... Bunyan, Mather and Daniel Defoe. He borrowed many books from a local bookseller, and developed his own writing skills by imitating the style used by the professional authors. Around the same time, he notes that he befriended a "bookish lad" named John Collins, with whom he honed his debate skills via ... . Collins has become a drunk, and Franklin loans him much money on their trip to Philadelphia. When Collins refuses to row his turn on the boat, however, a fight ensues, and Collins is thrown overboard by Franklin. Collins is humiliated and decides to go to work in Barbados rather than ....

• Word Count: 6150
• Approx Pages: 25
• Grade Level: High School

... those around who, perhaps, don't want to hear these things. It's not uncommon for people in our country to play their transistors in their cars and then to open the car window – and the sound comes out, and everybody hears whether they want to or not. This is an offensive thing to do to one's fellow creatures – to impose a sudden noise ... coal on our fires in most areas in England. In the country you still can have this kind of smoke but in the towns one is not allowed to have an open fire which burns coal. One has to have a special smokeless fuel, and this has reduced the pollutio...

• Word Count: 3051
• Approx Pages: 12
• Grade Level: High School

... educators and learners to negotiate their voices and opinions on a number of things the way that they should move forward and hence give the pedagogy a go, keeping the tunnel open for any sort of heightened understanding between parties concerned. I, like others, in the same boat, feel the exigency of this orchestration, as I encounter the problems of differences in opinions between my students and me both inside and outside ... the classroom. Negotiating these differences between students and their teachers and also among themselves bring ... ...

• Word Count: 2530
• Approx Pages: 10
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate