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President Bush- "The Children Left Behind"

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I don't know how it is in other states and/or cities, but in Miami, "No Child Left Behind", is leaving children behind.
In my local high school students are required to pass the FCAT ( floridas standarized test). Needless to say, a plethora of students can't pass it. They end up taking it contless times, and all classes in high school revolve around passing this test.  Read More »

Schools Practically Promoting SEX

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SEX
Complicated yet fairly understandalbe.
Kids have sex to be cool, because they're pressured into it. Point blank.
Adults have sex for pleasure and because they feel a connection with that person, however this is not always the case.  Read More »

Black Water

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Everyone is now aware what hapened withthe provate organizations in Iraq. A "security" organization called Black Water was in the streets of Iraq, "protecting" civillians. All of a sudden they fired their arsenal throughout the streets. American troops seized them and shut down their operation.  Read More »

Florida Marlins vs Miami Marlins?

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Well today in me economoics class, we were discussing how the Miami governor is trying to have the Florida Marlins converted into the Miami Marlins. He also is pushing for a stadium to be built for the Marlins basebal team.  Read More »

The Stranger, My Father

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My parents were never married, harsh reality of America. I was born out of wedlock, obviously. I do believe however at one point my parents did have true feelings for one another, but why must I be subject to their own personal misjudgements?  Read More »

Disney Messages

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I was recently talking to some of my friends about the little snipets of adult humor in movies such as Aladdin, The Little Mermaid, etc., and I don't see what the big deal is? Animators get bored when they're making these movies, so they decide to add a little adult humor to it. The adults have to take their kids to go watch the movie, so why can't they have fun while they watch it too?  Read More »

Hedonism Take 2

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Many people although not realizing it, practice this philosophical idea. Hedonism is a theory in which people only do certain things to recieve pleasure. If really though about from a morale point of view, this way of thinking is thought of as shallow and ignorant, but don't we all think like that?  Read More »

College Purgatory

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Hi!

i know i haven't posted a blog in about 3486347 years. sorry. life's rough. well i wanted to touvh up on the subject of college and the application process and just plainly how much it SUCKS.

So i applied to about 7 schools- FIU, UCF, UF, UWF, USF, Penn State, && Hartford. Don't ask why i applied to Penn, miracles happen right?  Read More »

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