Shift Happens I learned a lot of new information from the Shift Happens video. This video opened my eyes to many new things. I learned that the United States is not necessarily the best country to live in and it is not the best at everything‚ far from it actually. India has more honors kids than United States has kids. I personally think this is very shocking because there is a ton of kids that live in the U.S. and the fact that India has more honors kids than the U.S. even has kids is just insane
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Nomination Essay This teacher that has help make the Cave City High School band expenitial. He has made the band grow into something that others would have never of thought possible. Mr. Joshua Alan Poff has help me and many other students in the Cave City band program rise our skill level with our instruments. He has helped create the band into a flourishing spectacle that anyone and everyone in or who supports the band program should be proud of. Even though this is his first year of being an
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Why is the American Crime Rate So High? When compared with other Western-industrialized nations‚ the United States has the highest crime rate. It is a daunting question as to why‚ especially in the age we live in now. One might just boil it down to being a consequence of an ongoing population boom‚ the idea being that when there are more people‚ there is going to be more criminal activity. While this is obviously true‚ it is not even coming close to touching on the big picture. There are many
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Scenario 1: Two high school boys get into an argument after school. Jim‚ an African American honor student‚ punches Joe a Caucasian student who is known for bullying the other students at his school. After Jim punches Joe‚ Joe hits his head on a concrete sidewalk‚ inflicting severe head trauma. Two days later‚ Joe dies. Classify this crime as a murder. Hint: You’re Jim’s lawyer Scenario 2: Mr. Thomson‚ a 50-year-old math teacher‚ was on his way home when one of his students‚ 17-year-old Brian‚
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development of the nation. The Philippines has relatively high young populations. Statistics shows that twenty percent (20%) of the total population comprises the youth and it is expected to increased by 2.1% annually and will double after 30 years. A total of 5‚825‚425 children and youth are at risk and 11‚ 317 of them are children in conflict with the law. A recent study revealed that there are about 246‚011 streets children in 22 major cities in the countries. These children are susceptible to
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Introduce topic and explain why it is a problem and why gentrification happens. “Once this process of "gentrification" starts in a district‚ it goes on rapidly until all or most of the original working class occupiers are displaced‚ and the whole social character of the district is changed” (Rush Glass 1964). In our present day society‚ the middle class is getting smaller while the lower class rises‚ despite this‚ gentrification if making its appearance in many regions to satisfy middle class demands
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Everything Happens for a Reason Leslie Torres English 121 Ms. Rankin November 7‚ 2012 Have you ever heard of “things happen for a reason”? Well I am a firm believer of this quote. I feel like if I didn’t make the choices I did in the past I wouldn’t be here where I am today. Back when I was in high school I made some unwise decisions that caused me to get kicked out of school and be on home studies. Everyone who I thought were my friends never cared to give me a call a text or even send me
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Idaho City High School. Such an original name. Home of the Wildcats. Even more original. The students here are even more stereotypical than the name of the school itself. The jocks are top dogs‚ and the Goth weird-os are no names. I lay somewhere between the Goths
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Everything Happens For a Reason Both The Odyssey by Homer and Oedipus Rex by Sophocles‚ were based in the context of ancient Greek culture but each was written during different time periods. The Gods played an enormously influential role in the lives of the Ancient Greeks. The Odyssey was written during the Greek Heroic Age (1500-1100 B.C.E.) and Oedipus Rex was estimated to be written around the 430s B.C.E. during the Age of Pericles when Athens was at its height of political and cultural power
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Everything Happens for a Reason I don’t believe in luck. I don’t believe things happen by a coincidence. I believe that everything that happens has an explanation behind it. Life is a complicated thing and it has challenges throughout it‚ but if life didn’t have these challenges‚ what would be the point? Life would be meaningless. Certain obstacles that occur in my life not only helps me learn and have a better understanding from it‚ but it gives my life meaning. Starting college was a “wakeup
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