apart to satisfy my curiosity. My Mom was not a big fan of me pulling everything in the house down to pieces‚ but that never slowed me down. With age‚ I started to learn to reassemble things as well. In the fourth grade‚ I built a remote-controlled boat using the motors from a toy car that I had gotten on my birthday. I think that was the moment when Mom realized that I had the potential to actually do something with machines‚ because after that never stopped me from trying out any of my ’projects’. Machines
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An electric car is powered by an electric motor instead of a gasoline engine. The electric motor gets energy from a controller‚ which regulates the amount of power transmitted throughout the vehicle‚ based on the driver’s use of an accelerator pedal. The electric motors give electric cars instant torque‚ creating a strong and smooth acceleration pattern. Electric cars are about three times more efficient than cars with an internal combustion engine. A pure-battery electric car uses energy stored
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Me‚ My Dream and Nursing They say that life is not a matter of destiny. It is a matter of choices that we make. And how we take responsibility for each decision and step that we take. Taking up Bachelor of Science in Nursing is not an easy thing for me. It’s like getting through the eye of a needle. But no matter how hard‚ I can’t just let myself give up because of the impact that it will make in my life and in the lives of those people who motivates me to keep going on.
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7 Steps to a Green School Adapted from Eco-Schools International 1. Establish A Green Team or Eco-Committee The Green Team is the heart of the Green Schools process‚ both organizing and directing activities at the school. Consisting of the stakeholders of the school environment - students‚ teachers‚ custodians‚ facilities managers‚ parents and school board members - the Green Team is democratic and can often be run by the students themselves. Whatever the type of school or age group‚ student involvement
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why did Barack wrote a book for his father? Dreams for my father Barack Hussein Obama was born in 1961‚ in Honolulu‚ Hawaii. His mother was a white American girl from Kansas and his father a black man from Luo‚ a Kenyan tribe. At that time their union was unusual‚ so Barack had to live with that combination of races. He grew up with his mothers family far from his father and thus to his black origins. Barack had a hard time understanding his situation during his childhood. He was lost
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Why Teenagers Need Cars Imagine cruising down the highway in a brand-new red Mustang. This must be every teenager’s dream‚ though in reality‚ a compact sedan with a couple of dings in the door is probably more typical for those lucky enough to have a vehicle. Life is hard for teens who lack their own set of wheels. Today a car is a necessity‚ not a luxury‚ for teenagers‚ in my opinion. To begin‚ the daily schedule of the average student is a whirlwind of activity. What parent has time to
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manageable. That is how I perceive my life now. Coming from a family that acknowledges your strengths‚ the pressure of having to face the responsibilities of being a grown-up soon‚ these are the current issues my life is facing now. As a child‚ my Mom raised me to have strong beliefs in my ability and strive to continue learning. She taught me never to back down on challenges and that I must not get contented at what I have reached and that I should always try my best to become a better person than
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My Not So Fancy First Car I remember getting my first car like it was yesterday; it was a warm August afternoon and I was working an overtime shift at the local McDonald’s restaurant in an attempt to save up money so I could buy my first car. I turned around to hand out a bag of food and saw my mom smiling at me and dangling a set of keys. She told me to meet her out front so I got permission from my manager‚ who was apparently in on the surprise‚ and bounded outside. My mom met me there and handed
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My First Car My first car was a bit of a roller coaster‚ I had just learned to drive the year before and now it was time for me to have my own car. I would say the excitement I felt was overwhelming but even that might understate it just a little. The search began on a Sunday morning we went to several different dealerships‚ in search of the right mix of economy and style. Well‚ to be honest my mom was mostly interested in the economy part. The first dealership we went the car salesman seemed
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Our family car was a very reliable bronze Nissan Murano‚ this car had been part of the family for at least 5 years‚ it had taken us to Mcdonald’s trillions of times. However much we loved this car for it’s design‚ it would not save us from what was in our fates on that particular day. My mom‚ brother and I were on our way to one of my friend’s house and he lives approximately 15 minutes out of California‚ Missouri if you take the highway. We were driving approximately sixty miles per hour and we
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