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    Appearances Are Destructive by Mark Mathabane As public schools reopen for the new year‚ strategies to curb school violence will once again be hotly debated. Installing metal detectors and hiring security guards will help‚ but the experience of my two sisters makes a compelling case for greater use of dress codes as a way to protect students and promote learning. Shortly after my sisters arrived here from South Africa I enrolled them at the local public school. I had great expectations for

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    Reality Shows: Their Effect on American Teens Martha Wallace ENG 122: English Composition II Professor Kathy Conner August 8‚ 2011 Reality Shows: Their Effect on American Teens The values of our forefathers for America have disappeared. Each year more and more of American children are judging themselves based upon the lives portrayed in popular media. Certain media in the music industry portrays the life of getting rich fast and having a lot of girls. Movies depict a life of fast cars‚

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    PROFESSIONAL APPEARANCE Prepared by: Marcos November 12 2010 Table of Contents Executive Summary…………………………………………….1 Introduction…………………………….……………………….2 Item 1 –Clothing................................................................….......2 The business suit…………………….…………………….3 Business casual…………………………………………….3 A historical timeline of business wear….…………..…….4 Item 2 – Physical Appearance…………………………………

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    Mable Finnie Professor Joseph A. Van Burk MA PHI 101 False Reality vs. the Real World False reality vs. real reality what do we know? In Matrix there were several false reality explored in it‚ most were fun but what if it were used to imprison you? The part where they were working in the computer room‚ and Anderson works on the cubicle‚ manning a computer and doing the hacking on the side when Morpheus who was some what interesting in what’s going on around him is it real. It seemed that

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    to find their inner happiness: American Beauty. I knew that I should not look any further. One character that especially stood out was‚ Lester Burnham. A forty-two year old father with a mid-life crisis. In the film‚ American Beauty Lester Burnham is portrayed as an ordinary man‚ with a perfect life‚ but of course that is far from the truth. From the outside‚ Lester seems to have a perfect salary‚ and a perfect family who lives in a perfect neighborhood. In reality‚ things are not what they seem

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    Appearances Are Deceptive

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    of time checking our appearances in the mirror. Is that because our appearance is important to us or to other people? Our appearance is the aspect that one may see from the exterior/outside parts of our body. It is the first thing that other people see; therefore the one that will serve as the basis of what they call “first impressions”. Take note‚ not all impressions will already tell you that a person possesses that kind of trait or character. That is why‚ I say – Appearances are truly deceptive

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    Appearances can be Deceptive Meeting people for the first time we always tend on making a judgment based on their appearances. Appearances are really deceptive‚ The shimmering surface of a lake glowing in the evening sun‚ may inspire and be liked by us with its beauty. But hidden beneath its surface may be lying an ugly blanket of toxic waste. On the other hand‚ spilled waste of a tanker in the middle of an ocean can hide beneath it a beautiful life. Some people even judge someone to be intellectually

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    In the short story “American History” by Judith Ortiz Coffer‚ Elena‚ a young 14-year-old girl from El Salvador has feelings for a young boy named Eugene‚ who is her neighbor. He was the source of beauty and light she was looking forward to for the new school year. He kept her daydreaming. Yet‚ Elena will experience undesired events that will impact her life and decisions forever. Before Eugene moved to the house next to El Building (the building in which Elena lives)‚ there was an old Jewish couple

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    Pearl Harbor: Movie vs. Reality “December 7th‚ 1941‚ a date which will live in infamy‚ the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan” (Roosevelt). Japan surprise attacked the Hawaiian naval base‚ Pearl Harbor‚ approximately at 7:55 am. The intent of the Japanese strike was to prevent the U.S. Pacific Fleet from interfering with plans to seize overseas territories belonging to United Kingdom‚ the Netherlands and the United States

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    Beauty of Beauty Contests

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    Queens of Beauty Every person wants to know their worth. They want to be known and want someone else to verify the one thing she should already know. You are gorgeous. You are beautiful. The first impressions are based on appearance and pose. Some people find enjoyment in competing on who looks the best‚ who has the best talent‚ and who is a team player. Beauty pageants or contests are widely accepted all over the world with women‚ men‚ and children who eat‚ breathe‚ and sleep excelling in all

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