“The Growing College Gap” At first glance‚ Tamara Draut’s article seems to state a fact that most individuals already know: it’s hard to get into college. Looking further into her claim‚ Draut reveals the struggles that low-income high school students applying to a four-year college or university face. Specifically‚ the article talks about enrollment gaps between class and race due to financial issues and the increase of high school students applying to colleges and universities across the
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afford having one. But now it is hard to find a family who doesn’t own one or more. T.V was also considered a healthy and efficient way to distract the family‚ especially toddlers. Here is where they were wrong‚ exposing children to T.V excessively has its negative effects‚ especially to today’s T.V where they show violence‚ sex‚ and drugs. Some effects that T.V can cause are education issues‚ personality issues‚ and most important health issues. T.V affects student’s performance in school‚ which
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In "Growing Up Digital"‚ the author begins to speak about technology usage in schools’‚ and how it affects the academic growth of students’. According to recent studies‚ technology usage causes a tendency to procrastinate‚ a shorter attention span‚ and a lower quality sleep. For example‚ a student may begin a homework assignment‚ but receives a text message so instead of finishing the assignment the student will focus on their cellphone. Thus‚ the student will end up procrastinating and forget about
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Canada is a country that is often undervalued‚ overlooked‚ and unappreciated when in fact‚ it is actually awesome. Growing up in Canada has molded me into who I am today –a peaceful‚ chill‚ and a fun loving individual. I am here to talk to you about how growing up in Canada has shaped who I am and why Canada is so awesome. According to the Global Peace Index’s 2012 findings where countries most at peace are ranked‚ Canada ranks 4th while unfortunately the country we are standing in today is ranked
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city all by himself. The theme of growth is shown at the end of the novel by Holden maturing and going into adulthood. The first example that shows Holden is growing up is when he goes to Phoebe’s school. He notices vulgarity on the walls and it drives him crazy. Holden‚ then “rubbed it out.” This suggests that Holden is maturing because he doesn’t want Phoebe and the other children to see profanity on the walls. Later on‚ at the Museum of Art‚ Holden tells Phoebe that he is going to run away
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“There are things about growing up in a small town that you can’t necessarily quantify.”--Brandon Routh. Growing up in a smaller town provided me with the exclusive benefit of spending more time with my family and friends. I was also able to dodge a hectic lifestyle that comes with living in a larger city. I also believe that living in a small city provides a more nostalgic and cozy feeling. Growing up I created great memories with my mother‚ father‚ and brother. To begin‚ growing up I created wonderful
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"Is PR Practice a Job‚ a Career or a Profession?" Aiko Castro‚ COM43 Before defining whether Public Relations practice is a job‚ a career or a profession‚ let us differentiate these terms first. Based on the Merriam-Webster Dictionary‚ a job is a casual or an occasional work undertaken at a specified amount of time; on the other hand‚ a career is an occupation undertaken for a significant period with opportunities for progress; and a profession is defined as an occupation that requires special
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Thesis: There is a growing propensity of children of ages 8 to 12 (tweens) acting more like teenagers and adults. There is no such thing as preadolescence anymore. Kids are teenagers at ten." Tweens see themselves as sophisticated‚ flirtatious‚ sexy‚ trendy‚ athletic and cool. By 11 years of age they no longer see themselves as children. It gets easier for them to portray a negative image of themselves because parents do not have much control over them‚ due to the lack of time and communication
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Growing up I had dreams of what I wanted to be when I grew up. As I got older my dreams changed to new things‚ I never stuck to one thing for too long. I soon realized that one day I would have to pick one thing and actually pursue it. There are many things I would like to do but to this day I still cannot pick one. When I was younger I wanted to be many things “when I grew up.” I wanted to be a dancer‚ a teacher‚ a gymnast‚ a professional sports player‚ a singer
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remember being an eight year old boy going to visit my best friend. When I arrived at his home‚ I walked in to roughly ten adults having a meeting. Intrigued by what they could be talking about‚ I ease dropped from the next room. What I heard next has always stayed in my mind. I listened to these adults talk about the first black family moving into our neighborhood. These adults were showing an extreme amount of concern for what this would mean to the rest of the neighborhood. I did not understand
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