night game in 1930‚ and attendance was up 2000%. When the Major Leagues finally followed suit‚ in 1935‚ attendance was up 117% (History.com Staff). Night games became more and more popular from there. One of the suggested reasons night games were so popular was that because people couldn’t afford to skip a day of work (Vorel). They could‚ however‚ afford to go to one after work‚ “men are not going to quit their tasks during the week to go to ball games‚ for their jobs are too precious and the
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you “actions speak louder than words…I’ll believe it when I see it” and one day‚ your girlfriend will get mad at you because you forgot your 2nd month anniversary and you’ll swear to her that you’ll never forget again because you love her so much and she’s important to you and you don’t want to lose her and then she’ll sigh with slight disbelief and sluggishly say “actions speak louder than words…I’ll believe it once I see it”. Point is‚ no matter what you say‚ how you say it‚ or even how much you mean
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Honor is a very important thing to have in order to be successful in all aspects of life. The great German-American writer H.L. Mencken once said‚ “Honor is simply the morality of superior men” (Brainyquote). Honor is something that every person should strive to have‚ as very few people have it. Honor has been around for a very long time. If one has honor‚ he is very valuable because he can be trusted with everything he does. Honor is the quality that allows one to be respected by their peers
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Why? How? What? This are commonly asked questions made by children. They are sponges that gather knowledge and absorb everything they get. Most people might consider it an annoying quality‚ but questioning everything is the sole thing that helps them grow. By making all those questions‚ they learn and appease their need for information. Based on this quality‚ we can as-sume that children are by design skeptics‚ and in my opinion‚ we must all strive to become more like them. Even though society views
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4 Why is assessment for learning important? Adopting strategies that support Assessment for Learning can transform learning and teaching and take away the stigma that haunts assessment. In fact‚ research has shown that Assessment for Learning can have a significant effect on how well pupils achieve in terms of their attainment‚ behaviour‚ motivation‚ engagement and their ability to work independently. a) It Improves Performance -Black and William’s 1998 literature review examined 250 research
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VOTING (Dictionary)Voting is a formal expression of opinion or choice‚ either positive or negative‚ made by an individual or a body of individuals. All American have the right to vote when they turn the age of 18 and are considered an adult. You only hear about voting really when it comes to the election for the President of the United States or a candidate is running for a seat in a government position. The American people believe that they should vote because they think it actually matters. Then
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Writing is a form of communication and people write on a daily basis whether it is for something basic or more complex. We need to know how to write simple yet very important things such as our name or the date. Being a student there is not a day that goes by that I am not writing or typing my name and the date on papers or assignments. Over the past few years there has been a significant increase in the use of technology. People text message‚ email‚ and use social networking websites on a daily
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When Mark Twain said‚ “Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority‚ it is time to pause and reflect‚” he implies that acceptance of the majority rather than the rejection is a matter to be questioned. Every human being is born with a natural right to be and choose what he or she desires. We have the right to make choices that will lead to an ultimate consequence and we are free to choose the actions that will lead to that desired consequence. To some‚ the freedom of individuality may sound
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WHY CONFIDENTIALITY IS IMPORTANT? Patients routinely communicate personal information with health care providers. On the off chance that the classifications of this information were not secured‚ trust in the doctor or health care provider relationship would be reduced. Patients would be less inclined to share sensitive information‚ which could adversely affect their care. Confidentiality is integral to the improvement of trust amongst specialists and patients. Patients must have the capacity to expect
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It’s important to know our history and what happened during that time. The significance/impact/benefit it would have on me and my community today would be for kids‚ teens‚ and adults today to know the importance of segregation and the leaders that fought for freedom and equality so that all kids no matter where they come from could get the same opportunities and experience the same things that
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