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    According to Julia Mckinnell in the article “Control‚ Alt‚ Erase”  she talks about how social networking has become a problem for teenagers‚ and how  parents can serve as “a role model” by helping and making sure that their kids personal information is safe. Mckinnell gives important reasons why parents should be aware of the consequences that social networks can have on their children. Posting a message‚ a tweet‚ or a photo online can give away the location and time it was posted. This data can

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    they have said or done‚ or perhaps it is basically just to extremely overwhelming‚ making it difficult to comprehend that you will never see this individual again. Managing pain is one of the primary topics in the short story “People-Watching” by Julia Gray. The story is from The Mechanics’ Institute Reviewl‚ which was published in 2014. The main character in People-Watching is a young fellow named Paul‚ who studies architecture at the University College London. Paul and the young

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    by any other name

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    The title of Santha Rama Rau’s short story “By Any Other Name” refers to the character of Santha‚ who is a five and half year old Indian girl‚ which experiences discrimination for the first time while attending an Anglo-Indian school during the time period in which the British ruled India. Her mother had always home-schooled both her and her sister‚ Premila. When her mother gets ill‚ because her father is an officer of the civil service‚ they can attend this Anglo-Indian school for free. Her mother

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    Changing my name

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    and I had very little self-discipline. I wanted to change this desperately but‚ I felt like it was to late in my life to just suddenly change. I felt like I needed a motivation. That is why I am here today‚ to explain to you why I changed my name to Nina. When I was a little girl I recall my mother always telling me that I had Native American blood in me. I was fascinated by the thought of being a real Native American‚ the history of these natives just intrigued me for some reason

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    Details of Lourdes Mata Central School 1. Name of the School with address                 : Lourdes Mata Central School‚ Kovilthottam [strictly as per Affiliation sanction                          Chavara‚ Kollam‚ Kerala - 691583 letter or as permitted by the Board]   (i)   Email               : lourdesmatacentralschool@gmail.com   (ii)  Phone Number  : 0476 2684301   (iii) Fax Number      : Nil 2. Year of

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    Geraldo No Last Name

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    Geraldo No last Name As civilizations transformed from barbaric societies into each individually modernized nations‚ social hierarchy proved to be inevitable. In the short story‚ “Geraldo No Last Name” by Sandra Cisneros‚ a fellow named Geraldo was killed in a fatal hit-and-run tragedy (though he could have been saved if the surgeon had no neglected him)‚ however‚ his background was a mystery‚ and no one knew his last name or his existence except for a girl he encountered at a dance‚ Marin

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    The name-giving of Athens It is well-known that Athens was the most powerful and glorious town of ancient Greece. Its residents managed to develop a wonderful civilization that is admired till today. It is also known that the city got its name from Athena‚ the goddess of wisdom and courage. But how did Athens have its name? Here is a charming little story about the origin of the city’s name. The dispute of the gods Cecrops‚ a strange creature‚ half-man half-snake‚ was the founder of a city which

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    Persuasive Essay On Names

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    I am writing to you today‚ to explain what I believe about your discriminative views on names of children and scapegoating it onto their parents. May I call you Katie? Maybe I should stick to Ms. Hopkins‚ because you have made it really quite clear - you don’t like me. 

In fact‚ apparently‚ you hate me a lot just because I don’t have a top-notch name. I don’t really understand why you would feel such hate towards me; it’s such a strong‚ negative word and I wonder why you feel the urge to use that

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    Novel Without a Name

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    Gonzalez 1 Anabel Gonzalez Mr. Helle English p.2 7 September 2009 Thematic Effects on Novel without a Name Novel without a name by Duong Thu Huong provided a real insight on war from the Vietnamese point of view. Readers are able to contemplate with the themes that reoccur‚ what the war truly is like‚ and the effects it causes on the people‚ society‚ and the individual. Three main reoccurring themes of this novel were disillusionment of the war‚ betrayal‚ and the loss of innocence that the

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    Slavery by Another Name

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    Students are taught in most schools that slavery ended with President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation. However after reading Douglas Blackmon’s Slavery by Another Name I am clearly convinced that slavery continued for many years afterward. It is shown throughout this book that slavery did not end until 1942‚ this is when the condition of what Blackmon refers to as "neoslavery" began. Neoslavery was practiced after the Emancipation Proclamation and until the beginning of World War II

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