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A Mistake I Made

Three months ago, I was in a fight that wasn't my own. I was a "rider", in the wrong place at the wrong time, because of a boy. I learned a very painful lesson causing me to be locked up, probation, and 10 days suspension. My grades went down and the relationship with my family became  bad. Its not good to ride, it may look good at school, because you are helping a friend but at home its a different story. That wasn't my fight, in life we have to fight our own battles. This is one thing I've learned  though it all. Measuring the two, fighting in school and being in jail with a record weren't worth it. After it all, the girls I was with, I don't talk to anymore, and the others girl don't have a relationship with the guy. What I am trying to say is "think first and react later, because there's always a second thought." Everybody makes mistakes and I made mine and learned from them too.
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By Brittany Rountree

Although there are alot of issues serious involving the economy today.I feel that minor issues count too  too.
Have you ever heard the saying "one bad apple can spoil the whole tree". I dwell on that statment for small situations in life. I feel that no position should go unattended, the "little" things that higher authority look over, can lead to greater problems. Instead of dealing with a crisis first hand they procrastinate and ignore it. Violence has grown enormously in smaller cities just as in larger cities.
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Problems of a nation, Power of the people, History in the Making

In Today’s economy with the rise of gas, the issues of the war, and fall of Wall Street the economy is suffering

dramatically. With the leadership of George W. Bush our country has been through chaos, and talks of depression  for the lighter parts of his eight year tenure in office. With all these issues our economy has been searching for answers, and with the upcoming election our question could be finally answered. In this essay I'll be talking about the power of the vote, in our country and how the upcoming election is becoming historical, as well as how the economy is suffering...... Full page