I’ve never had an emotional connection with a book before‚ until novelist Jay Asher made me feel as if I had known the main character Hannah Baker my entire life when she commits suicide. Hannah committing suicide came as a shock to many because seemed to have a sequence of unhappy‚ small incidents that might impact any teenage girl’s life. Most of her problems dealt with low key bullying‚ although some was sexual. A boy Hannah kissed in the park spreads the rumour that she is easy. She just moved
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affected‚ from the kind of food that we eat‚ to the products we buy‚ and locations we may attend. Different people have different feelings and ideas towards things. Some are concerned in preserving and protecting the earth; others don’t care about the subject and believe it doesn’t make a difference. The fact is‚ as everyday goes by the earth is being destroyed more and more; and we need more people to care. The point being not only to care for the earth‚ but care for yourself. Earth is the place you
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When someone bands a book they take from each and everyone of us knowledge that books contains. One of the many reasons Books get band is because people are worried about a younger audience reading something inappropriate‚ but a better way to deal with this is to challenge the book instead of banding it‚ that way the library still has the book but younger audience can’t get too it. Another bad thing about a band is that some books that get band are older books that have language that many today
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There are numerous reasons why people leave their beloved homes to move to foreign places where they try to build up a new life. In their book The Age of Migration‚ Castles and Miller (2009) structure such motives in push and pull factors. Aspects that push people to leave their places could be poor living conditions in their home country‚ non or little perspective for work and political pressure‚ to name but a few. On the other hand‚ motives such as demand for work‚ better chances to gain economic
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Languages are‚ of course‚ one of the prime tools of cultural expression. So it should not surprise us to discover that the decline of indigenous cultures is also having a serious effect on the languages of the world. Indeed‚ an indigenous language disappears every two weeks. It is estimated that by the end of the 21st century‚ 5‚500 of the current 6‚000 languages now spoken will simply be as dead as Ancient Greek and Latin. Behind each language is a culture‚ the expressive richness of a living tongue
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Why People Should Read Books It is a disappointment that people read books less often in these days of widespread technological reliance. Books were the primary source of intellectual entertainment just a hundred years ago‚ but with the invention of radio‚ television‚ cinematography‚ and the Internet and computer games‚ it seems that reading books is no longer a popular leisure activity. However‚ I believe that books are an irreplaceable part of our lives‚ and the role that masterfully-written books
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Fail to Achieve Why People Their Goals m Most people claim to understand the importance of goal setting in order to attain a better life‚ but in fact‚ approximately 80 percent of people never set goals for themselves. This is especially prevalent among people who are not involved in some sort of business or entrepreneurial endeavor that promotes goal setting. Even more surprising‚ of the 20 percent of the population that does set goals‚ roughly 70 percent fail to achieve the goals they have
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Our planet is in great danger. The people of earth have wasted and misused the natural recourses of earth. Several plans have been developed to stop the abuse of earth. Environmental problems have become so complex that many individuals feel they can have no effect on them. Problems like oil spills‚ hazardous waste‚ loss of rain forests‚ endangered species‚ acid rain‚ the ozone layer‚ the municipal waste crisis can feel out of our control. At the very least‚ these problems require group and corporate
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Kelly E. Guerrero Ms. Hirsch Eng 101 29 March 2011 Five Reasons Why People Bully To understand bullying‚ we must look at causes that create bullies. These elemental reasons can act as catalysts upon the right person and create a problematic member of society. Bullies‚ as we have come to know the term‚ are capable of inflicting the same elements of damage on their victims that leads to a continuance of the problem. According to Jan Faull of the Seattle Times‚ it is an aggressive act where
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Thinking about what many drivers consider unthinkable‚ a car accident‚ can save your life and reduce your injuries. Thinking about how you should react makes you more prepared to do the right thing if that day ever arrives. You simply will not have enough time to figure things out in the few seconds before the impact of a crash. In addition to this‚ you must adopt certain habits when in a car. The following explains this: Watch your speed. The damage to your car and yourself in an accident is caused
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