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A few weeks later we drove to the cemetery to visit your wife. The narrow road to her grave was blocked by people and cars for a funeral. There was one particular car that was blocking the whole road. The car was running with people in it and the driver was talking to a man standing next to the car. The man was crying. He was hurting just like you and me. I looked out the window with a tilted head as the corner of my lips drooped. I was thinking about her funeral. I told you to just back up and…

heart problems. (Mayo Clinic) It is extremely important that teens do not take steroids, as the body is still in the developing stage and can lead to further increased risks than adults. The National Institute on Drug Abuse and the University of Michigan performed a 2013 study called “Monitoring the Future” in order to collect statistics on 389 public and private schools student steroid use percentage was. The samples collected showed that steroid use was 4 times higher in men than the steroid…

Lesson 301 - Capitalization Capitalize the first word of a sentence. Example: The lessons begin tomorrow. Capitalize each word that needs a capital letter. 1. You don't seem to understand. 2. Why didn't you ask me? 3. The boy will be punished for his wrongs. 4. Get out of here. 5. Did you see that! Lesson 302 - Capitalization Capitalize the word I, either alone or in a contraction. Examples : Do I get to go? I said that I'm here. Capitalize each word that needs a capital letter. 1.…

The debate towards college athletes being paid or if they should not be paid has been going on for some years now. There are different perspectives towards the subject and a wide variety of reasoning’s to why college athletes should or should not be paid. The fact of the matter is that college athletes need to understand the position in which they are in. They need to respect their position and be thankful for the opportunity that they are given. Not only should college athletes appreciate their…

Attitudes and values are unpinning beliefs and behaviours that each unique individual holds personally and can be seen to develop throughout their lifetime. Thompson and Thompson (2016) identify our values hold high regard and worth, they are our own principles, morals and qualities that steer us to think about what is right and wrong. However, as citied by Hogg and Vaughan (2005) our attitudes are the feelings, actions and behavioral tendencies as a result of our values. Difference Between…

Imagine it’s a Friday night and your school won a football game that was highly anticipated. You’re in the in the backseat of car going out to celebrate and your having a blast with your friends. The driver gets a text message and everybody hears it. All your friends know that being on your phone while driving is dangerous and has costly affects but you think it will never happen to you. The next second, you hear a horn from another car and screams coming from your friends. You wake up laying on…

introduced in a letterman’s jacket with his sports awards sewn on it. Additionally, his dad gave him a pep talk about how the situation could not happen again because colleges do not give scholarships to athletes with disciplinary reports and how he can not miss a match. This allowed many people to relate to the athlete stereotype John Hughes was trying to portray. Then, John Bender, played by Judd Nelson, was first introduced wearing a large trench coat and walking in front of a moving car…

Interview: Steve Plunkett Steve Plunkett is a true collector car hobbyist. Not only does he own one of the largest Cadillac collections in all of North America, he is also the founder of one of Canada’s largest car shows - the Fleetwood Country Cruize In. On average, the Cruize In brings together 25,000 people, and has managed to raise exactly $1,532,000 for charity. As Steve jokes, “for a goofy car show, that’s a lot”. I had the pleasure of sitting down with him and chatting about his…

In a small liberal arts college, Westish College, located near Lake Michigan Mike Schwartz, Henry Skrimshander, Owen Dunne, Guert Affenlight, and Pella Affenlight intertwine their stories together. Even though they come from different backgrounds they share a couple of interests in common. Baseball is one of the interests that brings all of them together. Mike, Henry, and Owen are baseball players and play on the same team which makes them be very close to each other at a certain level mostly…

during teen pregnancy I watched an episode of the MTV show “16 and Pregnant.” The episode I decided to watch was called “Millina.” The episode follows a 17 year old girl named Millina from Harrison Township. Which is a city just outside of Detroit Michigan. We come to learn early that her parents are divorced, and her mom is a drug addict who has been in and out of jail for 5 years. As a result of this, she can’t live with her mom. She views her…