My Speech Victoria Rock September 17‚ 2012 Childhood Obesity in Low-Income Families Hello Everyone‚ How you doing? Nervous like me I bet! Tonight I want to open your eyes in regards to childhood obesity in low-income families‚ and put an end to the myth that they eat nothing but “Junk Foods.” And I’m going to show WHY they are having a hard time fighting the battle of the bulge‚ because this is something I deal with on a daily basis. Just like with everyone else there are many factors
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going to discuss whether it’s a good idea to give kids an allowance? First of all‚ I’m a kid and secondly‚ I love money. My answer is absolutely yes – it’s a great idea to give kids an allowance. What is an allowance? It’s money given to a child on a regular basis by a parent or a guardian. The money can be used to go towards something specific or left to the child to decide how they want to spend it. Research has shown that kids who learn about money management at an early age tend
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Tessa Johnson Professor Harrison Composition II 2 October 2012 Effect of Video Games on Kids Growing up‚ playing outside was what I did for fun. Whether it was riding my bike‚ playing with friends‚ or swimming‚ I was outside for hours at a time every day. Today‚ kids have access to things like Xboxes‚ Playstations‚ and Nintendo DS. In a study conducted by Gentile‚ Lynch‚ Linder & Walsh (2004) "adolescent girls played video games for an average of 5 hours a week‚ whereas boys averaged 13 hours
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I am not running for class president because I have a bigger baseball card collection than the other candidates -- which I do -- but because I am a patriot and I love my class in a totally non-cootie related way. We were once the greatest class in the entire school‚ and we still are because the principal looks down on us and smiles. He loves our class‚ I love our class and we are crazy awesome‚ so keep that in mind while I now explain why we suck so hard. Okay‚ so we’ve all heard the rumor that
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What was your favorite childhood toy? When my mother and I were asked that question‚ our responses were considerably different. My mother stated that her favorite childhood toy was her softball glove and softball‚ while I said that mine was my Nintendo Gameboy‚ circa 1989. If you were to ask a child today what their favorite childhood toy is‚ I would venture to guess that their answer would be quite different from those two already mentioned. Today‚ technology is not the only element that has affected
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Demonstration Speech Video Assignment Upon completing my demonstration speech on how to make my Perfectly Pipeable Buttercream Frosting I knew that I could have done better. I was worried about timing and got jumbled. In saying this‚ I do not think that my speech was bad. There were things I did well on and some that I did not do so well on. I am moderately okay with the way my speech turned out. I believe that my introduction was possibly the strongest part of my speech because that is where my passion
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since I got my paddle because I always go all out and I realized that it’s because you are the one who always goes all out for me. You make my expectations so high that no one can compare. I’m so grateful to have you as my best friend and someone I could trust my life with. Thank you so much for sticking with me for so long. Even through my weird emo stage ??. I love you so much and I can’t wait to see you in December. ( it can’t come soon enough). No matter what you do or get me for my birthday‚ I
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from the University of Pittsburgh found that “harsh verbal discipline”—cursing‚ insults‚ and shouting—can be as harmful to kids as hitting or spanking. The scientists tracked 967 middle-schoolers for two years. The students attended 10 public schools in eastern Pennsylvania and came from middle-class families that were not considered “high risk.” Sifting through surveys these kids and their families completed on “their mental health‚ child-rearing practices‚ the quality of the parent-child relationship
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Speech Assignment Five Type of speech: Persuasive Persuasive type: Question of policy Time limits: 6-7 minutes Visual aid: Required Typed outline: Required Bibliography: Required Copy of Sources Used: 4 Required Assignment Synopsis: This is the most important speech of the semester. Start early and work really hard on this one. Students are to present a 6-7 minute persuasive speech on a current‚ controversial topic of state‚ regional‚ national‚ or international
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Throughout America’s communities today‚ the quality of schooling varies from school to school. In the book Our Kids the author‚ Robert Putnam‚ believes that the increased gap between the wealthy and poor is what causes the differences in school quality and opportunities for the students (Putnam‚ 2015). Recently‚ I had the pleasure of interviewing two of today’s youth‚ Josh and Erin. Their names have been changed for the sake of anonymity. Josh is a 17-year-old student at Shawnee Mission East High
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