“I write in blood because I remember what it felt like to bleed” (“Best Kid Books” 27). This quote is simply telling us that Sherman Alexie doesn’t write just to write but he writes because the he knows what blood and pain feels like so he’s trying to give those that have nothing a source of comforting because they know they aren’t the only ones. Sherman Alexie is a Native American novelist‚ short story‚ filmmaker and poet. Alexie is a writer who targets young adults and teens who had a terrible
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Samantha Pacas Todd Gomez EDUC 1300-71056 30 September 2014 Life Is What You Make It In ten years‚ from now‚ I see my quality world consisting of myself having earned a bachelor’s degree in education. I would like to have a job in the education field‚ teaching students the knowledge that they need in order to succeed in everyday conditions. In my quality world‚ I plan on being married to the man of my dreams and whom I am completely in love with. I would like my relationship to be successful
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“A house is a home when it shelters the body and comforts the soul.” (Phillip Moffitt) What does a house mean to you? Is it just a place where you sleep and eat or is it a small world that keeps some secrets of yours‚ where you feel comfortable and protected? In many occasions‚ people have asked me what would my dream house look like. I never really thought about it‚ but after seeing a beautiful house in a movie‚ I immediately said that it was my dream house (I immediately thought of it as my favorite
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Why Kids are Joining Gangs Subculture Gangs are a brutal reality that citizens have to deal with in today’s cities. What has made this subculture come about? Why do kids think that being in a gang is both a satisfactory and impressive way to live? The long range respond to these questions can only be speculated upon‚ but in the short term the answers are much easier to stumble on. On the exterior‚ gangs are a direct result of human beings’ personal wishes and peer pressure. To establish
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a minor has committed‚ a jury or judge should choose to try the person as an adult. For example‚ Lionel Tate‚ who was twelve‚ beat a 6 year old girl to death while wrestling. Lionel Tate is a person that Marjie Lundstrom used in her article; “Kids Are Kids - Until They Commit Crimes”. That happened because television had influenced a young boy. That doesn’t make him a murderer‚ but yet he
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are in middle school or high school many do not think of what they will be doing afterwards. Planning one’s future is essential; without it one can easily go off track and ruin one’s life. A song: No the Kids are Not All Right by: The offspring describes a street with many kids living there. The kids grow up and because of what they did when they were teenagers‚ none of them could function correctly in society. Leading to teenagers not taking well
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of reading books that lead into the same event and just eventually get boring? Don’t you just dislike some books that are irrelevant and so fantasy it doesn’t seem to grab your attention? Well if you’re looking to read a book that is pretty funny and leads to events that make you want to keep reading the book‚ I believe that Diary of a Wimpy kid is the book for you. The book that I really enjoyed reading was “Diary of a Wimpy Kid The Third Wheel.” This book is one of my favorite books because of
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March Greg is upset over losing Rowley as his best friend‚ though his mother tries to cheer him up by telling him that friends come and go. Since Rowley Jefferson and Abigail Brown became a couple at the end of the previous book‚ the two friends have become more and more distant‚ very noticably even within nine and a half days. There were many things Greg and Rowley used to do together‚ such as blow bubbles with chocolate milk cartons that they can’t do now‚ because Abigail disapproves of it.
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diary of a wimpy kid greg is going to middle school‚ his mom bought him a "Diary" witch has the word "Diary" right in the middle and is in big letters. he is scared to bring it to school because he does not want some 8th grader to come see him with his book\diary and think he is a sissy cause he has a diary in 6th grade and does not want to get punched and then get made fun of. gregs big dream and what he thinks he is going to be like in middle school is this guy who so popular and EVERY-ONE
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Why Kids Need to Read Approximately 1 in 5 adults in the United States may be unable to comprehend a pamphlet about a medication that he or she is taking (“The Literacy Problem”). The ubiquitous reason for these individuals not being able to read such an important and relatively simple document is that they simply never read. This is a direct result of not reading as a child. Kids should be encouraged to read every day because reading helps them understand things‚ makes them smarter‚ and directly
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