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    Common Sense Of Crooks

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    Common sense #3 well its 10 minutes till 3 a.m. Old people do have a tendency to get up early. I might as well admit it, I'm 85 soon. Very soon and lord willing I'll make it to 95. Time passes faster nowadays. Anyway, I have learned in my old age that this is the good part of the day. I leave the T.V off and its very quiet. Even though my hearing isn't what it used to be I believe that i could hear the pin drop. Time to just sit and think. this morning I'm thinking about politics and religion

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    “Time to wake up Hali!” My mom yelled, awaking me from my dream, “time to get ready for the first day of school! “ “Ugh,” I whined, “do I have to?” “Of course you do!” I eventually got out of bed and headed into my bathroom to get ready for school. I walked into Mrs. Steckity’s classroom on the first day of preschool. There was other kids running around playing and yelling. “Good morning kids, I’m Mrs. Steckity, and I’m going to be your teacher this year!” Mrs. Steckity announced to the noisy

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    I woke up this morning like any other morning, difficulty. My mother had to rip the blankets off my body which felt like Ice on my skin when the cold air hit me. I got up out of bed and started to get ready for school. When I reached down stairs, I got an immediate bad feeling something about today didn’t feel right. I started to eat my cereal as I heard my brothers cartoons in the background. I finished my cereal and started my mile walk to my school. About Half way on my walk to school, I heard

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    5:30 a.m. alarm clock wakeup. I proceed groggily to shower, shave, and get dressed for the cyclic day ahead of me. I quietly wake my brother and sister, tiptoeing to make sure I don't wake up my youngest newborn sister. The attempts to remain silent all go into jeopardy when I blend a pineapple mango smoothie for the today's breakfast. I finish eating, throw on a coat and stand outside in the brisk air until the bus arrives. From there, I prepare myself for a full day of learning as I get in my last

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    As I was finishing getting ready for class I felt and ice cold chill running down my spine. Goosebumps were going up and down my arms and legs as well. I was scared to turn around because I knew that either someone or something was gonna be behind me. But, when I finally  turn around, there was nothing there. I went to my closet door and opened it only to find my cloths. I closed it and just as I was about to turn around a voice, kinda like a mans voice whispered in my ear just my dorm bed. "Carrie

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    I wake up to the sound of banging on my door. I groan and throw a pillow over my head but its no use. I throw the sheets off my bed and trudge to my door. I open it to find my mother way too excited this early. "Not that I'm not happy to see you, but why are you here this early mother?" I rub my eyes and stifled a yawn as she pushes her way into my flat, "Did you forget Lawrence? You promised me an early brunch before your father and I leave back to the States since you know, you and Daisy decided

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    The clock strikes 3:30 and the bell rings, signaling the end of another school day...setting off the silent timer situated within my head. I ignore the all too familiar sensation and quicken my pace ‒ time has started. Incapable of driving me to school and opposing public transportation, my father arranged for me to carpool with an old middle school classmate. An informal agreement was arranged, I would be picked up at 6:40 am (so as to arrive at school by 7 and give his mom enough time to tend

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    Greg wakes up thinking that he will get to school on time but soon finds out he pressed snooze one too many times. He wakes up at 6:38 and only has 12 minutes to get ready and make his way to the bus stop, already in a bad mood he quickly gets ready feeling groggy and not well rested. When he gets to school he can’t properly focus and only has sleep on his mind. Gregs gets sent to the office for sleeping, which he has no control over. He makes his way throughout the day in a bad mood collecting his

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    Six Flags: A Short Story

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    It was the summer of 2015, and this was an usual summer; hot and humid. Me being a college student at Emory University and working at Six Flags I was always busy. Today was one of those days. I have to clock in at Six Flags at 6:00 pm, and then be on time for finals at 8:00 pm. I’m leaving for work and trying to find co-workers who can take the rest of my shift, so I won’t be late for class. Everybody that I try to call won’t pick up their phone. Luckily, my best friend Brooklyn picked up her phone

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    Groom Observation Essay

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    The class was presented with the problem that a grandfather clock’s pendulum was not keeping time, and divided into three groups in an attempt to solve the issue. Each group was to test one independent variable that would most affect the swing of the pendulum, and was comprised of three smaller teams of two people. The three groups would change the mass of the bob, the length of the rod (string), and the angle from which the bob was released. It was hypothesized that if the mass of the bob were increased

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