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The story of ABNKKBSNPLAKo?! is an autobiography of the author Bob Ong starting from his school days, his experiences on his first day of grade school to his disastrous university experience and the climax to his entry into the education sector himself, as a teacher. The book is originally written in Tagalog, the language of the Philippines. The autobiography’s title is meant to be read phonetically, as “Aba, nakakabasa na pala ako?!” which when translated to English means, “Wow, I can actually…

hard they have tried to avoid it, each of them must eventually face the full consequences of their actions. The series shows how people will do just about anything to advance their personal agendas. Oliver Hampton is the typical insecure, shy computer geek represented by today’s culture. He is a skilled hacker, so naturally the group runs to him whenever they need classified information. While at first ignorant of what he is…

junior who doesn’t have many friends, however he is fairly intelligent and does well in school. He decided to switch schools and his parents insist on throwing a going away party. He knew that no one would come, not even the drama people and English geeks that he eats lunch with. The only people that show up are a couple that seemed to come out of pity. He is an only child that lives with his parents in Florida before transferring to the Culver Creek boarding school in Alabama. Miles has always…

“Sometimes I pretend to be normal, but it gets boring, so I go back to being me.” - Unknown. In “A Brief Moment In The Life of Angus Bethune,” all Angus wants to do is fit in with everyone else. He’s an overweight kid who is in love with the girl of his dreams, Melissa LeFevre, Angus has one friend named Troy, his parents are homosexuals, and he’s being bullied by Rick Sanford. Firstly, Angus has been bullied by Rick ever since his early school days, Rick thinks that he and Angus are…

One of the most recognizable brands in our modern society, not only in the United States, but in the entire world, is Apple. Take a stroll across campus and you will find iPhones and MacBooks in the hands of just about every other student. It makes you wonder what is so hypnotizing about this partially eaten apple that makes these products so overwhelmingly popular with our generation. Now consider that somehow, even though they will all tell you otherwise, these Apple users we see every day…

BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Nowadays, young people tend to be easily influenced by the decisions and actions of others especially by their peers. It is what you called Peer Pressure. According to Dr. Casey B. J. (2008), Time is also a huge factor in teen’s decision making. Teens are more accurate in making their decisions when they have more time to think, but when they have to decide in a short period of time, they tend to be easily influenced by others especially with their peers. According to…

misogyny, the films of Team Apatow tend to depict women as either two-dimensional objects of male sexual desire or as asexualized/hyper-sexualized objects of fear and revulsion, in the form of domineering mother figures, awkward asexualized female geeks, and/or scary, masculinized butches” (90) After Alison and Debbie…

may be faced with including peer pressure and bullying. Like most Australian High schools, North Shore High School in Mean Girls has many different cliques including: “Asian Nerds, Cool Asians, J.V Jocks, Black Hotties, fat girls, thin girls, band geeks, want-to-be’s and The Plastics”. Cady Heron begins the movie as a part of the “Art Freaks” clique with characters Damian and Janis Ian. Throughout the film she transitions to the clique described as “the worst people you will ever meet”, The…

Bullying, it seems as if it is understated the harmful effects it can take one someone’s life. In this image there is a teenaged figure standing against a black background with a gun pointed directly to the side of his head then the gun is shot. This image uses Ethos, Logos and Pathos. There is credibility in the image since there are facts stating the amount of suicides that are caused due to bullying in high schools. There is logic in this image due to the serious effect that bullying causes.…

Tina Whittle is an American author best known for writing a series of mysteries the most popular of which is the Tai Randolph mystery series of novels. Her short stories have been featured in Mystery Magazine by Alfred Hitchcock, and in The Savannah Literary Journal. The short story Lost Causes and Other Reasons to Live was also featured on Gulf Stream and was the winner of the 2004 Mystery Fiction contest. She is a two time Georgia Author of the Year Award nominee and is a member of the Sisters…