Be Assertive! Here are some tips on being assertive. Use a strong voice Stand up straight Remain calm Be positive and honest. Don’t agree with others Say “No‚thank you!” Don’t slouche and have poor posture Stand up for what you believe in Have a well paced speech. Be firm and in control don’t be aggressive Being assertive will show your peers that you don’t want do drugs‚ and they should stop asking. Want Help? Here are some help lines to contact
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Teacher Ever My parents and I had the finest life in Miami‚ Florida. When my uncle died we moved Detroit‚ Michigan to go live with my aunt and my mema while they mourned his death. He died by having a rare flesh-eating-skin-disease that ate away his flesh. I could not stand Detroit it was loud‚ crude and had rats in places rats are not usually in. The most terrible part about was that I had school coming up and I was not at ease‚ being told that I was going to have the worst teacher ever. We could
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Undoubtedly‚ humanity and modern civilization would have never reached their current form with the research. Research is the key element behind any type of evolution and progress. Contemporary‚ broadly established theories‚ varying from the understanding of the universe to the revelation of human evolution‚ are the result of valuable innovations in different fields of science and technology. Every day life has been simplified due to the constant advance of knowledge and discoveries. However‚ none
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business but think you just don’t have what it takes? Do you look at the Donald Trumps in the world and wonder if you could ever really be successful in business? Fallacy #1: Entrepreneurs are born‚ not made I admit that I know two guys whom I would swear were born with a risk-taking‚ want-to-be-a-millionaire‚ nothing-is-going-to-stop-me spirit. But most of the business owners I know entered entrepreneurial-land through the back door. Some realized that they knew more than everyone else in their
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is learned through mistakes. For example‚ if a child participates in an immoral act‚ such as swearing‚ a parent could yell at that child and punish them for cursing. By punishing a child for doing something wrong‚ the child realizes they made a mistake‚ and will be less likely to make the same mistake in the future. However‚ if the parent had not yelled at the child‚ the child would not know any better and most likely continue cursing. The method of a child learning by mistakes is very effective
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their medical mistakes due to lawsuits. Many of the doctors errors are not intentional‚ they happen from failure to get all correct information. Everyone is human‚ mistakes happen.There are many ways to prevent these mistakes from happening‚ it is just the people need to put in the effort in doing so. One way for doctors to prevent mistakes is communication because without the correct information and needed discussions‚ mistakes will happen. Doctors should be able to admit their mistakes because it
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I Knew This Was My Moment I was sitting on a chair‚ tied up‚ in an isolated cabin. I felt very weary as I had just opened my eyes after a deep sleep. I had no idea of my sleeping hours‚ days or even months! It was damp and frosty inside the place. This wood cabin‚ if I were to use one word to describe it would be ‘UNKEMPT’! Spider webs clouded every corner‚ refuse scattered all over‚ hordes of flies buzzing around it‚ scavenging for sustenance. A pungent smell arose from a stale‚ discarded
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The Worst Christmas Ever It was December 1991‚ I just had my ninth birthday two months prior. My father was a cross-country truck driver. He had been one since before I was born. He loved being able to see new places and even visit places he had been before. He loved taking my brother‚ sister and me on “runs” with him‚ when we didn’t have school! In the few years‚ before his death my father had a Triple-Bypass and had a pacemaker put into his heart. This December 12th will make it nineteen
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Ever Changing Times In April of 2008 six teenage girls attacked one of their peers while a teenage boy stood on hand to tape the “event.” The word event comes to mind because these teens planned and extricated the whole “event” to put on the website‚ YouTube‚ perhaps in some hopesthat the world would see it and notice them. What kind of world has society made that today’s youth are planning things like this just to get noticed; that this is the way they perceive respect is earned‚ my how times have
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WRITE A STORY WITH THE ENDING “... I WAS GLAD THAT LIFE RETURNED TO NORMAL” Last month‚ our school had a camp for the uniformed bodies like scouts and St. John Ambulance. As a member of the St. John Ambulance‚ I participated in the camp along with my friends. We were all excited because the camps organized by the school were always fun with activities and seminars that teach us new things. However‚ on the 3rd day‚ something went wrong. During a cooking lesson in the living skills room‚ one of
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