In October 1997‚ I heard on the radio that Luke Woodham‚ a sixteenyear-old‚ had killed two classmates and wounded seven others in a school shooting in Pearl‚ Mississippi. In a note‚ Luke declared: “I am not insane. I am angry. I killed because people like me are mistreated every day.”1 He explained that he was tired of being called a “faggot”; he was additionally enraged that his girlfriend—whom he killed in the shooting—had broken up with him. At the start of the Woodham case‚ I began examining
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supervision? In the article “Cool at 13‚ Adrift at 23” by Jan Hoffman‚ states that teenagers at 13 are going out to friends houses drinking and doing drugs. These 13 year old teens think they are super cool for doing drugs and drinking six packs of beers on a Saturday night. In addition to the article “The Treasure of Lemon Brown” by Walter Dean Myers is a fictional story about a homeless man named Lemon Brown taught a kid named Greg to not do bad things in life. Both stories‚ “Cool at 13‚ Adrift at 23”
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Throughout the Gospels of Luke and Matthew‚ there have been many kinds of Parables taught. Parables are brief‚ short stories told by Jesus to explain a simple moral or life lesson. His followers were determined to take these lessons to heart for the rest of their lives. Although there were many differences between the Gospels of Luke and Matthew‚ they did have a few similarities about Jesus. For example‚ Jesus Christ was born in Bethlehem; he was also considered to be a son of David. All in all‚
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In my science project I will be doing “What is the fastest ways to cool soda?”. I believe‚ that the salted ice water bath will be the most effective one and cool the sodas the fastest. The salted ice bath with water can lower the temperature of the soda to 44 degrees in 5 minutes. There are several ways that I could cool soda. Some of the most popular methods to cool are in a salted ice bath with water‚ ice bath no water‚ and the freezer. I will be testing these ways with different types of soda
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The fastest way to cool a soda deals a lot with heat transfer. Heat is a measure of the average molecular motion of matter and can be transferred from one piece of matter to another in four different ways which are conduction‚ convection‚ evaporation‚ and radiation. (Tania Dakka) In the experiment the different levels of the independent variable include a cooler with ice‚ another with ice and water‚ one with water ice and salt‚ the refrigerator‚ and the freezer. Prior research has been done on this
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“We Real Cool” What I like about this poem is that its meaning is relevant to any generation. No matter what is going on in the world there will always be kids who want to be rebellious‚ skip school‚ and do whatever they want with no regard for the consequences. One thing that caught my attention in this poem was the strange placement of the word “We” at the end of each line. At first this confused me but after hearing Gwendolyn Brooks read the poem‚ I realized that the placement of “We” created
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celebrating‚ and being joyful. So they would celebrate their sins and drink gin. Gin was very popular liquor in the 1960’s until vodka came along. Much of their time is spend on the streets instead of pursuing an education. This action is seen as cool‚ and followed by other kids as well. All of the “we’s” that are repeated accentuate a feeling of belonging at the Golden Shovel where they play pool. The pattern of the repeated “we” makes the poem seem as though the actions: getting drunk‚ staying
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They’re not being discriminated against them as much as before.” This pattern of silence and vocality is also evident in Cool Cat’s narratives. Cool Cat decided to pass the question that asked her opinion on same-sex marriage‚ thus reinforcing her silence. However‚ she was rabidly vocal on the barriers and discrimination that the LGBTQ community faces.
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Be Cool to the Pizza Dude Journal #1 In this essay‚ the author states four principles that guide the pizza dude philosophy. Principle #1- being cool towards the pizza dude is practice in humility and forgiveness. The author lists all the stereotypical aspects of what a pizza dude is like when they are on the road driving to deliver the pizza to people of all different types. So she is basically try’s to tell us that even if they do drive a little crazy (in an ugly old beater)‚ we can learn humility
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Tutor: ........... Report into the frequency of hand washing in an ECCE setting. List of contents: Page 3: Terms of reference Page 4: Methods of procedure Page 5: Findings Page 6: Conclusion Page 7: Recommendations Page 8: Bibliography Page 9: Appendix Terms of Reference: (page 3) As issued by the communication module tutor ‚ this report will explore the process into the frequency of hand washing in an ECCE setting such as crèche etc‚ and make
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