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    High school graduation is an important milestone in the lives of most American teenagers. At the same time, for many young people graduation also represents the first step in their educational advancement as they prepare to go on to college. Many will start their college education at the community college level, while others will go directly into a four-year institution. How do students and their families make this important decision? After doing some research, students may discover that…

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    Envision turning eighteen years old and being forced to move out of the house away from the stability of parents. This is the case for many foster children; having to gather all of their items from the foster system and find somewhere else to live in one day. These children need guidance and support in finding a new place to live when they age out of the foster care system. The foster care system often times has detrimental effects on children and can affect children differently. There are many…

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    Best Career Path

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    One of the most important decisions a person can make is the choice of a career path. As early as kindergarten, adults will ask children what they want to be when they grow up. At the age of six, I thought I could grow up to be just like Carrie Underwood; obviously, that was a bit unrealistic, but this demonstrates the importance of the decision and the difficulty in selecting the best career path for the future. The probability of becoming an exact replica of the country singer was minute, so,…

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    Maine Culture Essay

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    Maine Culture- Maine’s culture has many different characteristics. First, the have a very strong northeastern accent. 1. Also, one of the most popular foods is lobster. Maine produces 99% of the wild blueberries in the U.S., which is probably why their official dessert is blueberry pie. Michigan has the highest income of blueberries. Another cultural characteristic from Maine is all the festivals and celebrations they have to support different heritages, the Greek, Native American, and…

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    Short Story: Foster Home

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    Then, chucked her backpack over her shoulder and was out the door ready in time for the bus. Skylar didn’t bother saying goodbye to her foster mom, after all she didn’t think Carrie truly cared at all. Scuffing her shoes against the sidewalk that was damp from the snow earlier that morning, she hurriedly rushed to the bus stop. The bus stop consisted of the same five kids everyday, usually, but today there were six. They all…

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    Dist." LII / Legal Information Institute. Web. 1 Nov. 2015. "Tinker v. Des Moines Podcast." United States Courts. Web. 1 Nov. 2015. Sanchez, Chelsea. "How Dress Code Obstructs Gender equality." HS Insider RSS. 9 Apr. 2015. Web. 1 Oct. 2015 Costello, Carrie Yang. "Changing Clothes: Gender Inequality and Professional Socialization." NWSA Journal (2004): 138-55. Print. Buchana, Patrick, and Natasha Muhoza. "Debate - Should Society Determine How Indecent a Woman Is Dressed?" New Times 28 Nov. 2014.…

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    “A Rose for Emily” by William Faulkner is a short story that is divided into five sections. In section I, the entire town is at Miss Emily’s funeral, which is held at her home. The mayor, Colonel Sartoris has suspended Emily’s tax responsibilities to the town after her father’s death. But, the new generation of the town isn’t happy with this arrangement. However, they try to get her to pay the tax, but she refuses to pay the taxes. In section II, Emily is single at the age of thirty because her…

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    life to someone new. I was now a girl with two moms, and two dads, and two last names. As I grew up, my biological Father and my Step Mom grew more and more verbally and emotionally abusive. My Dad was very distant and gone for long periods of time. Carrie, my Stepmother, treated me as if I was a burden she couldn 't quite bear. I became the target of foul words and unresolved anger. I was too afraid to tell my Mom about what was happening. Early on I developed what we now recognize as a severe…

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    the integrity of Wells Fargo and allowed a huge lapse in moral and ethical stance due to the inviting charm of more money. Lastly, Stumpf made an attempt to apologize and take the blame for the scandal, but he initially refused to step down or fire Carrie Tolstedt (the former head of Wells Fargo’s retail banking branch unit where the fake accounts were made), which showed that he was not truly taking responsibility for his actions. This was a situation that called for a Moral purpose of an…

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    Of the women’s suffrage movement and its contributors Alice Paul stated, “I always feel...the movement is a sort of mosaic. Each of us puts in one little stone, and then you get a great mosaic at the end.” Thousands of women were behind the passing and ratification of the 19th amendment in 1920 from Susan B. Anthony to Lucy Burns, a close friend of Paul’s. However, Paul was being too modest in her previous statement. She contributed much more than a little stone to the mosaic that was the…

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