Pumpkin Skies

Ok, seriously, who saw this coming, huh? *raises both hands* Didn’t we learn about this from ICT already? And if not, weren’t we warned? Weren’t we aware that Facebook used our own information against us? It was bound to happen, and we were bound to find out sooner or later. According to Lori Andrews, the author [...]

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Applying Past Knowledge You may not know this, but we do this all the time in school! In fact, is the main reason why we were sent to school in the first place: to gain new knowledge and to be expected to use it in the future. Think about the time when you first learned [...]

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Yes, because William Johnson was well known for his acts of kindness and honesty, which are traits that were very rare back then. He would help anyone in need, and was so friendly that he became a familiar face around the Native Americans. He even received his own Native American name, and was respected by [...]

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Many eighth graders at SSIS associate the term “stress” mainly to Algebra. Let’s face it, we all spend a lot more time studying before an algebra test, than, let’s say, a science test or a Spanish test. We are under so much pressure in Algebra, mainly because a huge chunk of  our grade depends on [...]

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…But we all know that you can’t possibly live in a society where there isn’t one person that would, let’s say, give away their private password to a significant other that might possibly, oh I don’t know, spread tons of  dirty secrets about their ex after they break up. I’m just saying, it happens more [...]

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