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    physical act of going to school is very different on a person to person level. That is why I believe that it’s important to look at and compare the writing of Lynda Barry titled The Sanctuary of School‚ and the writing of John Holt titled School Is Bad For Children. In her article Barry describes to her audience a very personal story of growing up in a family that didn’t really notice her and how going to School truly made her feel that she fit in somewhere. And with his article Holt chose to talk about

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    A summary of the story BAD GIRLS IN SCHOOL This story starts off with three girls going to Redeemer College a school for only girls‚ they have caused so much trouble for the time they have been attending the school and have given it a bad reputation. Ta Jeeka Brentford‚ Caledonia Nuttall and Katreena Melmac has made it their duty to disobey anyone who tries to tell them what is right but on a July afternoon a meeting is called to decide what to do with the three girls but the principal’s mind has

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    to have a healthy‚ good‚ and natural sex life. Dr. Stephen Holt‚ a pioneer of Integrative Medicine and author of several books‚ including The Anti-Aging Triad (2017)‚ Sleep Naturally (2003)‚ presents his scientific take on both man and woman’s sex life. In Holt On: Sex the Natural Way‚ Dr. Holt acknowledges that “Making love is a very important and underestimated part of a healthy lifestyle.” Admitting that he is no “sexpert‚” Dr. Holt‚ nevertheless‚ presents provocative ideas on the current repression

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    Video games are bad for Children Stop the debate as to whether children who love playing video games should be encouraged to continue or should they be stopped. Several people think children need to play video games because they make them active‚ but still‚ numerous other people also believe video games are not good for children. Despite the fact that other people think video games are healthy for children‚ I strongly believe they are bad for them. There are several reasons why video games are

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    Niroula Composition and Communication II 11 May 2013 Is television A Bad Influence on Children? The television has become such an integral part of homes in the modern world that it is hard to imagine life without television. It provides entertainment to people of all ages especially children. Children love to watch TV and prefer to stay “glued” to the TV screen all day‚ rather than playing outside. In the USA‚ 47% of children ages 2 to 18 years have a television set in their bedrooms. On a typical

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    Bad School System

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    What are schools doing for us? If nothing then what can we do to improve them? I think they aren’t doing anything. I have never really thought about this idea until I started research. I think that I am fairly smart‚ but it is more of after school rather than school itself. I was watching a TED TALK from Ken Robinson and he was talking about how schools kill creativity. He talks about how schools are good at making people who do their jobs successfully. He also says that those same people are

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    Is King John Good Or Bad

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    To what extent can King John be described as a bad king? I think that even though he was good at some points during his reign and at other times thoroughly terrible‚ he was mainly unlucky. He was unlucky on a number of occasions‚ most caused by the Pope. The Pope wanted to out-rule John. John realised this and in 1205‚ he got involved in a dispute with Pope Innocent II. They then had a disagreement over who should become archbishop. So in 1208‚ the Pope punished John by passing a law called

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    game‚ is left as positive memory in their brain that can be easily shared information. However‚ the real question is‚ what do humans do with the bad experiences? Do they just store them in their memory bank and never talk about it‚ do they just forget about‚ or do they share the experience? I can’t speak for everybody but‚ I feel you should express your bad experiences‚ just like you would for your good ones. Now I’ll begin. In my lifetime I have always been able to grasp things and excel at them

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    Television is a Bad Influence on Children Televisions are a main item in many houses and in most cases there is more than one. The average American watches four hours of TV daily. Though‚ is all that television good or bad? Everybody has a different opinion and some more than others. When it comes down to studies though‚ doctors are on both sides. Therefore‚ it comes down to the studies and what people believe‚ is television a bad influence on children? To begin‚ television can be a bad influence on

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    Divorce is always bad for children? One of the most frequently asked questions “Is divorce harmful to children?”. There are numerous discussions about the effects of divorce on children and most people and researches say that divorce has a negative influence on children. These children have more psychological and behavioral problems than children who live in married two-parent families. I agree with that because I think that normal psychological development and well-being of children are directly connected

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