- Apr 2018
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www.hasd.org www.hasd.org
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I like how in the first few sentences of this essay, the story starts out slow. The main point isn't pushed out until the middle-end of the essay.
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I personally thought this statement sounded a bit cliché. "I know that no matter what happens, my mother and I will always figure out a way to survive."
I've read many books and essays, articles, etc. about hardship and many a times there are statements like these in them.
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"The worst is when we have so many times that it takes the checker what seems like hours to ring up everything. A line of anxious customers from behind us. It's that line that hurts the most -- the way they look at us."
This seems like a very emotional thing for the author to have to do. I feel the authors emotion and it sorta makes sense, but it is could be possible the author has some anxiety issues."
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I see the claim statement as being, "Since our first visit thee, I've learned to believe in flexibility. In my life, it has become necessary to bend the idea of grocery shopping. My mother and I can no longer shop at real grocery stores, but we still get the necessities.
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"And did I mention that being able to solve the cube is surprisingly impressive to girls" I like this subtle but funny bit of humor. It's enough to make you chuckle, but doesn't take away from the main idea/point of the essay.
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The claim statement came to me quite quickly. The author said, "I carry a Rubik's cube in my backpack". I see that as more of a question than a statement, at least from the point of view of the reader. Like, "Why do you carry a Rubik's cube in your backpack?" Then he quickly answers it or makes his claim. 'Solving it quickly is a terrific conversation starter and surprisingly impressive to girls."
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"It took me four weeks to teach myself to solve the cube."
That's amazing! It's truly unbelievable that with all the problems he has had as far as learning and school he was able to teach himself to solve it in the same amount of time as the inventor took to solve it.
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"I spent the next four years learning how to learn and finding strategies that allowed me to return to my district's high school with the ability to communicate ideas and express my intelligence."
Wow, this must have been a very tough thing to do. I do feel it relates back to the Rubik's cube though, because it takes time to learn different tricks and remember where certain pieces should go, etc. I truly think that the point he is trying to make is anything can be done with hard work and perseverance.
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"Solving the Rubik's cube has made me believe that sometimes you have to take a few steps back before you move forward."
This "sometimes you have to take a few steps back before you move forward" personally sounds like a cliché statement to me. But I thought it was well explained about how it relates to his life and the Rubik's cube.
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- Mar 2018
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www.usatoday.com www.usatoday.com
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That is why the beverage companies working together with the Alliance is essential.
What if a company decides they don't want to work with the alliance? Will they be punished in some way?
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announced Tuesday by former president Bill Clinton, will transform the beverage landscape in America.
So is Bill Clinton a part of this campaign? Or is he just endorsing the people who are starting this campaign.
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credible organization to craft a comprehensive plan.
Who are these/who is this credible organization? I am genuinely interested in knowing.
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smaller-portion sizes
I don't think this will help much, because people will just drink 2 sodas instead of one given the fact they are smaller. So instead of 1 16oz. they may drink 2 10 oz. which in turn is even more un-healthy.
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www.usatoday.com www.usatoday.com
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American Beverage Association wants to cut calorie intake from beverages by 20% by 2025.
20% is a pretty big cut, it will be interesting to see if they are actually able to do this.
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Diet drinks are a plus for beverage makers because some consumers drink more than they would sugary soft drinks, assuming that it won't affect their waistlines.
Diet drinks are a really great marketing strategy. It makes people think they will be healthier by drinking them and may even lose some weight, due to the fact diet drinks contain usually zero or very low calorie counts. Unfortunately, it doesn't seem they help people become much healthier or lose a ton of weight.
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Americans have been trending toward bottled water and other non-sugary drinks for reasons of health and taste over the past decade.
This is very interesting, because if anything I would have thought people were gravitating towards sugar drinks at a higher rate now. At least considering that there are two FULL aisles in my local grocery store that contain pretty much all sugary drinks.
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by encouraging people to drink diet sodas
According to a lot of research that I have seen and read about, diet soda's are really much un-healthier than regular sodas. Including many of the ingredients that make the soda "diet" which can lead to cancer and other disease if you ingest too much of it. So it is very interesting that the American Beverage Association would want people to ingest more of that. Just my two cents.
