father been playing soccer his whole life until he tore his ACL. He had screws in him and ever since then he couldn’t ever play the same. After not playing anymore he decided being a coach and started practicing others‚ having various teams and being champions. I started playing soccer since I was 5 years old. My own father has been my coach ever since. He’s taught me so much about playing and made me love the sport as much as he loves it. Waking up in my queen sized comfy bed realizing

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    community or even the larger world. This issue is explored in Raimond Gaita’s biographical memoir Romulus‚ My Father and Khaled Hosseini’s confronting novel The Kite Runner. Throughout these texts‚ the themes of personal relationships‚ migrant experience and morals and values arise from the concept of belonging and are explored through the use of language devices. In Romulus‚ My Father‚ Raimond Gaita explores his need to connect with and understand his father’s world in relation to personal relationships

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    Farewell to Arms

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    I look out my room window and see the rising sun. The brilliant red globe sheds its light on the earth‚ and illuminates the myriad of fresh green leaves that have emerged in the wake of spring. I open my window‚ through which a light breeze‚ the same wind that is ruffling the very leaves‚ enter. The scene is perhaps an epitome of peace. It is quite surprising to think that this is the same place that is under a threat of an ever-potential war. Just a few weeks ago our northern neighbor initiated

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    George Orwell‚ “Shooting an Elephant”; Adam Hochschild‚ King Leopold’s Ghost (excerpt); Queen Liliuokalani‚ Hawaii’s Story (excerpt) A. “Shooting an Elephant” by George Orwell 1. How does Orwell express his disillusionment with imperialism in this essay? 2. What do you think he means by this sentence?: “One day something happened which in a roundabout way was enlightening. It was a tiny incident in itself‚ but it gave me a better glimpse than I had had before of the real nature of imperialism

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