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Sex Education --
Number of Words: 1530 / Number of Pages: 6
... solution. Sex education is flawed in that it is ineffective when it comes to lowering teenage pregnancies and STDs because sex education programs leave out important information, teachers who teach it are unqualified, and because teenagers are more greatly affected by their parents, peers, and popular media than by their teachers.
There is a myth that sex education provides teenagers with good and important information. Sex education supposedly gives students the means to make responsible and wise decisions. Pamela DeCarlo, from the Center for AIDS Prevention Studies, is a firm believer in sex ...
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Summary Observing And Remembering
Number of Words: 796 / Number of Pages: 3
... to the machine. As the girl heard this sound, she let out a grunt of pain. The nurse once again reassured her everything would be o.k. in a few minutes. The girl felt as if someone was yanking the life out of her, and for a split second, the girl wanted it all to stop. But there was nothing she could do at this point. The decision was already made. So she just lay there on the table like a quivering child, just wanting to see him, the person she loved and gave her heart to, the one that helped create this soul they were destroying. But she didn't want him there to witness it. She was protect ...
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Ethics In Engineering
Number of Words: 715 / Number of Pages: 3
... The owner or employer must not use sources of pressure, such as money or political power, to speed up the process due to the fact that this might cause great harm to members of the public. Also the owner must not "cut corners" to save money or add personal benefit. These responsibilities must be met for every project when regarding building codes.
Professional agencies of engineering may step into any project if they are notified or suspect that a project is not built to the ethics that it should be. They may do many things once they intervene or review the project. They may stop the project for f ...
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How To Prepare For A Job Interview
Number of Words: 630 / Number of Pages: 3
... Keep practicing all of the above until
everything feels and sounds natural and spontaneous.
Secondly, know how to effectively answer questions. Short answers
less than thirty seconds are useless. Applicants come across as lacking
knowledge and insight. Answers over three minutes are too long. Applicants
are branded as wordy, too technical or boring. One and half to two minutes
is about right. What you say is critical. Forget generalities. You need
to provide specific examples to be credible. First, you want to make an
opening statement responding to the questions. This should last te ...
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Learning Is For Everyone
Number of Words: 880 / Number of Pages: 4
... concentrations. This evolution within the college cirriculum is excellent especially for those who prefer a career that does not require a degree, but would like to study nonetheless. One should be free to learn what one chooses. Many colleges also allow people to take courses without necessarily being matriculated in a degree program. This is helpful for those taking courses such as foreign languages, basic business, or even arts and crafts-related courses.
The idea of the community college is superb, allowing those who don’t have a lot of money to spend on such an investment the opportuni ...
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Gods Gift To Calculators: The Taylor Series
Number of Words: 545 / Number of Pages: 2
... To do
this we start out using the lowest order polynomial, f0(x)=a0, that passes
through the y-intercept of the graph (0,f(0)). So f(0)=ao.
Next, we see that the graph of f1(x)= a0 + a1x will also pass through x=
0, and will have the same slope as f(x) if we let a0=f1(0).
Now, if we want to get a better polynomial approximation for this
function, which we do of course, we must make a few generalizations. First, we
let the polynomial fn(x)= a0 + a1x + a2x2 + ... + anxn approximate f(x) near x=0,
and let this functions first n derivatives match the the derivatives of f(x) at
x=0. So if we want t ...
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Discuss Your Goals For The Next Four Years And Comment On Your Post-College Plans
Number of Words: 624 / Number of Pages: 3
... to my high school
where I am now teaching a college theatre preparatory course for the 12th grade.
He was ecstatic! I couldn't express to him enough how much I enjoyed his class
and all the lectures and theatre games we played. It is those little things
that I remember most.
After our joyful trip down memory lane, Professor Sacharow (who
preferred me to call him Larry which I just couldn't do out of plain respect)
led me into the lobby of the residence hall where a mural of myself hung on the
east wall. I remember the day the university dedicated that lobby to me for my
outstanding achievement. M ...
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Working Together
Number of Words: 4442 / Number of Pages: 17
... in the team work approach is that people are not accustomed to "group problem-solving" (Harrington-Mackin 137). It is a practice that not only hasn’t been learned, but is a difficult one to institute. In school, children are taught to rely on their own resources; to develop their individual capabilities. Deborah Harrington-Mackin cites the example of a fourth grader, who wouldn’t be allowed to say, "Hey, Joe, you’re good at word problems and I’m good at multiplication tables, so let’s get together for this test" (137), yet the adult equivalent of this is seen in th ...
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Farenheit 451
Number of Words: 737 / Number of Pages: 3
... of their life is their job and entertainment such as television after work. In this essay, I will answer the question in the quote above.
This quote from Fahrenheit 451 explains society's opinion of books. It is their belief that people waste valuable time reading books and stories. Society feels that everyone should concentrate on learning a trade and working. They feel that books can't and don't give you any useful information. The supporting argument is that you should be practicing you trade so that you can get more work done to get more money not wasting time reading a book. This society also ...
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Film Development
Number of Words: 925 / Number of Pages: 4
... the bucket method for Super 8mm, as 16mm is much
harder to work with in a bucket. It is thicker and will scratch more, and
needs more chemicals since you are working with double the amount of film.
What you need is: A bucket, a pair of gloves, and a dark room. The
dark room can be a bathroom with all the windows taped up. Light leaks in a
room can totally destroy film, giving it a foggy appearance, thus making it
foggy in the audiences mind also.You also need D-19 Developer, R-9 Bleach,
Clearing Bath and Fixer. D-19, Clearing Bath and Fixer can be purchased at
most photo stores. The Bleach may have to ...
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