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    My experience riding the rails during the Great Depression was quite astonishing. I had a lot of adventures on that train with my best friend Jack Sawyer. We would always sneak out of our house at 9:00 p.m. to go to the train station to catch a train. Me and Jack would always carry a backpack with us to keep all our food, drinks and money in. We would write letters to our parents saying that we are never coming back home and that shouldn’t come looking for us because they will never find where we

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    Have you ever felt the pain and misery of breaking a bone or maybe two. Well, I have I broke my wrists snowboarding in 6th grade and I had many challenges along with it. After I felt the terrible, unbearable, pain of breaking two bones. After breaking my wrists the rest of the day was terrible. I couldn't eat supper that night and I also couldn't sleep. When I broke my wrists snowboarding in 6th grade I had many challenges after that. It was on March 1st, 2015 is when I broke my first and

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    Bullying Worksheet

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    It was late October of 1994 and everything was going good for Mark & Jackie. Mark had a decent job working as an electrician and his wife Jackie had a great job as a 3rd grade teacher in one the richest areas of all of the east coast. They lived in Jacksonville, Flordia where everything was quite. Well that’s what they thought until one day a new student named Sarah came to the school where Jackie works. Thats when everything took a turn for the worst. Everything was okay for the first few days

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    Killer App Crossing the train yard Jack struggled with the weight of the duffle bag. Who knew 2.5 million dollars, would weigh so much. Dragging the bag over the last set of tracks he heard a train whistle and saw the glaring light of a train approaching. Pulling hard, he stepped backwards and tripped wedging his foot between the main rail and a switching rail. His foot wouldn't budge, purely on adrenaline he lifted the bag up off the tracks and tossed it back over his head. The train, was closing

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    Yellow Rush Short Story

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    Me and grandfather were on our way to New York, and suddenly we started to hear a “crack” and then a “pop” and I was then getting worried. Just a few minutes later we heard a “pop” again and we went down hard. We crashed, the horse just gave up and went down. The farmer, his wife, and the baby died in the crash and thankfully me and grandfather survived. We took our belongings and walked through the woods to find a village. We saw everyone working, running, and yelling. We found someone and we asked

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    I am awoken by the high-pitched ringing in my ears and the wailing sirens that are progressively growing louder . My drowsy eyes slowly shift towards the shattered car window on my right and I notice that the once shiny, black hood of my Jeep is now tattered and completely demolished like a dog’s old chew toy. A body pulls me out of the car and drags me towards the sidewalk - my clothes scraping and my shoes scuffing against the rough asphalt of the road. Silently laying on the cold concrete, I become

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    You wouldn’t know it just by looking at me, but I spent years of my life being abused by the father of my children. We married at the tender age of 15, while I was pregnant with our first child. At the time, I imagined us having a wonderful life together while raising a passel of kids. Instead, he physically and emotionally me and my children. Although I left him several times in the next few years before finally leaving in 2011, I was still often held hostage by his mind games, physical violence

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    Hero Not all heroes are like Batman or Superman, they don’t have superpowers, or fancy gadgets to help them fight crime. Some heroes are just ordinary people living ordinary lives. Some heroes become heroes by simply being in the right place at the right time, or they just feel the need to help better the lives of others. There are some heroes that believes that they should get rewarded for helping out. For, a hero to be defined as a hero should not seek to gain rewards. A hero should stay humble

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    Reporter stated the following: The alleged perpetrator is another child (Holton). Holton was not in a caretaker role. He (Holton) lives in the neighborhood. There have been two alleged incidents. I do not have a date. The mom (Alisha) was made aware last night. The patient said the incidents can not be remembered. He does not know the exact date but it happened within last 6 months. I do not know was suppose to be watching them. One instance was at Holton’s home but I do not know who was there.

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    Good afternoon teachers and fellow students. Today I will be speaking about how J.C. Burke represents transitions in “The Story of Tom Brennan” that challenges characters values and attitudes. The story of Tom Brennan is about rugby, mates and family until a night of celebration changes his life forever. Tom Brennan’s world is turned upside down when his older brother Daniel is sent to jail and the family are forced to leave the small town that they have lived in their whole life, which makes it

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