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NEWS: Funding lost due to senior skip day summary: This news story talks about how much money bowie lost on senior skip day, due to the number of absences. Katie Holme interviews teachers and students to get there stand on wether attendance should be as big of a deal as it actually is. 1. Assistant Principal Lawrence Britton, Andrea Bowen, Clara Provenzi 2. I think the strongest quote was Mr.Brittons first comment on why attendance is important. 3. Yes 4. Quote COMMENTARY: Music and social media have contributed to teen depression summary: This commentary piece talks about how some people think a big cause of teen depression could be from music and social media. Ina miller talks about how he thinks there is more to it then just social media, and gives us some background on studies done over the years that show a lot of the reason people are depressed is because of loneliness. 1. No one was quoted, just Ina's thought. 2. There were no quotes 3. Kinda 4. Statement FEATURE...

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1. I think I could would mess up on taking these kinds of photos because of certain lines and the placement of my body. 2. I think a good place to take these photos would be in front of a basic background like the brick walls. 3. Something creative i could do in order for the photos to be more creative would be placing my body in postions so that it gives the person looking at the photo more to look at. 4. When taking these photos it would be a good idea to ware something really basic that doesn't have a lot of lines on it.

Background on Movie: 1. I think that the people in the movie will probably be Phillips, the crew members, pirates, and Chief Engineer Mike Perry. 2. I think that the plot will be about how this crew of marines were at sea when they were told to come back, and got attacked by pirates. when getting attacked a crew member (Phillips) got captured in the attack, and so to try to get him back they will capture one of their own and make a deal to exchange one for the other. In efforts to do this the marines gave back the pirate but didn't get Phillips in return. Once Philly is capture d I think that the crew members and military forces will go looking for him and take down the pirates and have Philly return home safely. after everything is said and done Philly will be praised for his bravery and maybe get awards or write books. 3. This story was important because it shows big event going on in the world that had to do with someones safety, and the fact that it was caused by people fro...