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    quality, and it looks like I’m not the only one who thinks so, as he currently holds an impressive four spots on the top twenty for most expensive photographs ever sold, including allegedly, “Phantom” the most expensive photograph in the world, sold at a mind blowing 6.5 million dollars to a private collector. Quite impressive for a self-taught photographer from Melbourne, Australia, who when asked what his favorite photograph is, humbly always replies, “I haven’t taken it yet.” Since his 8th birthday, in the mid 60’s, where received his first camera as a gift from his parents, a Kodak Brownie Box Camera, that he used to take his first ever photograph, a spider web at his family home, he’s constantly worked to improve his craft. Family vacations in his youth helped him find his niche and love, taking photographs of the landscapes and the ocean. He continued in his early adult life where he took road trips into the Australian Outback, with a friend, Michael Plumridge, another famous Australian photographer with a huge portfolio. It was a chance he took going to the United States in 1984 that lead to his discovery of his first panoramic camera that completely opened up his world and imagination. While on a one year trip around the country in an old beat up van, it was in Alaska where he learned about large format photography and he found his calling. He later returned back to his homeland and continued to experiment with the unique panoramic format to great effect, creating his…

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    Wyatt King Mrs. Misselhorn 6th Hour Language Arts 29 March 2017 Should Kids Have a Summer Break? For centuries kids have had most of the summer off. That time in between school some call heaven. For people that don’t know what heaven is its twelve weeks of break from school. During that time, kids can have fun, make memories with their families, and relax from loads of homework. Without that break between kids won’t be themselves. They won’t have time to make memories with their families,…

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    Essay About Learning Loss

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    Summer Learning Loss School serves a variety of purposes in society, from providing the foundation for students to gain critical knowledge that they will need before they enter the real world to creating a place for students to interact and learn how to build relationships with one another. The very foundation of the human race’s dominance or superiority over all other species in life is the intellectual knowledge we have obtained over a period of time. With that in mind it is very important…

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    is the three-month summer vacation. It is so awaited that once it comes, children completely forget the word “school” and enjoy the free time as much as they can. Unfortunately, the consequences after this three month vacation strongly affects the student test achievements in a negative way. The problem is being discusses for years and there are not any permanent solutions yet, but there are many proven facts, which indicate that when children are outside of school and are not at all engaged to…

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    The Importance Of Vacation

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    A vacation is a leave of absence from a regular occupation, or a specific trip or journey, usually for the purpose of recreation or tourism. Individuals often take a vacation during specific holiday observances, or for specific festivals or celebrations. Vacations are often spent with friends or family. Traveling can be complicated when you have to decide what destination you want to go to and why. Moreover, planning a vacation is harder than it may seem since you need to narrow down your…

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    Should schools in the United States be year-round? There are many pros and cons to having school all year long. Students already spend enough time in a class room, they need the summer vacation to relieve stress, adventure new things or places, and even mature a bit before the next school year starts. Many public schools in the United States are facing financial problems, year-round school will only make those matters worse. Teachers are being cut off because of the lack of income, how will…

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    Summer break is a time were many students look forward to, with its free time to experience many sort of activities with no time limit. Individuals feel relaxed because they are rewarded for their hard work for studying through the years. In a certain extend summer vacation is beneficial to students. Although too much of anything is not good. Long summer vacations will give individuals a loss in academic skills and knowledge over the course of the holiday. With summer vacations ranging to six to…

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    Persuasive Summer Break

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    Take a Break on Summer Break Towards the conclusion of each school year students are pressed with the incoming reading and packets to complete over their summer vacation. The work that they are given sits in the back of each students’ mind as they prepare for their next year of schooling. When they should be enjoying their time off, they are stuck finishing books and math packets. On top of worrying about what their new grade will bring, students stress over completing their work in time for…

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    as much as summer vacation. The origin of the 3-month leave of school goes back to the 1800s. Originally, it was based on the Agrarian calendar when children were needed as farm hands during harvest seasons. It is obvious that we live in a different era than the 1800s, most people see summer as a time to unravel from the school year and enjoy a little bit of leisure, but today this idea is fading. This generation is unique to those before it, because of the forces of globalization and…

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    Summers at the Lake My family is not the type the goes on expensive or luxurious vacations to places like the Caribbean or Jamaica. We prefer pleasant and easy vacations together with all of our family members where we can have a fun time and spend quality time together. Vacations to the lake are like an escape from the outside world, a chance to see nature and enjoy the simplicity of life. We may be doing various activities such as fishing, barbequing, or competing in corn-hole competitions,…

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