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    Where do you see yourself in one year? five years? ten years?It’s a question many people face in interviews‚ yet don’t take the time to prepare for it. You may be tempted to envision where you’ll be in five years on a personal level‚ but that’s not an appropriate way to answer the question. Employers are looking for a few specific qualities when asking this question. You are committed to the company The current position is a natural step toward your long term goals You are self-motivated

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    impossible to find a decent job. There are many choices one can make‚ but usually it comes down to attending a two year college and a four year university. Attending a four year university and a two year college are similar with the respect to the courses offered and the quality of education; they differ with the respect of the cost and the class sizes. By attending a two year or four year college‚ a student can receive relatively the same general courses. For example‚ every college has English‚ math

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    Hundreds of years ago in the year 2009 there was a lady. A smart lady called professor Sonia Ericson who was realising that pollution was destroying the Environment. Something needed to be done. Professor Sonia Ericson then realised that the only way to save the world was by obtaining seeds from all the trees in the world then put the seeds in a time capsule. She buried them in Ben Nevis Mountain. Now it’s the year 2335 the world is a dead wasteland‚ the people of the world live in dome cities

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    Compare Chinese New Year with American New Year Difference: Following is two differences between two customs. Dates are different: The Chinese New Year is based on lunar--calendar‚ but the American New Year is based on solar—calendar. So‚ both the dates of New Year are different even if the New Years are on January 1. Festivities are different: In the America‚ Americans like to have parties at New Year’s Eve. At ten seconds before midnight‚ people count down. After. People hug and kiss

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    Florida policymakers use a year-round calendar‚ as Gov. Jeb Bush has proposed‚ to respond to voter mandates passed November 2002 for class size reduction and expanded preschool. Ample evidence for this conclusion is found in academic research‚ media accounts‚ and lawsuits now working their way through the courts. School calendar reconfiguration has been marketed to policymakers for 100 years as the most cost-efficient means of using and expanding school building space. Year-round school is also

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    to school all year and having 60 days in school and 20 days off after those 60 days of school. This would be going on all year long until 180 days of school are up. Year-round schooling should not be something that is allowed because there may not be time for vacations because of the year-round school schedules‚ Year-round schooling does not help kids academically‚ And lastly because year-round schooling does not benefit the students and makes them do worse on test. First off‚ year-round schooling

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    NEW YEAR Chinese New Year starts with the New Moon on the first day of the New Year and ends on the full moon 15 days later. The 15th day of the New Year is called the Lantern Festival‚ which is celebrated at night with lantern displays and children carrying lanterns in a parade. The Chinese calendar is based on a combination of lunar and solar movements. The lunar cycle is about 29.5 days. In order to "catch up" with the solar calendar the Chinese insert an extra month once every few years (seven

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    Year-Round School Imagine yourself on summer vacation. It’s warm and the weather is beautiful.Though this vacation might sound good‚ imagine the boredom you will feel after three long months of doing almost nothing. Summer seems to have lasted forever‚ and once you go back to school‚ you hardly remember anything that you had learned last year. Now imagine school in November. You’ve been at it for three months‚ and you’re struggling to get through. School might seem to be dragging on and on. With

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    Year Round School I. Introduction a. Attention Getter - Reviewing for weeks when a new year of school starts. You forget what you’ve learned the past year. b. Link- With year round school‚ you wouldn’t have that problem. c. Thesis Statement - II. Narration – a. Year round school‚ some of you may not know what it is or what its purpose is. Year round school was established in the 1800’s. The purpose of year round school is to have evenly distributed school days throughout the year for students

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    Extend the School Year‚ Extend Opportunities “I’m bored. There’s nothing to do!” These words are echoed many times during the summer by teenagers and children around America. Hours are wasted away wandering mindlessly around the house‚ sitting in front of a television screen‚ or simply sleeping to make the time pass by faster. Meanwhile‚ across the world students are spending their time in school studying and getting ahead‚ while America is continually dropping in its rankings. The aches and pains

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