#6:Treasure Chest Problem: Someone offers to give you a million dollars($1‚000‚000) in one-dollar ($1) bills. To receive the money‚ you must lie down; the million one-dollar bills will be placed on your stomach. If you keep them on your stomach for 10 minutes‚ the money is yours! Do you accept the offer? Solution: Each dollar bill weighs 1 gram‚ if we multiply 1gram by 1‚000‚000 dollars we get a weight of 1‚000‚000 grams. If there are 454 grams in a pound then $1‚000‚000 will equal 2202 pounds
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“Doing Nothing is something” by Anna Quindlen and “Kids Really Aren’t Overscheduled” by Salynn Boyle are trying to persuade the reader to believe their point of view of the idea that kids have “too much to do.”Anna Qindlen thinks that kids have too much to do and when you’re doin nothing‚ you actually at your best. She thinks that when someone is “bored to death” that creativity and ingenuity are in the peak of action. On the other hand‚ Salynn Boyle says that we don’t have too much to do. She says that
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WHAT MAKES SOMEONE A HERO? Heroes of today lie in ones beliefs. It doesn’t take super powers to be a Hero. The common recognition of heroes in our day to day lives can be anyone starting from the firefighters‚ police‚ military‚ ambulance crews‚ teachers‚ doctors‚ parents and more. A person cannot be considered a Hero based on their profession. Many people think that all the soldiers or firefighters are Heroes. But it is not always true. Heroism lies within a person and rises to the occasion. If
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13.09.10 Something for Nothing Characterisation: Jake is the main character. He’s a good family man and he takes an interest in his mother and lets her spend time talking to her son. Jake lives a regular life with his wife and his daughter. The mother is an elderly lady. Widowed years ago‚ who maintaines her intellect and brain power by an active social life with friends and by reading‚ especially the new yourk times‚ which is a massive publication 100 of pages long
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WHEN YOU KNOW NOTHING‚ YOU GAIN SOMETHING Life is a learning process for everyone. Nothing stays till the end of our breath except knowledge. From Aristotle quotes‚ All men by nature desire knowledge because there will always be something new to learn every day. During my childhood time‚ I think that I could be anything I fantasize when the teacher asked about my ambition. But now‚ that question becomes the topic that I feared the most and I would take some time to make up my mind and came up
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Scout. The lesson of Walking in someone else’s shoes. The metaphor of walking in someone else’s shoes indicates the understanding of a person by seeing things from his or her perspective. These three texts are set in the 20th Century‚ during a time of great racial inequalities and discrimination in society. To Kill a Mockingbird explores the idea - walking in someone else’s shoes‚ through the issue of racism. Rabbit Proof Fence ponders the idea - walking in someone else’s shoes‚ though the subject
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he began making phone calls to other Ardnak plants and discovered that they schedule the mass of their production at night to evade the Environmental Protection Agency periodic emission readings. A month later George‚ still contemplating on what to do had received another phone call from Bill expressing his discontentment. Bill reminded George that industrial jobs were hard to find and if a he could not find a solution to the problem then Ardnak would be have to move the company 15 miles south of
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My grandfather Peter was a great man that would do anything for me. I live with my mom and my two sisters and unfortunately they don’t share the same interests as me. From when I was very young I was full of energy. I would want to play sports or run around all day if I could regrettably no one would supervise me except for one person my grandfather. Although I don’t live with my grandfather he has spent more time with me even more than my mother. Everyday he would drive from his house to my house
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Walking in Someone Else’s Skin “You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view... until you climb into his skin and walk around in it” (Lee‚ 1961‚ p. 39). Harper E. Lee created this book to illustrate good and evil in the world through mockingbirds. The main character‚ Scout‚ learns about the meaning of a mockingbird‚ good‚ and bad by taking things in from Boo Radley‚ a person who helped her to grow up. The time when Scout walked in Boo Radley’s shoes is important
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worked for a spot on the team but I proved to myself that if I wanted something bad enough I could work my hardest and achieve it. Becoming a part of the Cherokee Charmer organization was a huge accomplishment in my high school career because I learned to be a part of a team and work with other people to achieve a happy and positive environment. During my time on the Cherokee Charmers‚ I was able to visit nursing homes‚ do local fundraisers‚ and even inspire children to follow their dreams. The
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