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What Does It Mean To Be Americ
Number of Words: 353 / Number of Pages: 2
... Dog, American music continues to
diversify and grow. American bands develop large masses of
followers in nations of all different ethnic backgrounds. From
Asia to Germany, American music continues to influence the music
styles of the rest of the world.
Proud American men and women joined the armed forces to
serve the country that they love and protect. These people show
what it means to be American. Just as the colonists fought the
British for Independence in April Morning, they risk their lives,
for something they believe in and cherish. These same people
also stand for explorat ...
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To Be Fake Or Not
Number of Words: 1870 / Number of Pages: 7
... The use of I helps the reader to know defiantly who is the speaker and of whom they are prevalent within both underlying the entire story. It is ironic that both characters born in Canada would expect to have had their families embrace western traditions and culture, rather they struggle to maintain their own heritage and don't want to loose it. It is ironic because Suzuki and Sun-Kyung struggle to be free of the restrictions of their culture and become more "Canadian" even though they already live in Canada. Each story deals with multiculturalism, different heritages and cultures they posses the fore ...
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Education: Past, Present, And Future
Number of Words: 765 / Number of Pages: 3
... seem to have that
academic nervousness. If you listen to the conversations that go on in the hall
it's always, "Ohh my gosh, Becky! I'm going to have a fat cow! I think I'm
getting a B in my chemistry class, and that is going to ruin my record."
Pressure is constantly put upon students to get "straight A's" It is very rare
when a student will not shoot for an A on a quiz. It's human nature to succeed,
but with the pressure put on us by the teachers, parents, peers, and colleges,
it's a heavy load to handle.
Now, scientists recently did an expiriment. They placed a child in a
room with some br ...
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The Existence Of God: Theories Of Thomas Aquinas, St. Anselm, And William Paley
Number of Words: 2237 / Number of Pages: 9
... the destructiveness of war, and especially the anguish of
losing a loved one.
In the Bible, a book meant to be the word of God, condemns such things
as murder, adultery and theft. I find it hard to believe that an all-powerful,
all-knowing, infinitely-good being that “created” this world and everything in
it would allow any of these things to occur. He would not only condemn them in
an ancient book, but abolish them altogether along with any other things evil.
If God is supposed to be the “heavenly father” wouldn't he want and impose onto
his children his goodness and weed out all evil?
Aquinas ...
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Differences And Similarities Of Liberalism
Number of Words: 1927 / Number of Pages: 8
... of a
man in proportion to food, raiment, and carriage, has its value
only from the consent of men, whereof labour yet makes, in
great part, the measure, it is plain that men have agreed to a
disproportional and unequal possession of the earth.3
In Locke's state on nature there are also three distinct problems. First
there is no established settled known law. As each man consults his own law of
nature he receives a slightly different interpretation.
Secondly there no known and indifferent judge. Which creates the
problem of trying to decide which is the corre ...
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Making The Corps
Number of Words: 4363 / Number of Pages: 16
... striving for independence is a goal for most people, and instead of working as a group we tend to compete with each other to get what we want. As a Marine you must think as a group, learn how to move as a group and you are drilled until not a single action is left to individual improvisation (p.64).
On Drill Sergeant states that a Marine “will accept nothing less than the very best effort from you at all times” (p.54). In American society, if someone is having a bad day because of something, we say “don’t worry about it, you’ll do better tomorrow”. The Marine expects you to give 100% at all ...
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Animal Abuse
Number of Words: 456 / Number of Pages: 2
... The food chain would be just
fine if we stopped wild animal hunting, for example, fox
hunting, wild cat hunting, elephant hunting, crocodile
hunting and whale hunting.
We should not kill animals for fur. Thousands of years
ago, our ancestors wore animal skins and furs to keep warm
and dry. Today we have man made fibres to make such
garments. We can also buy man made clothes that look and
feel just like real fur, if not more comfortable. There is
no need for us to kill these poor innocent creatures for
status symbols. It takes many more than five lynx’s to make
one small fur coat. ...
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Telepathy
Number of Words: 2689 / Number of Pages: 10
... sensations and images. It is the brain of the receiver that learns to associate, possibly even with words, with a particular sensation and feeling and imagery introduced into an interaction (3). It can take years to adapt to , it does not happen just like that. Along the way many experiences appear common to those who adapt to in some way. The experiences are highly individual due to the fact that the human brain in everyone is individual and distinct as a human fingerprint.
In a seminar on by William B. Robertson, he stated that is not something passed onto a person like a science or school ...
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Positivism
Number of Words: 368 / Number of Pages: 2
... the original positivist philosophy. Many of Comte's doctrines were later adapted and developed by the British social philosophers John Stuart Mill and Herbert Spencer and by the Austrian philosopher and physicist Ernst Mach.(www.encyclopedia.com)
During the early 20th century a group of philosophers who were concerned with developments in modern science rejected the traditional positivist ideas that held personal experience to be the basis of true knowledge and emphasized the importance of scientific verification. This group came to be known as logical positivists, and it included the Austrian Ludw ...
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Bornstein
Number of Words: 939 / Number of Pages: 4
... and early 70's that gave my mother the motivation to question tradition. I feel that in this situation it's not society in general that constructs gender but simply ignorance through tradition. In my mothers case it wasn't society at all but merely her families strict traditional values that tried construct her into the "traditional women" figure.
Even though many years have past since my mother has grown up and much has changed traditional values still play a part in how gender difference is created in society. In my own life my family has influenced my views on gender dramatically. When I was young I ...
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