In Harry Frankfort’s book On Bullshit‚ he discusses what he deems is bullshit and what is not bullshit. He concludes that bullshit is just a way to accomplish someone’s personal goals. In addition‚ when a person is bullshitting he or she has no consideration for whether what he or she is saying is actually the truth. Essentially‚ indifference is the essence of bullshit. That being said‚ Frankfort proposes that sincerity is bullshit because it does not rely on the truth. Yet‚ I disagree. Sincerity
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After reading the chapter 6 “Harry and Rosemary Wong on the first thing you should teach” along with watching Wong video‚ I found his information insightful and intriguing as Wong has an unique way of providing the information to teacher which allows them to think about what they have been doing in their classroom to be effective in their management. Wong made a couple of statements that I took note for future references‚ but the ones that stuck out the most where “Effective teacher have a plan‚
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Round 1: Inventor/Scientist Time is the destroyer of all things‚ wiping out life and destroying mountains. Fortunately‚ a man named Harry Brearley invented an incredible metal‚ which allows sanitation and precision in many professions. Harry Brearley has benefitted humanity by making a time-standing multi-purpose material named stainless steel‚ that is crucial in many tools today. Take the case of surgery for example; stainless steel made way for the surgical tools that treated a wart that was potentially
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Chia Wern Lin NJC JH206 GS-Our Forefathers Harry Lee Kuan Yew Mr Lee is a fourth-generation Singaporean. His Hakka great-grandfather‚ Lee Bok Boon who was born in 1846‚ emigrated from the Dapu county of Guangdong province in China to the Straits Settlements in 1862. Harry Lee Kuan Yew was born on 16 September 1923‚ at 92 Kampong Java Road in Singapore‚ a large and airy bungalow. Mr Lee was the eldest child of Lee Chin Koon and Chua Jim Neo. Mr Lee had three other brothers‚ Lee Suan Yew‚ Dennis
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Title: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone Author: J.K. Rowling Genre: Fiction Date Started/Date Finished: 9/21/12 - 9/27/12 No. of Pages: 309 pgs. I found the book “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” fascinating. It’s about the classic struggle between good and evil. Harry Potter was
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So‚ shoutout to Crystalwolf101‚ Snow Fire‚ and White Horse! The tomato was first used for food in Mexico and first grown for food in Central/South America. I know‚ I haven’t been updating lately‚ but sorry‚ I cut my finger with a saw‚ so it hurt to type on anything that wasn’t a phone‚ and I got stung by a pesky mosquito on my eyelid‚ and that was swollen. These might all sound like excuses‚ so sorry about that‚ so I wrote a slightly longer chapter. Warning: Violence and deaths‚ probably in the
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Connection of Church and State In Harry Brighouse’s On Education‚ he argues that schools are responsible for teaching students autonomy‚ or moral independence. Brighouse says that one important way for schools to do this is to expose students to people of all religious views; those who are extremely religious‚ agnostic‚ atheist‚ or anything in between. In addition to this‚ he says that these people should share how they have handled religious and moral conflicts and changes in personal faith. I
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Harry Truman had to make one of the hardest decisions any President ever had to make. He had to decide whether or not to spare countless American lives at the expense of hundreds of thousands of Japanese and drop the two atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. It was his responsibility as the President to protect the US‚ but the death toll in Japan was so horrific that it really makes you wonder if it was worth the killing of all the innocent people‚ many of whom were women and children.
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In what ways are people and their experience brought to life through distinctive voices? The life and crimes of Harry Lavender‚ Marele day guides the reader into the world of the novel through narrative perspective‚ tone‚ detailed description and personifying the setting. Bruce Dawes anti-war poem‚ “Weapons training uses a low first person perspective‚ strong tone‚ but also uses rhetorical questions and onomatopoeia to convey the brutality of the war‚ while Day uses descriptive language to convey
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Character Analysis#2 In Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince‚ every character has different personality. J. K. Rowling uses both direct and indirect characterization to let them be vivid. In Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince‚ Harry Potter is characterized as noble and brave in order to let readers know he has power to against Voldemort. Harry as the protagonist in this book‚ and he is brave. When Dumbledore and Harry discuss about the Horcrux‚ Dumbledore says that "the only protection that
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