The Reality of Downtime We all worry about what is best for our children. This is no different for Anna Quindlen. Quindlen writes children’s books‚ novels‚ and is best known for her non-fiction work on current events and life. “Doing Nothing Is Something‚” is an article she wrote in 2002 for Newsweek about children not receiving enough downtime. She explains that our children are over scheduled and they don’t have enough time to be “bored” and reflect on life. Over a decade later I feel this statement
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Something that I learned to do non academic is a to play cymbals. Why cymbals you may ask? Well I was never really interested in band even though I was in it for a year. I wasn’t interested in playing a wood‚ horn‚ or drum. I never knew that my school had cymbals cause my class period there were none. The first time that I ever seen actual cymbal players was at TSU football game. I saw how they twirled and danced as they played the instruments. My cousin was in the drum line he bounced around to
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order to be happy and successful‚ we need to prepare ourselves on many fronts. Although participating in enjoyable activities is always desirable‚ in my view it is also necessary at times to do things we do not enjoy. The bases for my view are personal‚ social and financial. Personally‚ doing things we don’t care for builds character and helps us mature. For instance‚ when parents have their first baby they are forced to give up their freedom in order to look after the child. There are times when parents
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Brainstorming Topic: A Favourite Sport/Hobby and the Reason You Enjoy It Type of Brainstorming: Listing * Dancing * Calorie Blaster * Balancing * Make new friends * Cultural diverse * Keep fit * Make yourself happy * Maintain healthy * Reduce stress * Avoid from bad habits * Express yourself * Maintain active of brain cell Outline Topic: A Favourite Sport/Hobby and the Reason You Enjoy It I. Introduction Thesis Statement: Dancing
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eyes to how unfair our law system is. I never realized the District Attorney had screeners that get to pick and choose what cases will get tried‚ and if they don’t take the case that person gets off easy. I believe if you break the law you should get tried and get the punishment you deserve‚ no matter what. The reason I believe everyone deserves to be punished for their action is because my sister recently was a victim of what the cops said was a class three sexual assault. He was eighteen and
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Question 3 what reading have you enjoyed most in the past year and why? The reading I have enjoyed the most in the past year is ‘To kill a mocking bird’ by Harper Lee. The story’s main theme is about racial discrimination and gender inequality. It used a child’s point of view to tell the story so I can throw myself into the main character Scout. Thanks to her naivety‚ the injustice and the hypocrisy of Maycomb folks are enhanced. The most exciting part of the story is the fight in the court. Scout’s
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You may think now – wow – how can you stop bullying when you can barely see it happening! I mean how are you supposed to put an end to it when it goes on 24/7? The best way for you to make a start is to talk to your friends and have a discussion in your class and make a set of rules to put an end to it. Then present the idea to your whole school. The next step is to create an Anti- Bullying team so you can end bullying at your school. Bullying is so bad that it can end up with dying and
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In Mark Edmunson’s article “Who Are You and What Are You Doing Here?”‚ he directs this article to incoming freshman and talks about going to college with very little resources and being the only one in his family to goto college; he also talks about what students need to do in college to be successful. Edmunson thinks everyone should find out who they really are in college so you know what you want to do in your future career. Not just going to college pursuing a career thats not much of an interest
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international students to learn about‚ even superficially‚ various types of cooking that they can manage to eat healthily and enjoy themselves at every corner of the world. At least I do not need to force myself to be adaptive to those raw meats‚ since I know how to make my meal featured of low fat and high protein. When our life is in a rut and we just want to get out of it‚ enjoy cooking would definitely be my first choice. Some people may claim that cooking is just boring and laborious. I bet that
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My Road to Success If you had asked me 10 years ago how I envisioned myself at 28 years old‚ I probably would have answered‚ “famous.” My future plans included microphones‚ tour dates‚ and sold-out concert halls. I never would have imagined that I would find a deeper calling and a desire to devote myself to the medical field. In this paper‚ I will share details of how my life’s road has led me to my current place of success. I will also share my future goals and the path I choose to take to reach
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