She is in detention in the movie because she skipped class to go shopping and hang out with her friends. ... There is a scene in The Breakfast Club in which bender shows how his home life really is. ... Bender's parents are never there for him, and bring him down when he is home. ... Brian received an F in shop class, and he was devastated, most likely because he would have to face the shame of coming home with his parents' disappointment and disapproval. ... The stress of having to go home with a bad grade nearly pushed him over the edge. ...

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When I was 14 I decided that I would talk with my Dad about moving me to the sheet metal shop. He agreed and that summer I worked in the sheet metal shop with new people and new hours. ... My first summer working in the sheet metal shop I mainly ran drives and s-locks in the Lockformer machines. I continued in the sheet metal shop until I was old enough to drive, then Dad felt it was time that I started working out on the job. ... I would come home from work very tired and sun burned. ...

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My mother, well she isn't much to talk about besides shopping. I hate shopping. ... My parents punishments for being home on time is also helping me get things done on time as well such as homework. ...

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While doing so she also taught us to appreciate our home, and use its natural resources. ... My mother only shops for groceries at the Co-Op or the farmers market and has made me quite aware of issues involving the use of pesticides on crops, and the genetic engineering of foods. ... On account of my mom beginning to shop locally and organically, I became much more aware and concerned as to what was in my food and where it came from. ...

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Earl is married to Doreen, who works in a coffee shop. One day at the coffee shop Earl overhears two men talking about Doreen, commenting on her weight and how disgusting she looks. ... Doreen works at night as a waitress at a 24-hour coffee shop and is hard worker. When she comes home in the mornings she sends the children to school. ... There is no visible love between them – not at home and not at Doreen's work. ...

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One day, she is caught shop-lifting to be "cool". ... All this time, she contemplates whether to go home or not. Chris discovers that she is there and visits her, trying to persuade her to go home. ... Towards the very end, Jamie leaves Billy's apartment and decides to go home, to where her mother needs her. The use of identity in "Runaway" is when Jamie tries to discover who she is so she can go home. ...

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These flowers help me to recall vividly on my childhood days, every year without fail I would make a trip to China Town on Chinese New Year's Eve to do some last minute shopping. ... Now, I was staring at the flower shop in the wet market looking for awhile aimlessly. ... As I had bought the flowers in the market and when I reached home, I was told it was time we made a move because the columbarium was quite a distance away. ...

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A mother is the foundation of a happy and healthy home and family. ... She watches her child's every move and calls every hour he or she is not home. ... That teenager, however, wants a mom that will shop for her instead of with her, care about her feelings instead of caring about who she's dating, and talk to her about her problems instead of causing more. ...

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People are happier when eating, shopping, watching television or exercising, than when interacting with their children. ... Eight and a dull half innings can be erased by a glorious game-winning homer. ...

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Mothers are responsible to make sure that the home duties are well cared for. They stay home not only as housekeepers, but also as the responsible person for the family's finances. ... She said that her mom stayed home and fulfilled all the chores at home such as washing, cooking, cleaning, and watching the kids. ... These people gave me a warm welcome into their home and showed me great love, and I finally understood what my dad said to me. ... Rose stopped by one of the hat shops and this Polish woman was next to her. ...

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She dreads coming home on Saturdays because "he is usually bad on this day." ... She rushes out as quickly as she can and does her grocery shopping. ... He has a home there waiting for him. Frank meets her outside the store every single evening and walks her home. ... While she is confused with the love that he offers her, she still feels a duty to her home. ...

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Many people today are so busy that they must shop and eat with convenience, time, and efficiency in mind. ... Mothers, whether stay at home moms or professional women are always overworked and the concept of a nutritious meal that is easily prepared is sure to sell to most them. ... It takes that much more effort for him to provide a home cooked meal and a nurturing environment to eat it in. ... Still, all can agree that they want a certain level of nutrition and ease of preparation in a meal that looks, smells, and tastes as if it is home cooked and wholesome. While this home cooked appea...

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Just Another Girl on the IRT We fall down, but our strength is determined by how strong we are when we get up. Just Another Girl On the IRT is a film about the strength and determination of one young girl and a black family. In the film, a 17-year old girl's dreams are deferred but, her dreams d...

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Nobody's Child Anymore It begins when we are called upon to care for one of our parents and we come to the difficult realization that Mom or Dad is dying. Then, after the loss, we struggle with the pain of our grief and perhaps some unresolved issues in our relationship with our parents. We may...

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One day on my way back to school I got a call from my mother to come home fast. ... I come home and my mom makes me make a phone call to these Mortgage people and they told me to impersonate as my father. ... My mother was at the mall one day and after having her shopping spree she came back to the car and it was broken into. ... After all these incidents that happened in my life it made me strive to make my parents English better by numerous ways such as, speaking English at home, watching American TV shows, and reading the newspaper. ...

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The problem of our relationship became more serious than ever because of an argument when I came home from my friend's birthday party. ... From that night, my mother did not work at home anymore and she spent all evening for family. ... We also went shopping and she chose clothes which match my style. ...

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According to Quindlen, "When I see a mother and a daughter having lunch in a restaurant, shopping at Saks, talking together on the crosstown bus, I no longer want to murder them " (31). ... As a victim of prolonged child abuse and growing up in a dysfunctional home, I identify with the innate yearning for such a relationship, and the devastation that follows the realization of never getting to have such a thing with my own mother. ... I am on my own now and free physically from the shackles of abuse that once held me down to my old home. ...

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You could almost feel the presence of sadness around the old country home as silence now entered it. ... The car ride back home was very quiet. ... I came to find out later on that the reason for her leaving us was for another man she had met in a coffee shop near her office. ...

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Eveline was a poor and desperate 19-yearold woman who worked in a shop in Dublin and took care of her father. ... Frank is a sailor with a home in Buenos Ayres, who loves and treats her with great respect and tenderness and entertains her with stories from his travels. ...

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The moment my mother arrived home my father had decided to take her back. ... We talked on the phone, worked out, did homework, went shopping, played video games, went on trips, we did everything you could think of together. ...

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