Confederate Flag’s Worth Flags are familiar symbols and popular with all ages. A flags definition is usually rectangular piece of fabric of distinctive design that is used as a symbol‚ as a signaling device‚ or as a decoration. (Alle‚ pg. 127) Most people today consider the Confederate Flag to be racist but others just see it as a way to say they are proud to be from the South. Have people actually researched what they are saying or are they throwing out what they have heard others say? What does the confederate
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When I was very young‚ before high school‚ so let me say‚ older elementary school or maybe junior high‚ we didn’t care much about anything. Me and my friends play basketball. That’s what we did‚ though. We didn’t care anything about the girls at that time. We didn’t even know anything about the girls. We didn’t drink any of it. I didn’t have an older brother to help get me into trouble. I was the older brother. And so we didn’t do a lot. But then someone told us we shouldn’t smoke cigarettes‚ and
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As I was looking through the suggested summer reading list for 10th graders‚ the title of this book caught my attention: My Life As A Rhombus. I wondered how could someone have a life as a rhombus. And since it has the word “rhombus”‚ I was expecting the book to be mostly about math. Expecting so‚ I ordered the book online without reading a summary or preview. I guess I shouldn’t have judged the book by its title. It turns out that the book is mostly about two girls becoming friends as they exchanged
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Essay My Outsider Life Within this essay I am going to be comparing my life to a book I have read numerous times in school “The Outsides.” It is a favorite book of mine and I am going to compare my life to the main characters of the book. My main topic is to describe my life and how it is is similar to the life of the Ponyboys’ in the book. Ponyboy is the youngest child out of three brothers‚ who have unfortunately lost their parents. Now here is a brief summary on my life‚ the life of Ponyboy‚ and
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and drop out of college.Many students are scared of failing college and it not being worth it but most of the times‚it is worth it.Colleges have put in tutoring programs and other programs to help you if you are struggling in a certain class.The articles reviewed on if college is worth it shined light on the good outcomes of completing college.College can give you benefits that can be essential to everybody’s life‚for instance‚you can meet new people you wouldn’t have met before.Furthermore‚college
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The Improtance of Food and Society By: Amanda Dittmer There was a time when I was able to walk in a grocery store‚ brows through the items. Without even thinking twice I would‚ like most‚ purchase the best priced items of what it was I needed. Now it seems when I walk into the store‚ my mind set has changed. I am noticing that I am putting price second‚ and gathering information on that product before I purchase it. Being a collage student it still leaves for most items to be purchased at the cheapest
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foibles. Life was good…sometimes. Other times‚ I found myself stopping to ask‚ “What’s the use?” But I didn’t worry much about it. I mean‚ my life wasn’t a total whirl – it was just a little out of focus. At least I was having fun. Other students in my school didn’t seem to have any fun at all. They were always raging about the economic and political stability of the country. In a way‚ I pitied them. They were sacrificing so much of themselves in rallies and demonstrations – for what? Things weren’t
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Summary: The Rational Life-Aristotle Everything done is meant to be for only good reasons. Everything we do is to cause a better outcome for another purpose which leads to pleasure for something else. There must be some end. There is an ultimate point to life. Living well and doing well are both linked to happiness although the definition of happiness is different to many people. The unwise people think that happiness is plain and simple things like pleasure‚ wealth‚ and honor. Some people
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would not allow their wives‚ daughters etc. express themselves freely because men were very dominant in almost everything that was important during this time period. Women would work day to day to meet their spouses needs to provide the most desirable life for him. Flappers turned that around and made it completely acceptable for women to express themselves‚ along with living for themselves and not 100% for their man. (Flappers) People viewed this for the most part as a very good thing for the rise of
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Aaliyah lost everything she lived for. Childhood memories and innocence was gone. Aaliyah lives a betrayed‚ disappointed‚ bruised‚ painful‚ scorned‚ and unappreciated life‚ but in her extensive blue eyes she believes that no matter what it is‚ everything happens for a reason and this gave her no reason to give up. A stranger can wonder‚ “What do you have to live for?” But Aaliyah fears death‚ being hurt and pain. The only way she will die will be due to starvation or dehydration. She will not give up on
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