When I was younger I always thought that I would just wake up one day and I would be “grown up”‚ by grown up I don’t mean a certain age or height‚ but a time in your life when you have to be older and more mature than the people below you‚ to set a good example for them. That day never really seemed to come‚ even though I was the same age as some of my childhood heroes like Nick Freer‚ Steve Hicks and Shane Teirney when they were covering the front page of the Herald Palladium‚ I didn’t feel like
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companies wanted marijuana illegal because of plant hemp which can be used for rope papers clothing ect. US is the only industrialized nation not growing hemp. Marijuana was first outlawed in Utah after first Mormons disproved as they do alcohol‚ cigarettes and coffee and tea. Other states joined relating marijuana use to the life of jazz musicians. In Harry Anslinger ‘s(the 1st commissioner of federal Bureau of Narcotics 1938) testimony to congress he stated‚ “most marijuana smokers are Negros
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The World Wide Fund for Nature or WWF for short has worked at reducing our carbon footprint for over 45 years. Even since 1985‚ the World Wildlife Fund Network has invested over $1.165 billion in more than 11‚000 projects. According to the WWF website‚ their mission is to conserve nature which they are actively doing in 100 countries with 1.2 million members in the United States and close to 5 million globally. There are several ways that everyone can do their part in supporting WWF. Supporters can
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I. How many of you eat fast food at least once a week? a. Story: (background) Fast food restaurants are popular because they serve tasty convenient foods for a reasonable price however‚ People don’t realize that these type of food items are unhealthy‚ contains a lot of calories which causes obesity‚and causes deadly diseases in the long run. II. fast food is unhealthy. a. Lots of sodium b. High in fat According to the article‚ National Heart‚ Lung‚ and Blood Institute‚ author Mark Pereira
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Eating Together Think about the last dinner you ate. Were you alone or were you with your family? Did you sit down at the table or did you just grab it on the go? Some may say they simply don’t have time to sit as a family and eat all together‚ due to work‚ children’s sports or whatever the excuse may be. At least three times a week families should sit down together at the dinner table and eat as a unit. Studies show families that eat healthy means together as opposed to picking up fast food helps
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Every year only 34% of Americans actually drink six ounces of water every day‚ while 10% said they do not drink water at all. I started drinking six to eight glasses of water for two years now. I became so much healthier and more positive from drinking water. Drinking water helps maintain balance body fluids in your body. There are many aspects of water including the different types of water‚ weight loss‚ & dehydration. First off‚ water is the healthiest supplied beverage known to mankind
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Everybody has a life and every life has a story – you can save a life and share the story by adopting an animal. When one thinks of an animal shelter‚ they would conclude that those animals there were most likely abused‚ abandoned and are now aggressive to humans. However‚ that is not the case. By adopting‚ you will be in fact saving not one but two lives; the life of the animal you are adopting and the life of another animal. Animal shelters are overcrowded‚ so when an animal is adopted‚ there will
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How the video was a good example of a persuasive speech? The video was a good example of a persuasive essay because of its overall structure from attention-getter and visual aid to the conclusion and performance. The speaker began to start his persuasive speech talking about global warming and what we the listener can do to prevent and lower down the devastating effects of Global Warming. The speaker allowed us to know what type of speech is he exactly giving information about and told us a personal
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Isabel M Honors English II 8 April 2013 The Degree of Pain Hi‚ my name is Isabel and I am here to talk to you about a sickening problem in America. I refuse to pretend like this isn ’t happening in our nation for any longer. Who here has ever been in trouble at school? Maybe you just got yelled at or had to serve a detention? If you lived in Texas‚ Tennessee or any of the other 19 states that allow corporal punishment in schools‚ you would be hit with a wooden paddle as a punishment in front
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Name: Maggie Wolljung General Purpose: to persuade Specific Purpose: to persuade my audience that bullying in schools is not okay and should be stopped Introduction I. Does anyone know what it means when a child becomes withdrawn‚ shows fear when its time to go to school and has declined in school performance? II. What if I told you it is symptoms of a child being bullied? Could you ever imagine such a thing being acceptable and prominent in this day and age? III. I think we can all admit to being
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