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    A Foolish Mistake

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    “little featherhead.” The funny thing is Nora acknowledge them‚ and continues devotion‚ and love for her husband. Nora is the doll in the play basically trying to please everyone except herself. Because Torvald views his public persona as more important than his private‚ he is unable to understand or appreciate the suffering of his wife(Metzger.) Action from Nora shows her innocence. A bona fide wife deserves respect whether she is a liar or not. Respect and faith fluctuate in many ways. Like

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    Jamestown Mistake

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    games just yet they immediately start searching for gold. But the pilgrims came unprepared for what lies ahead of them. They traveled to Jamestown with mostly gentlemen aboard the ship. And that was there first mistake‚ They could have gotten someone more useful like a farmer. Their second mistake was not bringing anyone with good war experience for it’s the native Americans not Spanish they have to worry

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    The Lesson

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    Rights Movement‚ Toni Cade Bambara’s short story "The Lesson" tells the story of a young African-American girl named Sylvia and the important life lesson that she learns one day while on a trip to a toy store in New York. Her neighbor‚ Miss Moore‚ brings Sylvia and a group of her friends to F.A.O. Schwarz and while there‚ they come face to face with the injustices they face because of their backgrounds. Miss Moore does this to teach them a lesson‚ one that she feels that they need to learn in order

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    dark in the world‚ but D.A.R.E is the light that will light our way. Some of the most important things we need to be taught in life‚ we are not always taught in school. Some of these things include‚ decision making‚ not to use drugs‚ and not to smoke. These are things we have been told‚ but we never get told the seriousness of it. This is what D.A.R.E teaches us. I believe this is one of the most important things kids can learn. A few generations ago‚ the probability of people getting drunk

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    Hiroshima Mistakes

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    recover from the horrors of the bombing of Hiroshima to grow a more hopeful future and learn from your past you need to reflect‚ think about what you did wrong‚ and figure out what you need to do different. A few ways you can learn from your past mistakes are by thinking about what went wrong and figure out what you need to do different. For example‚ summer of 2016 there was a high adventure campout on the border of Minnesota and Canada for my Boy Scout troop‚ and on the last night a storm blew through

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    Aristagoras Mistakes

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    Everyone makes mistakes by saying hurtful things without considering the possible reaction of the other person or resulting consequences if the criticism reaches that individual. In most cases‚ the prudent thing to do is to remain quiet‚ keeping personal thoughts private unless the comments are well thought out. In the worst case‚ open criticisms can ruin friendships or cause deep seated anger‚ though it can usually be resolved. However‚ in the case of Aristagoras‚ a Persian satrap in the beginning

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    the lesson

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    Bambara’s‚ “The Lesson”‚ illustrates the story of children growing up in poverty and how one person can make a huge difference in their lives. How one person creates an environment to help children not only discover‚ but succeed in learning some very important issues about the world around them. Education for children in poverty stricken neighborhoods‚ such as the main character‚ Sylvia’s‚ proves itself difficult to acquire‚ however is essentially the best way to move beyond poverty; shown by the

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    Kino's Mistake

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    Kino edged like a slow lizard down the smooth rock shoulder. He could see the faint outline of the trackers that were dark shapes against the moonlit sky. Kino noticed each breath he took‚ noticed each step he made. His sounds echoed in his mind; the songs of his movement‚ of danger rang out. Against his bare back‚ Kino felt the coolness of the knife that hung from a string around his neck. The tracker on watch took another smoke from his cigarette‚ and Kino could see him clearer now. As he edged

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    that leads one to make certain decisions. Defining courage this way makes much more sense to me. Courage is very important because without it we probably would not be in certain situations we are in. For example‚ without courage I would not be three hundred ninety four miles away from home all on my own living with someone who was once a complete stranger to me. I believe that that took tons of courage from me. Without courage many of us would not be away home our homes starting our college careers

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    Police Officer Mistakes

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    Police Officers Make Mistakes Too Everyone makes mistakes‚ even police officers. Police officers must make life changing decisions in a split second. Sometimes‚ these decisions are not the right decision based on the law. The Supreme Court recognized that police officers will make mistakes. Even the Fourth Amendment permits an officer to make mistakes and when an officer makes a mistake‚ the Court has ruled that the violation may not have a civil liability. Many times‚ the evidence discovered by

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