Amish Gone Wild The main point of this video was to show how the lives of Amish teens are changed drastically when between the ages of 16 and 21 they are faced with a whole new lifestyle. This then leads them to face a very difficult decision. Durring the ages of 16 and 21‚ Amish teens are ’let lose’ or able to live the life that English children live. They can move out‚ get their license‚ wear normal clothes and party on a regular basis. Then after this is over with they must make their decision
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Dear‚ Mr. Spinelli Hi! My name is Sayantika Sarkar. I go to school at Iselin Middle School. For my summer reading project I had to read the book Smiles to Go‚ it was phenomenal. Smiles to Go just states that life cannot be planned; you have to wait and see what life throws at you. I love how the book is just about a normal person’s everyday life but still its unique. What inspired you to write Smiles to Go? Is the story of Smiles to Go based on your actual life? Did you make up the stuff about
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Jerry Spinelli is an author known for deeper themes in his novels‚ so it was a fun and new experience getting to try and find the main themes in his book‚ Eggs. First‚ Spinelli illustrated that families can often be complicated‚ but remain loving. In this novel‚ our main characters David and Primrose are both dealing with absent parents along with their ability to communicate with loved ones. However‚ towards the end‚ everyone has grown to show more compassion and kindness. Similarly‚ there was the
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In the book Maniac Magee‚ the author Jerry Spinelli used details‚ dialogue‚ action‚ and thoughts to create a main character named Maniac ( Jeffrey) Magee. Maniac Magee was introduced into the book by telling who Maniac Magee was. To me‚ I think that Maniac Magee was helpful‚ for example‚ in the beginning‚ Maniac was introduced to Amanda Beale. Amanda was on her way to school and she was carrying her suitcase that was full of books she called it her “library”. It was half open and the books came
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A Touch of Grey‚ Lessons from Jerry Garcia: My Five Key Values The 5 key values that I wish to live my life by is deeply reflected from my childhood. I had a tumultuous childhood; my parents were tie dye vendors who followed the Grateful Dead‚ and that was just the beginning. Since then I have come to recognize 5 key values in my life that I wish to hold as constants and grow myself upon. The first value that I wish to live my life by is to be present with mind and self. This also involves accepting
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organizations take actions contrary to the desires of its members and defeat the purposes they want to achieve. The Abilene paradox happens when everyone agrees on a basic matter of a situation and fails to communicate correctly. For example‚ as shown in Jerry Harvey’s movie‚ an organization was working on this particular project that was taking up significant financial resources and did not look that it was accomplishing any results. However the director of the project was trying to push it through and
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There is a character who is really like no other in the world of comic book villains. It would be hard for a person to actually find a character who is this deep and this disturbed in the world of comic book villains. The mind that concocted him‚ Jerry Robinson‚ must have been a very twisted person indeed. This character represents a theory about existence that part of me believes that all people wish we could embrace‚ in our own way. First‚ the Joker’s history. Different comics and movies
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In the book Maniac Magee‚ Jerry Spinelli develops Grayson to be caring character‚ especially to Maniac One way that the author developed this trait is by having Grayson say‚ “Never mind. You still hungry?” The kid flopped back down‚ “A little.” “Wait here‚” said Grayson‚ and left.” This shows that Grayson is caring because he knew that Maniac must’ve been hungry‚ so he asked him and left to get a sandwich‚ which is what a person who cares about someone would do. On page author first develops
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Social Change in the United States During World War II As the possibility of a second World War arose people began to form opinions on the United States ’ role in Europe. The general population disagreed on whether or not to get involved in the conflict with Germany. Some people believed in interventionism‚ the theory that the United States should do everything it could to support Britain without declaring war on Germany. Along with William Allen White they formed the Committee to Defend
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Blood spewing out‚ fist contacting face. I’m Jerry Sanchez and I’m ashamed to have even done that. It still feels like I want to vomit my guts out‚as if I just got off a rollercoaster that had million upon million loops. It all started with this kid named Joe. Every student knew what type of person Joe was liked to be a teachers pet‚ told on people and had no friends. He was the reason I ended up in jail. Deep down I felt that Joe had a problem with me‚time after time he kept on telling on me
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