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    can affect a child's mental and emotional development in both minor and major ways. In some ways it could just mean that you child has less reaction to social cue and be a bit more socially awkward. All the way to your child being at major risk of things like depression. It can affect them most when they learn to talk to people face to face. Kids who go on to use screens for most of the lives have a harder time learning how to talk to people face to face. They are used to being able to say any…

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    Before we are born we are carried within our mothers for nine months, then we are born into this crazy and sometimes evil world.No matter what happens though we must fight to do what we believe to be right. Elizabeth Smart was kidnapped and held for nine months, and in some ways she was reborn. Elizabeth Smart was only 14 years old when she was kidnapped from her bedroom in the middle of the night on June 4, 2002. She endured all kinds of abuse and degrading acts at the hands of her kidnappers,…

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    Who would want a parrot? All that the haughty thing did was squawk and imitate my gurgling noises, a result of attempts to speak. “Shut up, Jerome,” was a phrase I’ve attempted to say many a time, without success. I must admit, though, I find it quite hilarious when little Jerome makes fun of me with the noises he makes. I cannot say as I enjoy his presence in my room, but at least the hospital gave me a pet with a good sense of humor. I swear the thing even imitates my paralyzed, contorted face…

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    Outsiders Book Comparison

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    Johnny was the jumpiest boy, because of the time he got beat to death by the socs. He has a six inch blade in his pocket at all times and is not afraid to use it. The book, Outsiders, is way better than the movie on it, because the book can include things the movie can’t, the book has more background than the movie, and in the book people know what Ponyboy is thinking and feeling. The book is so great, because it gives background…

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    possibility of how to stay in New Mexico to finish high school. At the time, I was talking to a girl that I really liked and I had a lot of very close friends. I wasn’t the type of kid to go out and do things with people. During the second half of my junior year I made some friends that I started to do things with. I had finally made all my friends but it was all being taken away from me. One of my brothers still lived in New Mexico, so I thought of the plan to stay with him to finish my senior…

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    him and next thing he knows his is breaking records and racing in the Olympics. Louie joins the air force in the late 1930’s and then Pearl Harbor is attacked. He then is a bombardier on a bomber and is involved in many important air attacks. Then he goes on a mission and his plane crashes and he and two others (one dies halfway through) survive on a raft for a long time and they drifted 2,000 miles. Next Louie…

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    High School Journey Essay

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    The thing that helped me to be relieved from the stress was joining sports because I felt like I was away from all my worries of doing good in school and just with my team having fun. When you are on a sports team and spend most of your time with a group of…

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    Why Is Language Dying Out

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    might say that is good that the smaller languages are dying out because no really spoke them anyway. The thing is that, it is really not good. Language gives us insight into the minds of the people who spoke it and tells us more about the past. As language gets more unified, people will get more unified. When people get more unified thoughts and ideas become unified. Being unified came be a good thing, but not when it takes away from creativity. That is why we need to preserve languages. The…

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    that I chose was so emotional. Other than that, I didn’t have too many problems occurring. My Dad Throughout my life, I have had many a lot of life changing events happen. I don’t like talking about most things that have happened to me a lot. Although, I know that some things are bound to come up in conversation, so I try my best to discuss it with grace. My parents got divorced and remarried when I was young. I also had to grow up dealing with a lot of issues between my family…

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    My Third Field Trip

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    ‘field trip’ of the semester, the class was given the assignment to do something that they had never done before. A daunting task in general, because seeking out something that one has never done can be pretty difficult. I myself have had a few things that I would love to do if I could get a couple of people to come with me. I was interested in trying my hand at fencing, because playing with swords seems to be something smart to try to do. I brought up the idea to my group of friends in the…

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