I was lucky enough to attend an extremely privileged private prep high school on the main line‚ and coming to Temple University was definitely a culture shock for me. It is not so much the urban environment‚ as it is the diverse student body that I am exposed to every day in my classes. Temple has given me the opportunity to take classes like Kids in Crisis that serve to shed light on difficult topics like racism‚ discrimination‚ and privilege that I was never exposed to at my high school‚ and
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My first experience in a Buddhist temple was quite different than anything I have experienced religion-wise. I visited the Quan Am Monastery (Vietnamese-American Buddhist) at 3500 South Goodlet. I got to experience first-hand how meditation in a Buddhist temple actually works. I was very intrigued to find out how someone outside of the Christian faith‚ worshipped. As one might expect‚ the atmosphere was very tranquil. My group members and I called ahead a few days earlier and a man answered the
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Gender Targeting in Print Ads Nicola Batchelor Allegedly “Men are from Mars‚ Women are from Venus.” What the author of this book‚ John Gray‚ meant is that in certain key aspects of behaviour‚ men and women are so different that it could be argued that they are entirely different species. That these behaviour patterns are so different is due to fundamental differences in how members of each gender perceive themselves‚ what they aspire to‚ and how they want to be perceived by members of their
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The Death that Sparked Redemption Dina Temple-Raston captures the horrific murder of James Byrd Jr. in her book A Death in Texas. The setting of the story takes place in the small county of Jasper‚ Texas where racial tensions still existed amongst the Jasperites. Raston gives the vivid first-hand accounts and interviews of the disturbed closely- knit inhabitants and how they absorbed the news. The author explores the possible suspects of the murder and includes the trial and verdict of the convicted
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to go to Mars? What if the fuel run out or the food storage is not enough? It would be all for nothing and risking your life because it takes 300 days to get to Mars. People are trying to go to Mars and they don’t even know what the risks are. I think people should not go to Mars because how dangerous it is to get there. According to Laura Sanders‚ These findings suggest Mars astronauts‚ too‚ might suffer brain problems. Here are the problems why going to Mars is a bad idea. Going to Mars cost millions
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heartbeats I don’t intend on wasting any of mine” Neil Armstrong. I believe that a trip to Mars in a just a terrible idea. There is many physical reasons why we should not go to mars. First‚ the average temperature is -61 degrees Fahrenheit on Mars. For example‚ When people got to mars they would not be able to walk outside without freezing to death. Since‚ this is a con it shows why we shouldn’t go to Mars. Next‚ your body gets weaker. For example‚ Bones and muscles get weaker‚ the body produces
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“I want that pony!” The annoying whiney voice of Little Miss Shirley Temple said. It wasn’t actually Shirley Temple but this girl had blonde curls that bounced with every step she took and she wore frilly dresses to schools everyday‚ she thought she was the queen and all of the rest of the class was mere peasants. After so long of knowing how annoying Little Miss Shirley Temple was‚ and learning that none of the boys in the class gave her one glance whereas all the girls would bow down to her every
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The Objective of Mars One Mission General purpose: to inform At the end of my speech my audience should be able to describe 3 aspects of Mars One. The 3 aspects of Mars One are: making human settlements in Mars‚ providing the fundamental needs to support human life and managing the risks. Mars One has developed a mission to establish a human settlement on Mars built entirely upon existing technology where the crew is going to stay and live there with the intention to remain there for the rest
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examples of this is the Greek temple and the Buddhist stupa. Each was an important religious monument in its culture that on the surface is vastly different from the other. However‚ after taking a closer look we can see that there are many fundamental similarities. The Greek Temple and Buddhist Temple vastly differed from a visual perspective. Stupas were typically round‚ circular shape buildings with a domed top. Temples‚ however‚ were a symmetrical rectangle. The temples were typically surrounded by
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Why you shouldn’t go to Mars. The astronauts were about to be hit by a large storm. They had no choice. All if not most will be hurt or killed. They have a low chance of surviving. Nasa should not continue Mars Exploration. It costs too much‚ we don’t have the technology and we have many problems here at Earth. What is the point? Nasa astronauts shouldn’t go to Mars because it costs too much. According to Space News‚ it’d cost more than $100 billion before the first Mars mission. Instead of using
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