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The significance of the body “I hate my life” Fred said with exasperation, “all I do is sit around like a bump on a log while the neon fish swim happily about, and to top it all off, I look like poop and eat algae. I know this is why Phyllis the Fish Man traded me for Susan the Seahorse. Cant a plecostomus get some respect?” “Get over here Fred!” Larry cacophonously shouted, “I need you to do something for me.” Larry the freshwater angelfish always antagonized…

Speaking Up - A Teen’s Greatest Challenge People are unique and have different perspectives and opinions about certain things that occurred in our society. People require speaking up in order to communicate their thoughts and feelings to the society. A lot of teenagers find it difficult to speak up. They choose to stay silent when something is essential to be said. Speaking up when it may otherwise seem impossible is a teen’s greatest challenge because it may take risks, trigger rebellions and…

People change and sometimes they change in a "good" or a "bad" way and a grand majority of the time people don 't notice the change until something or someone makes them look at themselves and realized they have changed."Lord of the Flies" is the INTRICATE tale of a group constituted of some young british boys that happen to fall victim to a plane crash and end up isolated from society on a small island but after a while the boys learn to survive off of fruit and hunting a boar or two every…

On an average day for children ages eight to eighteen, they are engaged in some form of media for 7.5 hours (Media, Body Image, and Eating Disorders). In the 21st century, children growing up are significantly influenced by media. Media is the main means of mass communication. Media is television, radio, newspaper, magazines, the internet, and so much more. This mass form of communication is a part of everyday life, and is almost impossible to escape. Adolescents are repeatedly exposed to the…

During the school week, students sit in the same classes every day for seven hours. Some people might be able to take the challenge of walking in at seven am for nine months, but others cannot handle that. Boys are the ones who can 't do this. This is because school is designed more for girls and their behavior. Boys cannot sit still for an entire period, it is proven that they get lower grades, and they are not taught the way they should be. In school, boys are expected to sit still for…

In late 2007 until mid-2009 there was the Great Recession. This Recession was the longest Recession since World War II. Some of the most notable impacts of the recession are that the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) dropped 4.3 percent, the unemployment rate was the highest at 10 in October 2009 (2). The Recession had not only effected the GDP and the unemployment rate, it had also effected the S&P 500 which had dropped almost sixty percent from its high in 2007 until March of 2009. As the financial…

The United States faced many important events since the 1990’s and that caused a significant change in the lives of the American people. Some events changed the American lifestyle in a positive way and helped Americans develop technological innovations. After doing what was thought impossible and reaching the moon, the American people did not stop there technological wise. However, other events completely destroyed the sense of security amongst Americans. The three most profoundly significant…

III. EUROZONE RETAIL PMI • Sales fall modestly for third consecutive month in January. • Downturns recorded in each of the ‘big-three’ Eurozone economies. • Job creation sustained despite recent weakness in sales. The headline Markit Eurozone Retail PMI – which tracks month-on-month changes in like-for-like retail sales in the bloc’s biggest three economies combined – remained below the neutral 50.0 mark in January, registering 48.9. This indicated a modest rate of decline that was…

Ever since I was a kid, I always found a rhythm on things. Whenever I heard the heartbeat from a toy heart that my teacher had in her classroom, in my head I always added an extra beat to it, always turned it into something musical. I always thought it was because I used to watch the Nickelodeon kids show called “The Fresh Beat Band” every single day when I got home from school, so I let slide. I knew that wasn’t the real reason because it didn’t feel like it was, but I never looked deep into my…

Poverty has been a topic in America for while now dating back to the beginning of the recession that began in 2007. Many Americans faced a loss of some sort when the economy crashed, such as job loss and even losing their homes. According to Jazeera, “Poverty rates have nearly doubled among African-Americans and American Indians since 2008, and hardship is most severe in the South and Southwest”. Although Americans are receiving jobs, the jobs are not paying enough to pay for a family,…