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    Vaccination: 18 Reasons to Just Say No is a pamphlet that vaguely resembles a health class discussion on drugs and how children should “just say no.” This pamphlet, although looks official, also gives skepticism to those who realize the benefits of vaccinations to children. The purpose of this pamphlet is to inform the audience, which in this case would be parents, to cease vaccinations and to encourage the natural route of immunizations. This pamphlet immediately spits different facts to the…

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    William Carlos Williams wrote the quick note to his wife one morning, a 'passing gesture', and stuck it on the refrigerator before heading off to work. The note turned out to be a very short poem about 20 seconds long This Is Just To Say. It became one of his most popular creations when it was published in 1934. The subject of focus happen to be plums and yes, there's no doubting, all the ideas seem to spring from this delicious, juicy, cool fruit. Perhaps the plums were picked or bought by…

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    Guilty is to feel responsible for a specified wrongdoing. You can feel guilty if you did an action that would be irresponsible. Sometimes people can just ignore their guilt and move on, but others can obsess over it. In the poem “This Is Just to Say” the speaker felt guilty and wanted forgiveness. He apologized by making this poem. “This Is Just to Say” by William Williams is about someone that eats some plums and feels guilty about the eating the plums. The author describes how the plums were…

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    Time Out - II Just Say “No” - Meeting Moratoriums The fact is health care professionals waste lots of valuable time in unproductive meetings and are not very happy about it. Meetings are a chronic concern that is perceived as disappointing, if not dysfunctional. For this there are both direct costs and opportunity costs. People are looking for a purpose to their work and to their meetings. A purpose that is easily stated, outwardly directed, and has the potential to make a real difference.…

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    In the beginning of the book, Jack says “I ought to be chief, because I’m chapter chorister and head boy. I can sing C sharp” (15). Even before we get to know the other characters, Jack arrogantly states to the boys (mainly Ralph) that he should be chief because he’s the best. This foreshadows how Jack will ultimately take over because he wasn’t elected the first time. Also, later in the book Jack says to the boys, “He’s not a hunter. He’s never have got us meat. He…

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    Maria Vasquez is first grader in Mrs. Casper’s classroom in Happyville Elementary. She has a specific learning disability and a speech and is language impaired. Her first language is Spanish and is struggling with learning English. Parent collaboration is needed in order to help Maria to learn English better and to be able succeed in school. Parents are important with collaborating with because parents are student’s main support system. Parents know their children have knowledge of their family,…

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    William Carlos Williams is an imagist poet whose personal poetic philosophy as expressed in various essays and interviews demonstrates a clear choice for using the poetic form to make social political commentary. In particular, Williams poem This is Just to Say is no exception to Williams’ method of using the poetic form for political…

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    Just like Romeo and Juliet, Say Anything consist of two people from very different backgrounds, who fall happily in love, but have a tragic accident happen. You have the valedictorian, Diane Court, and the nice guy, Lloyd Dobbler. Diane comes from a wealthy family; she lives her with dad only, who owns a senior living home, this is also where Diane works. Lloyd lives with his sister and her son, both his mother and father are in the army. In the movie, Say Anything, there are three conspicuous…

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    didn’t know who I was. I woke up next to a bunch of muddy kids. They all smelled like they haven't showered in weeks. There was two twins, a chubby kid, and probably the skinniest kid I’ve ever seen. Then I realized I smelled just like them. The chubby one woke up startled just as I had. He was confused. He saw me and stared. After a while of his staring my attitude kicked in and I asked “ Can I help you?” He kept staring then soon whispered “Jack. “ I was confused. I looked down and saw that…

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    are experiencing the same fears that I had. I tried to assure them that everything will be okay. That their fears were just things that they saw in a movie. After telling them that everything would be okay, they seem to trust me. After understanding how the incoming freshmen felt - scared, tired, and not wanting to start high school this early in August - they came through. I will say that throughout the day, some kids were being uncooperative and started off being rude at first. There were two…

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