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    colleges too exspensive?

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    Colleges are too expensive Many families and students incur enormous debt to jump through the increasing required college “hoop”. Today colleges are too expensive to attend for most students. Over 60 colleges and universities in the country charge over 50‚000 dollars a year for tuition. With a family of 3 like mine there would be no way for my family to send us all to colleges. Yes colleges had state budget cuts. Which prompted many public colleges to raise tuition and the need to improve their

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    Too Much Violence

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    high quantity of violence in movies and on television has harmful consequence on today ’s youth. Reiner (1999) states‚ "Of course we can point fingers at Hollywood" (p28); however‚ the responsibility lies with all of us. With the constant exposure to violent crimes on television and in movies‚ it is shown to make it more acceptable in the minds of our youth to act cruel or violent toward others in various ways. Hollywood is responsible for too much violence in movies and there is a need for creative

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    Christmas Pine Cone Candles Christmas is the perfect time to try your hand at making crafts. Whether it’s a gift for a family member or just a decoration around your house‚ Christmas crafts bring delight for everyone involved. One simple and very popular craft is candle making. Here are a few steps that will show you how to make a wonderful and aromatic pinecone candle: In order to complete this craft‚ you will need the following materials: paraffin wax candlewick handful of small pinecones cinnamon/nutmeg

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    Water likes too stick too itself‚ but sometimes it likes too stick too other materials. Adhesion is when water sticks too different materials or surfaces. It is what lets us dry off with a towel after a shower or what lets us clean up a mess with a paper towel. Adhesions allows water to climb upward against gravity in capillary action because off the water molecules sticking too the other molecules of that material. Water molecules are strongly attracted too glass molecules because glass molecules

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    Well finally! The time of joy & happiness is here and present‚ the time when school releases their students for 1 ½ weeks after exams for them to welcome & enjoy their family & friends‚ good ‘ol Christmas/winter break. Personally‚ this is my favorite time of year‚ which supports the quote “save the best for last!” Of course it’s awesome to just go home and chill‚ but when you think about it‚ there is so much you can fit into these 8 days. For example‚ if you consider yourself an active‚ sociable

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    Too Soon a Woman

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    passed away. My older sister and I had to become a kind of mother and father to my baby sisters because my mom and dad were hysterical and a little irrational. We had to prepare meals‚ change diapers‚ and make bottles. It was really hard on us and I can relate to the story. In “Too Soon a Woman” Dorothy M. Johnson‚ Mary becomes a full time mother and has to watch over three kids by herself with no food and not much water. While facing the hunger‚ she has to look for food. She finds a mushroom that

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    An Enemy Becomes a Friend

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    An Enemy Becomes a Friend The garage seems so cold this time of year. The days of grass‚ nuts and scampering down the driveway are gone. Now Mother Nature puts on her white cloak of winter‚ and it nearly suffocates our little family. We manage. We have always managed through the last dozen generations living in this spot‚ but that doesn’t mean it’s easy. But this winter‚ things changed. For the better. Our enemy became our friend‚ and no one really knows why. It all started about a month

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    CHRISTMAS BREAK The beginning of Christmas break was awesome. We had a relaxing day and after school‚ Ella‚ Taylor‚ Seamus‚ Motse‚ Christina‚ and I went into to courtyard and gave each other our secret santa gifts. Seamus was my secret santa and I was Motse’s but I gave presents to everyone. I also got awesome Christmas presents from Kaitlyn and Weronika. From them I got two steven universe tee shirts‚ a steven universe beanie‚ a marcelline statue‚ another beanie‚ lipsticks‚ and an iTunes gift card

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    during Christmas? The salvation army supports the community many ways during the christmas holidays. They have an annual “Fill the Kettle for Christmas” there is also a “Santa Shuffle” to raise money‚ and there is also a Christmas hamper program. The Christmas kettle campaign is salvation army’s most famous campaign to raise money during the christmas holidays! Donating to the Christmas kettle campaign gives money to people who cannot afford food‚ clothing or shelter. This campaign has been helping

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    The question is really asking which line in A Christmas Carol supports the quote "’I wish‚’ Scrooge muttered‚ putting his hand in his pocket‚ and looking about him‚ after drying his eyes with his cuff: ’but it’s too late now.’" Choice (1) is not the correct answer choice. The quote from Choice (1) was said by the Ghost of Christmas Past. The Spirit was showing Scrooge all the Christmases he has celebrated earlier in his life. However‚ the quote mentioned in the question implies that Scrooge is regretting

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