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America's sugary drink industry wants you to know that it cares about your health.
I think this is quite interesting, I do agree that they most likely are trying to help make beverages healthier. and in turn make people healthier. But maybe it is in their best interest to just stay out of it? I mean if someone wants to have a sugar latent Coca-Cola, they should be able to, healthy or not.
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- Oct 2017
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www.360sxm.com www.360sxm.com
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"Who would hole me to the best dreams of my youth as I would hold him to his."
Maybe he means they would "live their live" if you will. Live their life as if they were still young again, and felt invincible.
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"It's a great thing to die in your own bed, though it is still better to die in your boots."
This make's no sense in my head and I'd be interested to know what he means by this.
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"I liked it for its gallows humor and cool watchfulness."
Gallows humor is something grim and ironic in a situation of hopelessness. Does this mean is he kind of dark in a mental way?
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webservices.davenport.edu webservices.davenport.edu
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a child heavy with hurt, wanting his mother.
This another connotation, feelings cannot be physically "heavy." The man is more so sad he is losing his mother. Losing her in the sense she is not the same as she was when he was younger. She has health problems.
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he birds burst from the trees all at once and curved through the sky, throwing darkness over me
This is a loaded phrase (throwing darkness). You can't physically throw darkness, so this is a connotation.
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She waved away the spoon when I brought it toward her and, holding up the piece of clear trash, she said, “Isn’t this a cute thing?
The woman seems to be hallucinating.
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www.terrain.org www.terrain.org
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he broke off a chunk of the gray bark and held it to my nose. I gagged.
It probably smelled awful
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He did not care for pewter or silver or gold, but he cherished wood.
Shiny things, riches, etc. didn't seem to interest him. He was a simple man who mainly seemed to care for the beauty of wood.
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So he fondled those buckeyes as if they were charms, carrying them with him when our family moved from Ohio at the end of my childhood, bearing them to new homes in Louisiana, then Oklahoma, Ontario, and Mississippi, carrying them still on his final day when pain a thousand times fiercer than arthritis gripped his heart.
These must have been very important to him and he must have trusted them dearly, considering he carried them everyday and everywhere. Even on his last day.
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calscorneratmarginalmaddy.blogspot.com calscorneratmarginalmaddy.blogspot.comHANDS3
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There are pair of hands like these- some brown, some black, some white-in every bazaar in the world-hands easing and smoothing, hands flying like doves through the dappled light under time-riddled canvas.
I am going to infer he means many people have hands like these in all different parts of the world. Some black hands, some brown hands and some white hands.
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These hands have never done hard physical work, but they are not plump, or soft, or damp and cool. Nor are their nails too carefully clipped or too carefully buffed and polished. They are firm, solid, masculine hands, and other men feel good about shaking them. They have a kind of brotherly warmth and when they pinch the selvage of the drapery fabric and work it just a little between thumb and finger they do it with power and confidence.
His father's hands seem very important to him. He seems to like/respect his father more because of his hands.
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since I entered my fifties I have begun to see my father's hands out at the ends of my arms.
He feels as he gets older he is becoming more and more like his father.
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www.flippedoutteaching.com www.flippedoutteaching.com
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PerhapsthecluetomyentirepersonalityconnectstothelostMintSnowball
He seems to be completely lost in life, he seems to feel like something is missing from his life. I feel he thinks that he may be rich and famous had he been given the recipe. And he feels all the riches and fame are missing from his life.
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Beforemygreat-grandfatherdied,hesoldtherecipeforthemintsyruptosomeoneintownforonehundreddollars.
I feel there must have been a reason he only sold it for $100. I mean considering where people drove from to get the Mint Snowball's, the syrup must have been worth more than that. Maybe he needed the money for something important? Maybe to pay bills, for hospital treatment?
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dreamyicecreamfromthesodafountain.
It seems this was more of maybe a confectionary shop than a drug store. Given the fact that ice cream came out of the soda fountain and people came from a long ways away to try their mint snowball.
