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    Don’t Let the Scissors Cut You The tone of the memoir Running with Scissors is best epitomized by a single quote from the book: “The problem with not having anybody to tell you what to do‚ I understood‚ is that there was nobody to tell you what not to do.” (264) The author‚ Augusten Burroughs‚ throughout the novel‚ wasn’t sure if his life was the one he wanted‚ which he expressed through his persistently negative and casual diction‚ his hard to follow chronological organization‚ and his highly expressive

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    In the article “I Just Called to Say I Love you” by Jonathan Franzen he clearly states that he hates hearing other people saying the words I love you to another person. He believes that the privacy of others should be kept to themselves and their personal feelings should not be said out loud in public places. Although this may be true there are also other perspectives of how one can handle situations like of expressing feelings when they occur. Not only is the expression I love you the only way of

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    Alice Hocker correctly stated‚ “Your greatness is not what you have‚ but in what you give‚” (“Your Greatness Is Not What You Have But In What You Give”). Alexander was someone who took from others. He had a lot of land‚ money and things he did not need but wanted. Alexander‚ the King of Macedon‚ took thousands of lives and seized land the size of the US. If people judged Alexander on what he gave than he would not be known as Alexander the Great‚ but as Alexander the Annihilator. Alexander was born

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    unhealthy for your body‚ or television hypnotizing the viewer into buying an unhealthy product? According to surgeon general‚ obesity has become a health epidemic that needs to be controlled and prevented. Almost a third of America’s population is obese and growing. Obesity is also now a wide spread topic that has caught the attention of journalists and health activists. Writers all over America have an opinion on the obesity epidemic such as Radley Balko who wrote the article "What You Eat Is Your Business

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    perceptions of what is important to them. People are more desensitized to a lack of privacy by the constant necessity of giving it up‚ if through needing to sign up for a service‚ or by putting pictures out on social networks This has happened in online privacy and in the trust of online services. Charles Howarth’s piece “Technology is making us blind: the dangerous complacency of the iPhone era” argues that over time people have lost wariness of technology. Esther Dyson’s “If You Don’t Love It‚

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    –Free Press Literary Awards  Selection "You Can Choose Your Afterlife‚" is found in Gamalinda’s book‚ Zero Gravity. The poem is based on the beliefs of the T’boli‚ an old indigenous people living in South Cotabato in Southern Mindanao.  The T’boli afterlife has several destinations. The souls of murder victims and warriors slain in battle will be celebrated in a bloodthirsty kingdom. To die by the sword entails the people you left behind to mourn for your tragic death. According to the T’boli beliefs

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    When You See Your Crush

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    When you see your crush in public‚ you’re supposed to scream and run back to your house to check their Facebook for the next five hours.  First things first: having a crush on your teacher is not weird. It might feel really awkward and embarrassing‚ but it happens to both girl’s and guys all the time. It’s natural to grow feelings for someone you see on a regular basis‚ who you interact with a lot‚ look up to and probably find attractive. You see it all the time in movies and TV shows‚ and trust

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    our budget. The people with a low budget have limited choices or ability to enjoy their vacation in their countries. On the other hand the people with a high budget can visit variety of places. The vacation will be affected directly by type of budget: low budget‚ medium budget‚ and high budget. The first group includes those who have low budgets and would like to spend their vacation in Amazing places but they face the fact that their budget does not allow them to go there. Nevertheless

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    other something‚ cook‚ or even just giving their time to them. Musicians like Bruno Mars and John Legend express their love through a song. Compared to Legend’s song “All of Me‚” Mars’ song is a more effective expression of love because of its use of repetition‚ audience‚ and purpose. “Just The Way You Are” is a more effective expression of love due to the speaker’s use of repetition. For example‚ when the speaker talks about how beautiful and perfect his partner is he says‚ “There’s not a thing that

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    Diamond Johnson August 5‚ 2010 Final Draft Let Your Voice Be Heard Everyone has a story or past that needs to be shared‚ whether it is good or bad. There may be someone out there who is going through or who went through the same thing you did. The only way to find out is by opening up. By openly sharing your experience‚ others will follow suit. If you have ever been in an abusive relationship you know what I am talking about. We have to stand together as one‚ we have to be brave and help others

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