I carried a small, handheld notebook with me wherever I went. ... I would come home and give my notebook to my mom and she would try and decipher what I had written in my little notebook seeing as my penmanship was still far from beautiful. Every day for every year of elementary school I carried that notebook with me. By the end of my fourth grade year the notebook had seen better days. ... I decided once Middle school rolled around the childish games of the nerd with the notebook would be over. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

In this excerpt of the novel The Notebook, by Nicholas Sparks, Allie is the main speaker. ... You understood my need for my own space, my own studio and saw beyond the paint on my clothes and in my hair, and sometimes on the furniture. ... You are my best friend, and my lover, and I don"t know which side of you I enjoy the most. ... For we both know what my prognosis will mean to us. ... My life with you. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Specific Topic: Pete Rose Scandal Specific Purpose: Give reasons why Pete Rose should be in the Hall of Fame Central Idea: Pete Rose caught the bad end of the deal in being suspended from baseball for life To some, including myself, baseball is the greatest sport that has ever been played. It ...

• Word Count: 2404
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He then told his friend Kenneth O=Donnell, AI feel now for the first time that I=ve shaken off the shadow of my brother. I feel I made it on my own.@ (Lindop 128). ... During a speech in November of 2001, President Bush said, ATo millions who never knew [Robert], he=s still an example of kindness and courage.@ (Patterson 2) When asked why he assassinated Kennedy, Sirhan Sirhan replied, AI did it for my country.@ (Lindop 129). ... A few years after Sirhan=s conviction, psychiatrists who had studied Sirhan found notebooks in his room and used them as further evidence to determine Sirhan=s menta...

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Just because I move to a new atmosphere I am naturally more observant then I would be in my more natural surrounds. ... Carefully taking my seat in front of the Roosevelt Village I noticed something very peculiar. ... They questioned my notebook whether it was mine or not then responded, " Hold on tight to that book. ... Twenty-three bystanders were charted into the notebook of bus stops. ... Race as you can see was a basic perspective in my observations. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

I remember my teachers sending emails or calling my parents because they didn't see a lot of motivation in my part. ... My parents divorcing, my sister leaving to go to college, my hospitalization, etc. so it was hard focusing on school when there was so much going on outside of school. ... I want my students to write their homework down in their assignment notebook. ... As a teacher, that is one of my goals in the classroom. ... My beliefs about teaching will change my classroom because I am an open-minded, caring individual, and I will teach my students very similar things. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

In my paper I will compare Internet and store marketing strategies using Best Buy as an example Statistics prove that a better shopping experience is directly proportional to repeat business, therefore, I visited both Best Buys website and the store to compare my shopping experience. My goal was to find enough evidence by comparing concrete criteria to determine which one was a better shopping experience the Internet or the store experience. ... I selected the following products a Sony Camcorder, Toshiba 50" Wide screen TV, Vitech Expandable Phone System, GE Smooth top Range, Samsung DVD ...

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• Grade Level: High School

I spoke for my parents, I heard for my parents. ... I took a notebook paper out of my purse and bent down to shove it underneath the door, working it in and out. ... I walked back to my dorm." ... I pointed into the glass, then took it to my lips. "Water," I signed, the first three fingers of my hand pointing upright, lightly touching the edge of my lower lip twice. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

I decided to do this study because in my opinion technology is vital and essential to form a business in our days. ... My study is trying to let people understand the importance of Information Technology and Management Information System (MIS) in any organization. ... After I finished my study, I finally concluded that introducing Information Technology and Management information System is very beneficial. ... For example, Piper Aircraft used to store their data in notebooks, taking them 30 minutes to find any information related to a customer (Alkadi, Alkadi, Totaro, 2003). ...

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I will do my best to not let you down." ... I put my hands together and looked down to clear my thoughts and to process what had just happened as well. Within a few seconds, I jumped up and pulled out my notebook and began writing down some of the quick thought and ideas that came to mind. ... Taking a deep breath, I began my lecture. ... I gave him my pencil and reached in my bag and pulled out another pencil. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Before choosing my major, I used to tell my parents that this area was my favorite regardless of how hard or tough situations and cases would be, but it was my preference. ... But for this area, it left a mark to be remembered in my whole life. ... Some announcements were that don't bring your stethoscope, get a small notebook, don't get valuable things, wear comfortable shoes, and get your lab coats so that when you go for a break we should wear it. ... My friends were waiting for me. I got my stuff and with enthusiasm murmuring my favorite unit, Here I Come! ...

