Most people know that a “dozen” means twelve and that a “baker’s dozen” means thirteen. In Jay Asher’s Thirteen Reasons Why‚ the term “baker’s dozen” is given an entirely new definition: Hannah Baker’s thirteen reasons for killing herself. As Hannah Baker‚ a teenager with a desirable life‚ secret admirers‚ and pleasant looks‚ is overwhelmed with the pressures of her life and chooses suicide to end these said struggles‚ revealing her true weakness. Nevertheless‚ Hannah is indeed harassed and held
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Standardized Testing Should Not Be The Standard Standardized testing can be deemed as unfair and should not be solely be used to judge a student’s academic performance. Once quoted‚ “If my future were determined just by my performance on a standardized test‚ I wouldn’t be here. I guarantee you that” (Obama). Standardized testing has been the go-to way to test a student’s intellectual ability since before World War II. Most tests consist of several hours filled with tedious multiple choice questions
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Why do street children exist? That is the question playing in my mind. Who is to be blame for this? What’s the effect of this to the society we’re living? Many factors and aspects could be the reason of their existence. “Street children is a word which can be used with different kinds of children. They can be children who work on the streets by doing errands or selling items. Street children may spend a lot of time in the streets‚ but sleep at home. They can also live permanently on the streets
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allows people to take part in competitions‚ and to also meet new people effortlessly which is a wonderful quality considering today’s society. Another reason not to ban skateboarding is that now kids are outside and not inside all day long. Skateboarding is also a career that many want to achieve. The skateboard is not an activity that should be banned just because some teens were a little too loud or accidentally knocked over someone’s trash can. Skateboarding helps brings kids and sometimes
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A crusade was a military expedition addressed by Pope Urban II to reclaim Palestine from the Muslims. Taking back Palestine was the main reason why Crusades occurred. There are several reasons why people went on Crusades. Since Jesus had lived and died there‚ the Church thought Palestine belonged to them. Second‚ the motivation as to why Christians went on the Crusades consisted of fighting for honor and probably wanted to be known more by their people‚ to become a model for their children or maybe
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Pride and Prejudice was first written in 1797 under the title “First Impressions”. It was later revised and published under the title“Pride and Prejudice” in 1813. In the novel‚ first impressions do play an important part: Elizabeth is misled in her judgment and estimation of both Darcy and Wickham. Her regard and sympathy for Wickham and her hostility and prejudice against Darcy are due to the first impressions. But when we study the novel deeply andseriously we can easily see that the title “Pride
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foundation for learning‚ because it nourishes every aspect of children’s development. Before a child can even mentally grasp what is being taught at school‚ he/she must develop cognitive skills through the process of creative play and the use of his/her imagination. Even though people think otherwise‚ and argue against this‚ play is considered to be a necessary tool for a child’s growth. Thus‚ it is what sets the stage for cognitive‚ intellectual‚ social‚ and physical development. Learning occurs when
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market crash of 1929. This is a very important issue to me and i believe the three main reasons as to what cause the stock market to crash. One reason is buying on margin. The second reason is the gov’t creating easy money. The last reason the stock market crashed was stocks being priced hired than actual value. I hope you will consider my position on the issue and as well as the rest of my essay. The first reason I believe the stock market crashed was buying on margin. This let a lot of people essentially
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13 Reasons Why is a novel by Jay Asher‚ that will stay with me because it has genuinely changed my outlook on life. I was fascinated by the character Hannah Baker and her poetic way of describing the terrible events that changed her life. Hannah sends 13 cassette tapes to people she blames for her suicide‚ before killing herself by taking a handful of pills. The book is set around Clay Jensen‚ the ninth person to receive the tapes out of twelve. I was fascinated at how all of these people in
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Brooke Holcomb Professor Yarbrough English 112 4 April 2013 The Lessons In a Lesson Before Dying Jefferson was not the only one to learn a lesson. Jefferson did more for Grant then he knows. There is not only one lesson In A Lesson Before Dying there are many‚ Ernest J. Gaines teaches the important lessons all the way from dignity to caring for others to both Jefferson and Grant. Jefferson was convicted of murder and sentenced to the death penalty. When Grant was first made to go see Jefferson
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