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    Giving ¨ No one has ever become poor by giving.¨ ~ Helen Keller. (qtd. in ¨Charity Quotes & Inspiration¨). We have all seen the homeless people on the side of the road‚ how many times have you stopped and asked them their story? Have you ever not been able to read a sign that a homeless person has written? In Chicago 46.8% of adults are homeless. Ian Todd had moved from California to Chicago which is a big difference in homeless people. Ian saw all the signs the homeless people were holding and

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    Crossing the Road into Independent Thinking Many can remember the transition into what parents coin as the scariest part of raising kids. There are signs of it happening‚ such as late nights coming home without calling‚ deciding not to do chores that are expected of them‚ or simply not communicating as much as before. Positive signs can come about as being more responsible‚ but usually it is more self-concerned. In John Updike’s “A & P”‚ he illustrates the situation of how a young man evaluates

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    August Rush Themes

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    Does Giftedness Guarantee Success? “Music is all around; all you have to do is listen.” Quoted Evan Taylor in the ending scene of August Rush. August Rush was a boy who discovered the power of music in his journey to find his parents. His giftedness was a useful tool in his accomplishments‚ that can be seen throughout the movie. His giftedness did not guarantee success in that he would need the right resources‚ motivation‚ and a little hardwork obtain it. To begin with‚ giftedness can’t guarantee

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    Homelessness is defined as a condition of people without a roof to stay‚ they lack of security‚ and exploitative work for living wages. Homeless people often face an intense struggle just to stay alive despite the fact that society turns its head from the problem. When you see a homeless person on the streets how do you react? Do you turn your head and ignore them? Do you become angry that they are living on the streets? Do you feel frightened and avoid the situation all together? Or do you see

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    Human Trafficking Issue

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    Human trafficking is always been a topic of concern. Instead of the end of human trafficking‚ it is increasing day by day. According to the article published on "The Newyork Times" by Charles Isherwood ‚ titled "Sell / Buy / Date‚ everyone knows that human trafficking is a global topic. Every educated people is aware about such social problems but no one is taking an effective steps to end such inhuman activities‚ where girls or men or women are sold and treated as slave. In this article‚ a girl

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    dreams of graduating from high school‚ attending prom and then going off to college but she may never achieve these dreams because her family doesn’t have the money to pay for them. They are not homeless but with only little over $100 a month and many children to feed‚ they are forced to go to food banks and charities for help. Meanwhile‚ Alicia is relaxing beside her pool‚ the only thing on her mind being her vacation wardrobe. To her‚ college is just another place where you make friends and learn useless

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    Stereotypes Of Children

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    Early in a child’s life‚ they begin to read. They read with parents‚ at school‚ and by themselves as a pastime. In the books‚ young children read are male and female characters stereotyped which hurts the child in the long run. Children learn from the world around them and what they read if a book is gender stereotyped children may think the world is as it is in their stories. A gender stereotype as defined by United Nations Human Rights is “a generalized view or preconception about attributes or

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    Children of the Holocaust Children were the most vulnerable people during the holocaust era. The Nazis had it set in their minds that they killed them because of a racial struggle or as a measure of security. The Germans and their collaborators killed them for both those reasons and also in retaliation towards the partisan attacks. 1.5 million children were brutally murdered by both the Germans and their collaborators. Amongst these children about one million Jewish children were killed. The

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    ARGUMENT/SYNTHESIS PRE-WRITE 1. What is your topic? Arming Pilots. 2. What is your claim? Pilots should not be armed. 3. What is your thesis sentence? Supporters of arming pilots argue that it a better solution than equipping airplanes with sky marshals and that it would considerably enhance the security of airplanes. However‚ crucial constraints‚ such as the risk of crash that can be caused by a bullet hole in the airplane‚ the fact that pilots can’t be blindly trusted to carry guns‚

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    Child Soldiers

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    Gugel March 2nd‚ 2012 The Beginning of the Change From the first day‚ something about these innocent eyes filled with hatred inspired me to write. These eyes are those of a child soldier. Before starting this project‚ I did not think much of children fighting in wars‚ but as the research got deeper and my understanding of their situation more thorough‚ this project became much more than a simple task I had to accomplish. I felt close to these people as they are usually around my age‚ and some

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