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- 551: Personal Writing: Exchange Student in Japan
- ... trouble I was in when I heard four different meals, and five movie choices come across the loud speaker. The estimated flying time from Detroit to Osaka was about thirteen and one half hours. No big deal. I love sleeping really I do. I slept, and I watched three movies, and before I knew it there were only six hours to go. I was pumped, I could not sleep or sit ... really think that from that point on the rest of the flight was quite easy and before I really knew it we were on the ground. The plane that we had been on was really big, and well I made sure to explore the entire thing, even the top floor. As we got off the plane, I made sure to thank the stewardesses and then I stepped out of the plane ... everything. We walked ten minutes to school from the train. The school was a private school, equal to the one that I attend in America. This school was so amazing. It was set on a big hill, little did I know that I was going to have to climb fifty steps and I wore heels. As I neared the entrance to the school I was told that you were not ...
- 552: The Use of The Second Amendment In The Home
- ... needed except when a person wants to hide a weapon. For home defense, the shotgun is more effective with its wide blasting stopping power, while a handgun has to be aimed exactly on target. A big problem with keeping guns in the house is the curiosity and ignorance of children. Children are more capable of finding guns than they are given credit for. "Children under the age of 15 suffer approximately ... firearm is present is relatively remote" (Hatcher, 284). Many people who take pills or slit their wrists think better of it before it is too late and ask for help. Alcohol and drugs play a big role in the misuse of firearms. People who have substance abuse problems may play and joke around with a firearm, creating a hazardous situation. "Fifty-two percent of all murderers act under the influence of ... person could break into a house unnoticed by neighbors. Now that nobody is watching, the door has been broken down and a person is inside the house, the homeowner is left to defend themselves. One big advantage of a gun is that it is a long range weapon which means long range defence. This means one does not have to get too close to and assailant when stopping them. "Stay ...
- 553: Personal Writing: Our Vacation in the Sierra Nevada Mountains
- ... every other minute, only to find nothing but sheer cliffs and there was no possible fishing hole in sight. All I could see was a river about seventy to eighty feet below with one very big obsticle in the way jagged rocks were surrounding me from the river as I just kept on stumbling along. Soon I spotted what was going to be my home for the next hour or so ... those red and orange spots covering his petite body. So I let the little guppy swim freely, and continued down the no whatsoever trail, bumping into rocks and slamming into trees, hoping to find his big brother. Well I never found that big, bold and beautiful fish I was looking for, but I certainly got my fair share for the day. Finding my way through the dense forest I stumbled upon my campground where I was the ...
- 554: The Neandertals
- ... s culture, anthropologists have some ideas of how they lived their life. It is believed by many that the Neandertals practiced cannibalism for a death ritual. There is evidence of this on the skulls and big bones of Neandertals. There are cut marks and some bones have been broken open and are without marrow. Why would they do this? Maybe they liked the way their neighbors tasted, or maybe it was ... at the Natural History Museum in London. The Neandertals were plagued by injuries and disease, but there is evidence that they were cared for by the group. They ate cave bears and aurochs and other big game, slicing off the skin with sharp flints. The skins they cured and wore draped over their bodies, and they made buildings resembling teepees out of wood or mammoth bones and the hides of some animals. The Neandertals had a compassionate side, something not expected from their big and squat appearance. They cared for their sick and injured, and they had families, as a man, two women, and an infant were found buried together with personal decorations on them and pollen from ...
- 555: The Presidency of Theodore Roosevelt
- The Presidency of Theodore Roosevelt The turn of the century has always been a big deal for modern civilizations. One hundred years of life is quite large compared with the average 70 or so given to most. Because of that, people tend to look in trends of decades, rather than ... the role of the president and executive branch of US government, making it a force with which to be reckoned. As the first president with progressive views, Roosevelt enacted the first regulatory laws and prosecuted big businesses who had been violating them and others for years. Roosevelt also initiated the United States' active interests in other countries, and began to spread the benefits of democracy throughout the world. Before Roosevelt, the ... the greater need for items in the North caused the economy of the post-war United States to shift toward the cities (Nash 576). The general aim of the Untied States had turned toward the big cities, but was still focused on building the nation's power from within. And along with their improvement of industry in the United States came the spark of ingenuity that found itself in the ...
