My high school required every senior to write a ten to a fifteen-page research paper on an issue or crisis that you were interested in and in order to graduate you would have to get a passing grade. For the research paper‚ you had to pick a topic that you were passionate about and one that you are willing to work on your whole senior year. The research paper would include everything you learned about while researching‚ your activism‚ what you did to solve the issue and lastly‚ why you chose the topic
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New technology is coming out day after day‚ and getting harder to keep up with‚ especially for our senior citizens. There are desktops‚ laptops‚ smart-phones and tablets. Each and every one of these devices can keep someone connected to the ones they love and local news; nationwide‚ and even worldwide. Having a computer in one’s home can drastically change the way one lives. He or she may keep connected to family in another state‚ stay updated with news reports‚ continue a hobby and even shop online
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October of last year. It was hockey tryouts. Dreaded hockey tryouts. Every year was the same‚ going through the motions already knowing which team I would end up on. If it was my first year at that level‚ I would be on the B team. If it was my second year I would be on the A team. It had been that way all my life. But somehow this year I wasn’t as disappointed when they came around. This year it just felt...different. This year I felt like I had a real shot at making the A team my first year of Bantams
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Maddie Zisk My first day in an English speaking school. I thought back‚ to everything‚ everything that had happened and where it all had started. Here‚ it had started here. Memories flooded back‚ memories of people‚ memories of places‚ memories of… of everything. With one last look around I took a deep breath and boarded the aeroplane‚ I was ready. I arrived the day before the start of the second semester. Though my things had arrived almost a week before‚ but I had been content living out of a suitcase
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My first year of storm soccer began in the 6th grade. I was nervous to start my first competitive soccer season. The thing that helped me out the most was that I knew we had a new coach in the program so we all were starting new. The first day of practice he talked to us and we all got to become closer by talking about ourselves and why we are playing the game of soccer. Chaz was a unique gentleman. He had the most character out of anyone I have met before. The reason he was such a unique man was
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Senior Living: Living With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) According to the U.S. National Library of Medicine‚ Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is a disease impacting the lungs‚ making it increasingly hard to breathe. The two main forms of COPD are chronic bronchitis and emphysema. The majority of people who suffer from COPD have a combination of both forms which leads to long-term coughing with excessive mucus and progressive lung damage. The main cause of COPD is smoking
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technology when being a fireman‚ the different tactics you see on a day to day basis‚ the physical abilities one must be capable of‚ and the types of equipment used. The technology used today to help fight fires is extremely progressed and different than it was even just ten years ago. If it were not for these new inventions‚ communication would not be as easy and complex for any fire station. Firemen face different obstacles every day and have to be ready to jump right in with whatever the circumstance
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_____once in 5-10 years _____ every six months about every 2 years once in 2-5 years _____every year _____other: ______________________ How many people make up your family including yourself? Between 4-6 What is your brand of choice when looking for a new tent? Why? Coleman‚ L.L. Bean and North Face were
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JaLesa Byes As the end of my eighth grade year was rapidly approaching and becoming a high school freshman was coming to reality I had a lot of anxiety and curiosity that I wanted to know about high school. On January 25‚ 2012 I was getting out of school and I got the devastating news that my grandma at age 57‚ suddenly passed away. I couldn’t believe it‚ I was in shock just as well as my other family members were. The moment she passed away I knew that since such a beautiful person that had
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An anthropologist is defined as a person who studies humanity. Studying everything that makes humans human from the different traditions of a community rather than other communities. A first year anthropologist is just starting off getting a feel for her job and exploring new things to see what might work and what might not work with different types of people. Something might not work and then there might be a change needed to accommodate for the certain type of person you are trying to study. There
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