One fall‚ in Alaska‚ four friends were preparing for their first day of school at Washington Middle School. Elated‚ they were packing their book bags and talking about their first day at middle school. The four friends were Billy‚ Bob‚ Jeff‚ and Tim. They have been everlasting friends since any of them could remember. They were talking about how they could impress everyone in Mrs. Kinley’s first hour class. Mrs. Jefferson‚ Billy’s mother‚ met with Mr. Brooks‚ the principle‚ Mr. Montana‚ the janitor
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"Middle age is when your classmates are so old and wrinkled and bald‚ they don’t recognize you". -Bennett Cerf Middle adulthood begins at the age of 40 - 60. This is a time when you can’t believe where the time went. It seems like just yesterday you were graduating from college‚ got married‚ and had children. Your children are now approaching young adulthood‚ pushing you into the next stage of life‚ middle adulthood. You look in the mirror and all the signs of middle age are starting
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of Africans were literally stolen away from their native lands leaving behind their families‚ work‚ heritage‚ and everything that was familiar to them. Robbed of their independence and humanness’; they were reduced to cargo. This was what the Middle Passage’ also known‚ as the Slave Triangle’ was all about; the trading of goods and commodities among continents including the trading of black men‚ women and children who were treated like property. The first leg of the journey was from Europe
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came to KIPP during the middle of my 8th grade year. From the moment I stepped foot into KIPP Academy Middle School‚ I absolutely hated it. I was used to something completely different to what I had just arrived to: from the school size‚ the students‚ and the teachers. I felt like I was in a whole different world. Moving to KIPP was one of the biggest changes my 13-year-old self had gone through. I came from a relatively big school composed of only 7th and 8th graders to a school with only 2 hallways
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biggest problem in the Middle East is the Islamic State in Syria and Iraq‚ also known as ISIS. This Muslim extremist group has be-headed three international journalist‚ two of them being United States citizens. They are looking to militarize radical Islamic followers and re-establish a radical Muslim rule in Iraq and Syria. Recently an allied international force‚ headed by the United States‚ has joined forces to stop ISIS from growing and gaining a stronger foothold in the Middle East. The recent international
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The Middle East is part of three major continents‚ Africa‚ Asia‚ and Europe with trade routes overland and sea. Cultural Diffusion is the spread of ideas‚ invention‚ and achievements by traders‚ conquerors‚ and migrating people. Strategic locations like the Middle Eastern nations sit on vast reserves of oil. It has importance to the world’s military and economy. Some countries link seas to the ocean by canals so ships with tanks filled with oil can transport the goods. Physical Features have affected
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My last season of middle school basketball‚ I felt like I was never strong enough‚ never fast enough‚ and never good enough. I thought about giving it all up until I came to high school and started playing for Becky Padgett. She effected not only how I played‚ but my attitude and character as well. What I would give to be able to play just one more game for her as my coach. I have played basketball since I was about five years old and I was never that kid that sat on the bench the whole season until
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Middle English describes dialects of English in the history of the English language between the High and Late Middle Ages‚ or roughly during the three centuries between the late 12th and the late 15th century. * In 1066 the Normans invaded England‚ and the French of Normandy‚ together with Latin‚ was to become the language of court‚ religion and science * English was still used by the common people‚ but there was no literature written in it for 200 years. * However‚ this situation of
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The time from 500 to 1400‚ in Western Europe has historians debating a proper label. Appropriate labels would be; The Dark Ages‚ representing the lack of knowledge and chaos that occurred; The Age of Feudalism‚ for the social structure; and The Age of Faith‚ expressing the amount of power the Pope and the Church had. The Dark Ages included a lot of battles and chaos. Many people blame it on the lack of knowledge that led to the invasions and the chaos. The Dark Ages were caused by the fall of the
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We Have become largely materialistic as a society. Nowadays the size of your income is the point that defines you and happiness is the latest Ipod. Now just take a moment to consider. What was it that made you happy as a toddler? Was it that you had the latest Pumpkin patch fashions? Or perhaps it was that your parent’s earnt more than your best friends parents? No it was simply the love and affection of your parents‚ a sense of achievement when you achieved something and the companionship of people
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