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dependent on electronic spell-checkers. As a result, I spend a significant amount of time circling misspelled words on assignments” (Sutton). Teachers have first hand been frustrated with this issue because these bad habits are taking up time to relearn lessons teens have already been taught in younger years. For example, “A study by the Media Effects Research Laboratory at Pennsylvania State University revealed that teens who text more have more poor grammar and…

Part of being a teenager is trying to identify themselves and figure out where they belong in life. J.D Salinger, the author of the novel Catcher in the Rye, introduces a character who a conflicted teenage boy that is trying to figure out his identity and where he stands in the world. After being kicked out of his fourth private school, Pencey Prep School, Holden Caulfield, the protagonist of the novel, takes a 48-hour trip to New York in order to avoid confronting his parents until Wednesday,…

because when Holden finally gives up his pursuit of the protection of innocence, his life seems to improve. Today, society can learn from this by acknowledging that some level of inner peace can be gained by letting go, moving on, or confronting the facts. By understanding Holden’s realization that everything can not be protected, anyone can let a past fantasy in their lives go, and accept the present, in order to achieve a higher level of calmness and ultimately…

Action: Q9 Identify the reasons for agreeing the purpose, content, layout, quality standards and deadlines for the production of documents When we produce a document we need to ensure it is fit for purpose and delivered on time. For example if my hotel manager asks me to produce a poster to advertise that in 2 weeks we will host a karaoke night, I would bear in mind the following for the production of the document: - The target audience is mainly our hotel guests but we can accept some visitors…

Introduction If you were to go out onto the street and ask the common man to name two cities in ancient Greece in all likelihood he would elect Athens and Sparta. However, if you were to ask that same individual which one they would choose to live in, would they be able to make an informed decision? In my learning journal entry for this unit I will present the evidence for what life may have been like in each city and will conclude the journal with my personal opinion of which city I would…

writing as well as possible ways I may be able to improve upon it. Now while some would find this a simple task and have no problems simply sitting down, hammering away at the keyboard and turning in their masterpiece, for me it is not that easy. In fact, since receiving this assignment, I have been mulling over mental outline after mental outline as well as all of the different arguments, pro or con, that I might make. It is for these reasons I believe one fault that could be pointed out in…

For starters, when one hears the word “farm” or the phrase “pumpkin picking” the image they see is a family with young children. The fact that farms use certain activities, picked strategically to excite and draw in children is put in place to attract this market. Children would not want to go to a farm and rake leaves but instead ride horses, pick and decorate their own pumpkins, and…

To learn French fast, you must put your heart and soul into it. In other words, you need to have the desire to not just speak and understand, but also to live and breathe in French. It is not difficult to do this, after all, since it is a beautiful language. The first step to learning any language is to find out your learning style. Some people learn faster than others because they have already identified whether they learn faster by reading or by listening to audio tapes. You can take an online…

paintbrush in its normal way, constantly shaking. I couldn’t work knowing that my mum and dad were at the hospital getting tests done. They wouldn’t tell me why or what it was for, they didn’t want to ‘worry me’ which only made me panic as I knew for a fact that it was something bad. I heard the door click out and into the hinge. The click was quiet, but it echoed through me like I was an empty cave. I was no longer home alone yet the house was so deathly silent it felt like there was no life…

when he teaches her how to play checkers: “He set it up and began to show her and she found herself glowing inside. Somebody wanted her to play. Somebody thought it natural for her to play. That was even nice. She looked him over and got little thrills from one of his good points. Those full, lazy eyes with the lashes curling sharply away like drawn scimitars. The lean, over-padded shoulders and narrow waist. Even nice!” (There Eyes Were Watching God 96) The fact that he considers her…