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• Grade Level: High School

The notebook paper looking pages mean that a new chapter is beginning. ... For example, for Project 3 in my English 101 class we were required to write a review of IUP as a whole. ... I used this feature when I completed Project 1 for my English 101 class. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

(Yukichi) Religion I noticed in my notebook that when we discussed Chinese religion, I marked three religions down: Daoism, Buddhism, and Confucianism. ... The prompt for my essay is supposed to be about Confucian influence on East Asia in general. ...

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The voice recorder was also used to record my interviews with two members of the club. ... In my analysis, I used John Swales characteristics of a discourse community. ... I introduced myself and explained my purpose of being at the meeting. My methods of observation was to watch the body language of the member's through the meeting. ... As the meeting begins five to seven members have their notebooks out ready to take notes. ...

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Melinda thinks, "There is a beast in my gut, I can hear it scraping away at the inside of my ribs. ... "I taste my blood. It's face suddenly pops up in my mind.... He gives her the notebook. ... Lava spills out my ears....

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I made a beeline for my apartment and once I got in the door I was home free. ... This is NOT what caught my eye; it was her stance. ... I can attest that these pictures on the covers of magazines as I check out of any market are always catching my eye as I push my shopping cart past the magazine section. ... THIS is why it takes so long for my date to get ready when we go to the movies. ... I can see that there was an effort made, no matter how small, to look away from the "strive to obtain beauty and fashion" Today's world is a notebook of tracing paper, as people try to copy a certa...

• Word Count: 1488
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"With me as a glaring exception, my father moulded the world around him to his liking" (15). ... My door is and always will be open to you, Amir jan" (33). ... 'If I hadn't seen the doctor pull him out of my wife with my own eyes, I'd never believe he's my son'" (23). ... And my little notebook" (161). ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Granda when she was my ESOL 4902 instructor at Nova and later learned from a mutual friend and MDPS employee and Mrs. ... In my novice opinion Mrs. ... The color is followed through on their supplies relevant to each subject (folder, notebook) the storage for those materials (hanging folders located in the center of their U shaped "table") and even the color ink she uses to write the homework assignments and announcements for each subject on the board. ... I use it on a daily basis and have incorporated it into my classroom management strategy. ... On a small group level, I use lunch in my...

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Her high school notebooks were filled with sketches, including one of herself in a straw hat. ... He unveiled a painting that is a pert of his series "Mis Recuerdos" (My Memories) on television in March 2000. ...

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After looking at these five themes of Geography of France, I already widened my knowledge of facts about the country, and how the country maintains its status. With the completion of the News Notebook articles, I learned a lot about the economy and the government. ... My mouth already started watering listening to her describe this to me. ... Together with my parents, I tried Quiche Lorraine, Croque Monsieur, Beef Bourguignon, and a Croissant. ... In my opinion it was very delicious, and if this is really what French food tastes like, I'd love to live in France. ...

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I wanted to put the praying mantis into my mouth" (133). ... Like my mother, they felt guilty for ever having felt secure" (116). ... Green's house as an adult, she reflects, "My life seemed bound to his in a way I couldn't explain and didn't want to. ... In her childhood she tried to control her life by keeping her notebook. ...

• Word Count: 1475
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I went and got my belongings out of my cubby. ... Jasmine was warming up and Coach Karren was writing something down in her notebook. ... "Ouch, my arm!... I was up last and when my music started I was ready to do my best. ... "My mom is suing this place for my injury," she snapped. ...

• Word Count: 1880
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• Grade Level: High School

Soon enough, anger started to crawl into my finger tips while sitting at my desk. ... The heat of the desert sun pierced through my heavy tinted windows to formulate little drops of sweat on my head, which accumulated enough to roll down the left side of my face. ... My confidence in the day started to improve. ... As I opened the door to the office, I saw a lady leaning on the counter writing on a small piece of notebook paper and another lady sitting at the desk closest to me on the left. ... Sweat, not only ran down my face, but my back and legs too. ...

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Enter a quirky genius from America, Alan Kay (Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, Xerox Palo Alto Research Center, Atari) who began to use Simula 67 in his effort produce an inexpensive notebook-sized personal computers for both adults and children, with the power to handle all their information-related needs. ... Based on my experience using C++ professionally for more than five years, C++ provides a very scalable and robust tool to develop object oriented applications. Indeed, from my experience, C++ does indeed make writing good programs easier and more pleasant. ...

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I do not believe I could write another line of music if I did not know that no matter what the world thinks, my friend will hear my music and will understand what I have tried to say."" ... You can't conceive what bliss it is to be convinced that my time is not yet over and that I'm still able to work. ... In fact, Tchaikovsky developed the composition to a great extent from sketches for an earlier work, a Symphony in E flat major (1891-92) which he planned to entitle Life in his notebooks, but which he considered a failure and never completed."" ... In the same letter to Bob...

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• Grade Level: High School