Teen Gang Violence If I could change the world‚ I would definitely leave out the gang violence. I wonder why teens join gangs. I’ve seen some of my friends join gangs and I wonder why they joined. Did they think they were going to be famous? Did they think everyone was going to know them now and want to invite them to special events? Or did they want to sell drugs on their block and become hood rich? I grew up in the city of Blytheville‚ Arkansas‚ where a lot of kids find trouble. Gangs are becoming
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No school‚ LSD and an Apple diet Could it be that Steve Jobs motto ‘ Think different’ resulted from the use of LSD? Or did his freethinking concerning his school attendance have something to do with ‘think different’? Not really a recipe for success‚ but nevertheless Steve Jobs became the man with a computer that changes the world. No school‚ success guaranteed Steve Jobs grew up in an adoption home. His biological mother insisted he would partake of a good education‚ but just like his adoptive
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September 11‚ 2001 was a devastating time in history. No one knew exactly what was going on whenever the news of the plane crashing into the north tower reached them‚ but the leader behind the attack‚ Osama bin Laden‚ did. This wasn’t bin Laden’s first attack‚ but it was his biggest. He’d been involved in many things before. For example‚ he was involved in the bombing of the World Trade Center in 1993 and the attempted assassination of the Egyptian president in 1995. However‚ those didn’t stop him
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Yosemite National Park Yosemite National Park‚ a large national park in the western slopes of Sierra Nevada mountain range‚ is not just a great valley‚ but a shrine to human foresight. It owns amazing beauty of glaciers‚ mountain ranges‚ sequoia trees‚ and the granite. Yosemite is located in the west coast of the United States and in the east of California near Sierra Nevada. West of the park are the major cities of San Francisco and Sacramento‚ California. Southeast of the park is Las Vegas‚ Nevada
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The War of 1812 was America’s way of proving to the World that they were a force to be reckoned with. Although at first they had nothing to do with the war between the British and the French‚ eventually they were caught between the battles and saw that there were reasons for them to go to war. First‚ the British attempted to restrict U.S trade to Europe. Second‚ the British Royal Navy’s impressments of American seaman enraged many Americans back home. Lastly‚ Americans saw the war between the British
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The Invasion of Normandy‚ also known as D-Day‚ was a battle fought between the Allies and the Germans. The Allies were invading the heavily fortified‚ German occupied‚ beaches of Normandy‚ France. The battle lasted only one day‚ but was one of the deadliest battles in WWII. The battle is very popular and is commonly used in media regarding WWII. It is infamous for being a fast‚ yet incredibly deadly‚ battle. The battle is significant because it was a leading cause for the end of the war. If Germany
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Knee injuries are never fun to deal with. The frustration of dealing with a knee injury can be debilitating at times. If a person really commits exercising on a consistent basis‚ a knee injury might feel like a couple steps backward in a health and fitness journey. Thankfully‚ a bad knee isn’t the end of the world. There are ways to get back into the workout cycle without causing further harm to the knee. With clearance from medical professionals‚ check this post because there are a few exercises
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The novel The Color Purple by Alice Walker‚ follows the story of an African-American woman named Celie‚ and her friends and family through her diary entries. The story takes place in rural Georgia‚ in the early 20th century‚ all playing a part in much of the mistreatment she faces. The readers learn the tough life that Celie has endured‚ from being raped at a young age by her step father‚ to never being treated with respect by anyone‚ not even her husband‚ Mr._______‚ whom rapes‚ beats‚ and degrades
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There’s ways to dream about the American Dream American have so many different things‚but the most thing that people think of when they come to America‚the America Dream. American Dream mean to people;they get money‚ they have a loving and a healthy family.The American Dream is possible for those people who work hard for a better life with a home and loving family. If people don’t work hard and are lazy‚they won’t succeed in the American Dream. In my appointed I seen people don’t succeed in the
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Women’s Suffrage Up until 1920‚ the right for women to vote was up in arms. Men didn’t want women to vote because they saw women as the family care taker and they believed politics wasn’t a problem that women needed to deal with. From 1848 to 1920‚ women fought back with Women’s Suffrage Movements throughout the country. With continuous parades‚ speeches‚ and picketing attempts‚ the American Woman Suffrage Association proved to men that women can pull political weight. This led to the passing of
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