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    different as you think. You might not believe it yet‚ but video games and sports have a lot more in common that you think. After reading this‚ you might even want to change how you look at video games. So here are some reasons why video games should be considered a sport. Much like traditional sports‚ video games encourage teamwork. In eSports‚ people work in teams and play tournaments against other teams on online video games. Most teams even live together in an actual gaming house! eSports teams work

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    influenced Europe.  Charlemagne was portrayed as a comprehensively educated sovereign‚ of all the Roman emperors before his time. Throughout his reign‚ Charlemagne endeavored into educating his empire‚ he went ahead of his people to enhance and preserve their culture in many forms‚ like the Renaissance.  At the 39‚ Charlemagne invited an English scholar‚ Alcuin‚ to his kingdom. Alcuin was an Anglo-Latin poet‚ educator‚ and cleric. Charlemagne saw that Alcuin was very intellectual‚ as said by Lienhard

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    ended the civil war‚ and saved the union in four brutal years. A person of this great boldness should be considered a hero. A hero is a person who is admired or idealized for courage‚ outstanding achievements‚ or noble qualities. The Civil war had many battles‚ one being in Gettysburg. This battle is known for being the turning point of the war. Being the gallant person Lincoln is‚ he made a speech after the Battle honoring the people of was lost fighting for the freedom of the slaves. Lincoln said

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    Why is Benedict Arnold Considered A Traitor In American History? When one thinks of Benedict Arnold‚ you can’t but help to think of him as a man who let ambition and greed distract him from what was generally important; independence. A once treasured American hero‚ but a man who is now put in the same category as Edward Snowden. How does this happen? How does a man go from a national hero to a national traitor? Benedict Arnold fought for the Americans in the beginning of the American Revolutionary

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    Why “Screen Free Week” Should Not Be Considered Does technology negatively affect us‚ or does it inflict beneficial learning capabilities? The wide use of technology entwined around our lives‚ especially at school‚ has definitely changed the way we operate. Without doubt‚ this contentious topic has intrigued several minds‚ including parents and staff at Sonora High School. In fact‚ they believe that by participating in “Shut Down Your Screen Week‚” a national event demanding a week off all electronic

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    united states constitution in 1787‚ which was 4 years after the american revolution‚ a political upheaval that took place between 1765 to 1783 when the 13 colonists rejected the british monarchy and founded the united states of america. After the American revolution Thomas Jefferson(one of the many founding fathers and the third presedent) wrote the declaration of independence‚ an article declaring freedom of the 13 colonies from Great Britain. Jefferson was influenced by John Locke when writing the

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    Lincoln was successful in setting slaves free. Even though it took a great amount of time he never coward down. Abraham Lincoln is considered a “rebel” because he took a stand in what he believed in when no one else would. Abraham was born in February 12‚ 1809 close to Hodgenville‚ Kentucky‚ U.S. and died on April 15‚ 1865 in Washington‚ D.C. He was the 16th president of the United States of America from 1861-1865. Within those four years he had accomplished many things. The biggest one was freeing

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    Should student achievement on standardized tests be considered in teacher performance evaluations? This is a question that has been going around many schools all over the United States. A lot of research has been done to answer this question‚ most of which gives reasons as to why it should not be considered in teacher performance evaluations. Student achievement on standardized test should not be considered in teacher performance evaluations. Research tells us that teachers vary enormously in

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    For the last 50 years‚ world population multiplied more rapidly than ever before‚ and more rapidly than it is projected to grow in the future. In 1950‚ the world had 2.5 billion people; and in 2005‚ the world had 6.5 billion people. By 2050‚ this number could rise to more than 9 billion (see chart "World Population Growth‚ 1950-2050"). Anthropologists believe the human species dates back at least 3 million years. For most of our history‚ these distant ancestors lived a precarious existence as

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    The Constitution is one of the greatest and longest running set of rules and regulation of any country. So‚ how is it that after hundreds of years we still have the same constitution that our forefathers created? The answer to this and why the constitution can be considered a bundle of compromises is quite simple. The constitution was built around compromise because all the constitutional writers believed in a system of checks and balances which resulted in a government based on the people. When

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