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    Is homeschooling better than public schools? Regular schools in the real world seem to breed particular behaviors and feelings. I know many adults who still have the immature behavior that is learned all throughout highschool. Success in life has nothing to do with success in highschool. The type of competition taught in most highschools is detrimental to the cooperative teamwork that is needed for real success in life beyond highschool. It breeds "followers" who cannot take a step out on

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    Multitasking is the handling of more than one task at the same time by a single person. Some people‚ are able to multitask better than others. There’s nothing wrong if a person has trouble multitasking‚ some people are just able to conduct more activities at the same time. Research says that the ability of multitasking‚ can depend on the gender of a person. Scientist say that men are slower transitioning from task to task than women. Although‚ women are faster‚ they also struggle with managing various

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    I would like to live in Athens rather than Sparta. This is my choice. I would like to suggest this to you. It is interesting and I think you will agree too. There are several reasons why I think Athens is better place to live than Sparta. First‚ Athens is a democratic city. I think it is very important to let us have a chance to vote or to choose things that we want‚ or I think the city will be very cruel and scary. However‚ Sparta is one of the city-states that have communist government. It is seem

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    with a Candle Justin Nguyen Mrs. Howley 11/16/11 Mod F Purpose: the purpose is to learn how the process of a candle burning. The goals of this experiment are to practice in the art of observation‚ the art of questioning‚ and the development of a better understanding of this process. Hypothesis: through this experiment‚ we will learn how candle is working. Materials: * Candle * Note card * Matches or butane lighter * Aluminum foil * 1L beaker * Balance I. Candle Observation

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    Failure can be a noteworthy teacher because it clearly demonstrates what not to do. Nobody wants to fails but‚ failure can educate us on many things. It can build character‚ drive us to improve‚ and provide us with wisdom and experience. If failure is accepted with an open mind it can contribute valuable knowledge and drive progress towards the goal of success. It is the journey which makes us or breaks us. In essence our success is largely dependent upon how we fail and most importantly how we

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    that the evidence is clear girls are better at school until higher education at least. Girls tend to mature faster and they are less easily distracted during the lower education years. Also girls and boys learn differently‚ boys more visually‚ girls are better at verbal and written learning. This gives an obvious advantage in most classrooms. In addition to learning different‚ the mind works different. Girls all through life (not just the school years) are better at communication in most cases (I

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    in time to live in one of those two city-states‚ Sparta should certainly be the one they chose. Sparta is far predominant to Athens since their armed force was vicious and defensive‚ young ladies received some education and ladies had more freedom than in other polis. To begin with‚ the armed force

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    might be a better 3 point shooter than Larry Bird. Despite this claim‚ some people believe that Larry Bird is better. This essay will explain that Curry is better than Bird. Also‚ Stephen Curry holds the record for most three pointer in a game. Curry scored 13 three pointer made in a game. Larry Bird highest is 10 threes. If Curry can hit more than Bird‚ than Curry is probably better. Also‚ Curry also holds the record for most threes in an season. In fact‚ Curry has shot more than 402 three

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    Are females better students than males? Sajetha: As a whole‚ females do better than males in school. Am I saying that the individual female will always do better than the individual male? No. There are of course males who perform academically better than girls in school. However‚ speaking from a male ’s point of view‚ female academic performance is higher than male academic performance. A simple Google search will also attest to this fact. Amy: Males are simply smarter. Thousands of years of

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    Cheyenne Keyes The topic I will be addressing is “Pluralism is a better approach than exclusivism for religion in the twenty-first century. I mostly agree with this statement because of their definitions. Pluralism is the belief that many religions are true based on their own terms and exclusivism is the belief that only the religion you follow is the true religion. I also believe that pluralism is better than exclusivism because there are so many different religions throughout the world and we have

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