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June 20th, 2011 | 
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When you are in high school, it seems like the only two things that matter are getting by and getting into college. There are those extracurricular activities though that everyone loves. While some play sports, some are on the dance team. Many are mathletes, while others are in the marching band. There are a selected [...]
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When you’re young, sometimes it’s hard to find a job—especially with the economy the way it is now. It seems like when you’re 15 or 16 the only jobs you can find are baby-sitting jobs. If you are looking for a baby-sitting job, sitting around waiting for someone to knock on the door probably won’t [...]
It’s almost Memorial Day, and every year your family gets together for a big family barbeque. Everyone has their roles. Your mom makes potato salad, your grandma makes fried chicken, your uncle makes baked beans and your cousin makes brownies—every year everyone has the same role. This year though a new role has been added. [...]
When you’re young, sometimes babysitting gigs are the only suitable jobs you can find. Though watching kids is easy enough to do, sometimes a 6-hour Saturday night hanging out with a six and a seven year old can get a little daunting. You can only watch Disney movies and play Candy Land so many times [...]
As summer approaches so does a constant in many homes across the nation—the family reunion. As soon as its warm enough to slide on shorts, families everywhere are firing up the grill and flopping hotdogs on to celebrate and get together with family near and far. If you have an inkjet printer, you have everything [...]
You’ve worked at crappy jobs your entire life cleaning bathrooms, flipping burgers, home construction, and even took that corporate job to sit behind the desk for 50 hours a week. But now it’s time to follow your true passion and own your own little coffee house. You’ve saved up your money and bought the little [...]
Being a teacher is certainly not an easy job, especially when you are teaching 6th graders. Pre-teens are an interesting breed of people, and besides parents, teachers are some of the most important people in their young lives. The magnitude of the effect teachers have on students is even more important for the troubled youth [...]
Being a student can be hard work. You’re always writing papers, printing papers and editing papers. You may have a class where you’re required to print and edit photos or create graphics even. While these things are easy enough to do in the library or student center, wouldn’t it be great if you could do [...]
Your anniversary is so close, but finding that special gift for that special someone isn’t always as easy as it looks. You’ve purchased everything in the past you can imagine getting her—flowers, chocolate, diamonds, gift cards, clothes—but this year you are at a standstill. You have run out of all your normal great ideas and [...]
It’s almost your mother’s birthday, and it’s hard to find the perfect gift for someone who buys everything they want. Your mother may have everything, but she is most certainly a bargain shopper. You can remember being a little girl and watching her clip coupons as soon as the Sunday morning paper hit the doorstep. [...]