reasons why. One of the many reasons is snowboarding is a better workout than skiing is. “When a snowboarder points the nose of his board across the fall line instead of straight downhill‚ he is now positioned in such a manner that to keep from sliding down the hill. He has to be in some more-or-less squatting position which exerts a lot of pressure on the quadriceps if facing downhill (or the calves if facing uphill).” (Zemens) “It’s not because we actually need to‚ we just like the rest. If we snowboarders
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writes “What Good Books Do For Children.” In the article‚ he explains how television has replaced the books in the life of the young‚ and how his generation may have been the last to grow up in a print culture. Schlesinger also believes that most people have read all they are going to read by the age of twenty-five. He believes with a passion that children should read books that face reality rather than fantasy. The author makes a decent argument as to why classic fairytales are better for children
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Why Dogs Are Better Than Cats I think dogs are better than cats for many reasons. I’m sure it is not without reason that dogs are called “man’s best friend.” They are loyal‚ obedient‚ and also protective. Even if their attempts at protection are sometimes unnecessary‚ at least they try. On one occasion while our family was setting off various fireworks on the Fourth of July‚ we set off a ground bloom. A ground bloom is basically a firework that spins around on the ground spewing fire
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Why Abortion Is Immoral: An Argumentative Analysis The argument on the immorality of abortion is a long standing philosophical discourse which opens itself to numerous discussions or even attacks. That the pro-choice and anti-abortionists stances stand or fail is based on the strength or weakness of the other’s claim against the other and vice versa. The morality or immorality of abortion‚ however‚ leaves an open question which also leaves the partisans reflecting on whether or not there can be
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Why I chose this Book? This particular book How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk by Adele Faber & Elaine Mazlish is a great book for parents and teachers to read to help develop good communication skills with children. My Opinion of This Book & Benefits To Families and Caregivers I believe this book‚ How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk‚ is a great tool for both the families of young children and the teachers who may need to brush up their skills
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Daniel Mariscal Persuasive Essay Why We Need Sleep Sleep is a very important aspect of our lives and people rely on it to re-energize them so they can continue onto the next day. Although sleep is thought to conserve energy it actually drains your metabolism by 5-10%. However‚ sleep is very beneficial to humans. Sleeping progresses the bodies’ growth and rejuvenates the immune‚ skeletal‚ nervous and muscular systems. Sleep also improves short-term memory‚ mood‚ efficiency‚ concentration‚ and
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Athens had a powerful Navy while Sparta had a good Army. When it comes to battling on land‚ Sparta has it for the win‚ but when it comes to battling on water Athens will most likely win because Athens has a stronger Navy than Sparta while Sparta has a better Army than Athens. If you battle Athens on water‚ you will more than likely lose. According to the text‚ in Sparta‚ people were not open to education. Meanwhile people in Athens got good education and without education it’s hard to do pretty much
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a way to view conversation differently‚ something to tell me I wasn’t going crazy when speaking to the male in my house. Sometimes‚ it would really feel as if I were talking to an alien‚ someone who spoke a completely different language‚ even though we use the same verbal construct. Tannen lends her research and knowledge to me as a reader and a fellow woman‚ thus has impacted the way I communicate with my husband. By learning and understanding that women and men are raised in parallel‚ yet different
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Did you know that we consume one-third of our life sleeping? Or‚ that we change from periods of deep sleep to periods of light sleep about five times during the night? Or‚ that we only dream during the period of light sleep‚ which is usually around morning hours? Not even the most prestigious scientists know exactly why people dream but there are a few explanations in the works. Scientists have proven‚ though‚ that on average people dream three to five times during an eight hour sleep. There are
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“I don’t like to give advice. I like to give people information because everyone’s like is different‚ and everyone’s journey is different” -Dolly Parton. Different people face different challenges‚ whether its the loss of a loved one or a divorce. In my case I grew up around my mothers family and visited my fathers side once a week. I remember dreading going to my fathers only because I grew so close to my mother‚ and I still do to this day. Technically‚ I have grew up with both of my parents‚ but
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