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Two Students Of Columbine High School
1,274 wordsSchool violence, is an issue that is hard to deal with. There are things that may be done to decrease it but it does not seem like it will ever go away. Parents send their children to school to learn, to have fun, to pass notes, and to meet new people, not to be shot at and never have the chance to come home ever again. They should not have to think or be afraid of sending their child to school and never seeing them. Last year one of the worst school shootings took place at Columbine High School...
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Maynard
564 wordsMaynard was a Kiss maniac when he was 12. His first concert was Rick Springfield. He was voted 'most artistic' by his high school senior class. Maynard has a son named Devo who was born August 5, 1995. He occasionally practices Gracie Jiu-Jitsu, under Ricks on Gracie. Has paintings by Ramiro Rodriquez hanging on his apartment walls. One reason Maynard was drawn to L.A. in the early 90's was to explore the possibilities of sacred temple architecture and regeneration. Thus it is perhaps easiest to...
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Of Edwin Hubble's Greatest Accomplishments
529 wordsEdwin Hubble Edwin Powell Hubble was born on the 20th of November in 1889. He lived in Marshfield, Missouri along with his family. He was said to be a very tall, elegant, and athletic young man. Edwin had a mom, dad, three sisters, and two brothers. His mom and dad were named John Powell and Virginia James Hubble. His sisters were Virginia, Helen, and Lucy Lee. Edwin's two brothers were named Henry and William. William died as a student at a college in Wisconsin and Virginia died when she was a ...
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Interest In Newspapers And Columnist Writing
1,085 wordsJoe McKee Mass Communications Final Paper December 3, 2000 Journalism, Not For Everybody My report was done on Chris U hler, a college sports columnist for the Baltimore Sun. Ever since he was a little kid he had loved to write. Whether it is papers for school or just writing in a journal. He most enjoyed writing in his journal that he had since he was fifteen years old. He actually still writes in a journal to this day on what exciting happens in his life that day. Chris started writing in news...
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High School
559 wordsRomance is not Gone - I Promise! Click here for more Ads Like This One. I live in Decatur and I am divorced - after 22 years of marriage since June of last year. There was something missing and we just grew apart. A friend told me about this internet thing ie and I tried it. Lets just say the jury is still out - have meet some very very strange people. My monk application is next to the computer LOL - I have come to the conclusion that the computer is an escape from reality for some - so please ...
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Colorado At Columbine High School
1,059 wordsEssay on School Violence On Tuesday, April 20th, 1999, yet another small, suburban town joined the ranks of astonished communities to be touched by seemingly mindless violence. In Littleton, Colorado, at Columbine High School, 15 people were killed in the deadliest school rampage on record in the United States. Of the 15 dead, 2 were the murderers themselves, who apparently were on a suicide mission, and decided to take as many people with them as they could. According to an article entitled "Vi...
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Negative Label In High School
608 wordsThe Labeling Theory is the view that labels people are given affect their own and others' perception of them, thus channeling their behavior either into deviance or into conformity. Labels can be positive and / or negative, but I'll focus on the negative aspects of labeling in high school. Everybody has a label in high school whether it is the "slut", "pothead", "freak" or the "jock"; it is one of the most apparent time periods in which individuals get labeled. Students have the mentality that w...
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Carrie And The Columbine Incident
1,847 wordsCarrie, by Stephen King, and the Columbine High School Incident; looked at separately, they are to things that have nothing to do with each other. Carrie was Stephen King's first major novel and a New York Times bestseller. Columbine was and incident in Colorado that happened in 1999, where two high school seniors orchestrated a bloody massacre at their high school. The two events occurred over twenty-five years apart, but when juxtaposed we can see many similarities between the book ant the inc...
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Jennifer Dunn
435 wordsJennifer Dunn was born on July 29th, 1941 in Seattle Washington. Dunn lived in Bellevue and graduated from Bellevue High School. After high school, Jennifer attended the University of Washington, Seattle, Washington in 1960-1962, and Stanford University to receive a Bachelors Degree in English Literature. In 1978 through 1980, Dunn was a systems engineer; section supervisor, King County, Wash., Department of Assessments. A chair, Washington State Republican Party in 1981-1992, member, United Sta...
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Back On Our Memories From High School
709 wordsTime to Say Goodbye By Jamie Warren " The future stretches before me, waiting for me to create the work of art that will become my life". We have entered an age for celebration, an era to memorialize who we were, who we are and who we will eventually become. Celebrate this milestone greater then all the others, for it is the time we have spent here in our high school careers that will always be held close to heart. Graduation is two weeks away, which for most of us does not seem possible. As we ...
