...to create a sustainable, long-term, effective lifestyle. Nothing life comes easy, you have to pay the price. The best way to expand your mind is reading, reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body. Getting a good education may just be the most important price you can pay. What you do with your education in your teen years will more than likely determine the quality of life you have in the future. Get as much education as you can. A college graduate earns about twice as much as a high school graduate. Don’t let lack of money be the reason you don’t get more education. There are many grants, scholarships, student loans, and student-aid options that are available if you search them out. Millions in scholarship money goes unclaimed each year because no one bothered to apply for it. Many people sacrifice t heir education for stupid reasons, like thinking they don’t need an education, becoming obsessed with a part-time job, a girlfriend, a car, or a rock band. Athletes sometime sacrifice their education for sports. Do not sacrifice you education. It is important for your future. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8IpXaQG7ag The Little Boy Once a little boy went to school. One morning when the little boy had been in school a while the teacher said; ‘Today we are going to make a picture’ ‘Good!’ Thought the little boy. He liked to make pictures and he could make pictures of all kinds, lions and tigers, chickens and cows, trains and boats. He took...
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...Look, I was gonna go easy on you not to hurt your feelings But I'm only going to get this one chance (Six minutes, six minutes) Something's wrong, I can feel it (Six minutes, six minutes, Slim Shady, you're on) Just a feeling I've got Like something's about to happen But I don't know what If that means, what I think it means, we're in trouble Big trouble. And if he is as bananas as you say I'm not taking any chances You were just what the doctor ordered [Chorus:] I'm beginning to feel like a Rap God, Rap God All my people from the front to the back nod, back nod Now who thinks their arms are long enough to slap box, slap box? They said I rap like a robot, so call me rap-bot [Verse 1:] But for me to rap like a computer must be in my genes I got a laptop in my back pocket My pen'll go off when I half-cock it Got a fat knot from that rap profit Made a living and a killing off it Ever since Bill Clinton was still in office With Monica Lewinski feeling on his nutsack I'm an MC still as honest But as rude and as indecent as all hell Syllables, skill-a-holic (Kill 'em all with) This flippity, dippity-hippity hip-hop You don't really wanna get into a pissing match With this rappity-rap Packing a mack in the back of the Ac backpack rap, crap, yap-yap, yackety-yack and at the exact same time I attempt these lyrical acrobat stunts while I'm practicing that I'll still be able to break a motherfuckin' table Over the back of a couple of faggots and crack...
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...we've got to do the right things.". This is one of the first things that Jack said to all the boys, and it shows that before the savagery took over he believed a leader would be the best for all of them, but he did indeed let the savagery take over, and started to believe that there should not be rules. In fact, Jack even said "bullocks to rules" so it shows that he has changed. Which means that, the best leader in this case would have been Ralph, because he has stayed grounded, and has not drastically changed, he is more of a logical thinker, doesn't give in to the savagery, and always keeps...
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...Many people think that a boy becomes a man when his facial hair starts to grow out, how much money he makes, and what he starts to wear. A man is not defined by his age or looks. Men can have all the money in the world or looks but that doesn’t necessarily make them a man. Men are not born but men are made and raised. Responsibilities, maturity, and respect for women turn a boy into a man. Many boys grow up fast to take they can take care of their families at a early age. Because of no father figure around boys usually end up the man of the household, and start working. Therefore age never determines when you become a man or not. Many 15 years old take many responsibilities while some don’t know the meaning of responsibilities. A man is responsible for keeping food in the fridge, paying the bills, keeping clothes on, etc. “Being a dad is the most manliest job you will ever have”(144) Many young boys today become dads at a very early age and most of them end up not taking the responsibility of their child. “Fathers have stopped passing down the art of manliness to the next generation”. Many fathers neglect their families and children and let them be on their own. This means not having a male figure around for the little boys. Boys look up to their fathers and want to see a good role model. They need a man figure in their lives to teach them how to be a man. How will a boy learn how to be a man if his own father is not around to teach him about manliness and responsibilities...
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...Should Girls Ask Boys Out? Outline Thesis: Although boys have always asked girls out, why can't girls return the favor; society today has changed and girls are asking boys out. I. Almost everybody is taught that tradition has always been that the boy has to ask the girl out, because this shows that he can be a man and take charge. a. This tradition goes back far as the eighteenth century. b. Most boys who took interest in a girl they liked or were attracted to, nine times out of ten wanted to get to know her and in doing so by asking her out. c. A girl will never understand how much pressure and sense of masculine it puts on a boy to ask a girl out. II. Nowadays, people live in a civilized society with a continuous development. d. Women are stronger and more confident about themselves and certain situations than women in the past. e. Boys do not know how to handle rejection or failure, so they think that they can avoid rejection or failure by not asking a girl out all together. f. Boys would sometimes prefer for a girl to ask them out. III. For those who agree with the idea or for those who do not, there are however pros and cons to asking a boy out. g. It seems sensible to go after what you want and take initiative. h. If he feels like you are extremely interested he might not be that interested. i. As one becomes more skilled, one’s chances of finding, appreciating, and deserving a more satisfying...
