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Significant figures are the numbers that are important when performing calculations in chemistry and other fields of science. These numbers are important to scientists because they determine the accuracy and precision to which their measurements and calculations were made. Significant figures are important to the scientific method because the results of experiments that are performed to test hypotheses can be altered due to mistakes of significant figures. Measurements are only as accurate as…

“Growth mindset believe that intelligence is a potential that can be realized through learning” (1). However, I had no choice, and I had to study more, or I would stay on the same grade. During summer camp, I wasn’t happy, because my world had only text books and homework which meant no…

the rest of their lives in the best way he can. For example, he’s always talking about how the only reason he assigns so much work is because he wants to teach each us how to read. He continually claims that he could do the same thing with a history text book, but I think he chose literature because he likes to mess with our minds. For example, he assigns us a good amount of work each week, which requires reading and writing, plus comprehension of it all and tells us it’s because he wants us to…

perfection, and standard of a world class athlete in their respective sports of tennis and figure skating. I will focus on two texts, (1) the 2004 Capriati-Williams U.S. Open semi-final match; and (2) Bonaly’s 1994…

It was early September, so early that school hadn’t started yet. I received a text from a family friend, telling me he was on his way to come pick me up. Earlier in the week, I had a falling out with a friend, and I really needed someone to talk to. I texted TJ, asking if we could do something, to get my mind off of everything. He happily obliged and offered to take me to ice cream on Wednesday. When he pulled into the driveway, my heart leaped to my throat. I was finally going to have to come…

teacher had taken it into notice it must be prominent in the classroom. It also allows her to bring forth her next argument of the lack of focus in classrooms due to technology and how that was not always the case earlier in the year. A metaphor is a figure of speech which makes an implicit, implied or hidden comparison between two things that are unrelated but share some common characteristics. This is used in the essay when it says “The iPhone has taken my school by storm.”, this is a…

Diversity is an important trait in a business or your life in general. There are very many reasons as to why this is a true statement. Diversity is a range ofor different things or a variety. It could be a very beneficial trait to have but could also be very hard to find that trait, especially when you live in the same environment for a long period of time. There are a few ways to explore and find this part of you, but many cannot. Diversity is the key to creativity. What does diversity mean to…

I shove my headphones into my ears and turn up the song I 'm obsessed with, Tainted Love by Marilyn Manson. I light another cigarette then neared off to the park where I can be alone. ~ I push the snow off the bench and plop down. The park is quiet and lonely; no one in sight except for me. I look at the jungle gym and study the frost on the bars. I wish for a damn miracle. I twirl my foot in the snow making an imperfect circle. I switch positions and feel the papers in my back pocket; I take…

An Analysis on Gendered Toys In western society we have a binary system for gender, we teach our kids about gender roles “society’s concept of how men and women are expected to look and how they should behave”, and expectations by the toys marketed toward them and parents buy them (OpenStax College 259). But how is it that the toys children play with enforce gender roles? The toys marketed to children have hidden aspects, demonstrating how we expect children to behave “based on norms, or…

She stopped in front of Mr.Andren’s desk. As if there wasn’t enough red flags glued to this ball of bad feelings. It didn’t take very long for me to be called out the room. I was followed by Mr. Anderson. He was mad as fire. It took me a minute to figure out what had happened when I did I immediately knew Shela had done it. She had signed my name on a page in a Curse Book that Sheila had “found”. Mr.Anderson wouldn’t calm down enough to let me explain. So for just a second I hated him. For just…