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    tuition‚ room and board‚ books‚ etc.‚ students need personal items for their rooms. Those with cars need gas and they will also need money for all other activities they wish to participate in. 33% of black men and 26% Another reason many students drop out of school is grades. Coming straight out high school some kids do not know the severity of maintaining good grades and a satisfactory standing GPA. Students begin school enjoying the freedom of being on their own and get caught up having fun instead

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    Black Rain By Masuji Ibuse

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    All for One “Thundery black clouds had borne down on us from the direction of the city‚ and the rain from them had fallen in streaks the thickness of a fountain pen” (Ibuse 34). In Masuji Ibuse’s Black Rain‚ Shigematsu Shizuma is a main character that cares for his niece Yasuko‚ a young woman who experienced the “black rain” that fell on the city of Hiroshima after the bombing. Shigematsu as well as several friends and family members suffer from radiation sickness after the war‚ but his main concern

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    productive member of the society. One of the major problem the Philippine education is facing right now‚ especially in the public schools is the high percentage in the drop – out rate. Each year‚ the Department of Education introduces different methods to answer the continuous decrease in the internal efficiency especially the drop – out rate in different schools. There is really a need for an advocacy to further supplement the idea of “ Education for All “. On this study‚ the researcher

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    John Foulcher writes interesting poetry because he can make the reader see‚ feel‚ and think. Summer Rain ‚ demonstrate to the reader that Foulcher’s poetry is not only thought provoking and realistic‚ but it is also able to capture aspects of society through his unique use of imagery. Summer Rain is a longer poem than most others written by John Foulcher‚ which has messages throughout it. Summer Rain is set on a highway during a traffic jam‚ an experience many people have experienced. The start

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    white man in south Africa are evil a good example of her conveying it is when dinorego states “I take gilbert as my own son which fact surprises me since he is a white man and we Botswana do not know any white people” -“to gilbert‚ it was the first real hand clap he had experienced and the loneliness in which he found himself in tribal Africa” this shows that as a white man living in Botswana surrounded by tribal people who do not often come across a white man‚ they do not easily accept gilbert

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    our minds. But by reading the book The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein‚ we understand there are some dogs that have larger desires and greater things on their mind rather than wondering when the next time they’ll eat. Enzo understood to be a terrier‚ pays impeccable attention to detail. Just in a matter of second of being around his owner Denny‚ Enzo can tell exactly what Denny had done and where he had been that day. In the first chapter of the book‚ Denny comes home from work to greet Enzo

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    Black Rain The novel‚ Black Rain‚ is a first hand recall of the events of a man’s life during the bombing of Hiroshima. The main character‚ Shigematsu Shizuma‚ is concerned that his niece‚ Yasuko‚ will be unable to marry because prospective husbands are scared off due to the fact that she was near the bombing and that her or her children will suffer the effects of this radiation sickness that had already affected so many. In his quest to find a husband for his niece he decides to rewrite his

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    XXXXX EN Professor: 7/6/14 The reasons of college students drop out of school In current society‚ by getting a high diploma‚ people are capable of earning more opportunities of finding a good job in the future. Meanwhile‚ it is the best way that people can expand their social relationships because they can make friends in different fields at school. But these facts are true only for good students or average students. As for the excellent students‚ they get high grades and make lots of friends

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    "There Will Come Soft Rains" is a short story by science fiction author Ray Bradbury. The story is about a high-technology smart house in a post-human world. Due to a nuclear war‚ the inhabitants of the home have perished; only their silhouettes are left‚ etched into the burned outer walls. The intelligent house‚ unaware of their deaths‚ continues to serve the absent people. Throughout the story‚ which spans a day‚ the house makes breakfast‚ disposes of it uneaten‚ and continues with other domestic

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    Additionally‚ in this genre‚ an average society is influenced by advanced technology. In the thrilling‚ short story‚ There Will Come Soft Rains written by Ray Bradbury‚ the author uses personification‚ setting‚ and theme‚ with the help of advanced technology‚ to develop this story into the aforementioned genre‚ Science fiction. In There Will Come Soft Rains‚ Ray Bradbury continuously uses personification to place the story into the genre‚ Science fiction. In the commencement of the story‚ it states

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