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    As most things do, writing systems have changed over the years. Not years as in the last fifty years, but years as in since back to ancient times. Since ancient times, writing has continuously changed. There have been pictograms, different writing directions, different tools used to write etc. Where writing is today, all started thanks to the Sumerians. The Sumerians developed the first known writing system. The Sumerians came from Mesopotamia. They came from the southernmost region of ancient

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    image source Before 1894, pencils sharpeners were big and heavy, so carrying it about was a big issue. Some were mounted on the walls of a class room, while some were placed on the desk, despite the fact that these old school revolving sharpeners looked super cool and perplexing, they were cumbersome. A travelling writer or student couldn't carry it about. African-American inventor John Lee Love changed the way we see pencil sharpeners in 1894 when he invented the "Love Sharpener," the portable

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    Dylan Miller Chapters 1-4 study guide Chapter 1 Vocab 1. B 2. A 3. D 4. B 5. C 6. A Questions 1. Bryon and Mark earned spending money by hustling, or tricking customers at the pool hall into betting with them on games; they were allowed to do this, even though they were under the legal age to be in the bar, because they were friends of the bartender. 2. Charlie became very annoyed with the boys when they ordered Cokes at the bar because the two had a habit of charg­ing their sodas and forgetting

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    Termite Vs. 2 Pencils

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    by a pen. 19 out of 28 termites tracked a line drawn by a PaperMate pen. 9 out of 28 tracked a line drawn by a Bic pen. Out of 4 termites used in group 7, only one tracked a line drawn, the utensil used was a red Bic pen. The data in table 2 shows that termites 1,3 and 4 did not track any one the lines drawn by any of the utensils. Only ¼ of the termites tracked a trail drawn by a utensil. Termite 2 being the only one that tracked a trail. The utensils termite 2 tracked were the: red Bic pen, black

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    and markers all over m notebook and my mom used to tell me that, "Archi try to write something out or maybe even draw lines!" Of course I did not know how to write since I was like three. My very first piece of writing I remember was when I wrote my name and address for the very first time. In India, I had to go to tuitions every single year like from first grade to tenth grade until I came here. It supposed to be like that there since education is hard and most of the parents have jobs. Well, it was

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    Finding the Right Words After a 40-year career in which the need to write has always featured prominently, I still find the prospect of committing pen to paper, or fingers to keyboard, a daunting experience. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t dislike writing. On the contrary, I derive a great sense of satisfaction from completing any writing task or assignment. Indeed, a lifetime of writing leads me to believe that writing well and enjoying the experience, like most worthwhile endeavors, requires preparation

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    Reflection Paper

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    There are many things that happen in my life. I have been alive for 15 years. I have been exposed to manything that could have changed me as a person. The real world is brutal and keeps changing. T was okay to have discrimination against blacks back in the 1900’s. Now in 2017 the rules have changed and now black and white people have the same rights as everyone else. No One thought that the life for blacks would change but it did. I have changed to based on what I have learned. I have learned from

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    I was never fully one to write down my experiences and stories into printed word, I have always been very audible storyteller, and still am to this day. I will say that for an extend period of my life, I did enjoy expressing my creativity through writing. Short stories, poetry, and and even essays on certain topics were some of my favorite things to write. For the most part, however, I was really bad at making sense in my writing. I was bad at grammar, bad at creating an interesting story, bad at

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    ‘WRITE EVERYDAY’ it is a common advice. Indeed writing is an important and inescapable part of our daily life. When a person learns how to write daily, a whole world of possibilities open for him. He can pen up his thoughts, create a story and can make his own illusionary world. Writing promotes one’s ability to pose worthwhile questions. Writing is something which is enduring, it always leaves an impact on others. It makes thinking visible. Writing daily makes you seem more professional and genius

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    the bunnies over to the people who tagged their cages and brought them out to the barn to be stacked up next to other cages. The other cages were filled with exotic birds and some other rabbits. In some of the pens inside the auction barn, they had pigs, goats, sheep, and emus. The outside pens had a variety of cow breeds like the shaggy highlanders and brahmas. There were also horses, ponies, alpacas, buffalo, and llamas. We alway arrive early, so people are still coming in with animals they would

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