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Hobbies & Games > Board Games Board game reviews: Monopoly: 3 of 29
Milk the day for all it's worth and enjoy to the maximum as you make a day of playing the most beloved board game of America: Monopoly. Enjoying the game can be from liking enormously long games, or owning an empire of riches, or of "Survival of the fittest;" social Darwinism. Setting the game can be a tedious pleasure, bec... More..
Education > Homework & Testing How to develop good study habits in children: 26 of 55
Education is the single most important thing that should be installed in every child's head, starting even from an early age. A child's life should be balanced a certain way: fun and the installation of good learning habits. Fun is always good for kids; they need it and is essential. But in today's day and age, it seems as... More..
Sports & Recreation > Swimming At what age should a child be taught to swim?: 1 of 1
Come on now, people! What's going to happen if something unexpected and likewise unfortunate happens and you can't swim? Are you going to drown, be forced to save another life? Let's just get realistic; learn to swim! Swimming is a thing hyped up to be extremely hard, but honestly, I couldn't swim until my freshman year (c... More..
Sports & Recreation > Volleyball The best way to get in shape for volleyball: 3 of 5
Versatility summarizes volleyball in a nutshell, and does not match the stereotype that people categorize it as; standing in one spot and hitting a ball a couple of times. Running to reach the ball, strength to hit it, and empowerment to jump and spike it are all characteristics that make up the game of volleyball. These s... More..
Society & Lifestyle > Social Values & Norms If someone dropped a dollar, would you give it back to them?: 7 of 11
You're in a frantic search for your money and you can no longer even afford something off of the Dollar Menu of McDonald's. You just want a McChicken, and now, as you search your pocket, nothing. You feel around, you even check your shoe but still nothing. As you check your pocket, you realize they're loose. In your ... More..
Sports & Recreation > Volleyball An overview on the types of serves in volleyball: 4 of 6
When we were all little kids, we watched with glazed eyes as our adult elders served the volleyball, with our eyes staring left to right as the ball stayed miraculously floating in the air. When we asked to join, they were hesitant but allowed us to "play" anyway. They gave us the ball and we would throw it over the net, an... More..
Celebrations & Holidays > Celebrations & Holidays (Other) 4th of July fireworks: Safety tips: 11 of 12
I am so distraught every year to hear of freak accidents with fireworks. Here someone is, supposed to be enjoying and celebrating a great day, only to have it become the worst of their lives; and for what? Is it worth it to not follow precautions; to loose a hand, potentially a life? You want to remove the dud fir... More..
Celebrations & Holidays > Celebrations & Holidays (Other) Tips for organizing 4th of July festivities: 9 of 9
There's that one day of they year where there's energy, parades, excitement, and parties galore. As far as the eye can see, there is food, concentrated amounts of people, and summer fun. The streets are packed with parked cars, the homes full of loud music. A day no other that July the Fourth can be happening today.... More..
Celebrations & Holidays > Celebrations & Holidays (Other) The music of July Fourth: 7 of 7
The biggest slap in the face to Great Britain and the most defining moment of the nation's history was administered by the infamous Thomas Jefferson, creator of the Declaration of Independence, John Hancock, whose large print was the biggest signature on the document, and Benjamin Franklin, crying while signing because his ol... More..
Sports & Recreation > Volleyball The origins of the game volleyball: 7 of 7
For one-hundred-fourteen years the world grew older as we watched the game of volleyball transform from youthfulness to a blossomed activity. From the beginning of this beloved game, it grew from mintonette to volleyball, simplicity to complexity, a six foot net to an eight foot net, unknown to popular. Volleyball, however,... More..