During this unfamiliar and strange time in my life, my mom wanted me to have some kind of way to express my thoughts and feelings about the move. ... Caves, was probably one of the coolest and most respectable old dudes I've ever met in my life. ... Caves loved to assign the longest, most boring reading assignments out of our Robert Frost poem books. ... Throughout my life, I've filled journals, sketch books and diaries front to back, blessed with the ability to read and write my own thoughts and ideas out on paper whenever I feel like it. ... In my culture here in America, it'...

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Games, Books and Movies: The Violence Accelerator or Misreported Non-issue? ... For years the question has been "Does watching violence in the media cause someone to become violent in real life?... Many studies simply conclude that seeing these images will make the child more aggressive for the time being. ... Large number of certain books contain much more violence and extreme situations than much crimes depicted on television. ... However, as technology progressed throughout time, so did the realism of the games. ...

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If one's master called him or her at the same time that a parent called, children were expected to come to the parent rather than the master . ... This essentially meant that although slaves were bound to their plantations, they still developed their own sense of individuality, their own way of life. ... Some slaves, such as Frederick Douglass, learned to read with the help of old newspapers and books that he would carry with him each day. In his free time, Douglass and his friends would learn to write with the use of a Webster's Spelling Book . ... Through becoming friendly with sev...

• Word Count: 2340
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

From reading Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee I learned things that cannot and will not tell you in the history books. ... This is a book that kids who thinks there life is horrible. ... They always had to run from these "white men" for their life. ... When I can live my life everyday with this philosophy I will be a much better person. ... He spends all of his time making alliances with the other tribes and in 1675 attacks 52 settlements, destroying 12 of them, but being destroyed in the process. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

They would describe the troubles and hardships that their ancestors had to face over the course of this country's life. ... Recently there has been a dramatic increase in class time devoted to events and issues dealing with minorities, and on learning what views minorities have on these topics. ... Books, articles, and movies written and produced by minorities have found their way into classrooms. ... They only wanted their way of life to be present. Anything that was not considered how a white person would live their life was considered wrong, and was not accepted. ...

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The majority of the people I surveyed seem to answer the questions honestly, but probably five or six did not even seem like they spent a lot of time taking it. ... I collected data from four main sources books, Internet, journals, and surveys. ... Using books and journals definitely helped in my research. 4. ... With the increase of diverse communities and cultures in the United States, diversity has filtered into daily life. ... I suggest that workplaces should hire these less skilled workers and give them time to see whether they progress or regress in their working skills. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Similarly with the story The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, the boy Junior wants to improve his life by gaining enough education so that he could move on and have a better future. ... To me, the best time that I can concentrate is four in the morning. ... Muhammad's teaching, my correspondence, my visitors- usually Ella and Reginald- and my reading books, months passed without my even thinking about being imprisoned. In fact, up to then, I never had been so truly free in my life" (259). ... He spent day by day studying it without noticing time was passing and felt that ...

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"A remarkable work, awesome in its conception and execution at one and the same time a novel, a documentary, a memoir, and a comic book. ... Over a periods of time all their rights as human beings were taken from them. ... At this time the Jews were starting to be placed in concentration camps. ... About 80 to 85 percent of Jews who would die in the Holocaust have already been killed by this time. ... Hitler knew his power had been defeated, so he decided to take his own life in his Berlin bunker, completely ending the war. ...

• Word Count: 2087
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• Grade Level: High School

Because we are looking at an issue that is affected by religion, the Bible is quoted as well as the Koran, as they are the books of laws in each religion. ... Islam is divided into two main groups: Sunni Islam is a more traditional path of Islamic life (Ellwood and McGraw, 2002). ... Despite this, it is documented that when Islam was founded, it improved women's status at that time. ... If, for some reason, she is unable to pray all five times, she does not have to make the prayer up at a later time. ... As a result, because of the different positions that the holy books hold, it can neve...

• Word Count: 1446
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• Grade Level: High School

There are many ads in BUST though offering to better your sex life, either with your partner or by yourself. ... The clothes in BUST are affordable and also wearable in every day life. ... Clothes featured are older and have stood the test of time. ... This shows the value of music and books (and to a lesser degree film) for the readers as opposed to clothing. ... The other books reviewed are either all written by or about women. ...

• Word Count: 2194
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• Grade Level: High School

By the time summer came along Rafael had to get a job washing windows to help out his family survive. ... Most of college America goes to school and works at the same time. ... By getting a job study time decreases and ultimately grades drop. ... Financial aid helps out with tuition books and any other needs of an underprivileged student. ... While having a job is a choice for the rich it is a necessity for the poor that limits them from doing things to progress their life. ...

• Word Count: 2472
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• Grade Level: High School

Technology has taken over and changed everyone's way of life. ... Cell phones have become a necessity of life in the 21st century. ... Coming from a teenager a cell phone shouldn't be used all the time. On vacation cell phones can be used to take pictures, tell relatives how it's going, and texting friends is ok when it's time to sleep. ... As a student going through high school and college, access to a computer is highly useful for typing papers and doing research, but using books for research is important too. ...

