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Life In High School Essays and Term Papers
Andy WorhalAndy Warhol, the American painter, printmaker, illustrator, and film maker was born in Pittsburgh on August 6, 1928, shortly afterwards settling in New York. The only son of immigrant, Czech parents, Andy finished high school and went on to the Carnegie Institute of Technology in Pittsburgh, ...
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Less Than Zero Book ReviewSet in Los Angeles in the early 1980's, this mesmerizing novel is a raw, powerful portrait of a lost generation who have experienced sex, drugs, and disaffection at too early an age. They live in a world shaped by passivity. The place lacks feeling and hope.
Three high school buddies, 2 male and ...
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Francis Scott FitzgeraldFrancis Scott Key Fitzgerald is known as one of the most important
American writers of his time. He wrote about the troubling time period in which
he lived known as the Jazz Age. During this era people were either rich or
dreamt of great wealth. Fitzgerald fell into the trap of wanting to be ...
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Warm Feelings For Cold BloodIn Cold Blood is a novel written by Truman Capote in 1966. In Cold Blood is a true account of a multiple murder case that took place in Kansas in the 1950’s. The book outlines a brutal murder case, but it shows the story from many perspectives, not just that of the law. Capote introduces you ...
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Suicide In Our SocietyOnce every minute someone tries to commit suicide. Sixty or seventy
times a day these attempts succeed.( Earl A. Grollman, Suicide: Prevention,
Intervention, Postvention, Boston: Beacon Press, 1988, p.4) Unlike what many
want to believe, suicide can happen to anyone regardless of race, age or ...
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Herman Melvilleis widely acclaimed as one of the greatest writers in history. His works such as Typee and Moby Dick prove that he had incredible talent for writing. Although Melville was a financial ruin throughout his life and his works did not receive much of the credit that was due to them, Melville is ...
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Woodstockwas a rock music festival that took place near , New York in a town called Bethel. The festival took place over three days, August 15, 16, and 17, 1969. The original plan for was an outdoor rock festival, "three days of peace and music" in the Catskill village of . The festival was expected ...
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Education Of The Gifted And Talented StudentThe term "exceptional child" is a broad and inclusive label that
refers to a significant percent of the child population. Quite generally,
it includes any child who exhibits attributes, characteristics and/or
abilities that fall significantly above or below the norm. These are
students which, ...
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Black Female Bodybuilders"Yo, Yo, Yo -- go girl!" "Hey, over here -- We here for you, girl!" "You look good! REAL GOOD!" This is family and neighborhood pride at stake on the stage tonight. Sisters, mothers, boyfriends, husbands, cousins, and friends from the outer boroughs, Jersey, Philly, the deep South, and everywhere ...
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Indian AffairsOne of the least noble occurrences from 1865 to the 1900 was the subduing of the Native Indian. The subduing of the original inhabitant of the American West did uplift the quality of life, but did not advance the quality of the culture in the united States during this period.
The settlement of the ...
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The Ice StormIt is 1973. New Canaan, Connecticut is a prototypical “bedroom” community. Modern homes, clean, quiet streets and plenty of greenspace lend an air of contentment to the setting. However, behind the doors of these homes discontent and ennui are thriving.
“…affluent ...
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The Power Of ReadingJohn Milton once said, “A good book is the precious life-blood of a master-spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life.” This quote reveals a true fact of life that reading is fundamental! It also reveals the power that literature has upon a person’s life and his/her ...
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Woodstockwas a rock music festival that took place near , New York in a town called Bethel. The festival took place over three days, August 15, 16, and 17, 1969. The original plan for was an outdoor rock festival, "three days of peace and music" in the Catskill village of . The festival was expected ...
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Disjunction Vs. Communion In Raymond Carver's Short StoriesRaymond Carver, poet, essayist, and short story writer, was very
different from some other writers in that he clipped his writing until only the
essential remained. " Carver not only acknowledged the effect that fiction
could have on readers, he proclaimed that it should affect readers."( ...
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The Year 2050The year is 2050 and my name is LAME. I currently attend Clinton High
School on the outskirts of San Jose. Since the year 1993, no action has
been taken to resolve the environmental problems within the US, but third
world nations are prospering because they started to preserve their rain-
forests. ...
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The Sport Of SwimmingIn the 200 yard Individual medley also known as the Im is one of the most difficult events of competing in the high school level. It takes mental and physical disiplain just to finish the event , yet alone do well in it. the reason why it is so hard is because it requires the swimmer to swim all ...
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Clarence Thomas Supreme Court Justice. The second Afro-American ever elected to hold the highest Judicial post in America. His story is one of uniqueness as well as perseverance, learned lessons of survival and hardships. In 1991 then President George W. Bush nominated Mr. Thomas for Supreme Court Justice after then Justice Thurgood ...
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Shampoo Planets - Book ReportThe book I chose is Shampoo Planet, writen by Douglas Coupland. I chose to read this particular book because it was written by an author of my generation; generation X. Most books that were on the list were book written by people that were either dead or very old. They wrote about topics or ...
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Soccer: An Utopia SportThe score is tied 1-1. It’s you and the goalie with ten seconds left. You dribble left, then right, you shoot . . . GOOOAAALLL!!! "Association Football", "football" or, in this age, "soccer" is considered an international pastime. It is played in more towns, cities, and countries than any ...
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Life On MichelangeloLife of Michelangelo Michelangelo (1475-1564), arguably one of the most inspired creators in the history of art and, with Leonardo da Vinci, the most potent force in the Italian High Renaissance. As a sculptor, architect, painter, and poet, he exerted a tremendous influence on his contemporaries ...
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