... , 1999. She hurried as she picked out what she was going to wear that day, which makeup she was to put on, and whether or not to finish the English homework she forgot to do the night before. She packed her school bag, kissed her mother goodbye, and rushed off to school in her car. It was two weeks before Columbine ... ." The bell rang and the students were filing into their third-period classes. Rachel had study hall and made her way up to the library, hoping to get her English homework finished. She sat down with her books and opened up her assignment. At that same moment, two loud bang...

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... such as Ritalin or Adderall. In elementary and middle school, my teachers often remarked that though I was smart and sociable, my "class clown- behavior needed to be addressed, and my homework and assignments completed a little more consistently. I had straight A's up until the 8th grade, when my grades plummeted to a C average. Grounded and reprimanded by my parents, I studied more and finally brought ... incapacity to finish things I started. Depression, a trait that is certainly not in my character, emerged when I was sophomore, but I drowned it out with crew, drums, and lots of frie...

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... reading books and magazines to each other. Both my grandfather and my mother said that there were no real limits on their T.V. watching except that they couldn't watch it during homework time. They said that the reasons for not having limits on what to watch was because there were no violent or profane shows on back then. So we can see ... . My mother said that the main theme for campaigns in her generation was the Vietnam War. It was a big deal, because the candidates were either very pro-war or very anti-war, and people wanted to know exactly where they stood on this subject. My grand ...

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