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    Do you remember those hot summer days when you had nothing to do and your friends were nowhere to be found? Throughout time, countless American children go away to summer camps and have treasured this opportunity for a life time. I believe you should take the opportunity to go to summer camp, because you will spend the day making new friends, building self-confidence, and becoming more independent. Many of us have had the chance to go to camp, creating lifelong memories that will be retold for generations

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    over summer break, so shorter breaks would prevent a greater loss of intelligence, and more time would be available to teach students new skills, students would also be

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    Was Nothing Summer is the most fun and exciting time of any child’s life. There is no school, no homework, no uncomfortable uniforms, and most importantly no bedtime; but when summer comes to an end every heart breaks and we beg for summer back. In Alice Walker’s “The Flowers” Walker ends her work with the sentence “and the summer was over,” which symbolizes Myop’s childhood as the summer. This short, yet impactful sentence explains how Myop’s once happy childhood is now only a memory she’ll reminisce

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    When summer break finally approaches students want nothing more than to forget about school and all the responsibilities that come with it. In those three months of no school students stop practicing what is taught in school and begin to forget the information already learned. Students should be assigned a summer reading book because it can help students to continue learning and prepare for the upcoming school year. After the school year is over, students stop learning for the three months they

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    makes me so happy. I have so many accomplishments from starting Lacrosse that I am so grateful for. Lacrosse has made an impact on not just my life, but also my families. Throughout the years of playing lacrosse I have developed skills, friends, and memories that I wouldn’t trade for the world. The reason why I started playing lacrosse was because of my sister, Hope and my mom. My sister played and my mom coached her. Hope is now playing for the Trojans at the University of Southern California. I hope

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    This question has been asked many times with school board officials let’s look at the facts, Summer break started because the children of poor farmers would miss school in order to help their families harvest they would miss many days of school and wouldn’t be able to learn as much as the children whose families were wealthy. They eventually decided to shorten the calendar so that no one could miss school. Here in the 21’st century no one needs to miss school, nowadays a small amount of people have

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    Reflection Paper

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    leave behind my strenuous summer job with a heavy heart, wondering if I would ever see my kids ever again. If you have ever worked with young children, you know how exceptionally hard it is to be the perfect balance of fun and energetic, yet responsible and poised. Even though I was a camp counselor for three years, each summer felt like the first. This past summer was just as exhausting as any other year, but it was more momentous in more ways than one. Going into the summer, I knew that it would be

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    the floor watching TV, Sam tossed his only baseball all summer long. Sam the Pro, was always organizing a baseball game down at the church lot, the furthest distance the two youngest were allowed to go from their backyard. He was always the captain, always the pitcher and always the home run hitter. The room vibrated with his chatter as he recited the stats from his baseball cards and which ones he needed to complete a whole team. Long summer days filled with play. Hah, one can still hear his spooky

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    That Summer Book Report

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    Diving into Change The fictional novel entitled That Summer was written by author, Sarah Dessen. It was published in 1996 as her first book to be sold. Dessen states, “It was actually the third one I wrote, after a terrible book I did in college and one that was marginally better the year after. I never intended That Summer to be a YA (young adult) book while I was writing it” (Sarah Dessen, n. d.). She then goes on to state how her publisher believed it would be a good book for teenagers, so, she

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    My First Day Of School

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    “Lub dub lub dub lub dub” That was the sound of my heart pounding out of my chest at 8 O’clock in the morning of September 6th. This was not just another Orthodox day. This unholy day signified the end of summer and the beginning of students despondency: School. I laid my right hand firmly on my chest, in efforts of stopping my alarming heart beat from waking up my cousin that was gracefully sleeping just 7 foot away. I tried in vain to imagine jubilant experiences at American Public schools, which

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