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...Have you ever imaged what a big group of boys would do if they were left on an island with no grownups? In the book Lord of the Flies by William Golding, it describes Golding's perspective on how a group of boys would act if they were left alone on an island without grownups. Now even though some might agree with Golding, not all of his theories are possibly correct and most likely wouldn't happen. There are many quotes in the book that can prove how parts of the story wouldn't happen. Perspective also has a huge role in how we look at things. The plane, long hair, Piggy's specks, and fire are some examples that Golding takes out of proportion in my opinion. To give an example, how is the plane able to fly off when they crashed onto the...
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...A Fortune How would you define wealth? Is it when you have a lot of money stored in the bank? Or is when you a feeling of joy in your stomach every time you see you family and friends. Are such famous quotations as “enough is as good as a feast” true or just empty word for those who aren’t that fortunate? This large debate, provide a basis for the short story “A fortune” by Joy Monica T. Sakaguchi. In the short story we meet a young man, who lives on pickpocketing. Mainly because he grew up in a less fortunate environment, with a dad who wasn’t caring, and a mother who only focused on the problems and worst things in life. But after all the times the father had let his boy down, the boy still came to him every time, he had snatched a wallet. This was a boy who was seeking the feeling of presence and love from his parents, this might be the the reason why he started pickpocketing for his father; because when he did that he felt like he had something in common with his father, and by doing it he (sometimes) made his father glad. But he was still worried about his father’s view on him; this is obvious where he thinks ”I should have counted the money I just didn’t want to know how much Pop thought I was worth” (p. 1 l.13) The mothers influence on this kid has not been much better, I guess that it must have been more...
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...Have you ever imaged what a big group of boys would do if they were left on an island with no grownups? In the book Lord of the Flies by William Golding, it describes Golding's perspective on how a group of boys would act if they were left alone on an island without grownups. Now even though some might agree with Golding, not all of his theories are possibly correct and most likely wouldn't happen. There are many quotes in the book that can prove how parts of the story wouldn't happen. The plane, long hair, specks, and fire are some examples that Golding takes out of proportion in my opinion. To give an example, how is the plane able to fly off when they crashed onto the island? That makes me wonder how many people actually died. How, if...
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...9; SL.8.1; L.8.1, L.8.2, L.8.5 Teacher Instructions Preparing for Teaching 1. Read the Big Ideas and Key Understandings and the Synopsis. Please do not read this to the students. This is a description for teachers about the big ideas and key understanding that students should take away after completing this task. Big Ideas and Key Understandings Writers use irony to fuel the plot of a story. Synopsis Bill and Sam decide that the best way to finance their upcoming land swindle is to kidnap the child of a wealthy citizen and hold him for ransom. The boy they choose, instead of being the docile, frightened child one would expect, is a terror who abuses Bill in every way he can think of, all in the name of fun. The response to their ransom note is not what they would have wished: instead of paying $1500 to get Johnny back, the father demands $250 to take the boy off their hands. In desperation, they agree, and end the story poorer than they began. Read the entire selection, keeping in mind the Big Ideas and Key Understandings. Re-read the text while noting the stopping points for the Text Dependent Questions and teaching Tier II/academic vocabulary. During Teaching 1. Students read the entire selection independently. 2. Teacher reads the text aloud while students follow along or students take turns reading aloud to each other. Depending on the text length and student need, the teacher may choose to read the full text or a passage...
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...Look, I was gonna go easy on you not to hurt your feelings But I'm only going to get this one chance (Six minutes, six minutes) Something's wrong, I can feel it (Six minutes, six minutes, Slim Shady, you're on) Just a feeling I've got Like something's about to happen But I don't know what If that means, what I think it means, we're in trouble Big trouble. And if he is as bananas as you say I'm not taking any chances You were just what the doctor ordered [Chorus:] I'm beginning to feel like a Rap God, Rap God All my people from the front to the back nod, back nod Now who thinks their arms are long enough to slap box, slap box? They said I rap like a robot, so call me rap-bot [Verse 1:] But for me to rap like a computer must be in my genes I got a laptop in my back pocket My pen'll go off when I half-cock it Got a fat knot from that rap profit Made a living and a killing off it Ever since Bill Clinton was still in office With Monica Lewinski feeling on his nutsack I'm an MC still as honest But as rude and as indecent as all hell Syllables, skill-a-holic (Kill 'em all with) This flippity, dippity-hippity hip-hop You don't really wanna get into a pissing match With this rappity-rap Packing a mack in the back of the Ac backpack rap, crap, yap-yap, yackety-yack and at the exact same time I attempt these lyrical acrobat stunts while I'm practicing that I'll still be able to break a motherfuckin' table Over the back of a couple of faggots and crack...