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Arcadia High School On The Shore
475 wordsThe Eastern Shore of Virginia, a peninsula located east of mainland Virginia, not noticed on many maps. The Eastern Shore has grown in the past year, putting up new shops and fast food restaurants. There are some interesting town names such as Temperanceville, Exmore, or Accomac. The name Temperanceville was brought by Christians who burned the four bars on the corners of Saxis road and Lankford highway. A new road was made named Temperanceville road. Temperance means no alcohol and that's why t...
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Math Background In The Accounting Field
804 wordsMotivation is the process by which one is moved, whether the process is external or internal. It encourages one to do something or not to do something. It can bring about positive change or a negative reaction depending on the situation. Many things affect motivation such as, the environment, your family background, schools, the government, and many other stimuli. Probably the greatest motivational factor in my life is my mother. She has always encouraged me to complete my education, many times ...
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Involved In School Activities
587 wordsI woke to the alarming ring of the telephone. It was raining outside. The water formed on my windows as tear drops; it was if the sky was crying. The voice on the other line of the telephone was aquiver. ' Tracy?' ' Yeah?' ' Danielle is sick. ' Danielle was my confidant from childhood. When she committed suicide, it made me think that something had to be done to interrupt these empty soles from feeling so detached. This is when my interests in psychology were born. Psychological disorders were n...
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Solution To My Own Problems
887 wordsWhile packing up, saying goodbye for the last time, and moving away from home I would be reviewing the items that were in my suitcase. My toothbrush, contact case, and glasses would be the first to be checked off on my mental list of "must haves", but I would also make sure I had packed my three favorite literary works. Assuming that there are no libraries at my disposal near my new residence, J.D. Salinger's novel The Catcher in the Rye, Shakespeare's Macbeth, and Franz Kafka's Metamorphosis wo...
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Great Things In High School
649 wordsThis statement about me and my high school years is something I would like you to take into consideration. The basic facts that I have given in my application are only the facts that are written down and kept record of. They don't tell you who I am as a person, nor do they tell you if I would be good for your school. Hopefully in this personal statement of mine, I would like to not accuse, but to explain why some of the reasons why you should consider me a student that is right for your school. ...
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Very Positive Motivational Speaker
512 wordsAugust 27, 2003 was the day that convocation was supposed to get everyone pumped and inspired for the beginning of the school year. To me the convocation was another assembly. It was held in the Thomas Field House Gymnasium, and almost all of the space was filled. Going into this assembly my expectations were high. I sort of imagined it as a pep rally or graduation speech, where it would get us ready for the first semester. In the convocation there was a speaker that went by the name Dr. Guin "G...
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Morris 2 Marian Anderson
1,074 wordsMarian Anderson: A Singing Legend By Cassandra Morris "I have never been able to analyze the qualities that the audience contributes to a performance. The most important I think, are sympathy, open-mindedness, expectancy, faith, and a certain support to your effort. I know that my career could not have been what it is without all these things, which have come from many people. The knowledge of the feelings other people have expended on me has kept me going when times were hard. That knowledge ha...
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High School
870 wordsClassification Essay - Rough Draft Whether you went to high school in 1973 or 2003, the people you hung out with defined who you were. Some of us were Jocks, some Geeks, some Preps, some of us bounced from one to another, to another. Never staying long enough to wear at their welcome, just long enough to gain some respect from their newly acquired friends, then dropping them like a bad habit for someone "cooler". Unfortunately every one has experienced the discomfort of being rejected by their p...
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Football Practice
848 wordsShould I blow the money or save it? Should I go to church? Decision-making is considered to be a significant variable to differentiate childhood from adulthood. I have dealt with situations where a single decision could deeply affect me or a group of people. Some of these were more serious than others, and my conscience directed the choices. In the past, I wouldn't take the time to evaluate consequences of my decisions. That Thursday afternoon made me think twice. The midday sun blinded me throu...
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Team Leader From My Sophomore Year
935 wordsSilence Rolls over the crowd like a slow moving wave headed towards the shore. Continually pounding in my head is the thought, "This is my chance to show them what I'm made of". My heart beats faster as I began to bounce from side to side in an attempt to get warmed up. My hands begin to shake as adrenaline courses through my veins while I anticipate the upcoming match. All I can taste is the salt on my lips as the sweat drips down my face. Just before my final tournament my Senior year I realiz...
