DARE By: Ryan Addison Did you know that more than 400‚000 people die each year because of tobacco? That is why the 6th graders have DARE. DARE stands for Drug Abuse Resistance Education. DARE is a program that teaches the 6th graders about drugs and violence and how to stop it. The three things that stood out to me in DARE were Tobacco‚ Bullying‚ and Peer Pressure. Tobacco is bad because it has nicotine that makes you addicted to it. It hurts you by giving you lung cancer and
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Wright English H101: Composition 04/24/2013 American Dream.. Where Did You Go? “I’m still here.. come and find me” “What is the American dream? The American dream is one big tent. One big tent. And on that big tent you have four basic promises: equal protection under the law‚ equal opportunity‚ equal access‚ and fair share.” - Rev. Jesse Jackson. The American Dream is the idea that if you are focused and work hard enough‚ you can be successful in America. We find ourselves in a time
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The American Dream Essay James Adams wrote in his book the phrase American Dream which is now a famous logo of the U.S. The American Dream is the hope which individuals arrived the United States upon‚ the hope that they will be more prosperous and there will be a variety of opportunities in the United States of America‚ today this is not possible to everyone because becoming prosperous is really difficult and there might not be a job awaiting the individual due to the unemployment rate but it was
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buses. It was then when I saw a short and perky girl who happened to be our tour guide for the trip. To cut the long story short‚ a lot of things happened within the 14 hour event. Since a lot of descriptions wouldn’t be mentioned here‚ I’d rather give you the highlights of my experience. First on the list was the knowledge that our batch was blessed enough to be a part of the fieldtrip since fieldtrips happen not so often in our school. We were given the opportunity to enjoy at least a day out of school
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Larisa Joseph Diane Garbow Book Review December 4‚ 2012 Bodega Dreams is an excellent novel written by Ernesto Quinonez. Quinonez tells a touching story about the real life of Spanish Harlem neighborhoods. The main character Julio Mercado (also known as Chino) is Puerto Rican as well as Quinonez. The story takes place in Spanish Harlem‚ with the majority of poor Spanish people; a town over is Upper East Side Manhattan filled with wealthy white Americans. Chico stated‚ “a slum that
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NINE THINGS YOU SIMPLE MUST DO TO SUCCEED IN LOVE AND LIFE BY DR. HENRY CLOUD BY TONNIE L. COLLINS 22420344 REV. DR. MARIO GARCIA PACO 500-B04 SUMMIT JUNE 20‚ 2013 TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction………………………………………………………………………………………3 Summary………………………………………………………………………………………...4-5 Reflection………………………………………………………………………………………..5-6 Investigation…………………………………………………………………………………….6-7 Application……………………………………………………………………………………......7 Reference…………………………………………………………………………………………
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2011 Cloud‚ Henry. 2004. 9 Things You Simply Must Do to Succeed in Love and Life. Nashville‚ TN: Thomas Nelson‚ Inc. Kollar‚ Charles A. 1997. Solution-focused pastoral counseling: An effective short-term approach for getting people back on track. Grand Rapids: Zondervan Publishing HEY! My Summation Why some lives really work and others don’t? This is a study that Dr. Henry Cloud set out to discover in his book 9 things you simply must do to succeed in love and life. Cloud begins by introducing
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Entertainment Unlike the other two novels the class has dealt with‚ Where Eagles Dare by Alistair MacLean is focused on entertainment instead of realism. The book All Quiet on the Western Front show the authors’ opinions of war to be serious and deadly. He says that there is no such thing as a hero in war‚ and that it is impossible to win a war with a single person. But MacLean expresses the war as a mission which provides excitement. He also makes Major John Smith‚the main character of the novel
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Success Many people have argued that the skills needed to be successful in today’s workforce have changed. What skills do you feel an individual needs to be successful in a job today? Why do you feel these skills are most important? I say I have to agree that the skills needed to be successful in today’s workforce have changed. It really just depends on the business or job you are applying for. By much of the research I have done many jobs to be successful are asking for transferrable skills which
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Dare to Teach: The Importance of Effective Teaching Abstract This paper describes in detail four important aspects of being an effective teacher. Effective student-teacher relationships‚ exceptional classroom management skills‚ equal response opportunity and maximizing learning time encompass what it means to be effective in the classroom. These are general topics and many different strategies exist that may be effective in different settings and situations. This paper discusses various
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