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...Gender Identity is a big part of our society. Society has a very strict mindset on how people are expected to be and how each gender should act. Expected gender roles can be very damaging to our kids. Even though we are assigned these gender roles, it is not guaranteed that everyone is going to stick with how they were born, it may be hard for one to be able to connect biologically to them. I believe that forcing and expecting our children to strictly be with what they were born to be, just like society is so used to seeing gender identity, and they choose to act the opposite gender can be very damaging in many ways. The connection parents have with their children is one of the most important things while the child is growing up mainly focusing in their early years, and to know that as a parent you have the power to force your children to be what is expected of them isn’t the way to go. In this essay, I will be talking and giving a couple stories on how the discrimination of parents against their children’s gender identity can be damaging to them and in general about acceptance from parents about one’s gender roles. Children are technically still developing until they have reached their twenties, so with that being said I believe that gender roles are affected mainly by families. The children are not the ones to blame for what gender they choose to be. Remember children are still developing, most children get into gender identity as they grow up and get to know themselves...
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...Trudy had to ask, “You’re going to make them undress? Right here in front of us?” Miss Hartick had expected that kind of attitude, but she knew what to say. “Boys are not like girls. They don’t need the same kind of privacy. The only reason it bothers them is that they’ve been told that it should bother them. If they could only get past it, then they wouldn’t be embarrassed about their bodies at all. They shouldn’t be. Now boys, get on with it.” The ladies in the room were all eyes. Trudy, Allison, and Mindy weren’t sure they believed this. It was a joke. It had to be. Shelly, Miss Devasquez and Miss Hartick were all ready for another round of enforced nudity. The boys were mumbling and averting their eyes as they started stripping off their clothes. They were already blushing, and it was just starting. They saw the girls’ eyes get big with anticipation. David asked, “How far do we have to go?” “You’re going to take it all off, but for now you can stop at your underwear. Everything else, take it off.” Trudy and Allison couldn’t believe they were about to see their...
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...rebels against you and makes the other kids hate you and turn against you. Pretty bad, right? Poor, young, twelve year old Ralph had to go through all this after their plane crashed into an island, in the book, “The Lord of the Flies.” Imagine how nervous and scared Ralph was to take care of a group of young boys, who rebelled against him. Ralph is a great example of taking power as a leader and looking out for the interest of others. The Lord of the Flies is a story about a group of English boys whose plane crashed in an island. These boys decided to elect a leader, so they picked Ralph, the oldest boy of the group. One of the other boys, Jack, wanted to be the leader, and Ralph didn’t want to upset him, so he made him his assistant. Day after day the boys get tired of Ralph’s rules and begin to disobey him, and Jack also gets jealous of him being the leader. So when Jack saw that mostly everyone hated Ralph, he made his own group, where there are no rules or work. Most of the boys join Jack’s group except for a few boys who stayed loyal to Ralph and didn’t leave him. Over time Ralph gets...
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...their age. As parents, you wouldn’t be too happy if you checked your kid’s social media pages. Parents can do something about it and make a change, get your children under control and make sure they are not doing sneaky things behind your back. Kids 12-15 are getting bullied because they post a picture on Facebook and it doesn’t look so nice or you aren’t wearing designer clothes in a picture. These kids shouldn’t be getting bullied, it’s not their fault they...
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...Next Term, we’ll Mash You By Penelope Lively Do you know about violence or bullying, or just heard about before? If you have or want to hear a short story about this kind of story, you might lie down and read this. In the text ”Next Term, we’ll mash you” we hear about this boy Charles who get threatened by some guys at his new school, because he is the ”new member.” How bad can it actually be? Next Term, we’ll Mash you is about a young boy named Charles who is sitting in a car with his parents. They are going to visit St Edward Preparatory school where Charles is going to start. When they come to the school the mother consider it as a lovely place. Charles and his parents are waiting for the headmaster, but meanwhile is the headmaster’s wife taking Charles out to see some of the boys and see what he might be letting himself in for. After seeing the boys at the school, he finds out how they are treating new members. ”Inside the car it was quiet. The boy sat on the back seat, a box of chocolates unopened, beside him and a comic folded” inside the car is there a quiet unhappy boy who is sitting in the back seat, while his parents drive him to his new school. The atmosphere is quiet because it is tens inside the car, nobody are talking especially not Charles. He has nothing to say, because this is not his own option for the new school. His parents have choosing the school for their own sake and not for his. Charles parents want him to go at that school because they have...
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