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    My Best Day Ever

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    parking lot of a bowling alley‚ when suddenly it started raining. I felt myself melting in the rain. I thought of running back inside the bowling alley‚ so I would not melt away. After I ran back inside‚ I realized that I had left my bowling bag outside‚ but I didn’t want to run back out and melt. So I grabbed an umbrella and ran out to get my bag. My two bowling balls were a Gator ball and a red lightning ball‚ both of which are fourteen pounds. When I returned with my bowling ball‚ Coach Tom

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    Should we admire heroes but not celebrities? Plan and write an essay in which you develop  your point of view on this issue. Support your position with reasoning and examples taken from  your reading‚ studies‚ experience‚ or observations.          The term "hero" comes from the ancient Greeks. For them‚ a hero was a mortal who had done  something so far beyond the normal scope of human experience that he left an immortal  memory behind him when he died‚ and thus received worship like that due the gods

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    Hailey Ms. St. Hilaire Research 7 December 2012 Psychological Profile of a School Shooter Why would a student decide to shoot their own classmates? Often when a topic like this is talked about usually a stereotypical reason is valid‚ at the time‚ to explain why a student would perform an act like a school shooting. Often people jump to a stereotypical conclusion because violence is frequently found in games and further media. Stereotyping is a subconscious act when a person places someone

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    of professional hockey in “Na Na Na Na‚ Hey Hey Hey Goodbye” In “Na Na Na Na‚ Hey Hey Hey Goodbye‚” Tim Bowling‚ an author‚ poet‚ and a fishing boat deckhand (Stewart et al 237)‚ articulates how professional hockey has evolved over his lifetime. He laments how a game he was enamoured with no longer captures his complete attention and is not as relevant in his life as it once was. However‚ Bowling admits he still has a sheepish curiosity for the latest news and highlights (238)‚ is still “mildly attracted”

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    Bowling refers to a series of sports or leisure activities in which a player rolls or throws a bowling ball down a lane. In indoor bowling‚ the target is usually to knock over pins. In outdoor variations‚ the aim is usually to get the ball as close to a target ball as possible. The indoor version of bowling is often played on a flat wooden or other synthetic surface‚ while outdoor bowling the surface may be grass‚ gravel or a synthetic surface.[1] The most common types of indoor bowling include ten-pin

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    new start like everyone had promised me‚ but I knew I had to make the best of what I could. So once they announced there were Bowling tryouts that day after school‚ it caught my attention. At first I was really scared to even show up and I was seriously considering not going‚ but my mom‚ sister‚ and brother forced me to. I knew no one at tryouts and I knew nothing about bowling. It was through my lack of knowledge that I gained my first friend. He notified me

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    Public Opinion on Gun Control The twentieth century was a time of many political assassinations and violent shootings. A nation in shock mourned the deaths of President John Kennedy and civil rights leader Martin Luther King‚ Jr. At the end of the twentieth century the nation endured rising rates of violent crime‚ with young people frequently involved as victims and perpetrators and often armed with guns. Between July 1992‚ and June 30‚ 1999‚ there were 358 school-associated violent deaths in the

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    January 23‚ 2007 To: Teacher From: Student Subject: Analyzing a Discourse Community I am analyzing my bowling league for our homework assignment‚ in which we were required to identify specialized terms‚ proper topics‚ channels‚ and rules. Specialized terms During a bowling league there are many terms that a person that has never bowled might not understand such as getting tapped. What could sound a little vulgar really means that a bowler’s shot‚ or throw‚ was a good ball

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    John Locke's Theory

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    whom the child is going to grow up to be. Their long lasting social development and behavior starts at a young age based on their environment‚ both at home and at school. Locke’s theory can be applied to Mary Shelley’s novel Frankenstein and to the Columbine school shooting. An example of Locke’s theory is the monster in Mary Shelley’s novel Frankenstein . The monster displays frustration and anger after his creator abandoned him. This theme

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    rebellion school massacre. As time change‚ the progression of school shooting increases. On April 20‚ 1999 a massacre occurred at columbine high school in Littleton‚ Colorado‚ leaving 15 dead‚ including the two students responsible for the attack. It was by far one of the deadliest school shooting incidents in American history. On April 20th two teenage students from columbine high school followed through with a plan

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