Stop the Strays The amount of strays in America is unbelievable. In my own community‚ Hood County‚ the numbers are through the roof. According to the Stray Pet Advocacy 45% of the stray animals in Hood county are dogs‚ and the other 55% are cats. The first step to a better‚ less stray-infested‚ future is to get the shelters going harder at their jobs. More animal control vehicles should be patrolling through the town during the day. More funds are needed to give the animal control vans the equipment
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Trey Dortch Mrs. Castleberry AP English IV 13 October 2014 The Downfall of a Corrupt Teenager The novel‚ An American Tragedy‚ is a historical fiction story placed in the 1920’s which is based off a certain event that influenced the author Theodore Dreiser and how he portrayed American society as a whole. He uses a character by the name of Clyde Griffith to analyze how Clyde contradicts with his true human character‚ Chester Gillette. By utilizing Chester into the story as Clyde‚ Dreiser constructs
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“The Extent of Marijuana Users among Teenagers of Poblacion District III in LaPaz‚ Leyte” Background of the Study According to an article in the website of National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)‚ “Marijuana is usually smoked as a cigarette (joint) or in a pipe. It is also smoked in blunts‚ which are cigars that have been emptied of tobacco and refilled with a mixture of marijuana and tobacco. This mode of delivery combines marijuana’s active ingredients with nicotine and other harmful chemicals
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Peer Pressure – Are You Being Influenced? If there is one inescapable aspect of being a teenager‚ it is peer group pressure. We have all either experienced it‚ or will do so at some time in our lives. It doesn’t matter what religion or ethnic community we belong to‚ or which country we live in. Peer pressure is universal. It can mean pressure to conform to a certain group norm‚ or it can be the pressure to do something. Why is peer group pressure more of an issue during the teen years‚ and how can
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Dear friend‚ I’m not the type of person to keep a diary‚ and I’m not the best at telling people what’s really going through my head. Because honestly no one would understand‚ I don’t even know what’s going on in my head half the time. I’m a person with a lot of thought though. My name is I’m 16 years old and I like to think that I’m living my life up to the fullest. But what am I living for? Am I living or just existing? More and more I’ve been realizing that being a teenager isn’t everything
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friend in need is a friend indeed A true friend is a person who will help you when you really need help. Babylon English Dictionary a real friend is one who is supportive in times of trouble We hear the above phrase a lot but fail to pay much attention to it as we believe that all our friends are friends in deed. Mostly in troubled times we look back space that is sans them. The choices that we take‚ the amount of time we spend all decide the amount of closeness we share with a friend
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Friends - one word with a very beautiful meaning behind it. To most of us‚ friends are known as our pals‚ buddies or acquaintances. The more the merrier they always say. The more friends you have‚ the wider you horizon. With the ample presence of social networking sites these days such as Facebook and Twitter‚ it is much easier to be connected to people from the other end of the world than it used to be. With just a few clicks of the mouse‚ you will become friends or be connected virtually to other
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Natasha Morales Prof. Kanter English 102 July 31st‚ 2013 The Internet: Friend or Foe? Over the past 5 years or so I’ve realized that both my attention span and reading skills have declined. Most people like the Internet because it is easy‚ quick‚ and “reliable”. Ever so often 85% of Americans 18 and older are on the Internet. According to studies made by nGenera‚ a research and consulting group of people‚ in 2008 they released that young kids have trouble absorbing information
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there’s a big difference between cyber friends and real life friends. Many people think that these two both have the same level of friendship. Unlike those people‚ I think that having real friends that you personally see and talk with is priceless and irreplaceable. There’s is nothing more beautiful than great relationships with your friends whom you personally share stories with. Well‚ I’m not saying that having cyber friends is bad or unacceptable. I’m just
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2 13 December 2012 The Best Car for a Teenager When the average Teenager gets his or her license at the age of 16‚ most of them will start looking for a car. They will probably look for a car that is expensive and fast like the high performance vehicles made today‚ but most families nowadays cannot afford such a car. Parents usually want any car that is safe‚ reliable‚ and inexpensive. That is why the 2001 Mitsubishi Eclipse is the best car a teenager can buy. It has all the features parents
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