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www.centerforpubliceducation.org www.centerforpubliceducation.org
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OK: Allowing a school-sponsored Gospel Choir that performs praise songs.
This is very interesting, as the school (in the article we recently annotated) did not allow the girl to perform a song because it was a to "religiously motivated"song, if i'm remembering that correctly.
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Religious holidays versus the academic calendar. Controversy flared in Michigan in October 2005, because the state scheduled exams during the Muslim holy days of Ramadan and the Jewish holy days of Rosh Hashannah and Yom Kippur. The incident highlights the growing need for school leaders to be aware of and sensitive to religious observances.
Very interesting, there are a few schools near me that do not let students off on these days. But in (the predominantly Jewish) area of Northbrook, IL I know schools take most, if not all of these days off.
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OK: Teaching about the Bible, the Torah, or other sacred texts and their influence on human behavior. No one denies that religion has strongly motivated behavior in the United States and around the world. Acknowledging that fact in the curriculum does not raise First Amendment concerns.
Like in history when teachers teach about many different beliefs there were in ancient times, etc. this is ok, but trying to force one belief on someone or show one religion to be better than another is not ok.
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Among the issues that have reached the High Court:
Wow, this is pretty unreal. I never knew how many issues on the subject "religion and public schools" there were. Very surprised at how many issues reached the High Court.
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Unlike private schools, public school districts are bound by the Constitution, which forces them into a delicate balance.
This is quite important to remember. Like when you think about the public school in Georgia, it was just that, PUBLIC. It was required to follow the state guidelines and didn't, which was wrong.
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French historian and statesman Alexis de Tocqueville wrote, “Despotism may govern without faith, but liberty cannot.”3
Another great point, an oppressive power is able to function without religion. (i.e Hitler) but liberty (from Google), "the state of being free within society from oppressive restrictions imposed by authority on one's way of life, behavior, or political views." cannot function without religion.
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By the same token, good religion should neither endorse nor oppose any political party or candidate.
I think this is a very good point.
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Racism, violence, and hate crimes, for example, are spiritual problems, and their only real solution is spiritual.
This is quite an interesting point. I have never thought of these problems to be spiritual, but more motivated by politics, etc.
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As people of faith we should be thankful for governmental protections that allow us to embrace and practice our religious beliefs as we desire.
I definitely agree with this. We should all (regardless of religion) be thankful our government allows us to practice our religion, whatever it may be.
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Religion and government are like a couple who sometimes have a hard time living together but who find they simply cannot live apart.
This is a very interesting thought. Maybe the author means they cannot live apart because, it would be impossible to separate religion and government?
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www.thisamericanlife.org www.thisamericanlife.org
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Yeah. So there's a kind of political correctness.
Political correctness truly hurts a lot of the things we are able to speak out against. We used to be able to stand up for what we believe in and speak out against things we don't believe in as our amendments allow us to. But it seems as of these past few years it seems if something isn't PC it is wrong and hurtful to everyone.
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But when she chose the song that she wanted to sing at her graduation, just because it had the mere reference to God in the song, she was removed from the program.
This is pretty screwed up and quite extreme. If you give the girl a chance to sing you should let her do what song she wants. I get if maybe the song is very explicit, etc. But it is a well known song by a great artist and she should be able to sing it if she wants.
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On March 1, President Bush himself chastised the city council, saying that they had, quote, "No right to tell the Salvation Army that the price of running a center was giving up its prayers."
60,000 people is actually a lot of people when you really think about it. So I feel it was right for President Bush to step in and frown upon what the city council did. It doesn't matter what religion they want to hold services for, forces them to give it up is not ok.
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Paul Williams, voted yes to the federal money, but he added wording saying that the Salvation Army couldn't use the facility to hold prayer services or proselytize because of the separation of church and state.
This is just wrong. Banning or not allowing people to pray is not ok. People have religious rights to do whatever they want. If a Muslim person wants to use a facility or space as a homeless shelter and prayer center for Muslims would this be illegal? I don't think so. But because federal money is involved it is ok to ban people from using the shelter to pray?
