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    explains how their life was wasted, and they were running out of time to make life worthwhile. The men in “Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night” were wise, good, wild, and grave, but none of them lived in the present. They all lived in their past wasting their lives away. So essentially, they were “fighting death”, they finally figured out that life is more than just partying and living in the past, but it was too late, because death was coming, and it was coming quick; eventually, he begged…

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    You will face many problems during life and no matter what, you should never give up. You may get yourself stuck in some problems that you think there is no way of getting out of but at the end of the day, you'd be surprised by how many options you have. Jose Mujica did not exactly have a good start in life. He faced many troubles, but through all of it, he ended up getting his life together and becoming president. Jose Mujica had been in jail before but managed to do something unbelievable.…

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    Donating money is a reflection of ones values it shows that you like to help people, and it gives you self worth. Just because you earned the money and it belongs to you doesn’t mean you can’t show compassion and value with your money instead of wasting it on luxury items that you don’t need but want. It’s a noble act to donate money even if it’s a small portion of your money that money still goes a long way in helping people in…

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    how the season of summer, favored by children, is “truncated” by those who “do not know how sweet it is to feel the mud mush between their toes”. In Calhoun County, Alabama the boy in the story is said to be wasting time playing in the mud but the way he sees it kids now are the ones wasting their summers away. Kids now already are deprived of their whole summer by having to start school in August, but they are engulfed with their television and phone screens making time waste away. This…

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    dump toxic waste into rivers or streams, which expose deadly fumes to our air. If geographers believe that the world may not have enough resources for the whole population, then why are they wasting one of our valuable resource? Water is needed to keep humanity alive so as fresh air to survive. Instead of wasting one of our valuable resource, the government should establish laws against this in the whole country. Globalization is making people more…

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    .Mia. Puga 6th period Mrs. McFarland By: Sharon Flake Literary critique Book: Who am I with out him? A teenage struggling girl is crossing path two pick the side of her boyfriend or hers. But all she seems to ponder about is how much she must compete higher to the girl competitors and she is determine to keep Raheem to herself. Raheem’s girlfriend only weakness would be trying to keep all the dramatic drama controlled. As well at the same time keep Raheem busy from seeing other girls.…

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    In the United States, $165 billion annually is wasted on food that doesn't get eaten, while another $750 million is spent landfilling the wasted food (Waste Less Food - what are the impacts of wasted food?, n.d). While the details are complicated, wasting food increases the cost of food. This is due in part to the fact that resources used to grow and transport food, like water and energy, cost money. As we need to grow more food, because of waste and increasing populations, cost for food goes…

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    Months had passed since the last time Valerie had seen her brother, sure she texted him a lot, mostly inappropriate pictures of herself in various stages of undress, but that was about to change. Sure, Valerie was stuck in school with the clock slowly ticking away the seconds, but her mind was elsewhere, specifically back home waiting for her brother to get home for the holidays. Valerie had wanted to play sick and get out of going to school, so that she would be home when her brother got there,…

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    Charlene wishes the company will follow progressive discipline. According to the textbook, progressive discipline is a process where the employer gives its employees opportunities to correct their poor behavior before firing them (332). The first step is an informal coaching talk. At this point, nothing is written down. The supervisor talks with the employee and asks what’s going wrong and why is something happening. The next step is to give an oral warning. The supervisor tells the employee…

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    how he is appalled and disgusted at the amount of food being wasted for various unacceptable reasons. Oliver makes a point to say that it’s not only affecting the hungry, but also the producers, consumers, and sellers. I do agree that Americans are wasting food because I and my family, waste a lot of food. According to the National Resources Defense Council, “40% of the food produced in the U.S. never gets eaten.” Americans throw away 165 billion worth of food every year which when calculated…

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