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    Summer Reading Book Review and Share In the town of Sterling‚ county of Grafton‚ State of New Hampshire‚ not a lot happens. But in Jodi Picoult’s story‚ Nineteen Minutes‚ Peter Houghton‚ a seventeen-year-old boy at Sterling High School‚ is lead to make a choice that would leave a mark on the town forever. Peter was expected to follow in his brother Joey’s footsteps. This is never fair. Joey was a kid that everyone liked. He was athletic‚ a straight-A student‚ and people just liked him.

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    Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult Fiction Novel Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult is a novel based on a school shooting in the small town of Sterling‚ but focuses more importantly on the feelings of the main characters‚ Peter Houghton and Josie Cormier‚ who experience insecurities and social acceptance‚ or lack of. The novel explores the damaging effects of bullying‚ peer pressure and the dynamics of group interaction within teenagers in a modern day society. Picoult’s novels are aimed at a

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    “Something still exists as long as there’s someone around to remember it.” Jodi Picoult‚ page 153. I read the book Nineteen Minutes‚ the quote I used above relates to many things that have happened in my life. These things haven’t only happened once in my life. I chose this because it would be the best quote relating to my life. Many of my friends‚ and family members have died in the past‚ seeing their brothers‚ sisters‚ or parents make me remember it the most. Yes‚ its very sad but these

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    Arts Ms. Hayden ENG 4U – U5A1A1 April 21‚ 2015 ISP Journal Nineteen Minutes By: Jodi Picoult Nineteen Minutes‚ tells the story of the residents of Sterling‚ New Hampshire and how their lives were shattered in one nineteen minute long act of violence‚ a school shooting. Nineteen minutes represents a theme presented in the whole novel because at any time‚ at any ordinary minute‚ your world can be transformed. It takes a matter of minutes to change ordinary moments in our lives into ones that are permanently

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    In nineteen minutes‚ you can mow the front lawn‚ color your hair‚ watch a third of a hockey game. In nineteen minutes‚ you can bake scones or get a tooth filled by a dentist; you can fold laundry for a family of five....In nineteen minutes‚ you can stop the world‚ or you can just jump off it. In nineteen minutes‚ you can get revenge. Sterling is a small‚ ordinary New Hampshire town where nothing ever happens — until the day its complacency is shattered by a shocking act of violence. In the aftermath

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    shooting how would you react? If you were a police officer and you got a radio call that said there were shots fired at the school what would you think? 19 minutes is about several children on there way to school thinking its going to be a normal day. They have a terrifying‚ dangerous‚ and unexpected surprise coming their way. The book 19 minutes tells the story of several kids on their way to school. Further in the book a policeman gets a call that says there have been shots fired at the local high

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    Association of Ubakala Indigenes NY‚ NJ and CT branch. Minutes of Meeting held 5/1/2011 by Chief and Lolo Obi and Juliet Ezeigbo. Venue 128 Graybar Dr N. Plainfield NJ 07062. Time- 4pm. Started 5.35 pm. Date- 5-1-201.1 Attendance: 1. Mr and Mrs. Joseph and Caro Ndumele. 2. Mr and Mrs Cyril and Ngozi Amadiegwu. 3. Mr and Mrs Nathan Ebele Enwerekonwe. 4. Mrs Patience Ndumele. 5. Lolo Juliet Ezeigbo. Apologies: Uzuoma Chioma Okechukwu Imeogu Eric Ndumele Innocent Ndumele

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    with. On the other hand is nurture‚ which says a person is formed into the person they are by the environment. This suggests that a person is born with no inborn tendencies and acquire traits off of the setting and the people they are around. In Nineteen Minutes‚ by Jodi Picoult‚ Peter Houghton‚ the main teenage character‚ suddenly snaps. Prior to Peter’s murders‚ he showed no aggression or violence whatsoever. Even his childhood best friend‚ Josie‚ who eventually became a member of the popular crowd

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    SENATE MEETING MINUTES – 10.10.2014. Chair: Tom Oliver. Secretary: Will Christensen. Dept. Chair: Philine Lichtenberg. Dept. Secretary: Xanthe Drinkall-Gash. 1. Present / Apologies: Present: name‚ name‚ name‚ name‚ etc. Apologies: name‚ name‚ name‚ name‚ etc. Absent: name‚ name‚ etc. 2. Agenda Items: Internet timings. Costa timings. Blood donations. School uniform. Water dispensers. 3. Action Taken (From Previous Meeting:) Bed times – Chair went to HMs meeting. Bed times moved from

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    raise or let the team know something important all at once when everyone is available. 1.2) organisational requirements that apply when taking minutes are that they should reflect everything important issue discussed in the meeting. Also we have a template to use when typing up any minutes which follows the list of items on the agenda. In order to take minutes in an efficient manner‚ you need to have the template ready based on the agenda items. Leave plenty of space to write down notes as the meeting

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