Reflection On School Refusal

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When I began the writing for writing #4, I knew that I wanted to write something about school. At first, I had begun a paper about ‘School Refusal’ then decided to write about reading because although some people despise it, I always find myself enjoying a book 's pages. I decided that I wanted to write a paper that shows to haters that reading can be something of enjoyment. In the paper, I am very pleased with the amount of detail that I placed into the piece but I know that some of the ideas are a bit jumbled, not really making sense. This paper was hard because there is so many words which can be omitted or are too vague, but I don’t know how to change them. I tried to include more transitional words that would
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Yes--the hours spent reading page after page are agonizing and excruciatingly slow. Though, honestly, some books are interesting enough that their long stream of words isn 't going to kill you. If looking hard enough writing which can expand the mind can be found, all you have to do is look. Words can captivate the reader into a new world, and can cause for a more understanding nature while being able to inform.

When life becomes boring, begging for a change in scenery; spending hundreds of dollars on a trip is wasteful. Why? There’s a public library in every state full of books waiting to be read. Picking up a book is taking a trip to England to follow Harry on his journey of magic. It’s traveling to Japan on a road of misery and misfortune to become a professional Geisha with Sayuri. You see, all books are written in ways that can’t compare to others because keep in mind characters are different, they are not all crafted by the same hand. While characters show similarities in their journeys, the reader is most likely introduced to a different plot and personality each new read. With precise detail, the reader can anticipate impending parts in a story as the character

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