• Word Count: 1688
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Information about diseases, social warfare, and violent crimes is thrown at us from all angles, whether it be books, statistics or television. ... This statement suggests that America itself was founded in effort of extending life, therefore avoiding death. ... Alfred Prufrock- the narrator questions the value of his life and the worth of his time spent living it. ... Alfred Prufrock- for emphasis of discomfort and to cause the reader to likewise question the worth of his or her own life. ... Eliot is clearly warning his audience that time, although it may seem long, is actually very short...

• Word Count: 1596
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• Grade Level: High School

Every day the light sees new books that reveal the dark side in the successful history of an icon. ... Firms could use conflict as mask by Gordon Pitts (2003) This time the author is using the current conflict in Iraq to recall an old way in the business world to use hard times to release bad news in the hope that it will pass with out notice under a heavy load of tragedy and sadness. The obligation to inform accurately and in proper time is rewritten in a low ethic manner when it comes to covering mistakes that under normal circumstances would be more expensive to the Corporation releas...

• Word Count: 1444
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

These answers are what make life here make sense for some of these people. ... Asian Americans came to this country to find work and a new life. ... If you can afford to go to school and work at the same time. ... "The books are full of black curves, dots like the eggs the boll-weevil lays each monsoon in furniture-cracks in Ludhiana. ...

• Word Count: 1277
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Everywhere we look, we are being exposed to sexualized images and behavior, shown to us on the covers of magazines, reality shows, commercials, Facebook ads, video games, song lyrics, books, and movies. ... For girls, the pressure is to be unrealistically thin which can result in anorexia, bulimia, and spending too much time working out. ... Get involved in your loved one's life. ... As long as you continue to better yourself in all aspects of life and reward yourself for your accomplishments, nothing can make you happier and low self-esteem will be a problem of the past....

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" All men are created equal; they are endowed by their creator with certain inalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." ... Everyone has a right to liberty, unless they give up that right by breaking the law, and everyone can pursue a life that will make them happy, (though that doesn't always happen!) ... It is admitted in the fact that Southern statute books are covered with enactments forbidding, under severe fines and penalties, the teaching of the slave to read or to write. ... It may seem strange to us that at one time, white, property-o...

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They learn not only through books like schooled children do, but they also learn through their parents and that is why the best education a parent could give his/her child is in the home environment. ... Learning can take place at any time or at any place. ... Some parents choose home schooling to have more influence over their child's life and they are able to spend a lot more time together as a family. ... For many, home schooling gives family life an unexpected richness. "Home schooling is one aspect of a new vision of family life that equates family time with ch...

• Word Count: 2006
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• Grade Level: High School

Throughout a time of two hundred years the First Amendment has been referred to many other names. ... It was the first time in eighty year history that not a single graduation prayer was said. ... The same status isnot held by other religious literature including the Quran and other holy books. ... I don't believe that the founding fathers wanted religion to be taken away from the day to day educational life but to clearly show that they respected each and every religion. ... Is it wrong to bless the graduates as they make their adventure in life? ...

• Word Count: 1458
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It has become a part of life for all ages of people. ... Television exposes children to certain realities of life which they are not mature enough to understand. ... If the child often expresses the view that life is unfair, does poorly in school, joins a gang, or gets involved in fighting, stealing, or destroying property may also be signs that they have been influenced by television (Cefrey, 33). ... Young people tend now to spend much time/energy on such electronic media as video games, TV, and computers - at the expense of non-electronic media and socialization. ... Our curiosity and inher...

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People left England because they wanted a better life in the New World. ... In essence, they thought they could be supported to some extent by the motherland, yet have their own religion and way of life. ... However, very few colonists could live a wealthy life and they resented that. ... Northerners had a different way of life than Southerners. ... However, due to books like My Bondage My Freedom, slavery began to be associated with evil and cruelty. ...

• Word Count: 1550
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• Grade Level: High School

People left England because they wanted a better life in the New World. ... In essence, they thought they could be supported to some extent by the motherland, yet have their own religion and way of life. ... However, very few colonists could live a wealthy life and they resented that. ... Northerners had a different way of life than Southerners. ... However, due to books like My Bondage My Freedom, slavery began to be associated with evil and cruelty. ...

• Word Count: 1550
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• Grade Level: High School

Tensions over the institution of slavery had been building for decades, and every time a new state in the West was added, there was a furious debate over whether or not slavery would be permitted in it. ... The slaveholder dresses in Northern goods, rides in a Northern saddle . . . sports his Northern carriage . . . reads Northern books . . . ... As the North modernized, the South was interested in maintaining it's current way of life. ... The South believed that only through the extension of slavery could the South maintain it's traditional way of life. ... The...

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Well, if the 1980's were a time for media tycoons, the 1990's will be for the self-styled visionaries. ... Mergers such as Time Warner, Turner Broadcasting, and Paramount have set the stage. ... Well, at this point and time, it is hard to say. ... Rather, education must focus on instilling the ability to continue learning throughout life. ... An instructor does not have to be present, so students can select the time best suited to their personal schedules. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

John Griffin is a journalist and wants to see how life is different as a black man and how everyone reacts when they see a black man. ... According to Scholastic Action, "There was a time when segregation (separation of different races) was legal for schools in some states. ... Most of the time black students would have to go out of their way just to go to school. ... They had books that were in bad conditions and schools that were in bad conditions too. ... In the book John Griffin had a hard time finding work as Negro in the South as he shows by stating, "Two days of incessant walking, m...

• Word Count: 1860
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School