new life and have more opportunities. I am especially lucky because I was born in America with many opportunities to achieve success. On both of my family sides‚ my ancestors escaped big life struggles to come to America and start better lives. My mom was born into the Ormiston Family‚ her great‚ great grandmother lived in Ireland for many years. But in 1848‚ Her family fled to America due to the lack of food and work. During the time they left‚ the 1845 Potato famine was ruining many Irish lives
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I have read excerpts from two texts. An informational text titled ‘The Sea Around Us’ by Rachel Carson‚ and a literature text titled ‘Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea’‚ by Jules Verne. In both excerpts there are many descriptions of the ocean. Many people debate whether details are described more vividly in informational text‚ or in literature. I feel the ocean was described more vividly in the excerpt from the literature text ‘Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea’. I believe the ocean
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would agree that teen curfew is effective in reducing the risk of teens getting into trouble. But I believe that teens shouldn’t have a curfew. I say this because not all teens are out in weird hours of the night getting into trouble so why punish all teens for others mistakes. Yes‚ making curfews for teens can reduce the risk of them getting into trouble during some hours of the night. But don’t you think that if they have curfews not only is there going to be teens that break the
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a fairy tale. Just like me‚ my mother grew up with a young mom as well. However‚ my grandmother was only sixteen when she gave birth for the first time. Unfortunately‚ at these times teen pregnancy was not as common as it is now‚ and my grandmother was constantly looked down upon for that. Because of this my grandmother was never very affectionate with my mother‚ and tended to put on the responsibility of raising and taking care of my mom on my great grandmother. My mothers rough childhood really
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The Teen Advisory Council Growing up‚ I have always been dedicated to volunteering and community service. I was taught that giving back and being a blessing to others is one’s sole purpose in this World. Serving as President of the Teen Advisory Council for the Memphis City Public Library has been a tremendous opportunity for me and the benefits have been very rewarding.Together my fellow members and I have accomplished so much. I have gained extraordinary experience‚ learned leadership skills
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Importance of Teen Health Did you know that a lack of physical activity causes one in ten premature deaths worldwide? The health of teens is decreasing every year. The physical activity of teens has declined 32% in a single generation. This is all because of the new technology and a change in eating habits. For the first time‚ this generation may die before their parents. If teens don’t pay attention to what they eat‚ the amount of exercise they get‚ and avoid drugs‚ the health issues with teens will keep
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How teen parenting affects your future? Many parents have a difficult time to talk to their teen about sex and its consequences to life. Sometimes parents may be in denial on their teens actions and what is going on in his or her life‚ others choose not to bring it up because it makes them feel uncomfortable. What happens to your teen if you don’t have that talk? What if your teen is pregnant or gets someone pregnant? Teen parenting affects your future emotionally‚ socially‚ and financially.
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year olds. In 1996‚ 6‚300 teens died in the United States from motor vehicle crash injuries. The fatality rate for teenage drivers is about 4 times as high as the rate for drivers 25 to 65 years old. On average‚ a teen driver is killed every other day in California. In most of those fatalities‚ the reason was either involving speeding or driver error. But in California‚ Oregon‚ Michigan‚ and other states‚ those statistics are dropping because they have had laws restricting teen driving on the books for
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Qualities of a great mom In this essay I want write about moms great quality every mom has a special quality my mom is a special women she have birth to five kids and she raise all of us by her self she has been a mom and dad for all of us First my mom is a great mom she had my two oldest sisters in Mexico were was really hard cause they didn’t have enough money to take care of two girls first it was my sister Claudia than my sister Sara she would tell us that it was hard to feed
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HITLER AS DICTATOR - 1934-39 Was Hitler a "weak dictator"? The old view (historians in the 1950’s) was that NAZI Germany was a "totalitarian" state. Hitler was the all-powerful dictator. Orders flowed downwards from Hitler. The system of government was like an efficient‚ well-oiled machine. Recent research by historians (1970’s/80’s) now disputes this view. It is now accepted that Nazi Germany was NOT a "well-oiled machine". It was more like a medieval court - with a king (Hitler) surrounded
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