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Entertainment > Movie Genres Popular movie themes: Stories about outcasts turned heroes
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The impelling methods of an outcast's transformation into a hero is a popular theme. Their awe-inspiring journey from an exiled, downtrodden member of their family, school or community into an irrevocably idolized member of society consistently captures the imagination of viewers worldwide. Though repulsively hackneyed, this... More..

Arts & Humanities > Philosophical Concepts Imagination vs. knowledge
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Is imagination more important than knowledge? The Wright Brothers imagined flight before they knew it was possible. When design after design failed to see them soaring through the clouds, the brothers imagined how they could improve this aircraft until one day they established the world's first sustained flight. On the 20th ... More..

Creative Writing > Memoirs Memoirs: Home
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~A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words, but I Prefer Words~ "Home is a place you grow up wanting to leave, and grow old wanting to get back to" -John Ed Pearce I grew up in Sydney with my two annoying siblings Laura and Andrew and my caring parents. The houses of Antony Place, Bella Vista, where all very old. And to tell the t... More..

Politics, News & Issues > Conservation How the tourism industry contributes to wildlife destruction
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Tourism: how to balance benefiting and bruising modern society. The term Tourism' was first used officially in 1937 by the League of Nations, predecessor of the United Nations. As a highly lucrative industry with one of the world's fastest development rates, tourism has been redefined more than 20 times by government bodies,... More..

Creative Writing > Essays Essays: Poverty
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...and I think I'm brave for abseiling at year 7 camp! Dust swirls around me, illuminated by the rays of sunlight now pouring into my house through the gaping holes in its shabby construction. I try to role over and go back to sleep but my stomach rumbles and I can no longer ignore its complaint. It takes a few minuets outsi... More..

Creative Writing > Songs Songs: Climate change
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Title: We Are The Cancer Of The Planet Verse: Dawn breaks orange with smog Reflected in polluted seas We've been destroying the Earth Now we're finally paying for this game We've been playing. It won't be until every tree is cut down, every farm rain-free That we discover at last you can't eat money Who is to blame for natur... More..

Education > Secondary School Issues The pros and cons of being popular at school
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Popularity is not a term used by the students others consider to be popular. Though I and my best friend Marilee are content with our position as 'drifters' on the social ladder at High School, we observe many of our peers under pressure to acheive or maintain an accepted attitude, appearance and IQ. First, let me describe t... More..

Creative Writing > Short Stories Short stories: Confusion
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The Science of Good Teaching Michael heaved an exhausted yawn as he and his older brother Graeme trudged up the rocky rubble that had broken away from a steep cliff in the bush and made a hill in front of their Aunt's ancient house. It stood there, crumbling and old on the corner of Prickly Parade. After his tiring day at sc... More..

Sciences > Atmosphere & Weather Why is global warming damaging the ozone layer?
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If global warming continues, rising temperatures might cause ice-caps to melt in the Polar Regions and a change in weather patterns. Heat energy in the form of long and short wave solar radiation enters the earth's atmosphere. This electromagnetic radiation or light energy is reflected back onto Earth or emitted into space. ... More..

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