Aristotle: Virtues are Like Skills Aristotle believes that no one is born virtuous. Virtues are acquired through practice‚ which leads to habit. He feels that if someone did something courageous one time‚ then that person is not virtuous. The person would need to continue making good sound reasonable decisions that leads to courageous acts in order to become virtuous. Aristotle also believes that one must act accordingly in the right manner. For instance‚ if they are striving to be courageous‚ then
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Bend It Like Bekham is the story of a young Sikh girl named Jess living in England who wants nothing more than to follow in the footsteps of David Bekham and play soccer. Her parents are very traditional to Sikh values and customs‚ which prevents her from playing soccer. Even though she knows her parents don’t approve‚ Jess goes behind their backs and plays anyway. Considering her heritage and where she is living‚ Jess is caught between two very different cultures‚ modern London and traditional India
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Like Stars on Earth Summary: A nine-year old boy named Ishaan Awatshi‚ is always failing miserably in his second attempt to complete his third grade in school. But he is a child who is imaginative and also creative‚ but once he sees words or mathematical problem‚ they are backwards and as if the words and numbers are dancing. After that he begins skipping school to avoid trouble or bad test results‚ his headstrong father and worried mother decide that the only way to get him to take academics seriously
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Living Like Weasels Based on what you know‚ how can people learn how to live their lives from weasels? Weasels live their lives simply. Dillard admired the simplicity of the weasels life. Weasels live naturally in the wild. Life could be easier if people could learn to go through the steps in their lives without thought the way a weasel uses instinct to survive. Weasels are calm animals.” A weasel doesn’t attack anything; a weasel lives as he’s meant to‚ yielding at every moment." (70) Weasels
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to “People Like Us” In the essay “People Like Us”‚ Brooks states that maybe we are indeed a diverse nation when considered as a whole‚ but when you look at us on the community level‚ we are homogenous. Brooks describes numerous ways in which Americans separate themselves from one another. Overall‚ I agree with the points made by Brooks and can draw many similarities to my own life. For example‚ when Brooks describes how our towns or cities can become racially homogenized. “People Like Us” begins
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Communication in Hills Like White Elephants In the short story “Hills Like White Elephants” by Ernest Hemingway‚ the dialogue provides the driving force in the plot and gives the reader an overview of the characters’ persona. The American’s masculine character and ways of communicating differ greatly from that of the passive girl. They engage in a discussion in a train station surrounded by hills about whether to get an abortion for the pregnant girl. The American is pushing for an abortion while
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many things‚ had this to say: What is a good leader? Of the many traits that define good leaders‚ I choose three: vision‚ it defines the overall purpose of the enterprise; clarity of mission and goals‚ courage of conviction‚ and an ability to think and invest in the long term. In today’s world‚ just having a vision is not good enough. Good leaders also need the ability to
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Michelle Rissman My Love For The Beach Strayer University PSY 105 July 26‚ 2012 Psychology plays a role in each persons life. Liking or disliking something is based on each person. The reasons we like or dislike something have psychological reasons. I will discuss my love for family beach days and why I love family beach days. Through this explanation it will be easy to determine how psychology plays a role in how and why. The amazing smell of salt‚ wetness‚ and greasy food. The sounds
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?????????? English 10 Instructor ?????? January 31‚ 2013 The Best Holiday People have many opinions and reasons about their favorite holidays‚ but out of all the holidays I would think that Christmas is the best above all. There are many reasons why I like Christmas‚ but only three matter the most to me. One of the reasons is because people get to exchange gifts with friends and family. The other reason is because of the foods‚ but the best part of Christmas is spending time with the family
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I will be writing a paper on programs like Scared Straight for juveniles. Explaining what their goals are. The theoretical basis of the program discussing what Deterrence Theory is. I will be explaining if programs like these accomplish their goals. The goals of these types of programs are organized to juveniles and other participants from future offending by providing first-hand observations from being locked up or in trouble. A program such as Scared Straight puts together organized visits to
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