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    I took my first ACT test last school year in the spring. Unfortunately, I did not do very well on the test and received a 15. My counselor said I was able to retake the test next fall in order to improve my grade. She gave me an ACT question book to help me study. In preparation for my retake, I began studying daily. I would answer practice questions and read from ACT booked s every day after school. I often got together with another student

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    Planning For College College is a big step in someone’s life, so it’s important to know what the first steps are towards college. Take the time to do some research on what needs to be accomplished. There are step by step books to help with the process along with college organizers and scholarship books. It’s very helpful to visit the websites of colleges that he or she would consider, to find out as much information as possible. Getting all the information together would be an important step towards

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    the text, Eleven, by Sandra Cinsneros, the story explains how a young girl, Rachel turns eleven, but doesn’t feel or act as if she is eleven. Rachel counts down from eleven, which are her past ages instead of counting forward, which are her future ages to come. She counts down because she has experienced these ages before and tells the readers that when you turn eleven you still act these younger ages and are still inside of us. She can’t or doesn’t count forward like twelve, thirteen, fourteen, etc

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    Shrink, in large groups we are reluctant to deviate from the norm, however, if alone we often act without even hesitating. We can apply this to everyday situations as with, The Lottery. Why are people so hesitant to act out when in large groups? There may be a broad spectrum of reasons from the mentality of "diffusion of responsibility" to the fear of ridicule. It seems as if within a group we act as single entity instead of a group of individuals. "In groups we shrink" may sound paradoxical

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    introspective. He is particularly drawn to difficult questions or questions that cannot be answered with any certainty. Faced with evidence that his uncle murdered his father, Hamlet becomes obsessed with proving his uncle's guilt before trying to act. He is equally overwhelmed with questions about the afterlife, about the wisdom of suicide, and about what happens to bodies after they die. However, even though he is thoughtful to the point of obsession, Hamlet also behaves

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    The Heart of Westwood Los Angeles The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) has been located in the heart of Westwood, California since 1919. In its small beginnings, UCLA started with one building, on its south campus, which only allowed for the teaching of approximately 1,400 students and offered two undergraduate programs (“UCLA History: Traditions”). Today, the university has grown immensely and now enrolls over 16,000 students annually and offers over 200 undergraduate and graduate programs

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    A Statement of Reform in Educational Proficiency Pertaining to Bernie Sanders Candidacy In a recent BuzzFeed article, a freshman at UCLA was asked how his life as a college student was going. "It 's the remix to ignition, there 's no food in the kitchen, my whole life is a mess, I don 't know what 's going on and I can 't afford my tuition". The life of a college student is stressful. Getting to class on time after staying up all night studying and trying to earn a degree on pop tarts and canned

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    this point forward, the book seems to be pointing at the artifice of the city and many of the people in it. The concept that nothing is as it seems pervades the entire novel. Everything, including much of the setting, is a façade. The characters even act out emotions rather than allow themselves to actually experience them. However, laughter, grief, and surprise are often acted rather than actually felt, rage and hatred are genuinely portrayed. These emotions often surface because the illusion that

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    Retailers We will lease shipping containers out to independent food and beverage franchises and local businesses. This will be located north of the beach (see Site Map in Appendix 3). This experience will involve the community in a festive and culturally enlightening way. Located south east of the beach we intend to have an assortment of markets with a variety of stalls such as face painting, kids clothing shops, smiggle store and balloon stall for kids to make animals out of balloons. Visually

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    The SAT has been around for just over 90 years while the ACT has been around for just under 60 years. Each has over time become the corrupted standardized tests we recognize today. SAT stands for the Scholastic Assessment Test and ACT stands for the American College Testing. Both tests cover reading, writing and math skills. These tests are administered to high school juniors and seniors and their scores will decide if the student is prepared for college. However, standardized tests such as these

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