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thisibelieve.org thisibelieve.org
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Ever since I was a little kid, whenever I’ve had a lousy day, my dad would put his arm around me and promise me that “tomorrow will be a better day.” I challenged my father once, “How do you know that?” He said, “I just do.” I believed him. My great-grandparents believed that, and my grandparents, and so do I. As I listened to my Dad talking that night, so worried about what the future holds for me and my generation, I wanted to put my arm around him, and tell him what he always told me, “Don’t worry Dad, tomorrow will be a better day.” This, I believe.
I like the "flashback" if you will. The way he remembers what his father said to him and did, so he relay's it to his father. I truly enjoy this happy ending to the story.
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Instead, he was upset about the world his generation is turning over to mine, a world he fears has a dark and difficult future – if it has a future at all. He sounded like this: “There will be a pandemic that kills millions, a devastating energy crisis, a horrible worldwide depression and a nuclear explosion set off in anger.”
His father seems to be very concerned that our modern world might have a very harsh future, but Josh seems to feel the world will be the opposite of what his father thinks. He feels the world will become a better place.
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I’m 16. On a recent night, while I was busy thinking about important social issues, like what to do over the weekend and who to do it with,
I like the way he starts with a bit of sarcastic-ness and humor. Very good and somewhat "eye-catching" start.
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thisibelieve.org thisibelieve.org
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my imaginary friend
He seems to mean God or Jesus in this phrase. And weather you are a believer in God or not, this is not an appropriate phrase though. Because weather you believe Jesus' father is our God or believe Jesus was the messiah. They are not imaginary people, they still lived and walked this earth. So they are not imaginary.
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I believe that there is no God.
I do believe there is a God. With that being said, although I do not agree if this statement I like the boldness and eye catching-ness of this opening sentence.
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So, I’m saying, “This I believe: I believe there is no God.”
Clearly Penn does not believe in a Christian God or on that note any God. I am interested to hear if he has any proof of the fact there is "no God" or what his reasoning behind this belief is.
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- Apr 2017
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www.articulatemarketing.com www.articulatemarketing.com
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Phone interviews. I love phone interviews. There’s something confessional about them and it’s easy to strike up a rapport with someone. I type quickly enough to take a more or less real time transcript during a phone interview which makes this form of interview particularly efficient.
This affirms that I will do a phone interview. It is also really nice if any of your subjects live far away.
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www.biblegateway.com www.biblegateway.com
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There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job, and that man was blameless and upright, one who feared God and turned away from evil.
(S) It seems that Job was a very good person.
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- Feb 2017
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www.timeout.com www.timeout.com
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Despicable Me (2010)
I am going to try and find this movie or at least parts of it on YouTube. I believe I can try to find the scenes that make kids laugh the most and conjoin them with some of my thoughts/ideas. in turn I believe will create a really funny book for children.
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Zootopia (2016) Talking animals In a Disney film? Nothing new there. But this animated adventure takes the idea somewhere fresh by giving us a distinctly human world, with cities, streets and ice cream parlors populated by almost every mammal you can think of. The critters are voiced by Jason Bateman, Idris Elba, J.K. Simmons and more notable celebs, plus there are some fantastic set pieces for older audiences, including a brilliant comic slow burn with a very leisurely bureaucratic sloth and a charming riff on the wedding scene from The Godfather. Rated PG.
I believe this movie would also be a good idea for me to try to find/watch. I believe that children love animals, so what is better than a funny animal to go along with my main character?!?!
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Steve Carell is the voice of Gru, a suburban supervillain whose seemingly innocuous home sits above a vast underground lair populated by hordes of yellow gibberish-speaking minions. Gru is prone to freeze-raying passers-by and plots to steal the moon, but when he adopts three adorable tow-headed orphan girls it’s not long before their plucky charm and winning optimism begin to melt his cold, cold heart. Rated PG.
I believe this would be a great movie for me to try to get my hands on or check out on YouTube. I believe that there are certain parts that in my paper that I can create to have similar effects that this movie has in children, during specific scenes.
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www.techrepublic.com www.techrepublic.com
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Search terms I could use would be: "Children laugh" and/or "children's comedy."
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My research question is: What things make children laugh?
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