The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle June 4‚ 2012 Ann Lee 8D “The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle” by Avi is about a thirteen-year-old girl‚ Charlotte Doyle‚ traveling from England to America‚ where her family was living. After the ship had left‚ she realized that she was the only female passenger on the ship‚ which was called Seahawk. Charlotte was an upper class and educated girl‚ unlike many of the sailors on the ship. Despite the fact that one of the sailors warned Charlotte about
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7 Worst Killer Plagues in history Smallpox (430 BC? - 1979): Killed more than 300 million people worldwide in the 20th century alone‚ and most of the native inhabitants of the Americas Smallpox (also known by the Latin names Variola or Variola vera) is a contagious disease unique to humans. Smallpox is caused by either of two virus variants named Variola major and Variola minor. The deadlier form‚ V. major‚ has a mortality rate of 30–35%‚ while V. minor causes a milder form of disease called
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Children’s life Baby Mantra - Sunday‚ December 11‚ 2011 Parents are role models for their children‚ regardless of age. Parents play an irreplaceable part in their child’s lives by being their first teachers. Parents teach their children how to read‚ cook‚ count‚ among other early childhood tasks as the child grows. It is very important for parents to be involved in their child’s life to help them mature from a baby to an adult. As a parent‚ you should always pay attention to your child’s likings/dislikings
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Our world is on a downhill spiral to the bleak unknown‚ undoubtedly‚ the effect of man itself. Countless tragedies have occurred in every country‚ critically affecting the way we live our lives today. In Africa‚ the ethnic battle of the Hutu and Tutsi decimated over one million people. The Chinese are still dealing with the struggle of a gender imbalanced society which came from inflicting deaths on unwanted infant girls. Now‚ in America‚ the difficulty of getting an education gets increasingly arduous
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Parents Should Trust Their Kids Have you ever been on your phone or laptop and your parents come inside the room and start to look over your shoulder to see what your doing? In the article “ The Undercover Parent” they explain why some parents tend to do this with their children and why they might not trust their kids with the internet. In my opinion I think that parents should have trust in their kid and at least check on them once in awhile. My first evidence I have is some parents use spyware
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In Jared Diamond’s article "The Worst Mistake in Human History‚" he describes the adoption of agriculture as a catastrophy. At first mention‚ this sounds rediculous. How could one of our greatest advancements possibly be regaurded as the worst mistake in human history? It encouarged civilization and made food easier to come back. Surely this porgession was not catastrophic. The adoption of agriculuture offered much room for advancement. In hunter-gatherer societies‚ people had to move with their
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The insight provided by Barbara Ehrenreich is probably the sort of thing nobody would ever expect to hear--to the American audience‚ television is superior‚ all-knowing‚ and as time-consuming as sleep. In the twenty-first century at present‚ television has evolved internally‚ externally‚ and culturally. There is high-definition programming that supposedly increases the experience of watching‚ digital video recorders that allow people to set aside time to watch their favorite shows when they please
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It started out as a great summer day with my band class. Than all of a sudden something happened that has not happened in 16 years while the class was on a trip. What had happened had ruined everyone’s day of fun. In June of 2011‚ we went to Kings Island to have a fun day before school started back up in August. We had planned to be there until 10pm. We split up into small groups and did our different things. I was walking around with my best friend‚ Taylor. We went and rode the Vortex‚ which
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There is one mirror in my house. It is behind a sliding panel in the hallway upstairs‚ every morning I watch myself in this mirror wondering if one day I’ll be able to make it through this pain. it was Sunday noon September 17th when I found out about my horrible disease even though I have had one every year since I was 20 years old‚ due to the fact that we have a strong family history of cancer. But this year was different. I had been having a strange little pain on the lower left side of my left
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French parents seem to be more lenient towards their children than the American parents. In which few of the Americans consider that a good way for the child to be supported in‚ from the beginning towards taking decisions and depending on themselves. American mothers overly love for their children lead them sometimes to spoil their kids or reversely make them strict with their kids. In France‚ children are provided more freedom to be who they are than American children‚ in a way. American
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