- 556: Catcher in the Rye: Theme of the World Having An Outward Appearance
- ... one I almost missed it is a little before the conversation with Faith it is a very important event. When J.D. Salinger had Holden look about of the window I think it was a big simile, of which I think about more in theme number 3, of the theme of the book. I'm sure Holden didn't ride all the way to New York to pick a run down ... of illusion. They both were trying to, I guest, show they are more popular than the other by making it seem like they known all these places and people, when in actuality they were two big phonies. The next Theme of this story that I want to talk about is the significance of the novel's title. First of all I have to say why the book was entitle as it ... Writers like Edgar Allen are obvious that they have a deeper meaning. But with Salinger it's hard to tell if this is a simple story of a boy rebelling or is it a great big metaphor for the world and how we are. Now if you ask him I,m sure he would say "oh that's what meant exactly," and he might as well have meant that; but ...
- 557: Dreams
- ... minutes to work every morning in my sports car is obviously a dream. Dreaming of never having to deal with traffic or long commutes; living in a small city no bigger than 30,000. A big city is too inconvenient for travel and time. Reaching any destination takes over thirty minutes. Living in a big city is reality. Waking up at 6:00a.m. and picking up my car pool. Riding along the loop in my Geo Metro that reaches over thirty miles to the gallon. My car's starter is shot and the air- conditioning doesn't work. I will live in a big city and commute to my high rise office building down town. Each morning dreading the hour drive filled with traffic jams and spilt coffee. I dream of earning six digit income. I know money ...
- 558: Violence In Schools
- ... many possible ways we can stop all this violence in schools. Almost three-fourths of the United States teens are afraid of violent crime amongst their peers(Apfel 23). Violence in schools has become a big problem in todays society. With all the people being injured or killed in schools by guns and other weapons, more and more people are getting more weapons to bring in to schools. Nearly half of ... can sneak in weapons through bathroom windows, or an unguarded entrance during recess(Glazer 6). So their isn't really a safe and reliable way to keep guns away from schools. Security has become a big part of schools today. More and more schools have been getting metal detectors installed. The N.Y. city public schools report that since the introduction to metal detectors in 1988, serious incidents have declined by ... don't hear about too many teacher attacks on the news but you do hear about teens being killed. Approximately 100 teachers have been assaulted annually in the past four school years(Glazer 8). The big problem involving violence is how we can stop the violence from spreading and increasing. Not nearly as many teens would have guns if they didn't get the money from selling drugs(Gordon 30). ...
- 559: WereWolf - Creative Essay
- ... for the killing pounce. The boy no longer ran. He turned around and faced the beast. From somewhere a shotgun appeared in his hand. The monster leaped, it's claws grasping for flesh. A loud bang was heard. The werewolf fell short of the boy by mere inches. The boy looked down upon his kill in triumph. But the downed creature stared to stir. It lifted it's head to glare ... relief. She reached under and flet the reassurance of the wooden box of bullets. Quickly she inserted another key and opened the box. It was emptly! Liz's face became deathly pale. "No", she choked. Bang! The shot echoed loudly. Yet another shot was fired, bang! A gurgled gasp escaped the lips of the werewolf, before it slumped heavily to the ground. This time it did not get back up. This time it was dead! Tommy stared at scene before ...
- 560: Conversation With A Doctor
- ... it out to - - had left it as a gift. Then we saw that the wallpaper was gone, and they had painted the wall light blue, and everything else was changed. For example we had a big china cabinet with some antique dishes in it, and it was gone. There was a new table, sort of modern, and even the microwave was different. They left the stove, though. But they took away ... was a hideous lamp Arnaud got when he was a student and for some reason kept, and I guess one or two of the dishes we had were pretty ghastly. I remember one was a big plate made out of some kind of plastic, and it was bright orange. It had the signs of the zodiac around it and a picture of the sun in the middle. We got it as ... s going on anymore. At least I don't. Tuesday Don't say anything. I just had to get away. From that place, from those things. Not from him. Never from him. He's a big boy. He should be able to tell. I made it pretty clear. He can take care of himself. I don't want to hurt him. If it stops me from going crazy it does ...
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