What were twelve year olds doing 20 years ago to communicate? They either called each other on the house phone or wrote each other letters. They also would go over to each other’s house to hang out or go to get a soda and an ice cream. Cell phones have changed all that. Twelve year olds should not have cell phones. Could cell phones be to blame for twelve year olds laziness? Due to the amount of time spent on their phones playing games‚ social media‚ and texting twelve year olds have become extremely
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Emmett Shaw 9-8-13 Advice From a 90 Year-old Advice from anyone‚ including this 90 year old‚ might not always be sugar coated. It’s not always easy to understand either‚ but it is meaningful and in this case especially‚ wise. Number eight: “It’s ok to get angry”. I drew meaning from this because there have been a few situations that I have been in‚ seen online or witnessed that are perfect examples of reasons this advice should be given. If someone is getting picked on‚ teased‚ or even
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Remember a time when your parents screamed at you because of your choice of music? It was the generation gap of the past‚ in the present Let’s start with a question. A few questions‚ actually: When did it become normal for your average 35-year-old New Yorker to (a) walk around with an iPod plugged into his ears at all times‚ listening to the latest from Bloc Party; (b) regularly buy his clothes at Urban Outfitters; (c) take her toddler to a Mommy’s Happy Hour at a Brooklyn bar; (d) stay out till
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Daycare has become a normal part of life in today’s society. The debate of whether daycare is harmful to children has been going on for years. Does a child develop normally when not cared for in a home setting? The decision of whether to put a child into daycare is a struggle for most parents. “As increasing numbers of mothers rejoin the labor force earlier in their children’s lives‚ daycare has become a standard experience for infants and young children” (Scarr‚ Dec97). Many people do not have the
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In “The 16 years Old Killer” video‚ it was about a 16 years old‚ Cyntoia Brown who had committed first degree murder. During the time‚ 16 years old Cyntoia was working as a prostitute for the man she was living with for awhile. A man requested her services and demand that it should be done at his house despite Cynthia disapproval. The murder took places in his room when Cyntoia took out a gun and shot him in his bed with his back against her. In her defence she told that she was being fearful for
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Daycare children may also have to spend many hours away from home‚ which can be tiring and frustrating. A study of early childcare by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development showed that the more time children spend in daycare‚ the less positive interaction there is between mother and child. There are disadvantages to stay-at-home parenting as well. Children may not learn the social skills their daycare peers achieve at an early age. These
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To the Twelve-Year-Old Me Dear 12-year-old Sydney‚ I want to say to you that it is fine to maintain your innocent mind. You did not grow up too fast‚ but this caused a jolt for you later in life. When you progress to high school‚ you will realize just how innocent your childhood was. Everyone around you is not innocent‚ and they have not been for a long time. They ruined their own childhood by growing up too fast. You preserved yours as long as you could without being called naïve. In high school
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rEmily Sullivan 9/28/12 Chemistry Puentemys Mushaisaensis‚ The 60 Million Year Old Turtle On September 11‚ 2012 researchers form the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute and North Carolina State University discovered fossil of a prehistoric turtle in the northern part of South America. They dated the turtle to be sixty million years old and named it Puentemys mushaisaensis because the skeleton was found in the Cerrejon Coal Mine. This mine was made famous with the discovery
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More than 350‚000 children under the age of 14 years of age are too sick to attend school or day care. When one of the workers needs to leave suddenly to take care of a sick child‚ the employers are usually less than thrilled. Parents of sick children may also face the angry employers‚ and in the process have their paychecks docked for missed work‚ and they still have to pay the daycare fees even if the child is absent or can’t stay in the daycare.
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This is an ongoing debate because parents want to know if day-care is good or bad for their child. There are many studies conducted into the effects of children in day-care and out of day-care. In many instances‚ the studies are different because no two children are identical within their character or have the same home or day-care environment. Therefore‚ it is left up to the parents to decide if day-care is beneficial or harmful
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