Whether College is Worth the Cost rewrite #4 Sara Ellis AP Language 2014 Emily Gill Is college worth the cost? High school students and their families consider this question constantly. Their decision effects them for the rest of their lives. College is expensive and many students spend their adult lives paying off their debts. How are teenagers supposed to decide whether college is the right choice for them? If a student is not studying to get a job that requires a college education‚ then it
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Was Magellan Worth Saving? Magellan was not worth saving because his men did not respect him as a leader‚ he did not care for nor show a decent level of respect to his men‚ and he lost sight of the task of bringing spices back to Spain. In the late Middle Ages the craving for foreign spices grew in Europeans. The ‘spice islands’ where all of the desired spices were cultivated was in distant Asia‚ making them hard to get for the eastern continent of Europe (BE). Ferdinand Magellan was born in 1480
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What is a Life Worth Living? Phil 2010: Introduction to Philosophy In the number of works that Plato crafted and put together chronicling his teacher’s life‚ views and opinions‚ one of the most famous and predominant statements made by Socrates is that “the unexamined life is not worth living.” Appearing in Plato’s The Apology‚ the quote essentially summarizes how Socrates had walked out his entire life and the way he attempted to convince others to walk out theirs’. His pursuit of changing
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them. They yearn to enjoy every single moment in life and wish they could live forever. People believe there is nothing in life that is worth dying for. On the contrary‚ I believe there are some situations and values that are worth dying for as they are really important. Conversely‚ I consider there are some matters that tempt people to die for‚ but are not worth it. For example‚ if someone put a gun next to my friend and father’s head and asked me to choose between them‚ what would I do? Would I
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Page one Cherish life for what it is worth It was a beautiful summer day in August‚ slightly warm but had hence of rain in the air. The day seemed to be a ordinary day like any other‚ and it started out as such. My late husband and I were reorganizing our garage in our new house we recently had purchased a month earlier. I felt this was the start of a new life for us; one that I could finally be proud of. In the earlier years of our relationship we had fought a lot and his cheating
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name. In Eric Schlosser’s book‚ “Fast food nation”‚ and Mark Bittman’s TED Talk: “What’s wrong with what we eat”‚ the issue of overeating is brought up and a question arises. We must eat to survive and we enjoy eating food that tastes good‚ but what happens when the world begins eating too much and we stop cooking just to get that quick cheap meal? In the excerpt titled‚ “Why the fries taste good”‚ the author Eric Schlosser provides a detailed summary of a man named J.R. Simplot and how he made
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America: A Nation Divided. In George Washington’s Farewell Speech on September 19‚ 1796‚ he warned against political parties as follows: The alternate domination of one faction over another‚ sharpened by the spirit of revenge natural to party dissention‚ which in different ages & countries has perpetrated the most horrid enormities‚ is itself a frightful despotism. But this leads at length to a more formal and permanent despotism. The disorders & miseries‚ which result‚
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Mackenzie Raske Xavier Pastrano ENGL 101T 14 College: Is it Worth It? Almost everybody’s plan after high school is to go to college‚ find a job‚ fall in love‚ get married‚ and own a home. All of these are attainable with a good paying job and sometimes even a college education. In this research paper I will be discussing these topics‚ increasing cost of college‚ affording college‚ finding employment after college‚ and weather or not graduates are able to pay off their debt. The consequence of
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College Is Worth It With every passing day the cost of living is constantly rising‚ including the cost of college education. Which leads to the question‚ is college really worth the cost? Many college students graduate from college and find their selves obtaining a degree that almost seems worthless‚ because of the debt they accumulated while obtaining the degree. Although situations as the one described do occur‚ college is still very beneficial in many ways. Attending college is not just for
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Is Attending College Worth the Cost? “It’s just extremely disappointing and aggravating to have paid all that money and have nothing to show for it other than debt.” proclaimed Michelle Polyakov‚ an English graduate from Drake University. Polyakov obviously feels that college is not worth the cost and that all someone has to show for the education is debt. College has been deemed‚ by some‚ that it is not worth the cost because of the financial loss‚ the future job security‚ and the need for “blue
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