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    Pencils‚ they’ve been there for you through the good and the bad. Why would you want to give up such a friendship for some plastic‚ earth-killing monstrosity? Wooden pencils are better than mechanical pencils. because they will last longer and are a lot more fun as well as cheap. Wooden pencils have been around for about 220 years. Why mess with a good thing? Wooden pencils have always been the standard pencil that can go with you everywhere. They come in many shapes and sizes unlike the boring

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    Construction of Paper-and-Pencil Test School: Kingston College Subject: Physics Grade: 11-1 Date: October 23‚ 2013 Duration: 2.5 hours INSTRUCTION TO CANDIDATES You are allowed ten (10) minutes to read the instructions and write your name‚ date and ID number on the answer sheets provided. Answer ALL questions in EACH section.

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    about. She likes this‚ he hates that or a whole group of people like one particular item and it becomes a trend. No matter what peoples’ opinions are‚ most trends seem to circulate back into style every once in a while. Skinny jeans‚ sagging‚ and pencil skirts are fashion trends we can all say we run into at some time or another whether wearing them or seeing them on others. Skinny jeans have been around since the 1950’s‚ most popular among country music stars and in the infant days of rock and

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    each was busy doing whatever task they preferred to do. I got up and went over the small desk where my- I meant our- pencil sharpener is located. The small grey table had big‚ old books piled up in its right. Each slightly tilted and covered with thick layers of dust. I grabbed the sharpener on the top drawer. Maybe cleaning won’t be a bad idea. I quickly dropped both my pencil and sharpener and find my way to the cleaning closet to get the feather duster. I slowly opened the door‚ revealing

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    Dixon’s poem Plenty shows the relationship between a mother and her five daughters which‚ on a wider horizon could be taken as a relationship between adults and children. The poet starts by telling us that they used to run ’riot’ and this was more than the mother could cope with. We are not told whether the behaviour was meant to annoy the mother or it was just a normal prank played and enjoyed by children. The situation in stanza is not a pleasant one as the poet gives us a grim picture of the situation

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    Joseph Fernandez Ms. Reilly World Lit 27‚ January‚2010 The Isolation and Alienation of Troy in Wilson’s Fences          August Wilson’s Fences is a play about life‚ and an extended metaphor Wilson uses to show the crumbling relationships between Troy and Cory and Troy and Rose. Troy Maxson represents the dreams of black America in a majorly white world‚ a world where these dreams were not possible because of the racism and attitudes that prevailed. Troy

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    I‚ Pencil by Leonard E. Read is an essay narrated by a wooden pencil describing its humble beginning and all about its life. The real message behind the pencil is to show how complex social coordination is. The point is to compare the creation of a pencil to social coordination. And how both are very complicated. Every part of the making process of the pencil is equally important and necessary. Loggers are the people who cut down the trees‚ gather the wood‚ ship them‚ cut the wood‚ clean‚ and dry

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    Dennis Baron’s “From Pencils to Pixels: The Stages of Literacy Technology‚” he proclaims that historically‚ technology has gone through a cycle from initial fear to acceptance into society. He illustrates this claim with specific examples that give insight how technology has been authenticated and integrated. The availability of a new technology is only for a few groups of people—namely the part of society it is intended for and the richer families who can afford it. Take the pencil‚ for example; it

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    In the early 1900’s clothes were a status symbol. Fashion was more important than comfort. Fashionable ladies enjoyed the grand occasions surrounding the federation of Australian colonies‚ and later the openings of new federal parliament‚ in Melbourne where royalty was going to be in attendance. Society matrons were lucky that the extravagant magnificent dresses of the Edwardian era coincided with Australians own premier events. Women liked to have a pinched waist‚ a big bust with no cleavage showing

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    Limitations make everyone feel like they have to be something they are not‚ thus killing self expression and learning experiences. But luckily‚ the world of technology has opened up a new beginning for expression and learning. Both Dennis Baron’s‚ A Better Pencil and John Palfrey and Urs Gasser’s‚ Born Digital support that technology has opened up expression and learning in a society and Paul

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