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    A MONSTER CALLED TRAFFIC JAM Transportation enables human to commute from one place to another. It makes life easier. But‚ when depending on vehicles to go everywhere is no longer easier due to traffic jam‚ is life still easier? It is absolutely not. In today’s millennium era‚ traffic jam is one of the growing enemies. Everyone‚ especially commuters‚ surely hates that “monster”‚ the “monster” that consumes time and energy. The traffic jam is mainly caused by overcrowded vehicle quantity in streets

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    Every college student has either good or bad experiences during his college life. One of the bad experiences is living with a roommate you don’t like. During my collage studies‚ I had a roommate who gave me bad times because he was messy‚ noisy‚ and stingy. My roommate was so loud that he caused me problem‚ while I was trying to waken up early for classes. He scram when he was watching a game on TV. Also‚ he likes to study with the radio up and that bothered me especially when he was studying late

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    During his first year of presidency‚ Franklin D Roosevelt faced many challenges with bringing the United States economy out of the depression. The state of our economy had severely deteriorated by the time of his inauguration. President Roosevelt wanted to help the American economy. Therefore he implemented a plan named the “New Deal”‚ however‚ this new plan had many gray and fuzzy areas. The New Deal had phases. The First New Deal last from 1933-1935‚ the Second New Deal lasting from 1935-1937‚

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    Book report ‘A child called it’ by Dave Pelzer This book is based on the unforgettable account of one of the most severe child abuse cases in California history. It is the story of Dave Pelzer‚ who was brutally beaten and starved by his emotionally unstable‚ alcoholic mother. A mother who played tortuous‚ unpredictable games; games that left him nearly dead. He had to learn how to play his mother’s games in order to survive because she no longer considered him a son‚ but a slave; and no longer

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    “A Child Called It” is a heart wrenching‚ page turner‚ must read‚ novel. Child abuse is such an important issue that needs to be spoken about‚ and that is just what this author did. The author of this novel‚ Dave Pelzer describes his own cruel life that he was subjected to from such an early age. It becomes obvious‚ very quick into the reading‚ that the author certainly went through great trauma. The visual imagery Pelzer shares‚ such as being forced to eat his own vomit‚ swallow soap‚ surviving

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    Jerome Gatchalian CD 4 - Parenting Ms. Padilla November 16‚ 2010 A Child Called "It" - Book Reflection First of all‚ I am not a big fan of reading books‚ but this is one book that is hard to put down. I would recommend it‚ not only for parents but for people who works with children as well. This book is very informative and will give its readers a whole new level of appreciation for their children. A Child Called "It" is a very inspiring story of a young boy who grew up with an abusive mother

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    In the article "Why Do You Think They’re Called For-Profit Colleges?" Kevin Carey believes that for-profit colleges are a fraud. He believes that for-profit colleges are abusing the student loan program by by charging outrageous rates to their Students and making them take out huge amounts of money; therefore‚ putting the student in debt. He also claims that students who goes to a for-profit college are only getting a worthless degree out of it. Despite all of that he also makes another claim that

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    most about Dave Pelzer is that he didn’t grow up to be an abusive‚ alcoholic‚ psychotic mess. He certainly had reason to. Pelzer is the survivor of the third worst case of child-abuse in California’s history‚ a case he vividly recalls in A Child Called "It". Here he tells of a childhood so horrific and‚ at times‚ so nauseating that while reading I found myself praying that there was a hell so Pelzer’s parents could rot in it for all eternity. And not just hell‚ mind you‚ but a special place in hell

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    A Child Called “It” is a very tragic book that tells an amazingly true story about a real life little boy in California. Written by Dave Pelzer‚ the story reveals an extreme case of child abuse‚ one of the worst ever report in California history. A Child Called “It” tells the unbearable story of a boy who gets beaten day after day by his alcoholic mother. This story is an autobiography communicating very informative information of the severity of child abuse and how important school officials are

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    Goodlad’s book A Place Called School addresses the problems and issues American schools face today by examining the schools themselves‚ evaluating what’s going on‚ and making definitive studies of the schools in operation. The basic message Goodlad states is the purpose of his book is he desires to help the reader understand this place called school. Goodlad thought we should first understand schools before we can expect to improve them. He wants to develop an agenda for school improvement‚ and emphasize

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