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    “Too Poor to Parent?” by Gaylynn Burroughs really caught my attention in so many ways. I never looked at foster care how I look at it now. Many women children are being taken away from them from poor parenting. Although‚ there are mother who try their hardest to provide for their children and they still have to get their children taken away from them due to one mistake that they have made. That one mistake can lead them to never seeing their children or even having custody to their children every

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    work A Modest Proposal In Ireland in the eighteenth century many people wrote pamphlets in which they suggested solutions to the contemporary situation in their country. Among them was also Jonathan Swift‚ whose pamphlet A Modest Proposal differs from the others in its satirical tone. At that time Swift was a member of a literary club called the Scriblerians‚ who were against modern ideas in science and philosophy. Swift himself was inspired by this‚ which can be seen in his A Modest Proposal. The

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    Tax Reforms in Singapore is Beneficial to the Country Singapore’s Implementation of Tax Reforms in 2002 Singapore concentrates its economy mostly on foreign investment‚ free trade‚ and high savings. When experiencing huge negative impact from the global economic depression in 2001‚ Singapore realized that it should not depend on the United States economy anymore. In order to revive the economic growth of Singapore‚ the Economic Development Board (EDB) recommended implementation of tax reforms

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    seems that people want to put an end to the death penalty but‚ these people don’t realize the potential that the death penalty will provide us if we just enforce it more harshly.         We should not abandon our roots. In the Wild West there was no second thought to hanging someone‚ if the crime was serious enough.         The people on death row would make good guinea pigs. They could be used as test subjects to determine side effects of different chemicals. We can test weapons on them to calibrate

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    A Modest Proposal and the Letter from Birmingham Jail are both written by two men who were trying to make life better for their people. Martin Luther King Jr. and Jonathan Swift have well educated Christian Clergymen who fell victim to an oppression of their people. Being well educated they were both knew what they were talking when writing to the given audience. Among those similarities‚ there are also differences between the writings and the men themselves. Swift’s purpose of his written was to

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    Composition 8 February 2012 Would You Like a Baby With That? In 1729‚ Jonathan Swift‚ the author of Gulliver’s Travels‚ published his piece “A Modest Proposal‚” based on the hardships many Irish were enduring at this time. In Ireland‚ years of drought had been exacerbated by a crop failure; this was the leading cause of thousands of Irish men and woman starving to death. The English simply ignored this tragedy and “A Modest Proposal” was Swift’s way of responding. Swift reveals a sardonic and skeptical

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    encourage the sort of betting/gambling that is promoted in your country? Narrowed Topic: Encouraging Gambling can be beneficial to one’s country I. Thesis: Positive outcomes are inevitable in major capacities for a country. Despite the positive‚ other negative implications can cause detrimental effects on individual and society. II The country is position for Economic gain A. Increase in investment for the country 1. New businesses is generated 2. New development

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    organization Audience analysis: My audience consists of members of the community interested in Volenteering and Helping.There will be 10 people in the audience‚ between the ages of 25 and 35. The setting of the speech is a Church.. There is an congregation of about 30 church members. They are all interested in learning more about Sharing Jesus Christ through Helping other people. Central Idea: Spreading the Gospel through voulunteering. General Purpose: To inform Specific Purpose: To inform my audience

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    in grades 7-10* are eligible to compete in this event. A participant may not have previously competed in this event or Public Speaking II at the national level. Section: Each local chapter may enter one (1) member. State: The top two (2) winners from section competition will represent their section at the State Leadership Conference. The outline and folder prepared for section is NOT required at state level. However‚ the student must be able to provide the event administrator with the title

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    Swift’s A Modest Proposal. This piece of work aimed to expose the flaws regarding poverty in Ireland and the overwhelming and suffocating influence of the British government and Irish land owners. Swift uses satire to explain his “modest proposal”; in other words‚ he aims to prevent the people of Ireland from viewing children as a burden. In his use of satire‚ Swift places the blame of the abundant poor Irish population upon the English and the landowners. He also exposes the misuse of Ireland and forced

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