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    Imagine going from a small town to a larger town, being given the opportunity to experience and see new things. Traveling is one the ways people can experience new things, some move to different towns others just visit. Emporia is a small town in Kansas with a population of roughly 25,000 people while Topeka with a population of roughly 127,000 people nearly quintupled the amount of people in Emporia. Towns are never alike yet one takes notice of similarities and differences such as the scenery, the way people act and how their education system works. When a person drives into a new town what they see leaves an impression that they will carry for the entire time that they are there. The first thing a person will see once they near Emporia is open space, houses and possibly even a school. Now the first thing a person will see once…

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    school year I have designed a plan to allow myself to focus on school. By taking 14 credit hours I will eliminate my problem of dropping classes. By not working a job during the school year I am giving myself more time to keep up with my classes to eliminate myself from failing any more of my courses. Since I have reduced my schedule to a reasonable amount of hours I believe that I will be able to have a successful school year. I believe the plan listed shows a reasonable solution to fix the…

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    separated for too long, but once we were back together I was more determined than ever to keep her because I could not see my future without her inclusion. The next step in my life was applying to many different colleges inside my home state, and a single one outside. I remember the anxiety of choosing where I was going to be for the following four years of my life. I was nervous and really wanted to go to Emporia State University because Alexus was there, and it was such a good school. I was…

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    This essay is comparing the colleges of kansas state and emporia state. Between the two, i'm leaning towards K-State. The main differences between them are the size of the schools, the courses that they offer, and where they're located. Size matters when deciding a school. It affects your classes, how you get around, and the atmosphere of the school. Emporia State is a smaller school. Its campus is smaller but well equipped, and it's easy to get around. it also has smaller classes, so it's…

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    The person I decided to write my essay on was my basketball coach my senior year, Brian McIntosh. He only coached at my high school for one year, and prior to that he was an assistant coach at Emporia State University. Taking his expertise and leadership skills McIntosh helped take my team who had struggled the previous season and give them a last and successful season. He changed the atmosphere of the program and that year held the best record my school’s girl basketball team had seen in a long…

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    the Easter Fox Squirrel is Sciurus Niger(2). Animal activity can be measured in the observation of animals in a certain location. The Activity can vary in the observation of noise or sight. Animal activity in whole was to board to run a report over. Instead, there was always an abundance of squirrels in the woods. The factors involved in this experiment were the time of day and the weather. My purpose for the experiment was to determine if Squirrel Activity was greater in the morning…

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    About four years ago my family and I decided to go on a trip to visit some family, friends, and just to go on a vacation. We started in South Dakota of course, and all of my family came up to our house from Iowa to car pool before we left. As soon as everyone was at our house, we all got in the car and left. It was a short trip to our next stop, compared to how long it took to get to all of the other stops. Our first stop was outside of Emporia, Kansas, to see my Grandma and spend some time with…

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    Definitely, The level of poverty Is greater in rural than urban counties alike to the Statewide, where the poverty rate is higher in rural than urban Virginia. Even though Virginia has the utmost rate of poverty in rural areas, poorer people tend to live in urban and suburban areas due to the amount of rural population migrating to cities. Furthermore, cities as Richmond display neighborhoods with a 1 to 2 percent of poverty, in contrast with neighborhoods that surpass the state average².…

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    students for self-expression and emotional relief. Most teachers earn a bachelor 's degree to enable them to meet licensing requirements to teach in public schools. You can elect to focus on creative writing, minor in journalism, and choose from several courses in fiction, poetry, and even screenwriting. One teaching field, or area of concentration, of no fewer than 35 semester hours and no more than 50 hours, and in addition, no more than 20 semester hours in a related field or fields may be…

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    Dean Smith On February 28, 1931 in Emporia, Kansas only the best college basketball coach is born. ”There is a point in every contest when sitting on the sidelines is not an option.”- said Dean Smith a former coach of the North Carolina Tar Heels. Dean’s family settled in Kansas and started a farm. As a child Dean was raised in a Christian household. Mr.Smith was a teacher and a coach for football, basketball, and track. Dean went to the amazing University of Kansas. Dean became a…

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