Boredom… Is it good or bad? In the 21st century everyone is constantly going and they believe that is the only way to be. Being bored is a necessity and very good for you‚ but nowadays we barely get that chance. Always being “plugged in”‚ or busy gives you no time to be alone which should be a very important time to have at least once a day. People need to put down their smartphones‚ iPods‚ and shut their computers and get bored. I think being bored and having nothing to do is what makes someone
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Is Divorce Always Bad For Children? To some‚ divorce may be a terrible thing for a child to have to endure. In some scenarios it is just better if the parents are separated. There is no better way to approach this subject than to talk from personal experience. I’ll explain how it feels to be a child in the middle of a divorce. My mother and father were together for seventeen years and they just recently decided to get a divorce. Under the circumstances I don’t feel bad they there are now separated
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night and even more gambling related sites on the internet. These TV-shows and sites influenc young people and they might get stuck with gambling related issues for their entire life. That’s why I’m going to argue against gambling and why gambling is a bad thing. People have been gambling for hundreds of years‚ so it’s not a brand new thing. What is new though‚ is that gambling has reached its way to younger people and even children. This is what concerns me. Underaged gambling is illegal. The law isn’t
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My bag swings on my shoulder as I run towards the school doors‚ attempting not to be noticed. Pretending not to care as people fall silent while I run past‚ my auburn hair flowing in the wind behind me. “Hey!” “Jasmine!” “What went down last night?” “I heard that the police came to your house.” I listen to the miscellaneous shouts of the crowd as my heartbeat slows like a bass drum in a ballad. Someone takes hold of my hand and pulls me to face them. It’s Maya‚ quite literally
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wrong and not effective on some animals. People should be against animal testing because it is an issue of animal cruelty‚ it is also selfishness‚ since it makes animals suffer and it is a violation towards animal rights. Animal testing is bad because it deals with the issue of animal cruelty. It is often argued that these tests cause a lot of pain to the animals and the condition in which they are held captive for experimentation is not at all safe nor healthy for the animals. It also causes
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Bad Catch By dominic clifford I guess the day I died it was a sunny day‚ a day of joking around. We had been digging holes‚ walking and keeping guard: practically the daily routine. We had been just been mucking around before it happened as perusal. Rat Kiley and I had invented a macho game to play. We toss smoke grenades back and forth‚ like hot potato but with higher stakes. Today the game goes wrong and a grenade explodes‚ thus killing me; his death‚ I guess this was an accident. Just few
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outside and exercise‚ more and more kids are being diagnosed with ADHD and obesity. They don’t get to have fun and let out energy so when they are at school for seven hours a day they have a harder time concentrating. This has become a growing problem with middle and high school students as many schools have taken out physical education from the school schedule. When kids get home‚ they won’t have time for exercise if they have hours of homework waiting for them. Second‚ kids are
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Bullying is bad practice for society‚ commonly found in public gathering places such as streets‚ schools‚ homes‚ and work places. The reason for mainly someone being bullied is based on their appearance‚ race or skin colour. There is verbal and physical bullying which can both hurt a person(s). First verbal bullying is the most common type of bullying. For example‚ criticizing someone because of their physical appearance is a lot like verbal bullying. Society teaches us to become critical of others
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The Writing Between Bad and Good Habits Susan Wyche‚ a writing teacher and the founding director of the University Writing Program at CSU‚ is interested in the activities that writers engage in‚ which have direct influence on their writing. In her essay "Time‚ Tools‚ and Talismans" she gave an example of three students‚ I was mostly interested in Adriana because I share some of her habits and rituals. Many of Adriana’s bad habits contribute to her poor performance as a writer‚ however she has some
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In this day and age it is difficult to find a fully functioning household or at least one that could be considered normal. Every day people hear about domestic violence or other kinds of abuse in family. On the other hand there are some households that hold true to the old fashion family stability‚ ones in which there are little to no problems‚ and are able to produce people ready for the world and to continue the family. The headline of an Arkansas newspaper reads “Man rapes eight day old baby”
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