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    Throughout its history humankind asked itself this question and constantly tried to answer “no”. The idea of sentient living beings who are not people is present in writings of historians‚ geographers and other scientists for as long as the science itself exists. Mermaids‚ cynocephali‚ various bizarre species of beastmen‚ antipodes: all of them were embodiments of this dream. In course of time‚ the limits of the known Universe expanded and it became known that no such creatures existed. The only

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    LEFT BRAIN FUNCTIONS   uses logic detail oriented facts rule words and language present and past math and science can comprehend knowing acknowledges order/pattern perception knows object name reality based forms strategies practical safe | RIGHT BRAIN FUNCTIONS   uses feeling "big picture" oriented imagination rules symbols and images present and future philosophy & religion can "get it" (i.e. meaning) believes appreciates spatial perception knows object function

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    We Grew Up Alone

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    We grew up together Trading face paintings And sharing daydreams I was your voice and you were my shadow too soon it was all fading away and we went to elementary only seeing each other on birthdays‚ holidays‚ information always missing the relay For years we went on this way Then middle school came and we never stopped to play You found band and I‚ cheerleading Yet our hearts stayed parallel like too lines on a graph‚ the same‚ but never meeting Our family kept us updated on the other like conversations

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    Being Alone There are many different feelings about being alone.. These are three very different excerpts by Lillian Morrison‚ about people who have felt being alone in three completely different ways. There are similarities and differences in the way the characters view being alone. First‚ In “ The Sidewalk Racer”‚ the person is happy to be alone. He/she says‚ “ I am the one‚ the only single engine”. He/she is excited to be alone‚ and proud he/she can do things on his/her own. Because he/she

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    or her own. There are many reasons for living with a parent or living alone. If you live with parents there will always be someone around‚ but on the other hand if you live alone you will most likely be alone most of the time and that could be depressing. If you live with parents’ there will always be someone there to help you out‚ but if you live alone you have a lot of things you have to do by yourself. Yet‚ if you live alone‚ you can have people over whenever you want without anyone getting upset

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    loved‚ I loved alone. Then- in my childhood‚ in the dawn Of a most stormy life- was drawn From every depth of good and ill The mystery which binds me still: From the torrent‚ or the fountain‚ From the red cliff of the mountain‚ From the sun that round me rolled In its autumn tint of gold‚ From the lightning in the sky As it passed me flying by‚ From the thunder and the storm‚ And the cloud that took the form (When the rest of Heaven was blue) Of a demon in my view. Alone Edgar Allan

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    Nowadays young adults have the tendency to start living alone really early. According to their point of view‚ they may think this is the best thing to do. Or maybe their parents want to teach them a lesson of how life is when you’re on your own. But living on their own has its advantages and disadvantages. Most young adults fight with their parents‚ for they say their parents don’t give them enough freedom. So living on their own would be a kind of runaway from this‚ but on the other side they

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    Not many people enjoy eating alone. While it may be more efficient than a meal filled with gossip and conversation‚ it is substantially less satisfying. Especially when in public‚ people do not love eating by themselves. Eating alone can be especially sad when you are used to eating with someone you love. On top of that‚ it can be exceptionally sad if you know you will never have the chance to eat with that person ever again. Li-Young Lee’s Eating Alone is a poem about working through the grief

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    11 127 is the number of people in the US that are killed because of gun crimes each year. In Germany that number is 381‚ while in Australia it’s 65. We’re given this information in the documentary‚ Bowling for Columbine (2002) that was written and directed by Michael Moore. The documentary discusses gun crime in America with the main focus on what happened in Columbine when two boys named Eric Harris and Dylan Kiebold brought guns to school and killed 12 students and one teacher. A lot of people

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    If someone was to ask you if there was a difference in being lonely and being alone what would you say? Most people would say no‚ there is no difference between the two. There in fact is a huge difference between being lonely and being alone. The differences can be seen in your state of mind‚ your deep connections with peers‚ and your perception of isolation. One difference in being lonely and being alone is a person’s state of mind. A lonely person has a state of mind in which he or she believes

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