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    Is There Anybody Out There? Maia Szalavitz, author of Unbroken Brain, points out in an article about our finger-pointing mentality on drug abuse, “Addiction is one of the most serious health problems we face today, and as of 2010, more than 23 million people have an addiction to drugs, and according to the National Institutes of Health, these addictions contribute to more than 100,000 deaths per year.” Drug abuse is a major problem in the United States and throughout the world as more and more people

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    Is There Anybody Out There? Drug abuse is a major problem in the United States and throughout the world as more and more people become addicted every day. As Maia Salavitz points out, “Addiction is one of the most serious health problems we face today, and as of 2010, more than 23 million people have an addiction to drugs, and according to the National Institutes of Health, these addictions contribute to more than 100,000 deaths per year.” When you hear the words drug addict you think of a “junkie”

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    Ben Carson made things easier in his life by a formula called THINK BIG. Each one of those letters mean something. There was three important letters that stood out to me. The most important letters that stood out to me were H for honesty, N for nice, and K for knowledge. The first important letter was H. If everybody had honesty, then the world would be so much better. Honesty can help achieve goals in many different ways. One way is if you tell people what happened and not lie about it then maybe

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    Racism Intro: Does anybody here like to be racist or would anybody here like to be called a black person or white chocolate no I think you wouldn’t it is going world wide that means it is going all over the world and a lot of people are being racist to other people. Firstly people pass away because other people tease them about their skin tone. It is called committing suicide. this racism is going world wide that means it is going all over the world. In the olden days in america they would have

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    Ricardo Harrison Bergeron a Perfect Dystopian World Imagine a world where everyone is equal and no one is stronger, faster, or smarter than anybody. Imagine a constitution were everyone is equal. The government makes everyone equal by making everyone handicap and no one is better stronger faster are smarter than anybody.In the story Harrison Bergeron by Kurt Vonnegut propaganda and utopian is used to control citizens so everyone is equal due to the 211th 212th and 213th Amendments. Due to the

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    it not the past that is prepared for, but the future. The passing of time is continuous, with the arrow of time always pointing ahead. But what exactly happens when time passes? The rock band, Chicago, asks this question in their hit song, “Does Anybody Really Know What Time it is?” in order to protest the human tendency to live for the future, and the trivial character of the time-driven capitalist structure. The quest for riches and promising futures is ever-present in every civilization, but

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    Billion Dollars all over the world! The First Star Wars Episode came out on May 25, 1977. They are still continuing the saga to this day with the release of Episode 8: The Last Jedi. Disney still has plans for at least 2 more Star Wars movies with Solo: A Star Wars Story and Star Wars Episode 9. This would make Star Wars one of the longest running movie series. Arguably, Star Wars is one of the best movie series to ever exist. Anybody who watches a movie they have never seen before are usually clueless

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    service dogs, even if they come with several benefits. I believe that anybody suffering any kind of disability, provided they are diagnosed with a severe case, should qualify for a service animal. They encourage getting out of the house, could potentially decrease the number of number of suicides, and defeat the long-term effects of antidepressants. A psychiatric disability, according to the Americans with Disabilities

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    Education About the Queer Community A hate crime (defined by Dictionary.com) is a crime, usually violent, motivated by prejudice or intolerance toward an individual’s national origin, ethnicity, color, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, or disability. The Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act prevents crimes against all people, specifically minorities, based on prejudice (United States Department of Justice). No laws or acts can change the ignorance and

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    the beginning of my freshman year attending Foothills Christian High School. Last year, my freshman year I did not know anybody starting the school year. This made me super nervous to start high school. I was also concerned about the three days a week at school and two days homeschool. One of my challenges was going to school and parts of that challenge was not knowing anybody starting school, having to go to school on three days a week instead of five, and not knowing the campus well. One major

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