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    that we do not have to worry about what we should wear every day. Often times‚ a lot of time is wasted before coming to the college because people are deciding what to wear. However‚ for those students who have to wear their uniforms‚ they have only one or two choice. So‚ it saves a lot of time for them in the morning and thus‚ they can get to school faster. Some uniform also gives people confidence‚ like the police uniform. When a student wears a police uniform‚ they feel more confident and responsible

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    101 Evan Harrison 8 November 2011 Smart Girls In Susan Jacoby’s‚ “When Bright Girls Decide Math Is a ‘Waste of Time‚’” she begins to explain how a 16 year old girl decided not to take physics and calculus as a Senior in high school‚ replacing them with electives. Her parents approve because she expects to major in Art or History in college. However‚ this limits her in the future. This choice is referred to as a self-inflicted limit girls place themselves‚ which seems to relate to social

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    summer’s day. The second line Shakespeare jumps right into answering the question describing his love as “lovely” and “temperate” (ln 2.) The word temperate has a few different meanings. It could mean self -restrained‚ a mild temperature‚ but also in the time of Shakespeare people would have thought the word meant a balance of the humours. This pretty much means that they believed human behavior was decided by the amount of certains types of fluids in the body. So temperate meant someone had the right amount

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    Homework‚ a waste of time? According to a new study‚ more homework assignments do not translate into better grades. Researchers looked at transcripts and data of more than 18‚000 tenth grade students‚ in a study carried out to find what difference extra study at home makes. They found homework doesn’t necessarily help children to get more grades‚ but may help them achieve better standardised test scores‚ the ’Daily Mail’ reported. The findings by researchers from the University of Virginia in

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    The biggest waste of time

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    We all tend to procrastinate and waste time doing something else other than what we should be doing or just to help pass time by. This often happens when we are having difficulty doing something or when we are just wanting to be occupied by something. Some like to watch television or get onto their phones but personally‚ the best way I waste time is browsing through different types of websites. A type of website that I use to waste time are shopping sites because it is like eye candy for me. There

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    College, a Waste of Time

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    In her article "College Is a Waste of Time and Money"‚ Caroline Bird attempts to pursued her readers that colleges are overflowing with students who don’t belong there. Her article first appeared in Psychology Today (May 1975). Since this material is outdated‚ I find it hard to believe that most of the responses by students and parents quoted in the article still hold true. The author has set out to pursue the readers that college is a bad and unnecessary choice for today’s youth. Yet the author

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    Athena Is A Waste Of Time

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    Mythology is pointless and a waste of time. But if you dig a little deeper there are a lot of lessons that can be learned from it. Athena is known as Zeus’s favorite child and is the goddess of warfare and wisdom. She was the guardian of the Athens and protected many people. Athena was a very ruthless‚ fierce‚ and caring individual who fought a lot but also helped a lot of people with her undeniable skills. Athena’s strength and abilities were visible since day one when she was born in a miraculous

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    Is The Internet A Waste Of Time? In my personal opinion‚ the internet is an invaluable source. For myself it is definitely not a waste of time! I believe that it has many advantages but then again it also had a few disadvantages. I find it extremely helpful for research‚ social networking and even aids in my school work. If the internet was unavailable I would have to spend more time researching in the library which would result in less time on school work. Statistics show that around a third

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    Facebook a Waste of Time? Are young people spending too much time on Facebook? Maybe. This is the opinion of Michael Duffy‚ the author of the article “A Dad’s Encounter with the Vortex of Facebook”. He argues that teens are given an illusion of privacy on this website because parents aren’t tuning in. He is also worried about the possibility of cyber bullying and stalking on that the social network offers. However‚ he states that what concerns him the most is the fact that teenagers waste too much

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    Is Prayer a waste of time? Prayer is not a waste of time because; it helps people to be calm about their feelings. They feel comforted and that someone is always listening to them. It helps some people relax‚ centre‚ and really think through their desires and troubles. This also makes me think about how James said that faith without action is dead. Prayer may not always be answered the way you expect it to be answered. For example you ask God to make you more patient. God may not make you more

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