4/20 “Fun” in Littleton Specific Purpose: To inform my audience about the horrible tragedy of the Columbine Massacre. Introduction: It was Tuesday‚ April 20‚ 1999. It was an exciting day for me in the fourth grade when I turned 9 years old. However‚ the people of Littleton‚ Colorado remember that day as something more and definitely less exciting than my birthday was. On April 20‚ 1999 Littleton Colorado experienced what we now know as the Columbine Massacre. Two seniors at Columbine High
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One hundred and thirteen‚ that’s the number of standardized tests the average student takes from prekindergarten to twelfth grade according to preliminary research conducted by the Council of the Great City Schools (Helfing para.9). If that seems a little extreme to you‚ you are not alone. Standardized testing has become an increasingly common way to measure anything from student knowledge to the effectiveness of the school‚ especially after the initiation of policies such as No Child Left Behind
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Hillary Clinton Presidential Essay Now that it’s time to vote who are you voting for? Is it Hillary Clinton? No? Well‚ Hillary Clinton has political experience. She has a plan on how to take away the national debt‚ she wants to stop ISIS‚ and she understands the issues. Hillary Clinton has experience in politics‚ after all‚ she was the senator of New York from 2001-2009. During early 2007‚ Hillary Clinton announced her plan to run for president of the U.S. and was a leading democratic candidate
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I’m about to do a research paper on The University of Oklahoma‚ in this essay I’m going to Alumni‚ and any other interesting facts about OU. I’m going to explain everything to you in the next few paragraphs. My college I’m doing my research paper on is University Of Oklahoma. The University Of Oklahoma is located at the address of 660 Parrington Oval‚ Norman‚ Ok 73019 and was founded in 1890. You might want to know how many students go to this university and also how many graduate‚
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audience’s attention‚ you must state why they should care about this topic. HOW does your topic relate or connect to the audience? Credibility Statement: Not only have I spend nearly almost 20 hours researching information on immigration for this essay but I have lived nearly all of my life with an illegal immigrant. Why so many immigrants from Mexico. Today‚ I will tell you about why we get a lot of Mexicans crossing the border for better paying jobs‚ Escaping violence and better education. First
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Radio Astronomy Essay In the 1930s a huge discovery was made; one that has led to many subsequent discoveries about the world beyond Earth. This discovery was radio astronomy‚ the study of celestial objects at radio frequencies. Radio and optical astronomy are two different ways to study stars‚ planets and moons in the universe; but the most useful would have to be radio astronomy. Despite this‚ there are some who do argue that optical astronomy is the more useful of the two. Radio waves are a form
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Kaitlynn Reynolds BSC1005 M-W 1-2:15 Breast cancer is one of the most common forms of cancer among women of all shapes and sizes. Breast cancer is a personal topic to me because my great-grandmother on my mothers side had it and had her breast removed and just recently I found out that my grandmother on my fathers side has been diagnosed with breast cancer and that the cancer has spread to her lymph nodes. Many women today don’t know the health risks‚ causes‚ and treatments to breast cancer
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Ultimate Frisbee There are many sports in the Olympics but one sport that isn’t in the Olympics is Ultimate Frisbee. I want Ultimate Frisbee to be added to the Olympics. In this speech I will talk about the rules of Ultimate Frisbee‚ the popularity of the sport‚ and why someone would not want it in the Olympics. First I’m going to talk about the rules of Ultimate Frisbee. There are only seven people on the field. They play on a grass field‚ so they could easily could play on a soccer field
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KC Nguyen Paulina Tong Edoardo De Armas Justin Wang Anh Nguyen OUTLINE WORKSHEET INTRODUCTION ATTENTION GETTER: On January 1‚ 1863‚ President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation which stated that any person held as a slave in any rebellious state was from there on free. On December 6‚ 1865‚ the 13th Amendment was ratified which abolished slavery and involuntary servitude. As time has past‚ we in America today face a different kind of slavery. PSYCHOLOGICAL ORIENTATION
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On Tuesday‚ September 11th‚ 2001‚ the worst terrorist attack in U.S. history occurred as four large passenger jets were hijacked then crashed‚ killing nearly 3‚000 persons. The attack was carried out by four separate teams of terrorists from the Middle East‚ all operating from inside the U.S. Each team had boarded an early-morning flight‚ posing as passengers‚ then forcibly commandeered the aircraft. Two fully-fueled jumbo jets‚ American Airlines Flight 11 carrying 92 persons and United Airlines
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