Leonid Fridman wrote a passage arguing that the intellectually curious and academically serious as he said are picked on and looked past because of the more flashy‚ sociable people by using word choice‚ comparisms and statistics. Leonid Fridman uses word choice to strengthen his arguement that nerds and geeks are picked on and looked past because of the more popular people. He presents a strong‚ mad tone through word choice and form in the passage. He uses words like derogatory
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Contrary to the beliefs of those who advocate the legalization of marijuana‚ the current balanced‚ restrictive‚ and bipartisan drug policies of the United States are working reasonably well and they have contributed to reductions in the rate of marijuana use in our nation. The rate of current‚ past 30-day use of marijuana by Americans aged 12 and older in 1979 was 13.2 percent. In 2008 that figure stood at 6.1 percent. This 54-percent reduction in marijuana use over that 29-year period is a major
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Discuss some of the ‘ends’ of art with relation to the course. Long associated with Arthur C. Danto‚ the ‘end of art’ as an aphorism has been popularised as a key trope within art history discussion. However‚ with a robust continuation of art the meaning of ‘end’ need not be interpreted in a literal physical sense but as in intersection between a hierarchical gallery structure and the mass consumption of art by the everyday viewer. Danto argues that Art has become an object for study and philosophical
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Docwra’s book provides frank views on the course consumerism has put the society on. Docwra takes a serious approach to the aspects of consumerism‚ the sections in Docwra’s book are at first problematic and situational but then become rectifying and provides direction on everything from the effects of consumerism to what is wrong with consumerism resulting in what can we do about consumerism. Docwra informs us on the negative effects consumerism places upon us‚ but Docwra puts most attention into
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profoundly that it would change the course of music history by introducing a new form of protest‚ in end creating a ‘golden age’ of musical expression. Particularly in the genres of rock and folk‚ who freely expressed their views‚ both pro-war and anti-war through music. This ‘golden age’ era consisted of the most popular and most influential bands of the time such as‚ Barry McGuire‚ the Animals‚ The Byrds‚ The Carpenters‚ Credence Clearwater Revival‚ and Neil Young. The widely controversial protest
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Against Media Censorship * On television‚ music‚ and most websites‚ they inform the user about the contents of their website‚ song‚ or show; but others (like YouTube) put on age restrictions on them. * I’m sure most of you have had to go through these at some point in your life and have gotten upset when you can’t hear the whole song or watch the whole movie. * I’d like to explain to you all how Media Censorship is in direct violation of the First Amendment and how it can make it harder
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Consumption is one more humanized business‚ companies and enterprises with consideration of important ’people elements’ efforts employees consumers. However‚ spending can have other significance‚ and represents the consumption culture and prominent advantages and a materialistic social evils‚ and emphasizes the importance of global business environment. The company must keep their happiness and consumers’ development and sales of consumer demand based on the new product. Consumer’s needs and the
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imagination to the conscious consumerism Do you want to donate a dollar with your purchase and support this foundation? Did you know that if you purchase one of the clothing items from this product line today‚ we will be donating a portion of the funds to a great charity? Did you know that this product was made under the provision of high quality standards? All of these questions are valid and hold true to the idea that the issue of conscious or conscientious consumerism and informed donations is
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vetrans came home in the black of the night to no public welcoming and were expected to go along like nothing had happened. All of the early/first arrivers had expected a big parade but were angry and confussed with the reaction of the arrival home. The anti-war protest led to ignoring and rejecting the soilders‚ many of the soilders felt like they were being blamed for the war instead of the government and felt there service to the country went unrecognized and un-thanked which cuased their adaption back
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Smacking‚ should it be allowed or against the law? The issue of smacking has been an ongoing debate for many years now. About 10% of parents smack their child and see nothing wrong with it. 20% of parents never smack their children and 70% of parents smack their children but wish they didn’t. So why do we smack our kids? Supposedly smacking is meant to discipline children and give them a better behavioural structure. If this is so‚ then why are many adults who were smacked as kids committing violent
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