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    billiards (2012 USA Sports Participation Survey – Billiards). There are many different games in billiards‚ but eight-ball and nine-ball are the two most popular games played in the United States today. In billiards‚ the games of eight-ball and nine-ball both require certain skills and strategies however; eight-ball requires a more advanced player in order to excel. Even though nine-ball has not been around as long as eight-ball‚ its popularity has soured over the past few years because of‚ media coverage

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    his friends and even the teachers make fun of him. theme in the jacket is be thankful for what you get. Three ways that the characters problems are shown are through symbolism‚conflict‚and climax. Lets see Frist the symbolism in the “jacket” by Gary Soto supports that the boy has problems with his jacket because

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    A Mighty Long Way‚ one chance‚ one dream. The little rock Nine‚ They went through so much just to get their education‚ they went for what they wanted and succeeded beyond that process even though it was scary and hard. They got spat on‚ cursed out and way more worst things‚ just to get their education at one school. Central high‚ a all white high school that was desecrated. During the desegregation of Little rock Central High in 1957‚ the media illuminated certain events but painted an inaccurate

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    The setting in the novel Buried Onions by Gary Soto is based of in Fresno California and the protagonist Eddie had a negative past as a child with his father not being there with that having a big effect in Eddie’s life. He needed a father figure to touch him his way of life and how to respect and to be loyal. Eddie is now older and he lives by himself in a apartment in fresno he has lived in fear hoping he isn’t a victim of murder. This has happened to hir cousin/brother jesus he was murdered and

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    The Nine Steps of Accounting Cycle CheckPoint Step 1 in the accounting process is to analyze the transactions. This would include revenue‚ expenses‚ etc.‚ anything that the company received or paid during the time period. Step 2 is to journalize these transactions. To take the information and correctly post each transaction with a debit and credit line item. Step 3 is to post the journal information into an accounting ledger that shows all of the line items as totals in their respective

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    I am currently reading the book‚ Harris and me by Gary Paulsen‚ I think a possible theme could be is always look at the bright side of things. It says “ I had done this many time - been put in new places -and I had devised a method that worked”. I think that his parent is not very good parents but he hasn’t really talked about them and if his parent was a good parent then he/she would take care of him and keep him at home and care for him. I think that I would be shy if I stayed with at a new person’s

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    No one will ever have a perfect life‚ there will always be ups and downs. No matter how hard you try to make your life perfect it will not be‚ but you can make the not so great parts better. Gary Soto’s life was nowhere near perfect‚ from his father’s death to moving and not having money. After his father’s death‚ his life was not great‚ it was shown so much in his regular life and in his professional life. Forgetting about his rough past he was such a brilliant poet and wrote so many short stories

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    Victor‚ a character in the story “Seventh Grade” by Gary Soto changes in the story many times‚ including being nervous‚ being embarrassed‚ and being happy. In the first place‚ at the beginning of the story‚ Victor is nervous about whether or not Teresa will like him. In the text it states “He raised his eyes slowly and looked around. No Teresa. He lowered his eyes‚ pretending to study‚ then looked slowly to the left. No Teresa. He turned a page in the book and stared at some math problems that scared

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    Payne‚ Ruby (2008). Nine powerful practices. Educational Leadership: Poverty and Learning‚ 65‚ 48-52. In her article‚ Nine Powerful Practices‚ Ruby Payne gives teachers of impoverished‚ low-income students ideas and intervention techniques to raise student achievement. Her strategies mimic much of the current research on large populations of students who are living in poverty. Her nine strategies are as follows: build relationships of success; make beginning learning relational; teach students

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    Gary Soto speaks to the romantic side of all of us with his poem “Oranges.” In the poem‚ Soto uses the innocence and simplicity of first love‚ combined with symbolism and imagery of colors and light to evoke the feelings we all had on our first date. While the poem reads simply as words about a walk with a girl‚ the use of light and color build into a reflection on the feelings and emotions associated with young love. “Oranges” is written in the past tense‚ as the speaker examines in the first-person

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