Parents have a great deal of influence on their children. ... Parental support, influence, rules, and set expectations in the life of a child are a must, in order for that child to get off on the right track. ... Influence in the right direction is always positive for learning children. If a child finds something that interests them, it cannot hurt for parents to influence them to continue at that interest. ... As long as there is not too much influence, the child should continue to excel at the interest and progress towards something higher. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

William Golding's Lord of the Flies is a disturbing fable about how ordinary kids change to savagery when they are marooned on a deserted island. ... Goldings" works show his thinking of the influence of this. ... Hatchet is a story about a kid named Brian and his fight for survival on an island all alone, unlike the children on the Lord of the Flies, Brian learns from his mistakes and makes a better life for himself. Golding's Lord of the Flies is easily compared to these books, showing how kids react when there is no democracy or rules established....

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However, Chicago will always be home to me and nothing would be better than attending a University that has created such an influence in this city, specifically in medicine. ... The sole memory I have of that experience is how much I enjoyed spending time with all the diverse kids while their parents were at choir practice. To me, kids are the ones who still know how to have fun with life and not be judgmental. ... Since I loved kids and still do, it was a perfect way to give back what they give me, a pleasant look on life. ...

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The conflict between Jack and Ralph causes the extreme ending of Ralph's power on the island after Jack uses his bullish aggressive tactics to influence the islanders to his side. ... On a more psychological level, Ralph is an ineffective leader because he is too young to make decisions that will be respected by the older kids. If he were an adult then maybe things would have been better, but as it stands in the book Ralph, being a kid, did not have the mental of physical capability of commanding all of these kids and enforcing his rules. ... And yet, even with speeches like these, the...

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All it is, is lies to get more money and get the kids addicted so they will buy more and waste over $100 a month just on cigarettes. ... Don't try to attract the kids. It's a negative influence and a bad example you people are making. ...

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 Having eight kids, my mother was a stay at home mom. ... Neighborhood kids were a household staple. ... Sharing her story of courage, character, and influence is a source of pride. ... Her influence has shaped me into the person that I am today. ...

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At first, some kids praised him for it. ... He knew Archie had great influence over the students. ... Brother Leon wanted Archie's power of influence over the students to sell the chocolates, and become headmaster. ...

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"My Mother" It took me nineteen years to realize what an extraordinary influence my mother has been on my life. She's the kind of person who always has time for her kids; always interested in learning something new, would sacrifice herself for her family, and is easily the strongest woman in my eyes. ... Looking back, my mom is the most positive and important influence on my life. An example of her positive influence is her work ethic. ...

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My interest in Special Education has been something I have had in me for a very long time. My mother is a Special Education teacher and has made my sister and I a part of her class and her out of class activities for as long as I can remember. So I have had a lot of experience with those who have ph...

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Even when my mother took us kids out to eat we had to be careful. ... Steve did not believe her so he started to ask us kids and got the same answer. ... We kids then turned to my grandmother for help. ... That's when we kids started to come up with ways to make money to help out. ... Steve was driving into town one day when he was pulled over and arrested for driving under the influence. ...

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Many journeys people make are influenced by the decisions they personally make. ... The people that are closest to you can influence and lead you in ways that you would not have chosen. ... Andrew "tortured this poor kid" because he wanted his "father to think he was cool....

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Built in 1922, the theater is a mishmash of architectural genres mixing an elaborate Spanish Colonial facade with interior murals and fixtures that draw on Asian, Arab, and Art Deco influences. ... Kids of any age could watch it, but anyone less than 12 would probably not understand the humor in it all. ...

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People's lives are stories, we live in our own story and believe in it but sometimes upon interacting with others they influence us with their own story. ... The story of her husband, them having kids, him passing away, her meeting and getting a second husband and that second husband leaving the house. ...

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Some incidents that made me a unique and best kid around was when I moved to a different country at a young age, I had a favorite blanket and I was afraid of little things. ... There were many people that influenced my life as a little girl, like my parents and my grandfather. ...

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Most of the time the prediction will be correct for you, because I know you"re a bright kid and hey, you"re my cousin. ... After about a quarter or so, you"ll have your buddies, and they"ll influence you in which group do you decide to go in. ...

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I now have made several close friends who have a fire for God and I would not have been able to accomplish this without the help of my influence in the bodyboarding and surfing industries. ... Bodyboarding has helped make me who I am today, the almost cocky, blond surfer kid who can't keep his mouth shut. ...

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Her parents were devastated, they felt like failures "My mother and father had lost two kids to the outside world so says Arnold. ... He transferred to a school out side of the reservation and she was influenced by his strength, determination and hope. ...

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Wrecking My First Car It happened so fast I can hardly remember what really happened. I was heading home from a party and was going to have my friend and me home before curfew. Out in the middle of no where, on some back roads, we were going home in my first car that my dad had built me, a 1967 ...

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In the novel 'Of Mice and Men', by John Stienbeck, a mentally challenged man, Lennie, loses his innocence and his dream, of owning his own ranch with rabbits, when he accidentally breaks a woman's neck. In the novel 'Flowers or Algernon', by Daniel Keyes, another mentally challenged man, Charlie, lo...

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As leader of the choir and one of the tallest boys on the island, Jack's physical height and influence corresponds with his conceited personality. ... Piggy helps to establish order by introducing the conch; as well as yelling at the boys for "acting like a crowd of kids" (Golding 42). ...

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The father works, and the mother sits at home with the kids, ironing and looking out the window. ... Gender and sexuality have been a major influence on Esparanza growing up. ... The women on Mango Street have been a major influence on Esparanza. ...

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I was cruising to the top of the hill past my house when I noticed two kids around my age watching intently from their front yard. ... We had soon become inseparable; I began to notice how much he had improved my life, and influenced me for the better since I had moved in. ...

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We are all going to die at some point in our lives. When we die God make a decision about where our soul will go. Some of us will go to heaven, but most of us are going to hell. The world isn't what it used to be. God is upset because he knows what this world looks like. This place is like hell on e...

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• Grade Level: High School