Period 3 -053012 Odyssey Essay Odysseus‚ from the epic poem The Odyssey written by Homer‚ is a classic epic hero. Although he has admirable qualities‚ he also has faults like any other human being. His cleverness and leadership make him a hero. Not all heroes being perfect‚ he has a very overactive curiosity. First of all‚ Odysseus’ cleverness is truly a valuable trait to have‚ as this hero finds himself in many difficult situations. During the Trojan War‚ Odysseus uses
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The 10th amendment was written as the last amendment on the original Bill of Rights. It was added to assure the delegates from different states that the Federal Government would not step outside the boundaries established in the Constitution. It also helps define the concept of federalism‚ the relationship between Federal and state governments. Having said that‚ it would seem obvious that the state should be allowed the power to prevent or accept the use of marijuana for medical reasons. Most would
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Unfortunately‚ many students could not maintain their top performance at their schools. According toOrganized Wisdom‚ more than 58% of college students fail to provide great performances at school. It’s mainly because of stress. But stress is not the only factor. there are more factors that can drop student’s performance. Those factors will be presented below. 1. Health Health is one important factor to be considered. No doubt that student’s health should be kept well in order to maintain performance
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transferring of data or information of computed grades of the student on how they performed academically in their different respective subject. On latter days‚ instructors manually computing the grades of their students then input it in computer‚ print it for them to have the hard copy. One is for their own then the other copy for the registrar or dean whom they passed the reports of the grades. But with this grading system‚ they can compute or tabulates the grades of their students computerized‚ easily
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Who’s Left Standing for State Sovereignty?: Private Party Standing to Raise Tenth Amendment Claims By: Katherine Connolly Section 1: The most critical topic raised in Who’s Left Standing for State Sovereignty?: Private Party Standing to Raise Tenth Amendment Claims by Katherine Connolly is the Supreme Court and State courts oscillating view of the Tenth Amendment‚ the contradictory views between circuit court of appeals on the Amendment‚ and an analysis of private party Tenth Amendment standing
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1. Examining a work of art in its historical‚ social‚ and political __________ enables you to better understand it. A. design B. context C. element D. genre E. ideology 2. Mexican artist Frida Kahlo is best known for her extremely realistic and often anguished __________. A. genre scenes B. self-portraits C. landscapes D. still lifes E. assemblages 3. Until modern times‚ art works have been primarily devoted to __________ themes. A. war B. religious C. secular D. rural E. political 4. An anti-commercial
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A Unitary government is often described as a centralized government. It is a government in which all powers held by the government belong to a single central agency. The central government creates local units of government for its own convenience. The majority of governments in the world are unitary. Great Britain is one example of a unitary system of government. A single central organ which is the Parliament holds all the power of the British government. Local governments do exist‚ but solely to
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September 2012 Animals as Entertainment Taking a trip to see the circus perform‚ going to the zoo‚ marine park‚ or rodeo is a common form of entertainment among families in the world today. For anyone‚ seeing an animal from the wild up close is very exciting. However‚ what is not considered are the factors that contribute to the care of these animals in their daily environment to satisfy our selfish entertainment. Animals have been taken from their natural habitats‚ endured torture to learn
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Making the Grade Kurt Wiesenfeld Kurt Wiesenfeld is a physicist who teaches at Georgia Tech in Atlanta. He wrote this essay for the “My Turn” column of the June 17‚ 1996‚ issue of Newsweek. It was a rookie error. After 10 years I should have known better‚ but I went to my office the day after final grades were posted. There was a tentative knock on the door. “Professor Wiesenfeld? I took your Physics 2121 class? I flunked it? I wonder if there’s anything
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as a Hobby”‚ William believes that most people are grade three thinkers. Grade three thinkers tend to feel‚ and not to think. Golding gives an example of his teacher Mr. Houghton‚ who would always talk about “good life‚ sexless‚ and free of duty”‚ while “his neck would turn of itself” if a girl passed by the window (164). I think he is right; most people will speak or do without speaking. For example‚ William says in his essay‚ “A crowd of grade-three thinkers‚ all shouting the same thing‚ all warming
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