To be chosen as one of the candidates for National Junior Honor Society is a big honor on my part. Being in this program can open many locked doors for me. All year I’ve worked hard to complete three goals. My goals were to be in a school performance‚ to become a member of National Junior Honor Society‚ and to pass all of my classes. Well by right now these goals that I have just listed have been completed and some is about to come true. No word in the English dictionary can explain the way I feel
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Biofuels Vehicles that run on biodiesel get thirty percent better fuel economy than gasoline-powered vehicles (Perritano). The many forms of biofuels make it easier to obtain and use. Biofuels are better for the environment because they reduce greenhouse gas emissions. For example‚ ethanol reduces greenhouse gas emissions up to sixty-five percent (Perritano). Biofuels are a source of energy from plants that can help fuel our vehicles and our lives. A biofuel is any fuel that is made from plant
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Are U.S. airport security regulations for flying too strict? “Since 9/11‚ (America’s airport security has) largely been a line of defense ahead of a departure gate to keep dangerous people and dangerous materials off a plane. By Bin Laden’s calculations‚ its cost $56 billion since 9/11. In one sense‚ it is worked as planned: No planes have been blown up or hijacked for a decade” (Airport Security Statistics). This quote explains that since 9/11 the airport security’s line of defense has been successful
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A character study of Junior. Arnold Spirit Junior – is a main character of the story of Sherman Alexie The Absolute True Diary of a Part-Time Indian. The character‚ which the author introduces us to‚ is most probably built up on his true experiences of growing up on the Spokane Indian reservation in Wellpinit. Junior is a fourteen- year old teenager‚ who is a naturally born artist‚ a talented‚ hysterically funny and open- minded‚ smart‚ brave young man‚ yet super unsecured. Having been born with
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The Immune System - Overview We are surrounded by billions of bacteria and viruses. To many of them‚ a human being is like a walking smorgasbord‚ offering nearly limitless resources that they can use for energy and reproduction. Luckily for us‚ getting into the human body is not an easy task! From the point of view of these tiny organisms‚ a human is a bit like a fortress. The skin is thick and very hard to penetrate. In addition‚ the skin also produces a variety of substances that are harmful
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Magical Realism‚ Really?” put “causally connected events side by side in a way that doesn’t appear to violate objective reality‚ but attempts to convince us by details that the events described are linked by more than chance”. The short story “La Noche Boca Arriba” by Julio Cortazar manifest this form of magical realism seamlessly into the setting. The short story takes hold of two plots‚ one in the modern world and the other in Moteca-Aztec world. Throughout the plots‚ ideas seem to merge as if one action
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41526 For me‚ being accepted into the National Junior Honor Society would be a privilege. Being accepted into NJHS will allow many opportunities for me in the future as I work towards my goals as both a high school student and a college student. The National Junior Honor Society will help me to improve on my scholarship‚ leadership‚ service‚ character‚ and citizenship. These five traits are referred to as the five pillars of the NJHS‚ and I believe that I have a strong foundation in each trait
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medical help for Junior. All of these challenges will impact his future. Junior often can’t get to school due to poverty‚ so his whole education could be affected. The “Junior Gets to School‚” (88) picture is describing the different ways he gets to school. Sometimes‚ when his parents have no gas money‚ Junior has to hitchhike‚ find another ride‚ or sometimes‚ not even able to get to school. This potentially could change his entire future for jobs and opportunities. Furthermore‚ Junior is uncertain
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“Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian” Junior‚ the main character‚ writes: “Poverty doesn’t give you strength or teach you lessons about perseverance. No‚ poverty only teaches you how to be poor.” When it comes to being poor‚ Junior does nothing to justify poverty that is he doesn’t say that it makes him a stronger or better person. Instead‚ Junior views poverty as something incredible difficult to overcome‚ a condition that simply reinforces itself. To Junior‚ poverty is generational‚ it is an inherited
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Throughout the book junior is considered to be the “only one”‚ he was the only one with “water on the brain”‚ and he was the only one at Rearden that was indian. Being the “only one” is not necessarily a bad thing it just can make you different. Throughout the book being the “only one” felt scary‚ embarrassing‚ and sad. Junior was born on the spokane reservation. Junior was born with a disease where he had too much cerebral spinal fluid in his skull. This is the first example of what it means to
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