13‚ 2011 The author of this article talks about the school system in North America and tries to reveal to us the tricks and traps. The author—Gatto—is a teacher in New York and is stating that he does not favor our schooling system. The article deals with the problems of boredom‚ is there necessity of it‚ the real purpose of school‚ and what schooling is doing to create addicts and ‘older children’. However‚ Gatto does not only show us the problems of our school system‚ but also reveals us to
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In the article‚ “Bullying in Schools‚” written by Ron Banks‚ the article expresses the key components of bullying . Bullying is made of direct behaviors. Boys typically engage in direct bullying‚ compared to girls who bully‚ use more indirect strategies. Teasing‚ taunting‚ threatening‚ hitting‚ and stealing are strategies used by boys. Spreading rumors and enforcing social isolation are strategies used by girls. Also‚ various reports and studies have shown that approximately fifteen percent
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NARRATIVE ESSAY Danger Blood oozed out from the stomach of the man as the knife was plunged into it with all might. The sight was enough to root me to the spot‚ unable to move or even look away. I did not know any of the three men who were engaged in this heinous act nor the victim. After extricating the knife from the moaning man’s stomach‚ one of the men gouged out his left eye. A gasp of terror escaped my mouth‚ well heard by all men on this still night when there was not even the rustling of
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THE DANGER OF FREE SEX Free sex‚ yeah this word is so familiar to hear. Now day‚ not only an adult man and woman who did a free sex but either did teenagers‚ in the other words a young man and young woman. Even‚ most of teens in Europe have ever done it‚ especially in America because free sex is being such their hobby‚ a habit to be exact. So what about you? Have you ever done free sex? Once or twice or more may be? If yes‚ so you’ve made a serious mistake in your life and you will get how dangerous
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Lafrance and Don Collins’ article titled‚ “Residential Schools and Aboriginal Parenting: Voices of Parents”‚ elaborates pellucidly “the effect that residential schools had on [aboriginal parents’] parenting”. It seems‚ according to the article‚ predominant that ‘[aboriginal children] were treated very badly right from the beginning.’ Lafrance and Collins suggest that the establishment of residential schools has deprived of aboriginal children’s own culture. In residential schools‚ aboriginal children
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The Dangers of Teenage Driving Underage driving is very dangerous for the youth of today. Deaths among teenage drivers are at an all-time high. Every day‚ teenage car crashes end more lives than cancer‚ homicide‚ and suicide combined. We had a police officer come to our school two years ago and give a seminar on teenage driving and drunk driving. The demonstration included a PowerPoint‚ some videos‚ and a crash car simulator. This officer also shared many facts‚ on which I took notes‚ about driving
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Jalen S. Underhill R. Blackwell English IV 13 March 2013 The Dangers of Body Art “Grandma‚ what does that thing on your right wrist say?” asked Maya. “It says Justin Bieber! Who is Justin Bieber? Was that your boyfriend back in the day?” Maya’s grandma simply responded‚ “No‚ this is what you call a big mistake!” Grandma did not tell Maya about her life-threatening encounter with Hepatitis B‚ how she was judged for tattooing a Canadian singer’s name on her‚ and how she was not able to keep a
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Joan Didion explains to us in the essay “On Keeping a Notebook” that her point of “keeping a notebook has never been‚ nor is it now‚ to have an accurate factual record of what I have been doing or thinking” (77). Throughout “On Keeping‚” Didion tells us her reasoning for keeping a notebook is to see the types of expressions of how a person is feeling at a point in time‚ rather than keeping a diary which is just a record of dated events. Didion tells us that keepers of private notebooks are lonely
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Bullying. As researchers are saying bullying in schools is becoming more common‚ and nothing is really being done about it. In the article Bullying In Schools author Ron Banks states some statistics‚ “approximately 15 percent of students are bullied regularly or are initiators of bullying”. When students are being bullied they never really tell anybody about it because they don’t want to be known as a “tattle tale”‚ and get bullied more. Most of bullying comes from children who are living in a
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The Ministry of Education‚ Sports and Culture is encouraging the young people of Samoa to know‚ practise and live their culture. To achieve this‚ a two-week vocational skills training started this week. The training is teaching skills in weaving‚ sinnet binding (afa)‚and navigation. Year 10 and 11 students from Chanel College‚ Maluafou College‚ Papauta College‚ Pesega College‚Laumua o Punaoa College and St Joseph’s College are taking part. While the vocational skills training has
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