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Jordan Plunkett Dr. Bessetti-Reyes Honors English II, 1st period 04-11-16 The Evils of the American College Test Sweat drips down my face as I try to remember the formulas for sine, cosine, and tangent. Is my calculator even in degree mode? Have I already exceeded my one-minute time limit for this problem? Will I do well enough on this test to get into my college of choice? These are all questions we have asked ourselves while taking the ACT. However, the real question is whether this test matters

Focus group interviews are a common process for putting together collecting qualitative data (Morgan 1996; Krueger & Casey, 2000; Bloor et al., 2001). Krueger & Casey (2000) commented that focus group interviews are focussed on making a group with particular qualities provide qualitative data related to the research topic in an environment that is comfortable, under the supervision of a facilitator and through group discussions. To put it another way, a focus group is a special group with a particular

The Last Move Silence, my entire world had become nothing more than a quiet, bright, white void inhabited by only me and my enemy. I had never attempted any activity that required so much thought and planning in my entire life. In front of me sat the black and white tiles littered with the tower-like figures I had become so familiar with. Across the monochromatic field sat my opponent, he was a little older than me, but to my nervous mind he was a sinister sentinel hell-bent on destroying every

There are many sea creatures live in our ocean. One of the cool animals is the starfish. Starfish are found nearly all marine environments. A lot of the species of starfish include Arctic Cookie, Blood Star, Bat Star, Crested Star. These animals are one of the most noticeable and attractive creatures in the world. They are free-living organisms that have a unique flat body. Starfish are echinoderms. These critters are related to sand dollars and sea urchins and have a fivefold symmetry. They have

The Grand Canyon is in Arizona. Its long axis length is about 227 miles long and about 18 miles wide. Temperatures on the North rim are higher than temperatures on the South rim. The elevation is averaged at about 8,000 feet or 2,400 meters above sea level. The North rim via will lead you to The Grand Canyon which is limited during the cold season.      Many of the formations were disposed of in warm shallow waters and swamps as the seashore repeatedly advanced and retreated over the edge of Proto-North

Interschool chess tournament of HPC. HELLO this is a thrilling article about a very old board game being played in a college that is 102 years old and the game being ... Chess a game even older than this school and the not so old interschool chess tournament the Hauraki Plains College participates in. HPC has participated in the Interschool Chess Tournament since 2008 and has also holds inner-school tournament every term that is available to all years but this article is mainly about the interschool

Since Rooks is very lightskinned, her grandmother reasoned that if her hair were straight, no one would realize she was of African descent and she would have “an advantage in the world” (Thompson, 2) Rooks' grandmother was not wrong. Umberson and Hughes found that those who are considered attractive (lighter) are given more social and professional opportunities

Consequences of Ambition Ambitions can impact individuals in many different ways. An ambition can make people work hard to achieve their dreams and being successful. On the other hand, ambition can have negative characteristics such as greed, intolerance, and even power. People would do anything even neglect the needs of others to accomplish their reward. At times, it can change an individual’s whole personality. This can be evident in the play, The Tragedy of Macbeth, by William Shakespeare, who

My dad is a pawn, my dad is a bishop, my dad is a knight, sometimes he's a rook,other times he's a queen, but I am the king.Though very inferior yet without pawns, it is almost impossible to win a chess game.It serves as a wall,defending and attacking solemnly while adjusting to the different situations of a game.Coming to the US in 2012,I had a perception of how life would be due to what I heard and saw,life will be fun, I will have many friends,I will be rich in the future and I will enjoy the

Family health history is a vital component in assessing a patient, and it helps identify order at risk health problems the patient might have just from the information collected (Weber & Kelly, 2014). This information can be gathered on a routine visit to a primary care doctor. Even though studies have shown that collecting family health history can be challenging due to insufficient time to obtain, organize, and analyze the information (Guttmacher, Collins & Carmona, 2004). However, obtaining an