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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.

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One day. Joey La Russa Jonathon Rambo Johnson III went to school. It was his first day at a new school, so he was very nervous. He is very shy, very dull, and great at arithmatic. He likes fishing and hunting, and he has never shot at a rim before in his life. He suffered through the first four periods. He was not very excited for lunch. Nevertheless, he walked into the cafeteria, got his pizza from Ms. Williams, who threw in a few extra French fries, and he could not figure out why. He sat at a table, by his lonesome, and put his ranch on his ample French fries. Another boy comes and sits across from him. He, too, looks shy. They both sat quietly, neither looking at the other. Cathy Johnson walks by and slips on a ketchup packet and falls. Also, the ketchup from the packet squirtss onto the other boy's bowtie. Joey laughed so hard that chocolate milk came out of his nose. They both sat and laughed for 20 minutes, and they were friends ever since.

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I have a favorite game. It is the greatest game ever imagined. Whoever invented this game needs to be thanked at least once a week every week. The game is wonderful. The game is fantastic. The game is marvelous. This game will make you exhausted. This game will make you think. This game will change your viewpoint on life. This game will touch you. This game may forget about you. This game may always remember you. This game may not be rebroadcasted or retransmitted without the express-written consent of Major League Baseball. This game is sponsered by Pepsi, not Sprite. This game is baseball.

I love baseball becasue it loves me.When I play I can take my mind off of things that bother me. I have ben playong for most of my life, and I liked it ever since I started. It can make you tired, make you run, make you laugh, make you cry, make you think, make you re-think, get you paid, or make you fall in love. This is the greatest game of all time.

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Often, when someone is prejudged, it is negatively. I have been asked if I am in a gang. I am not. I have been asked if I have a son. I do not. I have been asked if I have ever killed anyone. I have not. I have been asked if I have ever stabbed anyone. I have not. I also do no like being asked Hess questions, high it makes me happy that I can answer these, "No," at the age of sixteen. At least the interrogaters know that not every African American has done these things. Prejudice is a horrible thing. It can only bring negative energy and negative effects. Most people to no take well to being pre-judged. Also, some people do certain things when they are angered. If someone is pre-judged, then there is a possiblility of them takin it In a horrible way, and they might resort to violence to get even. So, to avoid problems of this type, do not judge a book by it's cover

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Have you ever bought anything before you really thought about it? This is called impulsive buying. Impulsive buying is pretty dangerous and has a number of negative effects, even though it is easy to do. People usually buy on impulse then they see something that really catches their attention. It is dangerous because if this happens too often, it can devastatingly hurt your funds.