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Imagine every time you did something positive ou stabbed yourself in the leg. Eventually, you will die. The knife that you are jabbing into your appendage represents pollution. Pollution isthe by product of factories, cars, motorcycles, and things of that nature. Everyday people are working in factories. The more they work, the more waste the building emits. Cars a re also driven everyday. Have you ever seen the emissions comin from the tailpipe of a vehicle? A bus, perhaps? Have you ever wondered where the gaseous emissions are going? Well, if you were not aware, it is released into the atmosphere. This pollution is unhealthy, and it accumulates.

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Teachers-- cannot live with most of them, cannot learn without some of them. There are teachers tha I can get along with. There are teachers that I learn things from. There are teachers that I learn things from and can get along with. On a rare occasion, I have come across a teacher that was not so easyto get along with, but I learned a lot from. However, a common type of teacher is the one that you do not get along with and does not teach you much. I believe that there are things that this last group of teachers can do to affect their students more and do so positively.

In high school, teachers are older than their students. Also, they are the authoritive figure. Teachers fel that they need to establish this authority. This is acceptable, but sometimes these teachers just do more than is necessary. Some teachers need to understand that students are still human beings, and they have emotions, specifically in high school. Personally, I believe that, at any age, if you shoe me respect then you deserve my respect. If teachers showed teachers a little more respect, there would be fewer incidents in the classroom, which are more distracting than a cellular phone ringing for three seconds. Also, it is difficult for a student to do work for a teacher that treats them an ignorant 4 year-old. Another thing that teachers could do is compare the workload with that of other classes. I have noticed that teachers judge students almost solely on their performance in the classroom, and they only see how they perform in their class. which be misleading in some cases. So. the work load could create a domino effect. The work may not respect the student, which means there may be incidents, which means there will be distractions in class, which affects other students.  The classroom would be a much better learning enviroment if teachers did these things.

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Teenagers, teenagers, teenagers. I have a question for all of you teenagers. What would you do without compuiters? How would you research the topic of your next essay? How woul;d you fin the difference between a solute and a solvent? Chances are, you are too lazy to get the chemistry book from your bookcase. How would you coimmunicate? What would you do without Facebook? What would you do without Mypace (for the people that still use it)? What would you do without America Online Instant Messenger? What would you do without Yahoo Instant Messenger? What would you do without Twitter? What would you do without the gossip? What would you do without the knowledge that Tip Harris is back in jail? What would you do without the mindless, brain-numbing, time wasting, distracting computer games? What would you do without computers? Would you be forced to read the motorious, unloved, forgottten, forsaken book? People, mostly teenagers, are very dependent on computers. What would happen if they became extinct?

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“Man, that bottle of sugar-filled fruit punch was good!  Do you see a trash can anywhere?”  The man that he was walking with replied, “Yes, there is a trash can next to the recycle bin around the corner by the tree.”  If this were you, would you throw away the bottle, or would you go with the clearly, more logical choice of dropping it into the recycling receptacle?  Recycling is one very simple way to help out our environment.  This planet is in grave danger.  There are many things that people can do to stop the Earth from deteriorating so quickly.  Unfortunately, many people do not do these effortless things.  However, recycling is very trouble-free and everybody can participate.  Many people do recycle which is a very positive thing.  Many people do not thing that helping the environment is worth their few extra steps.  However, citizens of California have a system that they run by whether they know it or not.  CRV which stands for California Refund Value, helps to promote the idea of recycling.  When you purchase a bottled or canned item in California, you pay some amount of cents.  When you go to a recycling plant and hand in your bottles and cans you receive this money back.  The small amount of money that is paid per  item seems nominal to many, but eventually this money accumulates, and it can easily be retrieved  by recycling.  So, whether you recycle for your money back or for the environment, I hope that you do so.

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“Would you like a great, big side of deep-fried, oil-soaking, heart-stopping, cholesterol-rising, fattening, blood pressure-rising large fries with your unhealthy, trans fat containing, fattening hamburger with cheese?”  If you ask me, this is all too common in these United States of America.  Obesity is a big problem.  Many people do not pay much attention to what they feed their children.  Large, fattening food that lacks nutrition is not good for our youth.  If everyone could promote better, healthier eating, the world would be a much better place.  Obese children are more likely to get heart disease.  They are also more likely to get diabetes

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Have you ever been invited to smoke something with your friends?  Did they tell  you that it would make you feel good and remind you that everybody does it?  Even more important, did you type “attending” in the RSVP?  Did you accept and go “fit in” with everyone else?

Unfortunately, many teenagers in the United States of America go through the aforementioned scenario.  What is even more unfortunate is the fact that a great number of these innocent teenagers also accept the invitation.  Smoking marijuana, which is a common issue for teenagers in my environment makes you feel good and makes everything better, according to abusers.  However, according to physicians, the drug kills your brain cells and slowly brings you closer and closer to death.  Smoking cigarettes, according to society is cool.  Smoking cigarettes, according to dentists, stain your teeth.  Smoking cigarettes, according to doctors can lead to lung cancer which can very well lead to death.  To me, smoking anything is just not worth my life.

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“Hello and welcome to Kentucky Fried Chicken.  How may I help you, Sir?”  The eager man replied,” Yes, my family is extremely hungry.  There are twelve of us.  What do you suggest?”  The woman replied, “Well, we have a family meal.  However, it is for six people.”  “Well, what should I do?”  “I do not know.”  The woman in line behind the man ordering suggested, “Why don’t you just order two family meals?”  The man thought it to be a brilliant idea and exclaimed, “I will have two family meals please.”  The cashier notices that the man is not the brightest star in the galaxy, and she attempts to exploit it.  “Alright Sir, the family meal is $15.  You want two of them, so your total after a ten percent tax, is $54.21.”  “Okay,” the man replied. 

This man has just been duped.  This is one example of why math is very important for people in this society.  There are very many things that math is used for in the world today.  The most common and quite possibly the most important for people is money.  So, for you students, be sure to stay in school and pay attention to your math teachers.